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Bombardier Q400 Assembly line in Downsview Toronto

Breaking News: Viking Air to Acquire Dash 8-Q400 Program From Bombardier - As you read on Fliegerfaust before...

A major escallation in Viking's commercial aircraft ambitions

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November 7, 2018 - by Jon Ostrower for The Air Current

Remember: Fliegerfaust August article:

August 2018 : Fliegerfaust Q400 Update, Viking Air, Airbus, China... Insider Update Part 2
Want to know the whole story? Read this... on May 3, 2018 : Where the Q400 and CRJ going

Bombardier is on the verge of announcing the full divestment of its Q400 turboprop program to fellow Canadian airplane manufacturer Viking Air Limited, according to two people familiar with the transaction.

The announcement is expected to proceed Bombardier's quarterly earnings report on November 8.

The strategic move would mark the Canadian transportation company's second major divestment this year. The company completed its deal with Airbus in July, handing 50.01% of the newly-rebranded A220 program to the European plane maker.

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The latest version of the well known Boeing 747, the new 747-800

Key Russian Air Cargo Customer Sues Boeing Over Widebodies, Highlighting How Coronavirus Shifted Market

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May 30, 2020 - by Dominic Gates for seattletimes.com

The latest Boeing 747-800 Model

A lawsuit filed in Seattle this week reveals damaged relations between Boeing and an important customer for its largest cargo jets.

The legal complaint has a weird twist: Russian cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr alleges that it has a binding contract to take four widebody aircraft worth more than $600 million at standard pricing and has the money to pay for them — but that Boeing refuses to deliver the jets.

"Boeing seeks to sell them to another buyer instead, while at the same time wrongfully retaining tens of millions of dollars that plaintiff has already paid to Boeing," Volga-Dnepr alleges in the complaint, which later pegs the money it has already paid at more than $146 million.

One could expect some tense negotiations...

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Software Bug In Bombardier Airliner Made Planes Turn The Wrong Way

Missed approaches went left instead of right - and vice versa

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May 29, 2020 - by Gareth Corfield for theregister.co.uk

A very specific software bug made airliners turn the wrong way if their pilots adjusted a pre-set altitude limit.

The bug, discovered on Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft fitted with Rockwell Collins Aerospace-made flight management systems (FMSes), led to airliners trying to follow certain missed approaches turning right instead of left – or vice versa.

Missed approaches are used when pilots aren't confident that they're going to land safely. They are a published path that helps the pilot safely position the aeroplane for another attempt.

First discovered in 2017, the flaw was only apparent when pilots manually edited a pre-set "climb to" altitude programmed into a "missed approach" procedure following an Instrument Landing System approach.

It also arose if pilots used the FMS's temperature compensation function in extremely cold weather.

In theory the bug could have led to airliners crashing into the ground,...

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Currency Worth Millions Found Under Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 Plane Debris...

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May 29, 2020 - by webdesk for geo.tv

KARACHI: Illegal currency was allegedly being smuggled in the plane crash that took place on May 22, the PIA spokesperson said in a shocking development on Thursday.

Pakistan International Airlines's (PIA) Airbus A320 — travelling from Lahore to Karachi — crashed in a residential area in the metropolis, killing 97 passengers on board. Two passengers survived the crash.

"Local and foreign currency worth...

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Ever Wondered What a Q400 Would Look Like as a Freighter?

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May 29, 2020 - by key.aero

Indian low-cost airline, SpiceJet has converted three of its Bombardier Q400 passenger aircraft into freighters.

The turboprops, which usually have space for 78 passengers in a single-class configuration, had their seats removed and now each have a cargo capacity of 8.5 tons.

Ajay Singh, chairman and managing director of SpiceJet said: "Our cargo operations are doing extremely well and to address the increased demand we have converted three Q400 passenger aircraft into freighters.

These are our old 78-seater Q400s and have a cargo capacity of 8.5 tons each.

These smaller cargo planes are...

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Boeing Stock Rises on 737 MAX Production Announcement - That May Be Premature

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May 29, 2020 - by Al Root for barrons.com

Boeing announced Wednesday evening it will restart production of the troubled 737 MAX jet. The move is boosting Boeing's stock price, but, quite frankly, it probably shouldn't be. The move isn't a surprise, as Boeing hinted at it as recently as late April.

