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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:12:46 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>PlaneNews:  Boeing Breaks Ground on Second 787 Assembly Line in North Charleston, SC.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (PRNewswire-FirstCall): Boeing (NYSE: BA) today held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction for the second final assembly site for the 787 Dreamliner program at its Boeing C harleston facility. The facility also will have the capability to support the testing and delivery of airplanes.<br /><br /><a href="http://planenews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10967" target="_blank">View the full article</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:11:30 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>PlaneNews:  Airbus Wins Commitments Worth USD 5.3 Billion at Dubai Air Show.</title>
		<link>http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267136</link>
		<description><![CDATA[During the 2009 Dubai Air Show, Airbus announced commitments across its broad product range covering a total of 33 aircraft, valued at over US$5.3 billion. These commitments include firm orders for 15 aircraft worth more than US$3.6 billion, plus memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreements for a further 18 aircraft totalling around $1.7 billion.<br /><br /><a href="http://planenews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10966" target="_blank">View the full article</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:11:08 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>PlaneNews:  Delta Offers Japan Airlines $1 bil.</title>
		<link>http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267137</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The airline and its SkyTeam Alliance partners are making a $1 bil offer to lure struggling Japan Airlines from its affiliation with American Airlines (AMR). Delta&rsquo;s (DAL) offer includes a $500 mil capital investment, $300 mil in short-term revenue guarantees, and $200 mil in asset-backed financing for JAL...<br /><br /><a href="http://planenews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10965" target="_blank">View the full article</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:40 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>PlaneNews:  Airbus, Boeing Wooing United Airlines for Plane Order.</title>
		<link>http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267138</link>
		<description><![CDATA[United Airlines is close to placing its first aircraft order in more than a decade and has narrowed its search to two groundbreaking airplanes: Boeing&rsquo;s 787 Dreamliner or Airbus&rsquo; counterpart, the A350-XWB, sources told the Tribune...<br /><br /><a href="http://planenews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10964" target="_blank">View the full article</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:25 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>PlaneNews:  Boeing on Track to Launch First 787 Dreamliner Flight by End-2009.</title>
		<link>http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267139</link>
		<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE: US aircraft-maker Boeing said it is on track to launch the first flight of its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner by the end of this year. Randy J Tinseth, vice president, Marketing (Commercial Planes), Boeing, said: "We continue to target the first flight of the airplane by the end of the year. We&rsquo;re on track to do that. We have a great deal of work that&rsquo;s yet to be done. Once that first airplane flies, we go into about an eight or nine month flight test programme."..<br /><br /><a href="http://planenews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10963" target="_blank">View the full article</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:09 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>PlaneNews:  U.S. Air Force Awards $302.9M Contract to Northrop Grumman for Five UAVs.</title>
		<link>http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267140</link>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO (GLOBE NEWSWIRE): The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $302.9 million fixed price incentive fee contract for five RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Under the Lot 7 production contract, the company will build two Block 30 systems and three Block 40 systems for the 303d Aeronautical Systems Group at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio...<br /><br /><a href="http://planenews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10962" target="_blank">View the full article</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:09:46 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>PlaneNews:  Africa Will Spend $112 Billion on Aircraft by 2028, Airbus Says.</title>
		<link>http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267141</link>
		<description><![CDATA[(Bloomberg): African airlines will need 959 large aircraft at a cost of about $112 billion between now and 2028 as annual passenger growth increases faster than the global average, Airbus SAS said...<br /><br /><a href="http://planenews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10961" target="_blank">View the full article</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:09:08 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>PlaneNews:  Boeing Laser Systems Destroy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Tests.</title>
		<link>http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267142</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] in May demonstrated the ability of mobile laser weapon systems to perform a unique mission: track and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).<br /><br /><a href="http://planenews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10960" target="_blank">View the full article</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:06:04 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>PlaneNews:  First Boeing 747-8 Freighter Leaves Paint Hangar.</title>
		<link>http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267143</link>
		<description><![CDATA[EVERETT, Wash. (PRNewswire-FirstCall): Boeing (NYSE: BA) moved the first 747-8 Freighter out of the paint hangar in Everett, Wash., Tuesday night sporting a special "light" livery. Painted white with blue accents, the 747-8 Freighter unveiled a new twist on the Boeing Commercial Airplanes livery. It features an oversized "8" on the background of the tail as well as "747-8" on the belly.<br /><br /><a href="http://planenews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10959" target="_blank">View the full article</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:05:36 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>Aviation Week News: Atlantis Spacewalkers Work Quickly</title>
		<link>http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267145</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mike Foreman and Bobby Satcher were able to complete their assigned tasks and a major get-ahead job as well.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aviationweek.com/avnow/news/channel_space_story.jsp?id=news/spacewalk112009.xml&source=rss" target="_blank">View the full article</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:28:19 -0500</pubDate>
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