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As good as gold: the Boeing 747 at 50
/ | 3 Comments on As good as gold: the Boeing 747 at 50This feature story from the March 2019 edition of Australian Aviation by John Walton looks at the 50-year history of the Queen of the Skies, the Boeing 747.
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Queenstown flights cancelled due to shortage of air traffic controllers
/A number of Friday evening flights into and out of Queenstown Airport have been cancelled or rescheduled because of too many unwell air traffic controllers.
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Boeing has made 96 flights testing 737 MAX software update: CEO
/ | 6 Comments on Boeing has made 96 flights testing 737 MAX software update: CEOBoeing has made 96 flights totaling a little over 159 hours testing a software update for the 737 MAX’s anti-stall feature, chief executive Dennis Muilenburg says.
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Guillaume Faury begins three-year term as Airbus CEO
/Guillaume Faury has officially taken his seat as chief executive of Airbus following the aerospace giant’s annual general meeting (AGM) in Amsterdam.
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Gulfstream G650ER smashes new speed and distance record
/Gulfstream’s G650ER has flown the longest nonstop business jet flight by distance and shattered a short-lived speed record of rival Bombardier’s Global 7500.
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Air New Zealand’s 787-9 Rolls-Royce engines dogged by problems
/ | 9 Comments on Air New Zealand’s 787-9 Rolls-Royce engines dogged by problemsAir New Zealand says eight Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engines for its 13 Boeing 787-9s will be inspected sooner than anticipated due to durability issues.
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