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a nasty bug
The actions being taken to make all systems year 2000 compliant in time for the deadline vary greatly between regions. And while some carriers are busy putting their own house in order, they must ensure that their suppliers follow suit. The millennium bug is already causing some unpleasant stomach ...
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Latin America: slow start
Latin America earns high marks for recognising the year 2000 problem, but how fast that will turn into results remains uncertain. 'I see no reason why Latin America cannot address the Y2K issue as fast as any other part of the world,' says Thomas Windmuller, who heads the world-wide ...
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Weighing in
US holding company The Aviation Group of Dallas, Texas, is to acquire General Electrodynamics, the Texas-based manufacturer of scales used for weighing aircraft during maintenance and repair procedures. The holding company will pay $1.6 million for the business, which achieved revenues exceeding $5 million in 1997. The Aviation Group acquired ...
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Air Jamaica plan for all-Airbus fleet hit by shortage of aircraft
Graham Warwick/Washington DC Air Jamaica wants to move to an all-Airbus fleet "as soon as possible", to cut costs, but is being stymied by a lack of available aircraft. The Jamaican flag carrier is looking for at least four A320s and one A340, says chief executive Christopher Zacca. ...
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IAI seeks to wrap up FedEx deal with further Airtruck investors
Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Airtruck specialised cargo aircraft has been selected in principle by FedEx to meet its requirement for a Fokker F27 replace- ment. The Israeli company is struggling to meet FedEx's price demands, however, and is seeking additional customers, partners and investors to enable the programme to be ...
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Delta speeds up 727 retirement
Delta Air Lines is accelerating the retirement of its Boeing 727-200s. The last of the tri-jets are set to leave the fleet in 2005, some three years earlier than previously planned, . The 117 727-200Advs in the mainline fleet and the 14 similar aircraft allocated to Delta Shuttle operations ...
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Slimming down
Assembly times are under attack on British Aerospace's regional airliner production line Ian Sheppard/Woodford While Boeing struggles to stay profitable producing hundreds of airliners a year, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft (BARA) faces a different challenge - how to make money producing a handful of aircraft each year. Based at Woodford, ...
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Boeing burgers
Boeing is reshaping the way it produces airliners to reduce costs and speed up deliveries Guy Norris/Seattle To most, burgers and airliners do not readily mix. Yet, as Boeing fights hard to reduce costs, cycle times and defects, the fast-food production concept is exactly the sort of philosophy it is ...
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Managing safely
Australasia hopes to lead by example with its candid approach to safety measures in the cockpit Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Has cockpit resource management (CRM) delivered the safety outcomes projected when the concept was launched in the early 1980s? Not universally, admit specialists such as Robert Helmreich, Ashleigh Merit and John ...
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Skynet 5 goes national
European military space integration has been ditched by the UKTim Furniss/LONDON The UK is to develop a new generation of military communications satellites rather than enter the Trimilsatcom collaborative programme with France and Germany (Flight International, 19-25 August). When he announced the Ministry of Defence decision on 12 August, Lord ...
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AlliedSignal studies enhanced ground proximity warning
Guy Norris/Redmond An advanced ground proximity warning system for general aviation applications is under study by AlliedSignal and could be given the go-ahead by the end of the year. The system would take advantage of packaging features of the Mk VI enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) now ...
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Commander offers trade-up scheme
Commander Aircraft has introduced a factory-direct trade-up programme. The company hopes this will boost sales of new and used Commander 114B/TC piston singles by making it easier for owners of Beech, Cessna, Mooney and Piper piston singles to trade-in their aircraft. "We offer prospective customers a fair market value for ...
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Greek order
The Greek Merchant Marine Ministry has signed a Dr18 billion ($54 million) contract with Eurocopter for four Super Puma AS332C1 helicopters, which will be deployed for search and rescue operations. The contract, under which the first helicopter is scheduled to be delivered in early 2000, also includes the supply of ...
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Orenda gets OE-600A approval
Orenda Recip has received Canadian approval to begin production of its 450kW (600hp) OE-600A vee-8 piston aero engine. Certification of the first re-engineing programme using the powerplant is expected before year-end, with others pending. The Canadian company plans to produce engines at a new plant set to open at ...
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Sikorsky sizes up emergency medical market
Sikorsky is to supply two S-76C+ emergency medical service (EMS) helicopters to Florida's Palm Beach County. Under the deal, the helicopters will be available for use by Sikorsky as demonstrators as the manufacturer's S-76 completion and delivery centre is located in the county, at West Palm Beach. The helicopters ...
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Libya holds talks with BAe over aviation update
Carol Reed/LONDON A potential multi-billion-dollar business deal involving reconstruction of Libya's aviation infrastructure is being put on the table by the state's leader, Col Muammer Gadaffi, as a bargaining chip for Western states to lift their close to a decade-long sanctions against the North African country. British Aerospace ...
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Pratt & Whitney will appeal against Chromalloy ruling
Pratt & Whitney says it will appeal against a US court ruling that clears the way for engine repair supplier Chromalloy Gas Turbine to provide airlines with P&W-approved repairs of components of PW2000, PW4000 and International Aero Engines V2500 turbofans. "We don't agree with the judgement and we will ...
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AlliedSignal tunes in to datalinks
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES A full high-frequency datalink (HFDL) service for the North Atlantic is expected to begin operating this month, leading its designer AlliedSignal to predict significant new business in its battle with dominant supplier Rockwell Collins. The company's confidence stems from the certification of its XK516 HFDL ...
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Hughes clears HS-601 satellites
Tim Furniss/LONDON Hughes has cleared the Galaxy X and Astra 2A satellites for launch after completing investigations into the failure of space control processors aboard three HS-601 model communications satellites. The failure resulted in the total loss of Galaxy IV and the loss of the primary processor systems on ...
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Japan calls off new attempt to dock orbiting spacecraft
Failure to dock the Japanese Orihime and Hikoboshi spacecraft in orbit on 13-14 August was the result of attitude control difficulties. The cause was either a jammed thruster, software or electronic errors, say officials in Tokyo. The two spacecraft had successfully undertaken rendezvous and station-keeping manoeuvres as part of ...