The plane so good it’s still in production after 60 years

In 1956, Cessna started building the 172 training plane - and more than 60 years on, it's still in production. Why has it been so popular? It can seat four people, in a squeeze, and weighs a little under 800kg without fuel or its passengers. It has a maximum speed of 140mph (226km/h), though you ...

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Amazon's owner wants to extend its delivery range—to the moon

Blue Origin could bring Bezos's shipping empire to deep space After more than 40 years of putzing around low Earth orbit, everyone is suddenly in a rush to go back to the moon. Two weeks ago, NASA announced that it's considering launching humans into lunar orbit as soon as 2019. This week, SpaceX...

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China says defense budget to rise by about 7 percent in 2017

BEIJING (AP) — China will raise its defense budget by about 7 percent this year, a government spokeswoman said Saturday, continuing a trend of lowered growth amid a slowing economy despite regional tensions over the South China Sea and other issues. Total defense spending would account for about ...

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India's DGCA identifies new gearbox issue on PW1100G

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/indias-dgca-identifies-new-gearbox-issue-on-pw1100g-434808/

​Airbus ends February with negative orders on the year - Wichita Business Journal

Wichita Business Journal

​Airbus ends February with negative orders on the year Wichita Business Journal On the order side, Airbus also started slow last year during the industry's typically quiet first quarter with just 10 net orders during the first three months of 2016. The company ended the year, however, with 731 net orders to best Boeing's total of ...

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2017/03/03/airbus-ends-february-with-negative-orders-on-the.html

Slow Market Doesn't Dent Sikorsky's Investment In Progress - Aviation International News

Aviation International News

Slow Market Doesn't Dent Sikorsky's Investment In Progress Aviation International News The slow, but somewhat steady, recovery in oil prices may have fueled some expectations of a recovering helicopter utilization for offshore support operations. But Dana Fiatarone, Sikorsky's vice president for commercial systems and services, isn't ...

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Altran autonomous cabin trolley promises on-demand future cabins

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