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September 20, 2013

Arianespace, Astrium Sign Agreement For Production Of 18 Ariane 5 ECA Launchers

Spacecraft Will Be Operational Beginning In 2017

Arianespace and Astrium signed an initial agreement Tuesday to begin the production of 18 additional Ariane 5 ECA launchers. As part of this agreement, Arianespace has ordered from Astrium, long-lead items and the start of production activities for the 18 additional launchers.

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Airborne 09.20.13: Aero-Crook Riggs Dies in China, 787-9 1st Flight, Reno Wraps

Also: Aeroscraft Flies, New Dynon, FreeFlight's ADS-B Out Option, WWII Airmen Come Home, Swift Fuels Opens Up

ANN has confirmed that aviation’s resident ‘bad boy’ David Riggs has died in a crash of his Lancair while in China for an airshow. The accident occurred outside Shenyang when Riggs Experimental Amateur-Built Lancair 320 went down in a lake. Unfortunately, Riggs had a passenger that was also killed. The latest addition to Boeing's Dreamliner stable ... the longer, higher-capacity, dash 9, made its first flight in the skies over Washington State Tuesday. The airliner lifted off the runway just after 11:00 am PDT and flew for about five hours, running tests of its flight controls and other systems. The airplane used in this flight testing is not a test air




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