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DGPS demonstration is a success for Daimler-Benz
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has successfully demonstrated its differential GPS (DGPS) automatic landing system, using a Dornier 328 turboprop at Braunchweig, Germany. Four flights were carried out, each including one touch-and-go landing, during which 60 international observers had the opportunity to monitor guidance information in the aircraft cabin. The ...
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Lufthansa transforms financial results
LUFTHANSA PRODUCED its promised return to profits in style, with a set of results ahead of expectations. The now-privatised German carrier underlined its financial transformation by revealing that it has halved debts and almost doubled cash flow over the past year. Full group figures will not be released ...
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Loral grows with Unisys
LORAL HAS WON ITS $862 million bid to acquire the defence operations of US computer manufacturer Unisys, seeing off rival offers from Hughes Aircraft and Raytheon. The acquisition, which will bring sales of $1.4 billion and around 8,500 staff, continues a five-year shopping spree in which Loral has ...
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Turkey to launch hunt for MPA
TURKEY IS ABOUT to release a request for proposals for a maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA), with Fokker, CASA and Dornier among the likely bidders. The requirement looked likely at one point to be satisfied by an ex-US Navy Lockheed P-3 Orion, but this deal appears to have fallen through. ...
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Privatisation path
In February, El Al at last emerged from 12 years of receivership. Now, for the first time since the early 1980s, Israel's national airline is under the control of its own board of directors. Their primary objective is to speed the airline towards privatisation, while at the same ...
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ERS 1 success story
When the ERS project began, it was seen as providing a remote-sensing satellite to provide systematic, repetitive, global coverage of the ocean, coastal zones and ice caps. It soon took on an "environmental" mantle. The ERS 1 has exceeded its planned operational life by 50% and has acquired, more than ...
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IAE offers V2500 as alternative on Il-86
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) is working with Ilyushin to offer Il-86 operators its V2500 turbofan as an alternative to the CFM International (CFMI) CFM56 for re-engineing the aircraft. IAE says that an installation study will be completed by mid-year, around the time that CFMI is to decide whether to proceed ...
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Chinese aspire to Su-27 production manufacture
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW CHINA IS HOLDING discussions with Russia over the licence manufacture of the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker air-superiority aircraft. Chinese officials have recently held talks on the licence with representatives of the Russian Komsomolsk manufacturing plant, which produces the single-seat Su-27. The Komsomolsk factory built ...
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IHI takes up CF34 share
ISHIKAWAJIMA-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) of Japan is to take a 25% stake in the development and production of the up-rated General Electric CF34-8C turbofan engine. IHI's work-share has yet to be finalised, but it is understood that it will centre on the engine's accessory gearbox, low-pressure turbine and ...
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UK investigators query certification of A340
Kieran Daly/LONDON UK ACCIDENT investigators are asking the European Joint Aviation Authorities whether it was aware of "shortcomings" in the Airbus A340's fuel and flight-management systems when the type was certificated. The move follows its investigation of an incident in which an A340 crew suffered ...
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Bombardier prepares for Dash 8-400 launch
Lane Wallace/LOS ANGELES BOMBARDIER'S LAUNCH of the de Havilland Dash 8-400 now seems certain as it begins negotiations with potential risk-sharing partners on the 70-seat, high-speed, regional turboprop. Initial letters of intent to purchase the model have been signed and some early delivery positions have ...
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Sempati takes first Fokker 70
Sempati Air has become the first airline to receive the Fokker 70. The privately owned Indonesian airline has received two of the ten Fokker 70s it has on order and holds an option on a further five aircraft. Fokker has already delivered a Fokker 70 to Ford Motors in the ...
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BMA 737: were precautions needed?
Sir - I refer to the report "Oil loss forces down BMA 737" (Flight International, 8-14 March, P16). When I was an apprentice, my airline did not permit scheduled maintenance on more than one engine per aircraft input, even on three-engine types. At another airline, I was not ...
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JAL Doubles 737 Order
Japan Airlines (JAL) has doubled its previously announced Boeing 737-400 order, from two to four aircraft, worth $180 million. The first two 737s are scheduled for delivery in May and June, followed by the remaining two aircraft in July 1996 and February 1997. JAL announced plans in April 1994 to ...
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Unfair criticism of ex-Soviet aircraft
Sir - I feel that Clifford Tonkin (Flight International, Letters, 8-14 March, P64) is being unfair to former Soviet Bloc aircraft by trotting out the old cliche, that these aircraft do not meet recognised standards. AirRep has operated more than 2,000 uneventful cargo flights in the last couple ...
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Qantas profit clears the way for privatisation
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE QANTAS AIRWAYS reports a profit increase of nearly 80% over the first half of its financial year, clearing the way for the Australian Government to sell its remaining 75% stake. The results, likely to be the last before the long-awaited share flotation, shows ...
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R-R signs S Korea deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ROLLS-ROYCE HAS signed two aerospace-technology co-operation agreements with South Korea, as competition with Pratt & Whitney and General Electric intensifies for a Korean Air (KAL) order for engines to power its future fleet of Boeing 777s. The two agreements call for the establishment ...
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Fokker losses hit record
High in 1994 FOKKER SANK TO record losses in 1994 as the group struggled to cope with plummeting aircraft sales and "cut-throat" competition. Nearly DFl 1.4 billion ($790 million) were wiped off the Netherlands manufacturer's sales over the year, as the number of aircraft deliveries were ...