His biggest deal was to swap some hundreds of railway cars full of basic Chinese goods, socks notably, for two Soviet-built aircraft.
His SpaceShipOne has flown to the top of the atmosphere and last year became the first privately built aircraft to break the sound barrier.
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According to data from the International Air Transport Association, the chance of a commercial Western-built aircraft having an accident last year was one in three million.
As a kid he built model aircraft, and as an adult he flies real ones, both fixed-wing and helicopters.
It has vindicated the confidence of its supporters and validated the hard work over many years of those who developed and built this aircraft - truly one of the most extraordinary technological achievements in the history of aviation.
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If there is a boom coming, the fuse was lit by the 2004 flight of SpaceShipOne, a reusable space vehicle built by aircraft designer Burt Rutan and funded by Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) co-founder Paul Allen .
Final deliveries of the F-22 were completed in the second quarter with a total of 187 aircraft built under the program.
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The A380 is a four-engined, twin-decked, wide-body jet aircraft built at Airbus's factories throughout Europe and assembled at its facility in Toulouse, France.
Traditionalists point out that the Big Bird has been tied to the region ever since William Boeing built his first aircraft in his boathouse on a Seattle lake in 1916.
The PW1000G is due to enter service in 2013 powering two new short-haul aircraft being built by Mitsubishi and Bombardier.
Opponents reckon they have colluded in making up optimistic projections about the speed with which airlines will change to yet-to-be-built clean, quiet aircraft.
The German Aerospace Centre has tested this idea in an aircraft using a fuel cell to power two electric motors built into the hub of an aircraft nose wheel.
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Four aircraft stands will be built along the new pier, which is designed to serve the future generation of aircraft, including the medium-sized Airbus A320.
The aircraft is being built by a consortium of risk-sharing partners stretching from Italy to Japan.
Four aircraft have been built so far, but construction of the fifth has been accelerated in recent weeks.
The turboprop is used in counter-insurgency fights and as a light attack vehicle and reconnaissance aircraft that is built for various speeds.
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The aircraft were being built in Jacksonville, Fla. together with their U.S. lead partner on the contract, the Sierra Nevada Corporation.
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The proposals include a new building to house Concorde 216, the final supersonic airliner built and the last whole aircraft to be produced on the Filton site.
Once enough data have been gathered from Demon, either a larger demonstration aircraft will be built or the system could be tested by converting an existing plane.
In business since 1932, Beechcraft has built more than 54, 000 aircraft, and more than 36, 000 continue flying today.
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The battery-powered sub is piloted by using two foot pedals and a joystick, and handles somewhat like an aircraft since it was built with the principles of flight in mind.
As part of the aircraft factory and race track revival project, the hangar will be restored on a new site next to the race track and show displays of how aircraft were designed and built at Brooklands for 80 years.
With the placement of orders, the midsized aircraft, which will be built in the Seattle suburb of Everett, could begin service at the start of 2008.
China has built more than 500 fourth-generation combat aircraft and is moving its fifth-generation fighter into testing.
An aircraft pilot has said he is "seriously concerned" for the safety of low-flying aircraft if a wind farm is built near Bristol.
Built for American Airlines, NASA acquired the aircraft in 1974 and used it for test flights from Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert and ferry flights to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Varsano uses the custom-built display to filter, sort and display the aircraft that are on the market based on interactive input from the potential customer.
Following the incident, the RAF grounded all non-essential flying of all Hawk T1 aircraft fitted with the Mk10 Martin Baker-built ejection seat "as a precaution".
Following the incident at the Lincolnshire airbase, the RAF grounded all non-essential flying of all Hawk T1 aircraft fitted with the Mk10 Martin Baker-built ejection seat for one month "as a precaution".
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By contrast, last month the administration, through the National Labor Relations Board, in an unprecedented move sued Boeing Corporation to stop it from using a manufacturing facility it had already built in South Carolina to produce its new 787 commercial aircraft.
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