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FSI wins V-22 deal
Bell Boeing has selected FlightSafety International (FSI) to supply a full-flight simulator for the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport. The device will be delivered to the US Marine Corps air station at New River, North Carolina, and supported by FlightSafety Services. FSI was selected over Hughes (now Raytheon), which developed the ...
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NTSB calls for software rethink after A300 lost speed in descent
Software redesign following investigation of an in-flight upset to an American Airlines Airbus Industrie A300-600R has been recommended by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The aircraft's airspeed was allowed to decrease dangerously when it levelled out at 16,000ft (4,900m) during descent, before the stall-warning sounded and the aircraft ...
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Air New Zealand leases 737s to boost Australia services
Air New Zealand (ANZ) is leasing three new Boeing 737-300s to enable it to boost capacity on services between New Zealand and Australia. The airline will increase frequencies with 26 new services weekly from Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington. Qantas is introducing 11 new flights on the trans-Tasman routes, using ...
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Blue Sky prepares for launch as PAL 737-300s are secured
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways has secured a fleet of eight Boeing 737-300s to launch its low-fare subsidiary at London Stansted Airport. The airline, known as Operation Blue Sky, has also applied for its operating licence. The airline, which is believed to be aiming for a launch in April, has filed ...
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Air China agrees deal to acquire 737-800s
Air China has signed a purchase agreement with Boeing for five 737-800s and taken options on another 15 as part of China Aviation Supplies' (CASC) recently announced order for 50 widebodies and narrowbodies. The five 167-seat aircraft are the first Next Generation 737s to be officially purchased by a ...
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Work on turbulence detection device advances in Europe
Ian Sheppard/LONDON A new detection device which could allow civil pilots using head-up displays to "see" invisible atmospheric hazards such as wake vortices, windshear and clear-air turbulence (CAT)at long range is being developed by a European consortium led by Sextant Avionique of France. The European Commission (EC)-backed Multifunction ...
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SIA may beat Indian ban with support for new TATA airline
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has acknowledged that it has a provisional agreement with the TATA Group to provide technical support for its planned start-up carrier, despite an Indian Government ban on allowing any equity investment by foreign airlines. The company stresses that while SIA will provide "assistance and advice," the ...
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P&W's Eagle soars to bolster perch in overhaul business
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Pratt & Whitney expects to see its engine-services sales reach $1 billion this year as its Eagle Services business continues to expand in the repair and overhaul sectors. Eagle Services generated roughly $600 million in 1996, representing around 10%of P&W's sales, but will have added another $400 ...
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Snecma returns to profitability
Snecma president Jean-Paul Bechat says that the group is back in profit and may not need to pursue its long-running call for fresh cash from the French Government. He also confirms that the re-organised group is keen to grow. Final figures for 1997 are not yet available, but Bechat ...
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Fair enough ?
What is a slot, and why does the European Commission (EC) want so desperately to become involved in its future? A slot is not a physical entity, it is merely a permission for a particular airline to land an aircraft, or have that aircraft take off, at a particular time ...
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Agusta power
Peter Gray/CASCINA COSTA DE SAMARATE Although it has been said before, the statement that "if it looks good, it flies good" certainly applies to the Agusta A109 - and particularly to the Power version. The outside shell has changed little since the first-prototype days of 1971, but as I ...
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Ultimate mobility
Tim Furniss/LONDON Making a mobile telephone call to and from anywhere in the world is about to become reality. Motorola's Iridium satellite system should be declared operational this year. Market studies indicate, however, that satellite services may not make as great an impact as first thought. The sixth Boeing Delta ...
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Only two can play ?
Tim Furniss/LONDON calls for the rationalisation and integration of European aerospace companies to allow it to face up to international competition are being reflected to a degree in the continent's space industry, but it is still competing with itself. The rationalisation of the European space business began with the ...
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The generation gap
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Fifth-generation fighter, second- generation cockpit - what's the point? So goes the succinct view of no less than Col Gen Anatoly Sitnov, Russian defence ministry acquisition chief, in considering Russia's future combat-aircraft programmes. Sitnov's barbed comment was directed at the Sukhoi S-37 forward-swept-wing multi-role fighter prototype, but it ...
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Japan takes delivery of the first Colibri
The first Eurocopter EC120B Colibri light helicopter was delivered on 23 January to Japan's Nozaki, with Eurocopter claiming orders for "more than 100" aircraft in the 11 months since marketing began. USFederal Aviation Administration certification of the five-seat Colibri is imminent, the helicopter being one of the first cleared ...
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Carriers attack EC competition policy
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Europe's major carriers have led an attack on the airline-competition policy coming from the European Commission (EC) - which is studying a series of global alliances - with claims that new entrants are being unfairly promoted at their expense. The attack came during a meeting on ...
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AI(R) partnership teeters as ATR looks to break with BAe
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Andrea Spinelli/GENOA ATR is on the verge of extracting its sales and marketing from Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and may move to abandon its two-year-old venture with British Aerospace. The partners are to hold an initial meeting by 30 January to review the future of AI(R) following the ...
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Eurocopter predicts that Asian crisis will bring order cancellations
Eurocopter president Jean-Francois Bigay is forecasting cancellations and order delays as a result of the continuing economic crisis in Asia. Orders for 15 civil helicopters from South Korea and Thailand have already been put on ice. The warning came as the Franco-German company announced that, in 1997, it achieved ...
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Rekkof seeks way back for Fokker production
Efforts are under way to restart production of the Fokker 70 and 100 airliners. The initiative is being led by Jaap Rozen Jacobson, chairman of Belgian airline VLM. A new Dutch company, Rekkof (Fokker spelled backwards) Restart, is seeking funds and negotiating with potential suppliers. In a bid to ...
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Turbulence surfaces in crash probe
Turbulent weather has emerged as a possible factor in the SilkAir Boeing 737-300 accident, about which there has been, so far, no statement by the Indonesian investigating authorities. The aircraft disappeared from cruising flight near Palembang, Sumatra, on 19 December on a scheduled flight from Djakarta, Indonesia, to Singapore. ...