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RAAF narrows shortlist for DHC-4 Caribou successor
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CASA, IPTN and Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems (LMATTS) have been shortlisted to supply the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) de Havilland DHC-4 Caribou replacement. The Light Transport Aircraft will be a fixed-wing type in the 15-30t maximum-take-off-weight range, capable of continuous operations ...
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Ageing aircraft
Supersonic Aerospatiale/BAe (BAC) Concorde Thirteen of the 14 Concordes delivered to British Airways and Air France between 1975 and 1980 remain in service. Twenty Concordes were built, including two prototypes, two pre-production aircraft and two production aircraft which were not delivered. One of the seven Concordes ...
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Schweizer upgrades single-turbine Model 330
SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT has begun delivery of an improved version of its Model 330 light single-turbine helicopter. The 330SP has a larger main-rotor hub with increased-area blades, and taller landing gear. Examples have been delivered to Switzerland's Fuchs Helikopters and the San Antonio, Texas, Police Department. Several existing Model ...
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Asain maintenance
The 1997 Maintenance Directory for Asia, Africa and Australasia (Flight International, 28 May-3 June) wrongly combines the entries for Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL) and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO). The organisations would like to emphasise that HAESL took on the engine-overhaul activities of HAECO as a separate corporate ...
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AI(R) and TTS open Bangkok training centre
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) have opened a new ATR flight-simulator centre in Bangkok, in a move to improve support for the growing number of regional carriers operating ATR 42/72 turboprop aircraft. The Asian ATR Training Centre (AATC) opening follows certification by the ...
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Elliott
Marty Grier is named vice-president/general manager at business-aviation centre Elliott Aviation, of Moline, Illinois. He was formerly centre manager at FlightSafety International's Raytheon Maintenance Learning Center in Wichita, Kansas. Warren Tanner, vice-president of operations at has been promoted to the new position of director of special projects. Alan Nitchman, until ...
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Arianespace keeps up monthly launch rate
Arianespace completed its 26th launch in 26 months on 25 June when an Ariane 44P carried the Intelsat 802 communications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit from the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana. The European commercial launcher company's next launch is due on 7 August, carrying the ...
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First Space Station modules prepared for 1998 launch
Tim Furniss/LONDON With the first elements of the International Space Station (ISS) due to be launched in a little under 12 months, the USA and Russia, the two leading members of the international consortium building the Station, have begun to reveal progress the initial modules scheduled to be ...
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An-124 Chapter 3 hushkit wins certification
A hushkit has been certificated for the Antonov An-124 which enables the cargo aircraft to comply with the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) Chapter 3 noise legislation . The approval marks the first step towards the modification of all An-124s to Chapter 3 rules as additional hushkits become ...
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Bombardier acts to fix cracks in CRJ fuselage bulkheads
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTONDC BOMBARDIER EXPECTED most of the 38 Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) found to have fuselage-bulkhead cracks to be back in operation by 5 July. Repair of the final eight aircraft is awaiting the availability of hangar space. The repair takes three days and involves attaching ...
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EuroLOTkicks off with ATR fleet
Andrjez Jeziorski/MUNICH EuroLOT, the regional subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines, has started operations, aiming for proÌt at the turn of the century. The new division, certificated by Polish aviation authorities in June, will initially be taking over LOT's network of 200-plus flights per week to six ...
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Marketplace
++ Air Caledonie has placed an order for one additional new Aero International (Regional) ATR 42, for delivery before the end of 1997. The airline already flies three ATR 42s. ++ United Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A319-100. The International Aero Engines V2500-A5-powered aircraft is one of ...
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Sempati president makes restructuring case
Sempati Air's recently appointed president, Santun Nainggolan, is warning that the Indonesian regional carrier's financial problems will get worse, unless the company is restructured and jobs shed. Nainggolan has compared Indonesia's largest private airline to an "overloaded boat" in danger of sinking if action is not taken to ...
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P&W and SIA sign engine-overhaul agreement
Pratt & Whitney has signed a preliminary agreement to invest in Singapore Airlines' (SIA) engine service-and-overhaul capability and develop it as a regional joint-venture business. Under the memorandum signed, P&W plans to take a 51% stake in the joint venture, with SIA's engineering subsidiary holding the rest. The ...
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Coping with interference
Sir - I read with interest Capt Mark Zucal's letter "Electromagnetic hazards" (Flight International, 18-24 June, P68). These are now known as "PEDs" (personal electronic devices). I am involved in this, not with compact-disc (CD) players, but, more importantly, with medical equipment and work along with operators, manufacturers ...
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Reed Aerospace
Changes have taken place within Reed Aerospace with the creation of Reed Aerospace's on-line news service, Air Transport Intelligence (ATI). Kieran Daly, formerly Flight International Newsletters editor, has become ATI on-line editor. He has been replaced on Newsletters by Emma Kelly, previously editor of Inmarsat's Aeronautical Satellite News. New ATI ...
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Cabin deal
French maintenance company Sogerma is to supply Sabena with cabin interiors for its long-range fleet. It will also equip the aircraft with satellite communications and reporting systems. A deal has also been signed with Airbus for conversion of three A330-300s previously owned by Air Inter Europe. Completion is set for ...
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EVA maintains
EVA Airways' planned joint-venture maintenance site with General Electric will focus primarily on test and overhaul of CF6 and, possibly, International Aero Engine V2500 powerplants. GE says that the new centre is intended to complement the work and capabilities of its other two planned engine joint deals with Malaysia Airlines ...
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Successful first flight for Pegasus FMS on MD-90
In communications, WorldNav comprises: Honeywell/Racal satcom systems, which have been integrated with flight management and inertial reference systems; GPS; airborne communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS); and cabin telecommunications. Honeywell's Mode S data link transponder is being used in conjunction with traffic alert and collision avoidance (TCAS) and air traffic ...