All Engines news – Page 492
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Conceptual aircraft
Safire S-26 Safire Aircraft of West Palm Beach, Florida, is developing a six-seat "personal" jet, powered by Williams FJX-2 turbofans. The $800,000 all-composite aircraft will offer a maximum range of 2,600km (1,400nm) and a maximum take-off weight of 2,050kg (4,500lb). First flight of the production aircraft is planned for 2001, ...
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Fairchild slips 728JET schedule
Fairchild Aerospace has reached agreement with 728JET launch customer Lufthansa CityLine to slip certification and first deliveries of the 70-seater by six months to November 2002. The delay will enable it to increase the size of the passenger cabin by relocating the rear doors. Fairchild says the decision to ...
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Airbus accelerates plans to bring A330-100 into service
Airbus Industrie has brought forward its target entry-into-service date for the A330-100 to 2003. The move is an apparent effort to accelerate development of an A300/A310 replacement to meet Singapore Airlines' aircraft requirement, dubbed "W". Speaking at the show, Airbus senior vice-president commercial John Leahy confirms that the shortened, ...
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Airbus stands by timetable for A3XX commercial launch
Airbus Industrie is sticking to its claim that it will be able to generate enough airline interest in the A3XX to achieve a commercial launch by mid-year, despite sceptical comments by some key potential customers and a pessimistic forecast from the US consultancy, the Teal Group. The consortium plans ...
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Marketplace
St Petersburg-based Pulkovo Airlines is acquiring two additional Tupolev Tu-154s and two Tu-134s, increasing its fleet of the two types to 21 and 10 aircraft, respectively. The airline plans to begin phasing out its Tu-134s from 2002 and replace them with new Tupolev Tu-334s. Evergreen International Airlines has placed a ...
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AE207 flight slipped
Ibis Aerospace has delayed the first flight and certification of its Ae270 Ibis single utility turboprop, and is reviewing whether to proceed with the proposed Walter M601 F-powered, unpressurised version. The aircraft is now due to fly by the "beginning of April", while certification for the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42A-powered ...
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Alliance outlines GP7200 plan
The General Electric/Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance joint venture has outlined a development schedule for the proposed GP7200 powerplant. Engine Alliance and Rolls-Royce have begun talks with potential A3XX launch customers as the two rival engine suppliers position to be the lead certification engine on the planned new ultra-large ...
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Technically speaking
Max Kingsley-Jones/LUTON The original Boeing 757-200 was a "sleeper" in sales terms. Boeing will hope that the new model is the same. After launch orders in 1978 for the 757-200, new contracts ran at a trickle until the mid-1980s. It has been a similar story for the -300, which has ...
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DC-8 badly damaged
A McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63F freighter operated by US cargo carrier Kitty Hawk was substantially damaged on Sunday when parts of two engine nacelles fell of the aircraft as it was performing its take-off rotation for a flight from Seattle Tacoma International Airport to Anchorage. Kitty Hawk spokeswoman Heather Fedele says ...
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SKF starts diversification
Bearings repair company SKF (Stand D139) has announced the establishment of a new bearing service centre in Charleston, South Carolina. The start-up is part of the company's strategy to diversify from bearing and seal sales into overhaul and repair services. SKF Aero Bearing Service Centre will service Pratt & ...
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FAST opens new premises
Fuel Accessory Service Technologies (FAST) will formally open its new 24,000 sq ft maintenance and repair premises today at the Loyang Industrial Park close to Singapore's Changi Airport. FAST is a joint venture between Singapore International Airlines Engineering (SIAEC) and Hamilton Sundstrand and it repairs and overhauls aircraft engine ...
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Fighter engine boasts P&W engineering
The latest version of Pratt & Whitney's engine for the F-15 and F-16 fighter - the F100-PW-232 - benefits from engineering advances made in the F119 development programme for the USAF's F-22 Raptor as well as extensive operational experience with the F100-PW-229 which is statistically the safest engine in USAF ...
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New technology for Singapore
A joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Singapore Technologies Aerospace and SIA Engineering (SIAEC) will extend P&W's hi-tech engine parts repair capability in the region. The JV will perform PW4000 turbine airfoil repairs, utilising two technologies that are new to Singapore - electron beam physical vapour deposition (EB-PVD) coating ...
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Qantas leases 767-300s
Qantas Airways is to go ahead with the lease of seven Boeing 767-300s from oneworld partner and minority investor British Airways (BA) and has unveiled a series of route changes to accompany the deliveries. Qantas deputy chief executive Geoff Dixon says the carrier's investment in the lease is "significant," but ...
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Engine repair joint venture
Singapore International Airlines Engineering (SIAEC), Pratt & Whitney and Tube Processing (TPC) have announced a three-way joint venture to repair and overhaul aircraft engine components in Singapore. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed at Asian Aerospace by SIAEC chief executive Mervyn Sirisena, Robert Weiner, P&W vice-president for Engine ...
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Alliance launches testing of proposed A3XX powerplant
Karen Walker Core engine testing of the GP7200 engine, a General Electric/Pratt & Whitney joint venture proposal to power the Airbus A3XX, is set to begin next week. The core has been mounted on a test rig at GE's Cincinnati, Ohio, site in readiness for the tests, which ...
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Aero Systems joins Porter seats network
American company P L Porter Controls, which describes itself as the world's leading maker of position control systems for aircraft passenger seating, has appointed Singapore company Aero Systems to its worldwide network of product support centres, dealing specifically with the market in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Australasia. P ...
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Boullioun selects Honeywell avionics for B737 fleet
Steve Nichols Honeywell has signed a $55-million agreement with leasing company Boullioun Aviation Services to supply a suite of avionics products for 30 firm and 30 optional new Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. Under the agreement Honeywell will supply its Quantum Line communication and navigation systems, weather radar ...
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Asian fleets make urgent checks on 747 engines
Mike Martin and Geoff Thomas Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) are among regional carriers carrying out urgent checks on some Boeing 747-400 engines after the discovery of a problem on a Lufthansa aircraft led the German carrier to ground its entire fleet. Boeing is working with ...
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Bombardier reaches new Standard contract
Bombardier Aerospace Regional Aircraft has signed an agreement at Asian Aerospace for engine repair, overhaul and maintenance services with Standard Aero, which has its headquarters in Winnipeg, Canada. The agreement - worth around $20 million over the next five years - covers the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 series ...