Still, a production restart is important for investors in another way. Boeing (ticker: BA) has to improve production efficiency to prepare for a rockier aviation future .

The 737 MAX, Boeing's newest model single-aisle plane, has been grounded worldwide since mid-March 2019 following two deadly crashes within two months.

Management has been working for months fixing software and other problem and...

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Boeing Cuts 12,000 Jobs As China Virus COVID19 Seizes Travel Industry

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May 29, 2020 - by The Associated Press for usatoday.com

Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry, and more cuts are coming.

One of the nation's biggest manufacturers will lay off 6,770 U.S. employees this week, and another 5,520 workers are taking buyout offers to leave voluntarily in the coming week.

Air travel within the U.S. tumbled 96% by mid-April, to fewer than 100,000 people on some days. It has recovered slightly. The Transportation Security Administration said it screened 264,843 people at airports on Tuesday, a drop of 89% compared with the same Tuesday a year ago.

Boeing had said it would cut 10% of a workforce that numbered about 160,000....

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Space Force launches ‘Make History’ recruiting campaign with new video

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May 29, 2020 - by JOSEPH DITZLER for stripes.com

Bad weather postponed the launch this week of U.S. astronauts into space, but a recruiting campaign for the U.S. Space Force continued on schedule Thursday.

The nation's newest military service released the second video in the month aimed at bolstering its public profile, a 30-second production titled, "Make History."

"I see giant leaps making a comeback," a woman's voice intones over a video of a rocket bursting through clouds and uniformed Space Force personnel doing Space Force tasks....

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The Mitsubishi SpaceJet — As We Know It Today — Is Dead

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May 28, 2020 - by Jon Ostrower for theaircurrent.com

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' intent to cultivate a new market for the Japanese conglomerate in North America has been withdrawn. Its purpose, the creation of a next-generational regional jet, is on hold indefinitely.

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, or Mitac, MHI's commercial aircraft unit, is now set to shutter its operations in North America and Europe, the company confirmed last Friday.

With letting go of Mitac's international presence, its parent has reabsorbed its aircraft division leaving an indefinitely-paused future for the existing M90.

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Goodbye MRJ / SpaceJet aircraft. #MSJUSA #MRJUSA pic.twitter.com/jPhEe0z9ue
— Isaac ✈ Alexander (@jetcitystar) May 28, 2020

Overnight at Komaki Airport in Nagoya, Mitac rolled out its first completed production aircraft in the early hours of May 28, but it isn't expected to fly for quite some time.

It's important to delineate between MHI, the program's corporate parent, which builds everything from rockets and wings for 787s to industrial power systems and cruise ships ad Mitac, which led the development of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet.

That effort began in 2008 and was...

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Russia Now Has At Least 14 Combat Jets In Libya As Satellite Images Reveal New Details

It's now clear that the Kremlin has launched a major airpower intervention into the country.

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May 28, 2020 - by JOSEPH TREVITHICK for thedrive.com

The U.S. military's top command for operations in Africa says that Russia has sent at least 14 combat jets to Libya and that Russian military pilots are flying them. It has also released additional satellite imagery shot last week showing two MiG-29 Fulcrums at Al Jufrah Air Base in the center of that country.

This comes a day after it first revealed evidence that the Kremlin had sent the aircraft to bolster forces fighting on behalf of strongman Khalifa Haftar against Libya's U.N.-recognized government.

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ISI's #intelligence located #Russian #military elements at Al-Jufrah airbase, #Libya. The enhanced Russian presence includes Mig-29, Mig-23 fighters, trucks, helicopters, vehicles, and a new #radar system. pic.twitter.com/rv7TbEeYWd
— ImageSat Intl. (@ImageSatIntl) May 27, 2020

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Tweeted out the new imagery and information on May 27, 2020.

The satellite images are dated May 20, a day before the first reports began to emerge that Russian MiG-29s, as well as Su-24 Fencers, had touched down in Libya.

The satellite images show various supporting equipment, including at least one...

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