10 December 2012

A350-800 not to be cancelled but A330 improved to maintain 787 under pressure

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Airbus said it will stick with the smallest variant of its A350 XWB family to provide a challenger for every version of Boeing’s 787, even...
09 December 2012

MIRA augmented reality technology used for checking the pylon assembly

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In the Pylon Assembly line, it has been used MiRA (Mixed Reality Application), a three-dimensional (3D) viewing device, to save tim...
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08 December 2012

VMU tail strike test will be one of the first to be done next summer

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Almost all pilots and aircraft geeks have seen astonishing pictures of a test aircraft taking off with the tail scraping the runway with a...
07 December 2012

A350F all-cargo version will have to continue in the “development phase” and wait till 2020 although Cathay Pacific shows interest

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Cathay Pacific wants Airbus to go ahead with an all-cargo version of its A350 model, which is currently in the development stage. Cathay h...
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06 December 2012

Strata in Abu Dhabi supplier of SABCA for flap track fairings progresses quickly with ATR workpackages

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Strata Manufacturing (Strata), Mubadala Aerospace's advanced composite aerostructures plant in Al Ain, is working with Belgian Tier1 SAB...
05 December 2012

Liebherr-Aerospace to provide also the A350-1000 nose landing gear

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Airbus has recently selected Liebherr-Aerospace to provide the nose landing gear for the A350-1000. Thus, the airframer has extended Liebh...
04 December 2012

A350 XWB is on its wheels

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Airbus has successfully completed the main structural assembly and system connection of A350 XWB MSN1, the first flight test aircraft. ...