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Apprentices have earned licences
Sir - I was pleased that Jim McKenna, UK Civil Aviation Authority head of engineer licensing, responded to my letter on European Joint Aviation Requirement (JAR)-66 aircraft maintenance basic licences (AMBL) (Flight International, 11-17 June, P144)) -although the point of my letter was missed. I was not highlighting ...
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Pratt & Whitney pushes claims for AE31X with PW6000 plan
Pratt & Whitney has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) as part of efforts to bolster its chances of having the PW6000 selected for the Sino-European AE31X regional-jet programme. The US company says that "discussions are under way on what parts and ...
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Pemco teams to solve FAA cargo directives
Pemco World Air Services has teamed with Hamilton Aviation and Wagner Aeronautical to resolve the technical issues which will be raised by the US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directives (AD) concerning third-party Boeing 727 freighter conversions. Pemco is expecting two ADs from the FAA. The first, focusing on ...
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Dowty group
Former student apprentice Geoff Smith has been appointed deputy chief executive of Dowty Group, manufacturer of landing gear, through its Messier-Dowty joint venture with Snecma, and of specialised aerospace systems. Smith began as a Dowty apprentice in 1968, and has since held senior positions within Dowty, Lucas and Messier-Dowty. ...
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Jordanian raises new capital to fund fleet
Royal Jordanian has completed an important refinancing package of its Airbus A310 leases which will provide capital to fund the acquisition of new long-range twinjets in 1998. The airline, which says that it has a desperate need to update its long-range fleet of five 220-seat Lockheed L-1011 TriStar ...
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Saab shapes up for the future
Saab Aircraft hopes to complete a study by the end of the year aimed at mapping out its future strategy. Gert Schyborger, who took over the reins as president at the Swedish civil-aircraft manufacturer earlier this year, says that until the study is complete he will not be ...
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ESA's orbiter prepared to put lander on comet
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is expected to enter orbit round the comet Wirtanen at a distance of as little as 1km during a mission in 2012 which is designed to deploy a small lander on the comet. It is hoped that samples of the Wirtanen can be taken ...
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Spaceport Florida
The Spaceport Florida Authority has been issued a licence by the US Office of Commercial Space Transportation to operate a second launch pad at Cape Canaveral. The organisation, a state agency created to boost commercial space enterprises, will charge $300,000 a launch to use the new pad or the recently ...
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Lockheed Martin finalises $1 billion rocket-engine deal
Lockheed Martin has agreed an exclusive contract to buy 101 Russian RD-108 rocket engines worth $1 billion from RD AMROSS, the joint venture of Russia's NPO Energomash and Pratt & Whitney. The engines will be used on the Atlas 2AR satellite launcher to be operated by ILS International ...
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Explorer finds trio of new buyers
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems has reported brisk business, with a trio of orders worth around $20 million for the MD Explorer. Communications manager Kenneth Jensen delivered news of orders for two aircraft to Tomen Corporation in Japan and one to Heli-Fly for delivery to Luxembourg Air Rescue. While ...
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Son of Hermes
Europe's love affair with the Hermes spaceplane is not over. Years after the first Hermes was cancelled, the European Space Agency and Aerospatiale have come up with the Son of Hermes. It's not quite the old spaceplane, but it'll do. ESA is working on two manned projects which will ...
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Premier air show lives up to its reputation
Paris has maintained its reputation as the pick of the air show bunch in the opinion of a cross-section of companies manning stands in the various halls. Peter O'Dea from French company Amp, a leading producer of electrical and electronic interconnection systems, says: "This is without doubt the best ...
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Noises off
American firm Blast Deflectors (Hall 3/F16a) is promoting a new Airport Noise Protection Unit which can be designed, manufactured and installed in less than six months. "During aircraft maintenance a run-up engine procedure is often required which can be very noisy," explains vice president Christopher Lynn. Many American ...
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Show on the web
Most exhibitors would groan to hear about the launch of yet another air show, but what Kallman Associates has in mind might be music to many ears and weary feet - a show on the Internet. US-based Kallman plans to launch Airshow Online on 1 September. Exhibitors will rent space ...
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Asiana Engines
Asiana Airlines has renewed a contract to have its CF6-80C2 engines overhauled by Lufthansa Technik (LHT). The two companies have extended their current co-operative agreement into the year 2001. The order is for the overhaul of all 66 engines of Asiana's Boeing 747-400s and 767-300s. Source: ...
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Nitrogen injection solution for long-term storage
The Capry Group (Hall 3/B4) is drawing in the crowds with its Inerpac packaging process. Inerpac is a patented technique which allows parts to be protected and preserved in a modified atmosphere for up to five years by the injection of nitrogen. The nitrogen is injected ...
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Engine makers have plenty to smile about
If the airframe manufacturers have been announcing successes throughout the week, then the engine makers have been rejoicing too. Rolls-Royce is celebrating its selection as power provider to the Airbus Industrie (AI) A340-600 and -500 with the Trent 500 announced on Monday. Disappointed GE and Pratt & Whitney ...
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Customers discover Explorer
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems have reported brisk business with a trio of orders for the MD Explorer worth around $20million. Communications manager Kenneth Jensen reported two aircraft were sold to Tomen Corporation in Japan and one to Heli-Fly for delivery to Luxembourg Air Rescue. While confirming ...
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IT experts issue warning on 'millennium bomb'
A wave of activity to try to defuse the "millennium bomb" is coming, a leading company said at the show. And there are warnings from information technology (IT) experts based in Britain about problems faced by the aerospace industry trying to tackle the date change problem. ...
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Transatlantic hop foiled by fuel leak
A specially adapted AS 350 B3 helicopter is expected to arrive at Le Bourget tomorrow - more than a week after it set off on a 24-hour transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. The Astar helicopter, manufactured by Eurocopter, was taking part in L'Esprit d'Intertechnique, the first ...