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Boeing actively working to develop repair plans
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| Required 737NG Inspections Find Issues With Some Aircraft | Lee Ann Shay | Aviation Daily
Airlines have inspected 810 older Boeing 737NGs for cracked fuselage parts and turned up issues on 38 aircraft as of Oct. 9, the company said, adding it is working with customers to develop plans and procure parts for aircraft with discrepancies. |
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| Program Profile: Pilatus PC-12 | There’s no mistaking a 2016 Pilatus PC-12 NG from earlier versions of the aircraft. The third iteration of this 22-year-old model sports a five-blade Hartzell prop with scimitar shaped blades made of black carbon fiber. It is more efficient at converting torque into thrust in all phases of flight than the aluminum Hartzell four-blade prop it replaces.
See our profile of the single-engine turboprop airframe. |
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| Aerospace & Defense Roundup: Oct, 10 |
USAF and Sikorsky turn around the troubled HH-60W program, Boeing and Porsche partnership on prototype eVTOL, PRSM flight test updates, NASA hints at SLS test launch slide, Taiwain's research for next fighter engine, defense budgets and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news. |
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| Remembering Former Aviation Week Editor Bill Gregory | Aviation Week & Space Technology
A space enthusiast credited with adding 'Space Technology' to the end of the magazine's title, William H. (Bill) Gregory spent more than three decades at Aviation Week & Space Technology. He died aged 95. |
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| First Take | Graham Warwick
The FAA and others cite “automation dependency” as a growing risk. |
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| | | FLEET FORECAST | | | Will multiple worldwide civil aviation authorities certify fixes for the 737 MAX in time?
Will operators scheduled to receive these new aircraft be able to accept the exceptional spike in deliveries of new aircraft over the coming year?
Given this unprecedented situation, Aviation Week Network’s 2020 Commercial Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast delivers a detailed projection of the nearly 7,300 commercial aircraft entering service in China and APAC over the next 10 years. | | | | | | UPCOMING EVENTS | | |
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