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 | 25 may
02:57 | Airbus changes alloy used in wings
Airbus said on Thursday that efforts to lower the weight of the world's largest airliner lay behind recent A380 wing cracks. ||| Toulouse - Airbus said efforts to lower the weight of the world's largest airliner lay behind recent A380 wing cracks and pledged to learn from mistakes that lay dormant for a decade, as repair costs looked set to climb...
iol.co.za 4 hours ago |
 | 25 may
00:17 | A380 cracks fixes to start early next year
A380. Courtesy, Airbus Modifications to repair wing rib cracks on in-service Airbus A380s will begin in the first quarter of 2013 and the composite material at the root of the problem will no longer be used on new-production aircraft delivered from 2014. The cracks issue, discovered early this year, resulted from a carbon fiber-aluminum material...
aviationbrief.com 7 hours ago |
| 24 may
23:55 | Airbus Offering Extra-Wide Seats On A320s
More than one third of American adults are currently obese, a number expected to balloon to 42% by 2030. Airbus, a subsidiary of European aerospace mega-player EADS, must have had the stat in mind when the company decided to offer extra-wide seats on their new A320 aircraft, the AFP reports. Currently, A320 economy seats are 18 inches wide,...
huffingtonpost.com 7 hours ago |
| 24 may
21:50 | Airbus CEO Say Wing Cracks show Risk of Technology Leaps
The cracked wings of the A380 double-decker airliner is a combination of new technologies mixed with insufficient design controls that are now causing spiraling repair costs, Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders said. Enders said of the period 10 years ago when aircraft designers sought to make A380 wings lighter by mixing carbon fibre and metal....
compositestoday.com 9 hours ago |
| 24 may
21:42 | Air Asia receives its 100th A320 from Airbus with a special flair
The carrier’s latest fleet addition carries the wording: “Thank you Louis Gallois” on its main passenger door, saluting the former Airbus CEO – who will complete his current role as the CEO of parent company EADS next week. During a ceremony at Airbus’ Toulouse, France delivery centre, the A320 was unveiled in the presence of Gallois, who...
asdnews.com 10 hours ago |
| 24 may
18:31 | AirAsia takes 100th A320
Low cost airline AirAsia took delivery of its 100th A320 from Airbus in Toulouse on May 25, with the aircraft named in honour of former Airbus CEO and outgoing EADS CEO Louis Gallois. “Air Asia could not have reached this point in our amazing story without the tremendous support we’ve received from Airbus, going back [...]
australianaviation.com.au 13 hours ago |
| 24 may
18:26 | Air Asia receives its 100th A320 from Airbus with a special flair
Air Asia marked another milestone on the way to becoming the largest A320 operator worldwide by accepting its 100th aircraft today, celebrating this event with a special touch that underscores the close relationship established between this low-cost carrier and Airbus. 24 May 2012 (photo and PR) The carrier's latest fleet addition carries the...
noticias-aero.info 13 hours ago |
| 24 may
17:57 | A380 cracks due to composite material temperature embrittlement
Modifications to repair wing rib cracks on in-service Airbus A380s will begin in the first quarter of 2013 and the composite material at the root of the problem will no longer be used on new-production aircraft delivered from 2014. The cracks issue, discovered early this year, resulted from a carbon fiber-aluminum material known as 7449 that was...
imechanica.org 13 hours ago |
| 24 may
17:55 | Constellium and Airbus Sign a Multi-year Agreement for the Provision...
Paris, May 24, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Constellium announces today that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Airbus estimated at approximately US$2 billion of value to support all leading aircraft programs from Airbus and its parent company, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS). With this deal, Constellium strengthens its...
thezom.com 13 hours ago |
| 24 may
17:55 | Arlington Police Blotter
Crime Report for May 24, 2012: MISSILE INTO AN OCCUPIED DWELLING 05/23/12, 90 block of N. Bedford Street. Between 11:30 pm on May 22 and 8 am on May 23, someone fired a single shot into a residence. The homeowner located a .45 caliber bullet on the living room floor the next morning. There is no suspect description. Crime Report for May 23, 2012:...
fairfaxnews.com 13 hours ago |
| 24 may
17:51 | Eurocopter and Turbomeca Inaugurate Mexico Training Center
Eurocopter de México (EMSA) and Turbomeca México (Safran Group) have signed a cooperation agreement for the training of helicopter maintenance technicians and recently opened their first joint training center in Mexico, which is also the first of its kind on the American continent to offer Spanish-speaking instructors.
This new center,...
rotor.com 13 hours ago |
| 24 may
17:15 | “Perspectives on Exploration” Panel
GLEX’s second plenary discussion was entitled “Perspectives on Exploration” and brought together: Michael Menking, Senior Vice President, Orbital Systems and Space Exploration EADS Astrium; Alexey Krasnov, Head of Manned Spaceflight Department, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos); John Elbon, Vice President and General Manager, Space...
glex2012.org 14 hours ago |
 | 24 may
16:20 | Alenia C-27J Wins Australian Airlift Contest
It’s been a long time coming but at last we know what the incomparable Caribou replacement will be. And I heartily approve, believing from the word go that the Spartan would be the right choice. But it still can’t do what the ‘bou ‘bou would do as the first aircrew to try and land it on an unprepared rising strip in the3 New Guinea...
peterfarr.blogspot.com 15 hours ago |
 | 24 may
16:09 | Warning: AFS design worst support ever
Normally I respect FS addon developers very much, even a bit lower quality ones. However extreme lies and rudeness of AFS Design has brought me to share my experiences with you. I was looking for some kind of A320NEO product, and saw AFS Design Airbus Industrie FSX addon available at Simmarket for pretty cheap price, and bought it as I was also...
avsim.net 15 hours ago |
| 24 may
15:18 | Constellium Signs $2 Bln Multi-year Deal With Airbus
Constellium, formerly Alcan Engineered Products, Thursday said it has signed about $2 billion worth multi-year agreement to support all aircraft programs from French aircraft maker Airbus and its parent company, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. – popularly known as EADS – (EADSY.PK, EADSF.PK). The specific terms of the contract...
net2invest.com 16 hours ago |
| 24 may
15:14 | Plane-makers walk the line on golden age, demand could fuel...
By Kyle Peterson CHICAGO | Tue May 22, 2012 8:39pm EDT (Reuters) - From a chilly perch in Burnsville, Minnesota, Tim Zemanovic has an usual perspective on the global aircraft market, which is booming - some say overheating - as the world's largest plane-makers pump out jets as fast they can. Zemanovic, the head of Aircraft Demolition, a company...
gilberttants.blogspot.com 16 hours ago |
| 24 may
14:39 | EADS Airbike
Engineers from the Bristol wing of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) have developed their Airbike to demonstrate what Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) can do: The manufacturing process involves “growing” the components from a fine nylon powder, similar in concept to 3D printing. Said to be as strong as steel, the end...
isegoria.net 17 hours ago |
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