Aviation & Travel
Bell 505 aims for mid-year certification
AeroBD | The AERO news Company… : Bell Helicopter is now aiming for certification of the new short light single model 505 Jet Ranger X in the first half of 2016.
Lightweight F-35 helmet tests begin
AeroBD | The AERO news Company… : The F-35 joint program office will begin testing the first prototype of the new, lightweight Generation III helmet in late March, and hope to
KC-46 tanker test flight refuels Harrier II
AeroBD | The AERO news Company… : The KC-46 Pegasus test program has demonstrated that it can refuel US Marine Corps Harrier II Jump Jets. Using its hose-and-drogue system, located on
Second CH-53K enters testing program
AeroBD | The AERO news Company… : Sikorsky’s second flight test CH-53K King Stallion helicopter made its first flight in late January this year, it was announced last week (March 14,
Third test flight for Blue Origin New Shepard
AeroBD | The AERO news Company… : New Shepard flew again on April 2, 2016 reaching an apogee of 339,178 feet or 103 kilometers. It was the third flight with the
UAE fighter jet crashed in Yemen, 2 pilots killed
#thenewscompany : Two Emirati pilots were killed when their fighter jet crashed on Monday in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition is battling Iran-backed rebels, the alliance said. The Mirage jet crashed at
UAE fighter jet crashed in Yemen, 2 pilots killed
#aerobd.news : Two Emirati pilots were killed when their fighter jet crashed on Monday in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition is battling Iran-backed rebels, the alliance said. The Mirage jet crashed at
U.S. Marines Planning U.K. F-35 Debut
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…LONDON, 10 March, 2016 : Two years after the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter failed to make its planned international debut in the U.K., the U.S. Defense
U.S. Army Commission Proposes Apache Compromise
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…Inverness, SCOTLAND, 10 March, 2016 : Its creation sparked by a dispute between the U.S. Army and National Guard over the transfer of Boeing AH-64 Apaches,
Tupolev 104: Harsh Proof Of Rapid Soviet Progress (1956)
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…Inverness, SCOTLAND, 10 March, 2016 : A London-based journalist had a tough job of compiling a profile of the Tupolev 104 for Aviation Week in 1956,
Drone Aids TransAsia Flight 222 Accident Investigation
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…Inverness, SCOTLAND, 10 March, 2016 : The Taiwan Aviation Safety Council (ASC) successfully deployed a UAV as part of its investigation into the July 23, 2014
U.S. Navy, Marines Focus On F-18 Oxygen Problem
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…Inverness, SCOTLAND, 10 March, 2016 : Noting that their pilots are reporting more incidents of breathing problems in F-18-based aircraft, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
