Vero Beach, Fla., May 29, 2013 – Piper Aircraft Inc. and Winters Aviation, its authorized aircraft dealer in France and Belgium, will exhibit two top-of-the-line M-Class single-engine aircraft and a twin-engine Seneca V at the 7th Cannes International General Aviation Exhibition June 5-8 at Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (LFMD).

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"Airbus SAS, a week after being accused by Boeing Co. (BA) of lacking the guts to develop an all-new airplane, hit back by ridiculing as inferior its arch-rival’s choice of parts on the first 787 Dreamliner shown to the world."

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"EVERETT, Wash., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) celebrated the 50th delivery of a 747-8 today. Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the launch customer of the passenger version, took delivery of the milestone aircraft almost one year after the first revenue flight of the 747-8 Intercontinental. It is the airline's seventh 747-8 and its 82nd 747."

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"Flexjet, one of the world’s most exclusive private jet services companies, has partnered with the famed Jet Art Group to create
distinctive artworks in celebration of Learjet’s 50th anniversary. On April 30 and May 1, 2013, at
Signature Flight Support in West Palm Beach, artist Princess Tarinan von Anhalt will harness
the power of Flexjet’s Learjet 45 XR engine to replace the traditional paintbrush."

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"A big new European research programme has begun to look at the possibility of a single-pilot flight deck for commercial operations.

The project is called ACROSS (‘Advanced Cockpit for Reduction of StreSs and workload’). Funded by the European Commission and others to the tune of €30 million, it brings together a consortium of 35 industry and research partners, including heavy hitters like Thales , Airbus and Boeing"

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"Eastern European airpower will take centre stage at the Air Tattoo this summer when two of the world's most potent fighter aircraft take to the skies.

A legendary Mikoyan MiG-29, from the Polish Air Force, and a SAAB JAS-39 Gripen from the Hungarian Air Force have been added to the seven-and-a-half hour flying display programme."

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"Every year for EAA AirVenture, the FAA sends a batch of controllers to handle all the extra traffic at the Oshkosh tower, but this year, the FAA is asking EAA to chip in to cover their costs."

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"WICHITA, Kan., May 22, 2013 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announces the first production flight of its Turbo Skylane 182 JT-A took place yesterday at the company’s facility in Independence, Kan. The aircraft has the distinction of being the first modern single engine aircraft powered by a piston engine specifically designed to run on Jet-A fuel."

Cessna Turbo Skylane JT-A Takes First Production Flight

"A Silver Surfer-style, air-breathing engine defied naysayers with its triumphant recent test reaching Mach 5 -- that’s an astonishing mile per second, or nearly 4,000 miles per hour-- smashing its own previous time in flight record."

Air-breathing engine in Boeing's X-51A WaveRider may pave the way to Mach 20 planes