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Tonight is the night the much-hyped appearance of Sir Richard Branson on the Colbert Report runs. Published accounts and Comedy Central promos (on the Colbert Report) indicate a very real disagreement unfolded between Stephen Colbert's fictional persona as host of the Colbert Report and the founder of Virgin Atlantic Airlines.
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A Boeing 737-800 operating as China Airlines flight CI120 has caught fire and been destroyed after a flight from Taiwan, Taipei, to Okinawa, Japan's Naha Airport.
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"A smooth climb to orbit" is how NASA described the successful launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-118 late this afternoon.
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After the departure of the space shuttle Atlantis, Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov returned to their daily operations aboard the International
Space Station this week, while newly arrived Flight Engineer Clay
Anderson began conducting scientific experiments.
Atlantis landed in California June 22, 2007, after delivering a new starboard
truss segment and a set of solar arrays to the station. Returning on
the shuttle was Sunita Williams, who lived and worked aboard the
orbiting complex for six months. Anderson succeeded Williams on the
station and arrived with the Atlantis crew on June 10.
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General Electric says that with 34 flights and 187 hours in the air, its GEnx engine has completed its four months of flight-testing aboard the GE 747 flying test-bed, accomplishing major objectives, including aircraft level testing in support Boeing's 787 Dreamliner program.
"During the flight tests on GE's 747 flying test-bed, we verified the GEnx engine's design and
electrical requirements for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner," said Tom Brisken, general manager of the
GEnx program. "We conducted numerous tests with maximum horsepower extraction on the starter
generators, demonstrated engine operability while generating the maximum electric power
requirements envisioned for the 787 aircraft and confirmed the ability of the GEnx engine to
successfully restart in flight at various conditions within the 787 flight envelope."
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Private Indian Airline Jet Airways has brought a Boeing 777-300ER to Le Bourget, France, for the Paris Air Show. According to Boeing, the plane reflects the airline's new livery and interior configuration for long haul service.
Each of the first class suites offers nearly 26 square feet of usable space that can be closed off with sliding doors. The suites feature a 23-inch flat-screen monitor, storage areas that include a personal hanging wardrobe, dual credenzas with under-ottoman storage, and an 83-inch bed. With a business-jet style table, two can dine comfortably in the suite, according to Boeing.
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Airbus has announced that Ireland's national carrier Aer Lingus is ordering six of the consortium's A350 XWB (eXtra Wide Body) aircraft and six A330-300s.
The A330-300 order adds to eight aircraft already delivered and one aircraft scheduled to arrive in the Summer of 2007, according to Airbus.
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June 15, 2007 - AeroSpaceNews.com - According to a statement issued by the United States Air Force, a Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon flying on a close-air-support mission crashed in Iraq at 12:27 am (local), June 15, 2007.
The plane had one crewmember aboard and was deployed to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing.
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