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LF507 reliability levels 'not acceptable' says Crossair
Julian Moxon/HANOVER LOWER-THAN-expected despatch reliability of the AlliedSignal Engines LF507 turbofan powering Aero International Regional (AI(R)) RJ100 Avroliners has forced the engine manufacturer to spend $30 million on developing solutions. Crossair president Moritz Suter criticised the engine's 99.3% dispatch reliability during the recent European Regional Airlines ...
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Fairchild promises to launch a 30-seat turbofan 328 by 1997
FAIRCHILD DORNIER chairman and chief executive Carl Albert says that there is "no question" about a go-ahead for a 30-seat turbofan version of the Dornier 328 turboprop. "We'll launch it before the end of the year," he says, promising also that a 50-seat stretched version will be launched "about 12 ...
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Insurers pay for Chinese losses
Tim Furniss/LONDON SPACE INSURERS are paying two satellite operators $83 million for damage to one spacecraft and the loss of the other after launches by Chinese boosters in 1995/6. The People's Insurance of China has paid $25.9 million to China Telecommunications and Broadcasting Satellite for the ...
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Diamond shines on
Interior improvements are not the only reason why the Beech 400A continues to gain customer support Peter Henley/Blackbushe RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has made a success of acquiring an existing aircraft type from another manufacturer, refining its design and marketing it energetically. Examples include the Raytheon Pilatus PC-9 MkII and ...
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Helicap buys EC135 for JAR compliance
PARIS-BASED Helicap has ordered six Eurocopter EC135 light twin-engined helicopters, equipped for emergency medical services (EMS), in a move to meet new European regulations. According to Eurocopter, the helicopters will allow the company to meet the new European Joint Aviation Authorities JAR OPS3 rules, which ban single-engine operations ...
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Russia prepares for new Start booster
RUSSIA'S STRATEGIC Rocket Forces Start 1 solid-propellant booster is being prepared at the Svobodny cosmodrome in the far-eastern Amur region of Russia for the first satellite launch from the new space centre, placing a small demonstration satellite, the Zeya, into low-Earth orbit in December. The Start 1, a ...
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Sabena places new long-haul fleet
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS THE RATIONALISATION of Sabena's long-haul-aircraft types is the priority item on the carrier's fleet-planning agenda, with a decision expected soon on standardising on a single type. The long-haul decision is seen as a more urgent than the replacement of its older Boeing 737-200s, ...
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Aeronavali converts
Aeronavali, a division of Alenia, has received a contract from United Airlines for the conversion of four McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CFs to full cargo configuration for the airline's new all-cargo services to Asia. The first two aircraft will be redelivered in March 1997, with the second batch following in September. The ...
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An-124 crashes on approach to Turin
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Paul Duffy/MOSCOW THE TWO PILOTS of an Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA)-operated Antonov An-124 were killed, along with at least two people on the ground, when the aircraft crashed into houses short of the runway while attempting to land at Turin's Caselle Airport, Italy, on 8 ...
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Germany to lead free-flight trials in Europe
GERMANY'S civil-aviation authority, the DFS, is working with Lufthansa to carry out trials of free-flight technologies in Europe. "We're looking at how to implement free flight in Germany as soon as possible," says Dr Klaus Dieter Ehrhardt, responsible for CNS/ATM planning in the DFS. "We will look at ...
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SAS to begin using ADS-B system in 1997
Scandinavian carrier SAS is to equip "at least" ten commercial aircraft, and ground vehicles, with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) systems in 1997, and plans to equip its new Boeing 737-600s in 1998. The trials are part of the European-Commission-funded North European ADS-B Network programme, which has established a ...
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Airlines are 'confused' over European free-flight issues
Julian Moxon/AMSTERDAM A MAJOR INITIATIVE to prove the cost benefits of flying in a "free-flight" air-traffic-management (ATM) environment must be mounted if the system is ever to become reality, say leading industry officials speaking at the Flight International Airline Navigation '96 conference in Amsterdam on 9 -11 October. ...
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IPTN plans N270 talks in December
SENIOR OFFICIALS from Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) and its US subsidiary, American Regional Aircraft Industry (AMRAI), plan to meet in mid-December to re-evaluate development of the proposed stretched N270 turboprop. The Indonesian meeting is expected to conduct a complete review of the yet-to-be launched, programme in ...
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Merpati concludes BAe 146 lease agreement with NJS
NATIONAL JET Systems (NJS), of Australia, has signed an agreement to sublease up to ten BAe 146s to Merpati Nusantara Airlines. The aircraft will partially replace the Indonesian domestic carrier's ageing Fokker fleet of 15 F27s and 25 F28s on regional routes, beginning in November. Adelaide-based NJS, which ...
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Argentine delivery
Schweizer Aircraft has delivered two Model 300C light helicopters to the Argentinian Coast Guard. Both float-equipped aircraft are being used for training and river-patrol operations. The helicopters are equipped with litter kits for medical evacuations and cargo hooks for external cargo hauling. Source: Flight International
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Magnetic matters
The first magnetic spectrometer to be sent into space, to capture elusive space particles such as anti-matter and dark matter, will be flown aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in May 1998. The Chinese/Russian/US spectrometer, based on a rare mineral called neodymium iron boron, may then be installed on the International ...
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BE Aerospace climbs
BE Aerospace (BEA) continues its climb back to profits, showing a net profit of $3.2 million for the first half of its financial year to the end of August. A year ago, the group had notched up losses of more than $40 million as it battled with a slow market ...
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Singapore basing
Singapore has asked to base two of its four planned refurbished Boeing KC-135R tanker aircraft at March AB, California, for crew training. Singapore, which is short of airspace, already keeps nine leased Lockheed Martin F-16s at AFB Luke, Arizona, and is now training crews for its six new Boeing CH-47D ...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada
Two new applications for Pratt & Whitney Canada's (P&WC) best-selling PT6 turboprop/turbo shaft engine have been announced in 1996. The PT6B-37 turbo shaft has been selected by Agusta for its A119 Koala single-engined helicopter. Certification of the PT6B-37 is scheduled for late-1996, with production engine deliveries beginning during early 1997. ...
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Turbomeca
Turboméca manufactures Arrius turbo shaft engines for a wide range of helicopters, including the Eurocopter AS355N (Arrius 1A), EC135 (2B) and EC120 (2F) and McDonnell Douglas MD901 (2C). The engine has an electronic control system for twin-engined helicopters, and hydro-mechanical control for singles. The Arriel 2 engine powers the Eurocopter ...