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C 2 AIRCRAFT

JAPAN
Jan 28, 2014
Japan seeking next government plane
The Defense Ministry has started the process for purchasing a new aircraft to be used for overseas trips by prime ministers and members of the Imperial family.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 22, 2014
BOJ misfire seen in regional banks' turn to aircraft loans
Chugoku Bank Ltd. wants to get into the global airline debt market after loans to local businesses fell for a fourth straight year.
COMMENTARY / World / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Sep 29, 2013
Air festivals, the costs of flight and budget flak
The U.S. Air Force did not send its acrobatic team to the Misawa Air Festival this year because of budget cuts. Military flying machines can be exorbitantly expensive.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2013
Challenges to India's indigenous naval buildup
Last month India became the fifth nation with the capability to design and build its own aircraft carrier. Even so, India's indigenous naval achievements face challenges.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2013
Mitsubishi Aircraft to open Europe quality office
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s aircraft unit, building Japan's first passenger jet, will set up a quality-assurance center in Europe after pushing back the delivery of the aircraft by more than a year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 23, 2013
MHI jet wins U.S. backing from SkyWest, Trans States
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s new regional jet, Japan's first such aircraft, won fresh support from U.S. commuter carriers SkyWest Inc. and Trans States Holdings even as its debut was delayed by more than a year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2013
Mitsubishi jet delivery faces further delays
The delivery of Japan's first small passenger jet being developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. will be delayed again, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 7, 2013
Open sky, flying high
In her book "North to the Orient," published in 1935, aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh, one of America's first female pilots, and wife of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh, wrote of the cultural differences she experienced traveling across Asia, and on the simple act of saying farewell. She remarked of her fondness for the Japanese word "sayonara," which literally means "since it must be so." Unlike the foreign equivalents of "goodbye" or "au revoir," each denying the significance of the moment by dwelling on the more emotional notion of separation, "sayonara" accepts the parting. Yet departing for the sky would always be as momentous as it would be perilous, with any fear consumed by the anticipation of exploring the limitless sky above.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2013
Specs talks delay MRJ test flights
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. has postponed the start of flight tests for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2013
Government mulls drones purchase to boost surveillance in East Asia
The government will consider purchasing unmanned surveillance aircraft, similar to the U.S. military's Global Hawk, to enhance its high-altitude surveillance capabilities and better respond to the changing security environment in East Asia, according to a draft outline of the Defense Ministry's interim report.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2013
Honda upbeat on prospects for 'flying sports car'
Honda Motor Co., preparing to enter the market for business jets, said it's won two to three years of orders for what it calls "flying sports cars" and signaled the business will turn profitable before the end of the decade.

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