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Remmele advances machining on Bell 427
The first application of high-velocity machining (HVM) to a civil helicopter has been pioneered by New Brighton, Minnesota-based Remmele Engineering on Bell Helicopter Textron's new twin-engined Model 427. HVM at 40,000rpm spindle speed has made it possible to form the keelbeam, the primary structural member of the nose, as a ...
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GE formalises remote monitoring venture
Ian Sheppard/LONDON General Electric and Harris have formed a joint venture to develop remote data monitoring for engines, following a successful two-year pilot project involving Canada 3000 aircraft. GE Harris Aviation Information Solutions, based in Melbourne, Florida, is to produce and market information network products and decision support ...
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Pratt & Whitney begins UMC acquisition talks
Pratt & Whitney has opened negotiations to purchase Indonesia's Universal Maintenance Centre (UMC) from IPTN to complement its joint venture with Singapore Airlines (SIA) and join the US manufacturer's planned global engine overhaul and maintenance network. Cash-strapped IPTN is looking to sell its Bandung-based subsidiary as part of a ...
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Dragonair forges independence
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Dragonair has taken a further step towards independence from Cathay Pacific Airways with the purchase of an Airbus A320 full flight simulator from CAE Electronics. The Hong Kong-based airline, which has also taken an option with CAE for an Airbus A330 simulator, will open its own ...
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Western Michigan University jets ahead with plans to acquire 737-400 simulator
Western Michigan University plans to acquire a Boeing 737-400 flight simulator and to offer a jet orientation course as part of its ab initio airline pilot training programme. Based at Battle Creek, Michigan, the University's International Pilot Training Center is training cadets for Aer Lingus and British Airways. Eight ...
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Japan launches its first Mars probe
Tim Furniss/LONDON Japan launched its first Mars probe on 4 July. The Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences' (ISAS) $80 million Planet B spacecraft, renamed Nozomi, was launched into a highly elliptical Earth orbit on the second flight of the agency's 31m-high, M-5 solid propellant booster, from Kagoshima. ...
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Mir faces more uncertainty despite cash pledge
The Russian Government has agreed to release funds allowing the launch of three crews to the Mir space station before its controlled re-entry in July 1999. Russian space chiefs, however, are aware that similar assurances have been made before without the money materialising. The Russian space agency has been ...
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X-33 thermal system test completed
NASA has completed a series of six flights using a Boeing F-15 especially adapted to test thermal protection system materials destined to be used on the X-33 reusable space vehicle. The aircraft reached an altitude of 36,000ft (11,000m) at speeds of up to Mach 1.4 from NASA's Dryden Flight ...
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AlliedSignal dispute Beriev Be-200 claims
AlliedSignal has refuted claims by Beriev that it is responsible for new delays to the maiden flight of its Be-200 twin-turbofan amphibian. The Russian company had alleged that non-arrival of avionics from AlliedSignal, coupled with funding shortages, had stopped the aircraft making its first flight. The absence of the ...
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Mooney expands
Mooney has expanded the upgrade activity of its factory service centre at Kerrville, Texas, to retrofit features from its current production models, such as a new interior and ice protection, into older Mooney piston singles. Source: Flight International
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Messier Services
Messier-Dowty and Messier Bugatti have teamed to form a new Snecma subsidiary, Messier Services, to offer global support for landing gear and brakes maintenance. Source: Flight International
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UK certification for Eurocopter EC 135
Eurocopter has received UK Civil Aviation Authority certification for its EC135 twin turbine helicopter. The French manufacturer has clocked up more than 120 orders for the EC135 to date. The Central Counties consortium air support unit, which incorporates the West Mercia and Staffordshire police forces, is to take delivery of ...
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Debonair seeks tie-ups
Kevin O'Toole/ROME Debonair chairman Franco Mancassola is attempting to pull together a coalition of smaller European airlines to share frequent flier programmes (FFPs) and is hoping to move towards closer links on marketing and maintenance with some. Mancassola says that around 18 airline executives have agreed to meet ...
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The complete cycle
Julian Moxon/PARIS In October, the Ariane 503 launcher will release a cone-shaped craft on a re-entry mission, repeating what the USA first did with the Mercury capsule 37 years ago. While this may seem like re-inventing the wheel, the Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator (ARD)mission is designed to show that, ...
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Culture shock
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Following a relatively minor accident, Ansett Australia recently set about overhauling the way the whole company looks at its safety task. This was not done in isolation - there is a growing understanding, manifested at recent air safety forums, that some traditional industry practices, and even early ...
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Firing up for sales
Graham Warwick/WASHINTON DC With wildfires making headlines from California to Florida, Bombardier believes it has picked the right time to step up efforts to sell its CL-415 waterbomber into the USA. Although it is popular in Canada and with southern European nations that face the same seasonal battle against ...
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Marketplace
-Emery Worldwide has confirmed its plans to add five ex-Continental Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 freighters, to replace DC-8 freighters. The aircraft will be delivered on seven-year leases from Pegasus Capital, between late 1998 and the end of 2000. -As part of its deal to acquire 22 Beech 1900Ds from Mesa ...
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American goes for health check to save money
David Learmount/LONDON American Airlines plans to install diagnostic medical equipment on all its aircraft after finding that costly diversions can be reduced by determining whether apparent heart attack symptoms are real. The equipment, know as an automatic external defibrillator (AED), can also treat actual cardiac problems by supplying ...
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Perm halts work for ARIA over debt
Russian aero engine builder Perm Motors has halted maintenance and spares supply to Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) following a dispute over the non-payment of $8 million for work on its engines which power the carrier's Ilyushin Il-96-300 and Tupolev Tu-134. Perm has already applied to a Russian court for ...
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Express lift to Mars
Tim Furniss/LONDON Selecting a possible landing craft later this summer will be the last stage in defining the science payloads for the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express mission, which ESA hopes to launch in June 2003 if it receives the go-ahead in November. The decision to proceed ...