Pigs don't fly: Air Zimbabwe plane crashes into bushpig on runway

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6908780.ece

It took a wild pig on the runway at Harare International Airport to reveal what many Zimbabweans have long feared: the country's Civil Aviation Authority and the national airline have gone the way of much of Zimbabwe's other frayed institutions.

A statement from the Transport Ministry said last week that one of Air Zimbabwe's Chinese-made MA60 60-seaters had crashed on Tuesday after hitting the bushpig — a smaller relative of the warthog — on take-off. The nose, a wingtip and a propeller were damaged.

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JAXA aims for M2 turbojet drop test in 2010

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/11/09/334529/jaxa-aims-for-m2-turbojet-drop-test-in-2010.html

Japan plans in 2010 to drop-test a subscale engine that will accelerate to Mach 2 over Sweden's Esrange test area.

Articulo relacionado: S-Engine, un motor para volar a Mach 5

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Aeronáutica y préstamos

Anticipos reembolsables a Airbus para el desarrollo del A350 XWB
http://www.actualidadaeroespacial.com/index.php?view=noticias&id=4af840fd725b1&viewTemplate=1


Madrid ha otorgado 38 millones en ayudas al sector aeroespacial desde 2005
http://www.actualidadaeroespacial.com/index.php?view=noticias&id=4af8416637ea2&viewTemplate=1


El Gobierno promete 3.732 millones para el sector aeronáutico en el próximo quinquenio
http://www.actualidadaeroespacial.com/index.php?view=noticias&id=4af83be0050c2&viewTemplate=1

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Yunnec Inaugura Su Planta En China Para Producir Aviones Eléctricos

http://blog.sandglasspatrol.com/index.php/noticias/37-comercial/613-la-empresa-china-yunec-inaugura-su-fabrica-para-producir-aviones-electricos

Una planta con una superficie de 25.000 metros cuadrados en la ciudad china de Shanghai será la planta de producción de aviones eléctricos deportivos de la empresa Yunnec International.

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El Yuneec E430 apunta a ser el primer avión eléctrico comercial del mundo

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China's nascent jet industry has Boeing, Airbus in its sights

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110604213.html

China's reasons for wanting to enter the large jet market are clear; Chinese airlines are set to buy more than 2,000 big jets by 2025, making it one of the world's largest markets. Asia's airlines in total are expected to place orders for about 10,000 jets in that same period.

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NASA Seeks Student Payloads for High-Flying Research Balloon

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=69d34050-ac31-4b0a-beb5-04e68fcd57ce

NASA is accepting applications from students at U.S. colleges and universities who want to send their experiments to the edge of space on a high-flying scientific balloon

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