October 2008

EMBRAER PARTICIPATES IN AIRSHOW CHINA 2008

by Jarkko on October 31, 2008

in Aviation

The Company will promote its civil aviation product portfolio.   Embraer participates in the seventh China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition  November 4-9, at Zhuhai Airport, in Guang Dong Province of the People’s Republic of China. The Company will promote its portfolio of both commercial and executive jets at stand 1B3/1. A press conference has [...]

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Virtualcol E-Jets Virtual 2.0

October 31, 2008

Virtualcol is proud to present the first high quality work of airplanes for FS2004 and FSX! E-Jets Virtual is a commitment to excellence and quality, offering users a single package that includes the most popular models made by the Brazilian company EMBRAER, the 170, 175, 190 and 195 and the new LINEAGE 1000. It includes [...]

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Historic Flight – Electric Brakes

October 31, 2008

Today, Bombardier Aerospace announced another milestone in the advancement of civil aviation: a Bombardier test aircraft executed a first flight equipped entirely with an all electric braking system – a civil aviation first. The testing lasted in excess of seven hours, included five landings and a series of high-speed braked ground runs. The Bombardier demonstator [...]

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Boeing says China needs 3,710 planes over 20 years

October 30, 2008

Boeing Co aid on Wednesday that China will need 3,710 new commercial airplanes worth $390 billion over the next 20 years, maintaining its position as the world’s fastest growing aviation market. China will account for 41 percent of the Asia-Pacific region’s airplane demand, Randy Tinseth, a Boeing vice president for marketing, said in a statement. [...]

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The world’s first and only zero emissions airline

October 30, 2008

More than eight years ago, no reliable airlines existed in Costa Rica or Central America serving adventure travel destinations. Services were often slow, chaotic and inconvenient for international and regional tourists. Whole communities were essentially cut off from the world in certain seasons. Mr. Khajavi and his family started NatureAir in 2000. Since then NatureAir [...]

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TweakFS behind the scenes!

October 30, 2008

Many of us flightsimmers knows TweakFS and FSWidgets as very reliable and stable products. This company is a bit odd in the market because they don’t produce any addon sceneries or planes like almost all others are doing. But what they do is, more important products like TweakFPS. What do you do with the latest [...]

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Finnair increases flights to Hong Kong and Bangkok

October 30, 2008

Finnair will increase scheduled flights to long-haul destinations this coming winter. The company will fly to Hong Kong daily this winter and flights to Bangkok will be operated twice almost every day. Petteri Kostermaa, Finnair’s Vice President Route Strategy and Traffic Planning said, “The twice-daily service on the Bangkok route, which is particularly important for [...]

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EASA orders MD-80 flap-warning check before every flight

October 30, 2008

European safety authorities are to require crews of Boeing MD-80 aircraft, and related variants, to test configuration-warning systems on the types before every flight. The order is contained in a newly-issued airworthiness directive and follows the fatal loss of a Spanair MD-82 during take-off from Madrid on 20 August. Rest of the story here

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