Aviation News - February 2005

General

A heads up for GA Operators around the world

Two Russian Women Sets New Blimp Speed Record

Women walks into propellers of Cessna 172

Commercial

BA enlists Darling's help over cost of flight turned back by US

Boeing's 747 Freighter Development proceeding according to plan

Challenger Jet Crashes Amazingly Cause No Death

Military

Canada boosts spending but no long range aircraft

Russia Fields S-400 Air Defense Systems

Indian Air Force Microlight Air Race 2005

Canada to scrap 1/3 of CF-18 Fleet

US Missile Defence Test Fails, Again.

US Drones Spy on Iran

Indian Air Force to Purchase 40 Home Made LCA

New Russian Topol Missile Makes U.S. Defenses Obsolete

F/A-22 Raptor to Fly Over Super Bowl

Robotic Attack Planes, UAVs, are the future.

American Pilots Toying with Iranian Air Defence

C-130 Shoot Down Video is Bogus

Lockheed AgustaWestland Beats Sikorsky for US Presidential Helicopter Contract

Misc

Have Spaceplane Will Travel

Happy Chinese New Year!

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