All air transport news – Page 2546
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Fokker wins N-250 fatigue-testing contract from IPTN
Fokker Control Systems has been selected by IPTN to supply a rig for fatigue testing of the N-250 commuter aircraft. Indonesia's state-owned test laboratory, LUK, will be responsible for integrating the equipment and carrying out the tests. LUK will perform an accelerated-flight-cycle programme on an N-250 test airframe, ...
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Cathay takes 'shark-skin' A340
Cathay Pacific has taken delivery of an Airbus A340-300 with 30% of its skin covered with so-called "shark-skin foils" or riblets. The in-service test follows experiments carried out by Airbus, in conjunction with US manufacturer 3M, using an A320 partially covered with the drag-reducing plastic film. "Performance results have been ...
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Singapore expands attack/transport rotary needs
Singapore intends to bolster its rotary-wing capabilities: it is evaluating new attack helicopters and plans the purchase of additional Boeing CH-47 Chinook transports. The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is drawing up plans to evaluate and acquire a fleet of attack helicopters. It is now dispatching teams ...
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Bombardier
The Bombardier Business Aircraft division of Montreal, Canada, has named Charles Garneau sales director, Canada, for Canadair Business Aircraft. He was formerly marketing director for the Amphibious Aircraft division. Mike Blouin and Richard Jamieson have been appointed field service representatives. Source: Flight International
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Saab aircraft
Michael Harrington has been appointed managing director of Saab Aircraft International, the UK subsidiary of the Swedish aerospace company. Harrington, formerly general manager of Italian independent carrier Alpi Eagles, succeeds Martin Craigs, who will move to Hong Kong to head Saab's Asia-Pacific activities. Source: Flight International
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Jet Airways adds
Jet Airways of India will add a Boeing 737-500 to its fleet at the end of November, increasing its fleet of 737s to 12. Three more 737-400s will be introduced by May next year, enabling the airline to expand its route network and frequencies. Source: Flight ...
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DAS doubles DC-10s
Das Air will add a second McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 freighter in 1997, and has announced plans to increase its presence in the Gulf. The number of services from London to Dubai has been increased to three a week, and a direct flight has been added to Abu Dhabi. The UK-based ...
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EC supports compromise over status of JAA and Eurocontrol
Kevin O'Toole/Brussels THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) says that it is supporting a compromise deal to establish the region's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and Eurocontrol as official international bodies, but which stops short of creating single European authorities. Proposals for a reformed JAA are due to be ...
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Falcon rejuvenated
Graham Warwick/FORT WORTH and Guy Norris/EDWARDS AFB FIGHTER PILOTS use "check six" as slang for a look back to ensure that the enemy is not approaching from behind. It is also the motto of the Lockheed Martin F-16A/B mid-life update (MLU) programme - signifying a look back to ...
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Collins
A demonstration flight in Rockwell-Collins' Sabreliner testbed, equipped with a prototype of its Pro Line 21 display for the Raytheon Premier I, illustrates the progress made since the system was launched a year ago. The first impression of the display is of solid colours and crisp symbols against a smooth ...
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Hunting new pastures
Max Kingsley-Jones/Coventry On 17 October, Hunting Cargo Airlines retired its remaining Vickers "VC9" Merchantman (Vanguard) freighter when the last operational example was flown to the Brooklands Museum in Surrey, south-west of London, for preservation. This marked the end of a 20-year association with the four-engined turboprop for the ...
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Air Methods delivers modular medical interior for MD900
Air Methods has delivered its first modular, multi-function, medical interiors to operators of the McDonnell Douglas MD900 Explorer helicopter in Europe and the USA. Boise Life Flight in Idaho, and HSD in Germany, have taken delivery of Explorers equipped with the new multi-role interiors. Denver, Colorado-based Air Methods ...
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ST-50 is lined up for February flight tests
The first production prototype of the ST-50 executive aircraft is scheduled to undergo flight tests in February 1997. Israviation, the ST-50 manufacturer, has moved to its permanent production site in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel and is already working on the two planned production prototypes. Test flights so ...
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Saab backs Aerospace Awards
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS become the latest company to sign up as a sponsor of the 1997 Flight International Aerospace Awards. The deal was signed recently by Bjorn Astrand (right), vice-president of sales and marketing at the Swedish manufacturer of the Saab 340 and 2000 turpoprops and Flight International editor Allan ...
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Blanc insists on fleet mixture
Julian Moxon/Paris Air France president Christian Blanc has made it clear to the French Government that he wants to order a mix of Boeing 777s and Airbus A340s as part of the flag carrier's fleet-renewal programme. Up to ten of each type are likely to be ...
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Fokker rescue plan put on hold
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SAMSUNG'S PROPOSED rescue of Fokker has been put on hold until the South Korean Government and other other local aerospace manufacturers decide whether or not they should back the programme. The deal ran into a last-minute delay when Samsung sought South Korean Government approval ...
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Vanguard Variations
The Merchantman's origins lay with the 100- to 140-seat Vickers Vanguard of the early 1960s. The four-engined turboprop was first flown from the Vickers-Armstrongs factory at Brooklands on 20 January 1959, and entered service with British European Airways (BEA) in December 1960. Although very economical to operate, the design was ...
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IPTN drops certification plans for PA2 prototype
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE I NDUSTRI Pesawat Nusantara Terbang (IPTN) has abandoned plans to use its second N250 regional prototype as an airworthiness-certification vehicle in a bid to avoid any further postponement of the aircraft's maiden flight. The Indonesian manufacturer had intended using prototype PA2 to begin certification, ...
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Boeing plans tail-strike safeguards for stretched 757
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is developing a series of design changes for the 757-300 to reduce the potentially greater risk of tail-strikes affecting the stretched aircraft. The -300 will be 7m longer than the current -200 production model and is almost exactly the same length as ...
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AI(R) seeks lease financing
PaulLewis/ZHUHAI AERO INTERNATIONAL (Regional) (AI(R)) is asking competing engine manufacturers to provide lease financing for the yet-to-be-launched AIR 70 regional jet, in exchange for being selected to supply the new aircraft's powerplant. The European consortium is asking the three rival engine suppliers to assist with up ...