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Boeing completes “final body join” on first flight test 777X
/ | 2 Comments on Boeing completes “final body join” on first flight test 777XIn a major production milestone, Boeing says it has completed the “final body join” of the first 777-X, connecting the nose, mid and aft sections together.
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Cobham secures OZ Minerals contract extension
/Cobham Aviation Services has secured a contract expansion from OZ Minerals covering flights between Adelaide and the Carrapateena copper-gold mine.
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GE Aviation donates 747-100 testbed to museum
/ | 3 Comments on GE Aviation donates 747-100 testbed to museumGE Aviation has donated its first Boeing 747-100 flying testbed N747GE to the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
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Heartbreak for Hall as he narrowly misses air race crown
/Matt Hall has come within three-tenths of a second of claiming a maiden Red Bull Air Race World Championship title.
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External tanks to extend the reach of RAAF C-130Js
/ | 7 Comments on External tanks to extend the reach of RAAF C-130JsThe RAAF’s C-130J Hercules could have more range, more time on station for missions such as search and rescue and more fuel offload capacity at forward bases thanks to new external fuel tanks.
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Air New Zealand to fly A321neo to Gold Coast
/ | 5 Comments on Air New Zealand to fly A321neo to Gold CoastAir New Zealand says it will upgauge its Auckland-Gold Coast flights to the Airbus A321neo and add a fifth weekly service on the route from February 2019.
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