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Sahara India initiates fleet expansion for regional work
Sahara India Airlines has embarked on an $82 million expansion of its fleet, moving the airline into regional turboprop and helicopter operations. The carrier will initiate the programme by acquiring two more leased Boeing 737-400s, plus up to five 50-seat turboprops. The first of the new ...
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Pegasus is on track for Saudi Arabian debut
Flight tests of Honeywell's Pegasus advanced flight- management system (FMS) on a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90 are "-progressing well and are on schedule" for first delivery to Saudi Arabian Airlines in November, says Honeywell. US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the FMS is expected in October, representing the ...
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Toyota expands aviation interests with purchase
TOYOTAMOTOR is to take control of Aero Asahi, Japan's largest commercial helicopter operator, agreeing to buy a 76% stake from the Seibu department store for ´17 billion ($150 million). Tokyo-based Aero Asahi operates 88 helicopters and 12 fixed-wing aircraft. The fleet includes some 35 Bell 206s, as well ...
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War in the air
IT IS A TRUTH THAT the people who start wars are very rarely the people who end up winning them. That should be remembered by the European Union (EU) politicians and officials who seem determined to start a trade war with the USA over the proposed merger of Boeing and ...
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US AOPA unveils upgraded Arrow
A 1978 PIPER Arrow piston single, reconditioned by the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) as a showcase for avionics and other upgrades, will be displayed at the US Experimental Aircraft Association's Oshkosh, Wisconsin, fly-in, beginning on 28 July. The "Ultimate Arrow" has an Arnav Systems MFD ...
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Finnish Government order boosts Norway's Helikopter Service
Norway's Helikopter Service has been awarded a NoK40 million ($5.4 million) contract by the Finnish Government to modify three Eurocopter AS332L Super Puma helicopters for the Finnish frontier guard. Although preliminary engineering work will start immediately, modification work on the first two helicopters is not scheduled to begin ...
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Sempati F27 crashes in Java
An Indonesian Fokker F27-600 turboprop (PK-YPM) on wet-lease to Sempati Air Transport has crashed in Java. A daylight emergency landing was being attempted about 10min after take-off from Bandung Airport, after a reported engine problem. According to Sempati, the 27-year-old aircraft crashed on 17 July 200m (655ft) short ...
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Pratt & Whitney acquires Dutch engine-repair group
PRATT&WHITNEY has boosted plans to expand its Eagle Services engine-overhaul business to $1 billion annually by 1998, by agreeing to purchase the Flight Repair group of Netherlands company Interturbine. The group repairs engine aerofoils, stators and cases at centres in Dallas, Texas, and Singapore. P&W says that the ...
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FAA approves use of PC-based training after push by AOPA
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC AN ADVISORYCIRCULAR (AC) approving the use of personal-computer-based aviation training devices (PC-ATDs) has been issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration, and is expected to simulate development of equipment costing substantially less than general-aviation flight-training devices now available. The US National Air Transportation ...
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Thomson Training confirms United Airlines full-flight deal
THOMSONTRAINING & Simulation (TTS) has confirmed a deal with United Airlines to supply two full-flight simulators - for the Airbus A320 and Boeing 777. The company will also supply United with an A320 flight-management and systems trainer, and desktop flight-management-system trainers designed for the Boeing 757 and 767. ...
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Ikonos launch due in December
The Ikonos 1, the first of two remote-sensing satellites being built by Lockheed Martin for Space Imaging EOSAT in Colorado, is scheduled for launch on a Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicle 2 two-stage booster from Vandenberg AFB, California, in December (Flight International, 18-31 December, 1996). The satellite will be used to ...
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Kelly tow method gets patent
Tim Furniss/LONDON Kelly Space and Technology of San Bernardino, California, has been issued a US patent for its towed-launch technique to be used by the company's Eclipse re-usable spaceplane satellite launch system. The plan is to use a Boeing 747 to tow the Eclipse spaceplane to ...
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NASA to build small rover for Japan
NASA will provide a small robotic rover to conduct in-situ measurements of the surface of the asteroid Nereus in September 2003. Nereus is a 1.5km- diameter near-Earth asteroid. The rover will be aboard the Japanese Institute of Space and Astronautical Science's Muses C spacecraft, to be launched on ...
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NASA plans mission to investigate Sun's corona
A spacecraft could fly within 2.72 million kilometres (1.7 million miles) of the Sun in July 2007 as part of a series of new interplanetary space missions being studied by NASA. The Solar Probe, protected against high temperatures by a large umbrella-like heatshield, would be used to explore ...
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An-24 'engine failure' kills 44 in Cuba
Engine-failure during take-off is the most likely cause of t he 11 July crash of a Cubana Cuban Airlines Antonov An-24, in which all 39 passengers and five crew are believed to have died, says the Cuban aviation authority. The aircraft crashed into the sea, at night in ...
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AlliedSignal repairs
AlliedSignal is to modify and repair ATF3 turbofans powering US Coast Guard Dassault HU-25 Falcon search- and-rescue aircraft under a five-year, $43 million contract to extend time "on-wing" and reduce ownership costs. The contract covers some 75 engines. Source: Flight International
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EC 135 order
European helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter has signed a DM12 million ($20 million) contract with the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for two police-configured EC135s. The announcement brings the total number of orders for the twin-engined light helicopter to 55 - of which 15 have been delivered. The former East German state will ...
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FAA wants restrictions on 727 conversions
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC RULEMAKING which could severely restrict the payloads of Boeing 727 freighter conversions was expected to be proposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration on 15 July. The much-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking, according to sources, will outline a series of airworthiness directives (ADs) ...
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Marketplace
++ TWA has concluded an agreement with International Lease Finance, to take a new Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 767-300ER, on lease. The 233-seat aircraft will be used on routes to the Middle East. ++ Japan Air System has placed orders for two Airbus A300-600Rs powered by Pratt & Whitney ...
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Sterling lines up new 737 fleet
Sterling European Airlines will begin its fleet-renewal programme in 1998 with the introduction of the first of up to four Next Generation Boeing 737s, as it begins to phase out its Boeing 727s. Lars Svenheim, president of the Danish charter airline, says that a deal has been signed ...