New Dedicated USAF F-35A Demo Team Announced for 2019 Airshow Season



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New Dedicated USAF F-35A Demo Team Announced for 2019 Airshow Season // The Aviationist
https://theaviationist.com/2018/11/21/new-dedicated-usaf-f-35a-demo-team-announced-for-2019-airshow-season/

New F-35A Demo May Transition from Heritage Flight to Solo F-35A Demo. The U.S. Air Force has posted limited information about a new F-35A Demonstration Team for the upcoming 2019 airshow season. The information appeared today on the official USAF Air Combat Command Aerial Events page. This web page hosts official information about the various […]
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ANALYSIS: Italy combines capabilities for future tiltrotor



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ANALYSIS: Italy combines capabilities for future tiltrotor // Flight Global HEADLINES
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-italy-combines-capabilities-for-future-til-453505/

As part of its Clean Sky 2 initiative, the EU is funding two parallel projects to develop high-speed rotorcraft: the Airbus Helicopters Racer and Leonardo Helicopters Next-Gen Civil Tiltrotor (NGCTR).
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Corrosion concerns ground Ju-Air's remaining Ju 52s



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Corrosion concerns ground Ju-Air's remaining Ju 52s // Flight Global HEADLINES
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/corrosion-concerns-ground-ju-airs-remaining-ju-52s-453810/

Swiss regulators have grounded two remaining Junkers Ju 52s operated by Ju-Air over airworthiness concerns, three months after a fatal accident involving another of its aircraft.
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Bombardier to cut 490 jobs in Belfast



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Bombardier to cut 490 jobs in Belfast // Flight Global HEADLINES
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/bombardier-to-cut-490-jobs-in-belfast-453820/

Bombardier plans to cut 490 jobs at its UK facility in Belfast as part of wider efforts to restructure the Canadian manufacturer s aerospace activities.
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Virgin Orbit's "flying launchpad" completes first captive carry flight



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Virgin Orbit's "flying launchpad" completes first captive carry flight // Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
https://newatlas.com/virgin-orbit-captive-carry-flight-test/57301/

Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl took to the skies over Southern California on November 18, 2018 carrying a 70-ft-long (21-m) rocket for the first time. The specially modified 747-400 "flying launchpad" with the LauncherOne small-satellite booster under its port wing took off from Victorville, California on an 80-minute test flight designed to assess the take-off, landing, and low-speed handling and performance of the integrated aircraft and carbon-fiber two-stage rocket.

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NASA selects Mars 2020 rover landing site



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NASA selects Mars 2020 rover landing site // Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
https://newatlas.com/nasa-selects-mars-2020-site/57302/

After five years, NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission has a landing site penciled in. From a list of 60 candidate sites, the space agency has chosen Jezero Crater as the touchdown point for the nuclear-powered unmanned explorer designed to seek out places where life might once have existed and collect soil and rock samples for return to Earth via a future mission.

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