India may see Finnair’s first long-haul flight on bio-fuels
June 14th, 2012 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Helsinki, June 14 (IANS) Nordic carrier Finnair will launch its first long-haul flight powered by bio-fuels to Asia, where India is a strategic market, to show its commitment towards environment ... Read more...
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Pakistan aircrash: Black box to be taken to US
May 4th, 2012 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 4 (IANS) The black box of a Pakistani passenger aircraft that crashed last month killing 127 people will be taken to the US for decoding, a media report ... Read more...
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India test-flies naval version of LCA
April 27th, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 27 (IANS) India Friday conducted the maiden flight of the naval version of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) over this tech hub under a partially cloudy sky."With the ... Read more...
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Pakistani daily rues political rift over crash probe
April 24th, 2012 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) A Pakistani daily has described as "agonising" the political rift over the probe into an aircrash here that left 127 people dead.The Bhoja Air 737, on ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan has learnt little from previous air crash’
April 22nd, 2012 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan has learnt little from a horrific aircrash that took place two years back, said a daily after 127 people were killed in a plane crash ... Read more...
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Pakistan to probe plane crash that killed 127 (Lead)
April 21st, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday announced a judicial probe into the air-crash near here that killed 127 people. Several staff of the airline ... Read more...
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Judicial panel to probe air crash: Gilani
April 21st, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday ordered the formation of a judicial commission to probe the deadly air-crash near here.The Bhoja Airlines flight with ... Read more...
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Boeing offers to assist Pakistan in crash probe
April 21st, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) US aircraft company Boeing has offered technical assistance to Pakistan in the investigation into the plane crash near here that killed 127 people Friday.In a ... Read more...
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All on board dead in Pakistan plane crash
April 21st, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) All 127 people on board the Bhoja Airlines flight that crashed near here have died and their bodies have been shifted to a hospital for ... Read more...
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Plane with 127 on board crashes in Pakistan, no survivors (Night Lead)
April 21st, 2012 - 2:33 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) A Pakistani passenger plane carrying at least 127 people crashed in stormy weather and burst into flames while approaching Islamabad airport Friday evening. There were ... Read more...
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Pakistani plane with 127 on board crashes, no survivors (Third Lead)
April 21st, 2012 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) A passenger plane carrying 127 people crashed in stormy weather and burst into flames while approaching Pakistan's Islamabad airport Friday evening. There were no reports ... Read more...
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India successfully tests second indigenous airborne radar flight (Lead)
April 5th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) India's second indigenous airborne warning radar, formidable eyes in the sky, built aboard a Brazilian Embraer plane has been successfully flight tested, an official said ... Read more...
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Second indigenous airborne radar flight tested
April 5th, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) India's second indigenous airborne warning radar built on board a Brazilian Embraer plane has been successfully flight tested, an official said Thursday.The test of the ... Read more...
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HAL sales growth dips in fiscal 2011-12
April 1st, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 1 (IANS) The annual sales growth of state-run defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) at 6.7 percent in fiscal 2011-12 was less than half of 14.5 percent it ... Read more...
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Russia to increase number of fighters in test flights
February 13th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The number of Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighters involved in test flights will be increased from three to 14 by 2015, Russian Air Force ... Read more...
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Thai ‘ladyboy’ flight attendants take flight
December 16th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Bangkok, Dec 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Transsexuals and transgenders are called "katoeys" or "ladyboys" in Thailand. The country seems to have gotten used to the group because almost every cosmetic shop has a ... Read more...
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Embraer jet for Indian airborne radar flight tested
December 7th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The first fully-modified aircraft for India's indigenously developed Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&CS;) has taken to the skies for its maiden flight from ... Read more...
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Indigenous Rustom UAV completes successful fifth flight
November 11th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) India's indigenously designed and developed Rustom-I unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Friday completed its fifth successful flight, an official said here.Rustom, a medium altitude long endurance ... Read more...
