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Airways magazinenewsBoeing recievesmore ordersfor the 747-8iMalaysia Airlinesto join oneworldThe national airline ofMalaysia, MalaysiaAirlines has beenelected to joinoneworld.The airline, which wonan award lately, is expectedto join the alliance in late2012. The membershipwill expand the range ofIt’s the 27th of September1964 as the BAC TSR.2,registered XR219, lifts offfrom Boscombe Down.The aircraft, which wasdesigned to be a tacticalbomber, as well as a reconnaisanceaircraft, nevermade it to the productiononeworld destinations toalmost 950 in 150 countries.The carrier alreadyhas codeshare agreementswith Cathay Pacific andRoyal Jordanian. Thecarrier commenced it’s firstcommercial flight in 1947as Malayan AirwaysLimited.line with only three prototypesbuilt (XR319,320 and322). Now Virtavia enablesFS9 pilots to fly the aircraftvirtually. Virtavia is quite anew developer, but they’vetaken over Alphasim’sproduction line.The aircraft comes withthree different models andAt the Paris Airshow,Boeing announced, thatthey’ve received 17 moreorders for their 747-8i.The orders, valued at$5.4 Billion, have beenplaced by two unidentifiedcustomers. The orderbrought up the total ordersto 50 airframes, alog withfive Air China ones, whichare subject to governmentalapproval. This has been thelargest order placed for the747-8i since Lufthansa’sorder for 20 airframes backin December 2006.BAC TSR.2 releasedhigh quality textures andsoundsets. The aircraftcontains a 2D cockpitand a virtual cockpit, bothequipped with a HUD. Toentertain the user, Virtaviahas added animations suchas: Jetpipe nozzles, brakechute, tail squat and manymore!Rolls-Royce Trent1000 receivesETOPS certificationThe Rolls-Royce Trent1000, which is plannedto power the Boeing 787Dreamliner, has receivedit’s ETOPS certificationfrom the FAA.The ETOPS certificateallows all Boeing 787’sequipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000’s tofly over parts of the worldwith an alternate airport upto 330 minutes away.The Trent 1000 haspowered the Dreamliner’sfirst flight in 2009and is installed on five ofthe seven aircraft involvedin the test program.AIRWAYS NEEDSYOU!NEWS, REVIEWS ANDFEATURES!BE PART OF THETEAM!emailairway@bavirtual.co.ukfor more information