Weekly Roundup – November 11th, 2019

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November 12, 2019
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Photo: Eric Salard, Wikimedia Commons

Here are our 4 most popular articles from the past week.


AIR FRANCE CEO SLAMS OBSOLETE, PROBLEM-PRONE A380

A380 Air France
Photo: Eric Salard, Wikimedia Commons

Air France has already announced it will phase out its ten Airbus A380s by 2022. Rarely has an airline been as unhappy with the Airbus giant as the French, who are in general taking every Airbus aircraft.

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IS IT A CAR? IS IT A PLANE? MEET EMBRAER’S VISIONARY BIZJET

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Plane-to-car: Embraer’s Pulse concept. Image; Embraer.

The Pulse Concept stemmed from a challenge by Embraer during its 50th year that called on its engineers to envisage what business aviation would look like in another half a century.

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BOEING PROPOSES “FEWEST STEPS TO THE MOON”

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The Integrated Human lander System. Image: Boeing

Boeing has proposed using one rocket launch to deliver an integrated lunar lander system to lunar orbit as part of US plans to return to the moon under the Artemis program.

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ATSB RECOMMENDS MANDATED A330 ENGINE MODIFICATION

A Malaysia Airlines A330.

A diversion by a Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330 to Alice Springs has prompted a call by Australian safety investigators for a mandatory modification to engines powering some versions of the jet.

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