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Eclipse 550 is a twin-engined, low-wing light business jet designed and manufactured jointly by the US aircraft manufacturers Eclipse Aerospace (EA) and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (SAC) to operate in domestic and international air routes. It is derived from the Eclipse 500 business jet. About 50 to 100 aircraft will be produced a year.

Astra 5B is a communication satellite designed and manufactured by Astrium and operated by SES. The satellite will provide direct to home (DTH) broadcasting and digital terrestrial television network services covering the entire Eastern European region. The Astra 5B lifted off into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) in March 2014.

Are you an aviation and space enthusiast with a need to know the most current aviation and space news? If so, then this small site should be interesting to you. Also provides an aviation and space book store and interesting videos.

This article is one in a series of articles about flight instruction in the United States. In this particular article, we examine one of the important components of any flight instruction program, specifically the use of online aviation dictionaries. Here we characterize those elements which produce a good online dictionary for aviation, and we also provide a list of online aviation dictionaries.

Swedish aerospace company Saab has successfully deployed its automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast system for Naviair, the air navigation service provider for Denmark.