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US Coast Guard HC-130 takes off from Lajes Air Base in the Azores. (Photo by João Eduardo Sequeira via wikipedia, CC-BY-SA)

Coast Guard Buys Three Lockheed Martin HC-130J Airplanes

The US Coast Guard has ordered three new Lockheed Martin HC-130J airplanes to augment its surveillance and search and rescue capabilities.
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Video and Photos of Qantas 747 Uncontained Engine Failure

A passenger captured video of sparks pouring out the back of a Qantas 747's number 4 engine after it failed near San Francisco Monday night.
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Boeing 747-8 Freighter Receives Certification from FAA and EASA

A little over two weeks after completing over 3,400 hours of flight testing, on Friday the Boeing 747-8 Freighter was deemed flightworthy and received certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the European...
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A US Airways Boeing 757 landing in Philadelphia. (Photo by Brian Futterman)

US Airways Fined $350,000 Over 757 Engine Repairs

US Airways operated a Boeing 757 that had not been properly tested after a repair, the FAA said Wednesday.
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Boeing Delivers Ryanair’s 300th 737-800

Boeing has delivered the 300th 737-800 airliner to Dublin-based low cost carrier Ryanair, the world's largest operator of 737-800s.
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