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Honeywell predicts Pegasus boom
MORE THAN 700 Boeing 757/767s and McDonnell Douglas MD-90/MD-11s could be retrofitted with Honeywell's newly developed Pegasus flight-management system (FMS), according to the company. The Pegasus FMS has 25 times the throughput capacity and up to 16 times more memory than that of the existing systems and will ...
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IPTN speeds up N-2130 regional-jet programme
Paul Lewis/BANDUNG INDUSTRI PESAWAT Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) has advanced the planned entry-into-service date of the proposed N-2130 regional jet by two years, in response to domestic demand and forthcoming foreign competition. With Japan trying to revive its YS-X programme and talks on the Chinese/South Korean ...
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Third EMB-145
Embraer flew the third EMB-145 regional jet for the first time on 14 February. A fourth aircraft is set to join the test programme in March. The flight-test programme has so far logged 150h since 1995. Source: Flight International
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TWA will replaced L-1011 fleet with 757s
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES (TWA) is to acquire 20 Pratt & Whitney-powered 757-200s - ten purchased from Boeing and ten leased from International Lease Finance - to replace its 14 Lockheed L-1011s and some Boeing 727s. The carrier will also hushkit 28 McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9-30s, and is negotiating with MDC ...
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R-R considers Asian Trent 777 centre
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ROLLS-ROYCE IS studying development of a coordinated regional engine-overhaul and repair capability for Asian airlines operating the Trent 800-powered Boeing 777. The UK engine maker is trying to persuade carriers to adopt a co-operative approach to Trent engine maintenance, by establishing complementary, rather ...
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Kelowna to fly for Greyhound
BRITISH COLUMBIA-based Kelowna Flight-craft Air Charter, has agreed to operate a low-cost airline, on behalf of bus company Greyhound Lines of Canada. Greyhound Air is scheduled to begin operations on 15 May, with six ex-Continental Airlines160-seat Boeing 727-200s linking Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton. ...
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Technical details
THE 407 WAS certificated by the Canadian Civil Aviation Authority, just a few days before our flight. US Federal Aviation Administration certification will follow. Even before this, more than 150 orders have been placed, with about 100 deposits paid. Initial deliveries will be at Heli-Expo '96 in Dallas, Texas, on ...
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AAR
William Bailey has been appointed group vice-president of cargo-loading-systems supplier AAR Manufacturing Group, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois. He also becomes president of the legal entity, AAR Manufacturing Group Inc. Engine supplier and overhauler AAR Engine Group has appointed Patrick Aherne vice-president for European operations, based in London. Ken Mercier ...
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Mesaba puts 328 and 340 on its shortlist
NORTHWEST AIRLINK carrier Mesaba Airlines has shortlisted the Dornier 328 and Saab 340 for an order worth almost $400 million to replace its fleet of 26 Fairchild Metro IIIs and 25 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-100s. It plans to replace its fleet between June and the fourth quarter of 1998. ...
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GE plans for turboprop power growth
GENERAL ELECTRIC is developing two new versions of its CT7 turboprop family, a CT7-9+, which will be certificated later this year, and a more ambitious CT7-11 variant which has been timed for 1999. GE says that the growth programmes will meet the requirements of current CT7-powered, aircraft ...
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FAA and JAA agree to harmonise on common standards
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration and the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) have agreed common standards for certification of new general-aviation aircraft built in the USA and Europe under FAR/JAR 23 rules. The standards, which become effective on 1 March, cover powerplant, airframe and aircraft performance requirements for ...
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BWIA recovery stumbles
BWIA INTERNATIONAL Airlines says a poor fourth quarter has "temporarily derailed" the Caribbean carrier's financial recovery following privatisation in February 1995. Despite this, the airline has posted a reduced operating loss for 1995 of $3.6 million, down from $9.4 million in 1994. President Edward Wegel blamed BWIA's poor ...
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SAS concentrates on fleet requirement beyond 2000
Gunter Endres/LONDON SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES System (SAS) is to study a plan to purchase between ten and 20 long- and medium-range aircraft to add to its fleet starting by the year 2000. The study will examine the case for retaining the Boeing 767 in the SAS fleet ...
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PZL-Okecie to replace crashed prototype
POLISH AIRCRAFT manufacturer PZL-Okecie says that it wants to build another PZL-130T Turbo Orlik to replace the prototype lost in a fatal crash on 25 January. Contrary to earlier reports that the accident involved the Pratt & Whitney-powered PZL-130TC (Flight International, 7-13 February), marketing and sales director Maciej ...
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New conflict looms at Air Inter
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS FAILURE TO AGREE on a new contract for pilots at Air Inter Europe is pulling the financially struggling domestic and regional wing of the Air France Group towards a new crisis. Passenger traffic fell by 7% in 1995, to 15.7 million, largely because ...
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As McDonnell Douglas revises JAST design
The McDonnell Douglas-led JAST team has unveiled a near-tailless aircraft, using main-engine thrust-vectoring to achieve pitch, roll and yaw control. In 1995, it dropped the gas-driven lift-fan concept for a lift-plus-lift/cruise short take-off and vertical-landing configuration. In this, a forward engine being developed by General Electric/ Allison provides ...
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Russia sets up aviation body
RUSSIA'S NEWLY appointed transport minister, Nikolai Tsakh, plans to announce the formation of a new Federal Aviation Service by the end of this month. The body is being created to help improve state control of civil aviation and co-ordinate its development. Air-traffic-control agency Rosaeronavigatsia will be incorporated ...
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Lockheed
Three appointments have been announced at Lockheed Martin's newly formed Commercial Systems Group. Gary Mann becomes president, Robert Veschi becomes president for Integrated Business Solutions and Gerald Stanley is appointed president of computer-graphics division Real 3D. Mann was most recently vice-president for business development, information and tech- nology-services sector. Veschi ...