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Airbus takes charge of the FLA
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has formally taken over management of the Future Large Aircraft (FLA) military-transport programme, bringing together the five major European aerospace companies involved under a single banner. The question of Italian involvement in the subsidiary was settled only minutes before the FLA announcement at Paris. Alenia ...
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Saab to step up 340B production
SAAB AIRCRAFT IS looking to raise output rates on the 340B regional turboprop to four a month following American (AMR) Eagle's firm order for 25 aircraft. The rise in 340 production, together with the build-up of Saab 2000 deliveries, would put the manufacturer on course to achieve its ...
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Frakes Aviation
FRAKES AVIATION DISPLAYED a Turbo-Mallard amphibian at Paris to gauge demand to place the 17-passenger aircraft back in production. Texas-based Frakes owns the design rights to the Grumman-developed Mallard and has re-engine 12 of 59 aircraft already built with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprops. The company sees a market ...
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ARIA Il-96 order in the balance
AEROFLOT RUSSIAN International Airlines (ARIA) has signed a contract for the delivery of 20 Ilyushin Il-96 wide-body transports, subject to the approval of a financing package from the US Exim Bank. The $1.5 billion contract is for ten Il-96T freighters and ten Il-96M passenger aircraft, to be delivered ...
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Agusta introduces the Koala
ITALIAN HELICOPTER MANUFACTURER Agusta has introduced a new single-engine machine based on its existing A-109 range, the A-119 Koala, as well as a new version of the A-109, known as the Power, with twin 545kW (730shp) Pratt & Whitney PW206C turbo-shafts. The Koala, which will have 600kW engine (yet to ...
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'Shrunk' 777 to be launched in 1996
BOEING PLANS to launch the next 777 derivative, the 250-seat -100X "shrink" aircraft, within the next 15 months, according to the company's commercial airplane group president Ron Woodard. The company hopes to have the first aircraft in service by May 1999. Preparatory work is already under way, ...
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Indian Maintenance
Aviall Caledonian Engine Services has signed a three-year agreement with Jet Airways of Bombay, India, to maintain the CFM International CFM56-3 engines which power the airline's fleet of Boeing 737-400s. Jet Airways, which began operating scheduled services in May 1993, operates four 737-300s and two -400s, and is due to ...
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P&W
Pratt & Whitney has appointed Robert Rosati to senior vice president, international. Rosati will be responsible for all the company's programmes in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe as well as continuing to serve as P&W's main liaison with Airbus Industrie. Rosati was previously president of International Aero Engines, the ...
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IAE Gain
International Aero Engines (IAE) has won a launch customer for the V2500-A5 on the Airbus A319, with ILFC's selection of the power plant for its latest Airbus narrow-body orders. The selection covers up to six A319s, seven high-gross-weight A321-200s and five unspecified narrow-body options signed by ILFC at the end ...
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Achievement: Carbon-fibre brake technology
Messier Bugatti has developed new-generation carbon brakes, which halve the cost per landing penalty compared with traditional steel and carbon products. The aim is to bring the advantages of using carbon brakes to high-rotation short-haul airliners such as the Airbus A320/321 family. The new-generation Sepcarb III brakes have ...
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IAE works on variable-area nozzle
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) and Calcor Aero Systems are to develop the world's first variable-area exhaust nozzle for a civil aero-engine. IAE, a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU, FiatAvio and Japanese Aero Engines, will work with California-based Calcor to produce a technology demonstrator for IAE's ...
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Reverse gear is being considered
Sir - The idea of a powered landing gear, or reverse gear for aircraft, is receiving the consideration of the Italian Office of Intellectual Property (file RM95A00318 0f 17 May, 1995, for the granting of a patent) to try to save the fees for pushback. Airbus Industrie says ...
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Honeywell clinches TracLink GPS deal at Minneapolis
HONEYWELL HAS BEEN selected by the Minneapolis/St Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), Minnesota, to install a Honeywell/Pelorus SLS-2000 satellite-landing system and the company's recently developed vehicle-tracking system, the TracLink. Both systems are based on the global-positioning system (GPS) and will use correctional positioning information from a local-area GPS ...
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MAS profit rise fails to impress
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) managed to deliver its long-awaited profit recovery for the 1994/5 financial year, but the improvement failed to live up to expectations following a lack-lustre second half. The group turned in profits of M$139 million ($56.6 million) for its full year ...
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Moller plans four-seat VTOL experiment
MOLLER International, manufacturer of the M200X experimental two-seat vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, aims to fly a four-seater, the M400 Skycar, before the end of 1995. Moller is expected to give more details of plans for the Skycar at the Paris air show, which opened on 10 ...
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Building Starts
CFM International and the Civil Aviation Administration of China have begun construction of a new joint venture, engine maintenance training centre, in Chengdu. The school, due to open in 1997, is modeled on General Electric and CFMI training sites in the USA and France. A temporary centre, in ...
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Instruments blamed in UK Bandeirante crash
STORMY WEATHER, combined with the apparent failure of at least one artificial horizon, may prove to have been contributory factors to the Knight Air Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash on 24 May (Flight International, 31 May-6 June) says the investigators' preliminary report. All 12 people on board died when ...
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Bedek wins contract to convert Tu-154s to VIP configuration
THE BEDEK DIVISION of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has been awarded a contract to convert Tupolev Tu-154M passenger aircraft into VIP configuration. Avia Star, the Russian manufacturer of the Tu-154M, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Israeli Company. The first Tu-154M will be flown to Israel ...
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MDC polls MD-11 freighter operators on smoke rules
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is canvassing MD-11 freight operators on proposed changes to the freighter configuration, which would meet new smoke-rules of the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and reduce maintenance costs. The alterations would allow loads of up to 79,450kg, while producing a net reduction (of around 130kg) ...
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Saab Aircraft celebrates major 340B order spree
SAAB AIRCRAFT has landed significant orders for its 340B Plus turboprop from two of the largest regional operators in the USA. In addition, the Swedish manufacturer has almost completed a deal to sell a large number of Saab 2000s to one of the carriers. The biggest single order ...