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Naval LCA engine test successful
September 27th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) India's bid to build its own carrier-borne fighter plane got a boost with the naval version of the Light Combat Aircraft successfully completing its first ... Read more...
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Mahindra’s maiden aircraft completes successful test flight
September 14th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 14 (IANS) Utility vehicles major Mahindra Group's maiden aircraft C-NM5, built at its facility in Australia, has completed a series of successful test flights, the company announced here ... Read more...
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New stealth fighter jet for Russia, India
August 16th, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Zhukovsky (Russia), Aug 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's new stealth fighter jet, which is expected to make its first public appearance at the MAKS exhibition near Moscow Tuesday, will be the ... Read more...
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South Africa to launch unmanned air vehicle in 2012
August 11th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Pretoria, Aug 11 (IANS) The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) global market, which is estimated at $14 billion per annum and is dominated by Israel and the US, will soon have ... Read more...
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First Marut’s maiden flight remembered at HAL (Lead)
June 17th, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 17 (IANS) State-run defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Friday re-kindled fond memories of the maiden flight of its first fighter bomber Marut (HF-24), which took to skies ... Read more...
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India building credible minimal deterrence, says IAF
June 17th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 17 (IANS) India is building a credible minimal deterrence to pre-empt any attack from adversaries as part of its nuclear doctrine based on no-first-use with a second strike ... Read more...
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HAL relives first fighter’s maiden flight 50 years ago
June 17th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 17 (IANS) State-run defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) celebrated the maiden flight of its first fighter bomber here Friday. It was on this day five decades ago ... Read more...
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Hitler tried to build flying saucers to attack London, New York
April 26th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 26 (IANS) Adolf Hitler tried to build a fleet of flying saucers to attack London and New York, a media report said Tuesday.The Sun reported that one alleged ... Read more...
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Hitler ordered creation of Nazi UFOs to destroy London, New York
April 26th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 26 (ANI): Top-secret Nazi archives have revealed that Adolf Hitler's fantasy about creating a fleet of Nazi UFOs, capable of destroying London and New York, was in fact a reality.The ... Read more...
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‘Mars flight possible after 2035′
April 14th, 2011 - 3:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An interplanetary spacecraft for a flight to Mars will be created not before 2025 and the maiden flight to the red planet will be possible ... Read more...
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Boeing’s ‘world’s longest’ 747-8 jumbo makes ‘perfect’ maiden flight
March 21st, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 21 (ANI): The first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, newest and biggest jumbo jet from the US aerospace giant, successfully took off on its maiden flight Sunday.The new version of the classic ... Read more...
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China’s stealth fighter based on US nighthawk
January 24th, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 24 (IANS) The new stealth fighter developed by China is based on the technology used in the US-made Nighthawk jet which was shot down over Serbia during the 1999 Kosovo ... Read more...
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DRDO conducts successful maiden flight test of Kaveri Engine
November 4th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 4 (ANI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the indigenously designed and developed 'Kaveri Engine' during the Flying Test Bed (FTB) Trials at Gromov Flight ... Read more...
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DRDO test flies Rustom unmanned aircraft
October 16th, 2010 - 11:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.16 (ANI): "RUSTOM", the medium altitude long endurance Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) being developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment, a premier Defence Research and Development Organisation lab specializing in UAVs and ... Read more...
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Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship Successfully Completes Its First Flight
October 11th, 2010 - 8:28 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Los Angeles, Oct 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The first commercial manned spacecraft of the world completed its maiden flight on Sunday and was able to make a successful landing at the ... Read more...
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First of six C-130J Super Hercules heads for India
October 6th, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct. 6 (ANI): The first of six C-130J Super Hercules destined for the Indian Air Force took to the skies for its maiden flight yesterday in Marietta, Georgia, U.S.A.According ... Read more...
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Indian Air Force’s first C-130J Super Hercules takes to skies
October 6th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Marietta, Oct 6 (ANI): The first of six C-130J Super Hercules made for the Indian Air Force took to the skies for its maiden flight on Tuesday at Marietta in Georgia.To ... Read more...
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