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Petroleum Air Services Orders Fifth Q300 Turboprop

Third Additional Order From PAS For Dash-8 Variant

Bombardier Aerospace has signed a contract with Petroleum Air Services (PAS) of Cairo, Egypt for the sale of one additional Q300 turboprop airliner. The list price value for the aircraft on firm order is approximately $17.4 million US.

747 Freighter Blows Its Nose During Testing

Pressurization Test Goes Awry

Aero-News has learned that workers at Boeing's Everett, WA plant got something of a shock last week, when a Boeing 747-400 freighter undergoing a routine pressurization test blew its nose... door.

UPS Picks Boeing Electronic Flight Bag for 757 and 767 Fleets

Wednesday, Boeing and UPS announced that the package delivery company will retrofit 107 of its Boeing 757s and 767s with Boeing's Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB).

Cherokee Involved In Runway Robbery

Not The Plane... The Jeep

There was another incident involving a Cherokee on Tuesday, but this time it was the vehicle and not the plane... but the vehicle was involved in a runway heist.