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Rockwell consolidates Collins avionics business
Rockwell has brought together its Collins avionics and communications businesses into a single business unit, in a re-organisation, which follows the sale of the remainder of the group's aerospace interests to Boeing. The two Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based units, Collins Commercial Avionics and Collins Avionics & Communications, together with ...
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NTSB proposes more 737 rudder system changes
Boeing will have to revise the design of 737 rudder control system components, develop a cockpit display showing rudder position, and establish service life limits for certain rudder control parts if several proposals under study by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are made compulsory. The aim is to ...
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GE expands with overhaul buys in Malaysia/Brazil
General Electric is forging ahead with international expansion of its growing engine overhaul business, with deals agreed in the last few days to take controlling stakes in the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) engine- overhaul unit and Brazil's CELMA repair centre. Under an agreement understood to have been signed between ...
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Airbus pushes on with new versions of A340
David Learmount/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie is to challenge Boeing's 777-300 stretch with an enlarged, rewinged A340 which carries as many passengers and flies further, says the European consortium's A330/ A340 commercial programme manager David Pound. The European consortium is effectively launching the -500 and-600 variants of the ...
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You have control
Several recent airliner accident reports have identified problems with cockpit automation as principal or contributory causes of the accidents. Much of the conventional reaction (especially by pilots) to these incidents is of the "automation must be stopped" or "automation has gone too far" variety. That reaction, in human terms, is ...
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LucasVarity investment dispels doubts
Lucas Aerospace is to acquire the Boeing Georgia cargo handling systems operation, in a move, which appears to dispel speculation that the newly merged LucasVarity group would quit the aerospace sector. The acquisition will bring sales of around $90 million, taking the Lucas cargo-handling business above the $200 ...
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Recommendations for improved safety
THE HUMAN-FACTORS TEAM makes a large number of recommendations for action by the FAA and other agencies. There are eight main headings, but some basic demands, like the need for better information-exchange on incidents, is repeated in varying forms under several of them. The principle recommendations for each heading include: ...
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Cathay Pacific
David Turnbull has been named as the new managing director at Cathay Pacific Airways. He is also chairman of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. He replaces Rod Eddington, who moves to Ansett Australia as executive chairman. Turnbull is replaced as director of corporate development by Tony Tyler, who is currently ...
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Unwanted demands
According to the FAA, flight-deck automation confuses pilots too often. David Learmount/LONDON HIGHLY AUTOMATED aircraft with digital flight-management systems (FMS) often surprise pilots and sometimes leave them dangerously confused. This is the basic conclusion of the US Federal Aviation Administration from its two-year review of modern airline flight-decks. ...
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AlliedSignal Engines
AlliedSignal Engines revealed earlier this year that it is studying the economic feasibility of regional jets with fewer than 50 seats. The company hopes that its LF507, the AS309 derivative, or a new-centre-line engine, could potentially find applications in this sector of the market. Meanwhile, AlliedSignal is involved ...
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Allison Engines
Allison Engines, acquired by Rolls-Royce in 1995, is studying a growth version of the AE3007 turbofan which powers the Embraer EMB-145 regional jet and Cessna Citation X business jet. Designated the AE3012, the engine would be offered as a potential power plant for the planned Aero-International (Regional) 70-seater. ...
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Aviadvigatel
The Aviadvigatel/Perm Motors PS-90A turbofan programme has been severely crippled because of a lack of funding, which has severely compromised the manufacturer's ability to overcome technical problems which have left the engine with a reputation for poor reliability. Series production of the engine was conditionally approved by the ...
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Saab to take 340 finishing in-house
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON SAAB AIRCRAFT is working on a programme to take all Saab 340 painting and interior finishing work in-house, from its UK subcontractor Hunting Aviation, by the end of this year. This marks the end of 13 years of subcontracting this activity in the UK ...
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CFM International
CFM International (CFMI) is working to get its CFM56-7 series turbofan certificated on schedule before the beginning of November. The latest version of the successful CFM56 family, the -7 is being developed to power the new-generation Boeing 737. The 737-700 is due to have its maiden flight in ...
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Changzhou Lan Xiang Machinery Works
Changzhou Lan Xiang Machinery Works, also known as Jiangxi Helicopter Engine Factory, manufactures the WZ6 turbo shaft derived from Turboméca's Turmo IIIC. Source: Flight International
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Sabena replaces noisy 737s
SABENA IS examining Airbus Industrie A320s as possible replacements for some of its Boeing 737s. One possibility being considered by the Belgian carrier is to acquire the aircraft on operating leases from US lessor International Lease Finance (ILFC). The airline and its regional subsidiary, Delta Air ...
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Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries IHI
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) manufactures the two-shaft F3-30 turbofan for the Japan Air Self-Defence Force's Kawasaki T-4 trainer. The first production engine was delivered in 1987. IHI is expected to be responsible for about 40% of the work on the General Electric F110-129 engine which powers the Mitsubishi ...
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Klimov
Klimov, now part of VPK MAPO, is developing thrust-vectoring-modified RD-33s for the Mikoyan MiG-35, a derivative of the MiG-29M. Klimov is also understood to be proposing development of the RD-333, a "fifth-generation" design. The low-bypass RD-33 turbofan powers all versions of the MiG-29, and some upgraded MiG-21s. The ...
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ASTAAS closes down
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has shut down ASTA Aircraft Services (ASTAAS) after failing to find a buyer for the loss-making maintenance operation. ASTAAS, which employed around 450 people, was one of two units left over after the 1995 privatisation of the ASTA aerospace business in 1995. The other unit, ...
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Loral acquires AT&T Skynet Services
LORAL SPACE & Communications has agreed to buy AT&T's Skynet Satellite Services business for $712.5 million (£475 million) in cash. The deal includes AT&T's network of Telstar C- and Ku-band communications-satellites, and is Loral's first acquisition since the company disposed of its aerospace and defence businesses to Lockheed ...