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Brunei's FANS-1-capable 747SP enters service on Royal duties
The first Boeing 747 "Classic" to be upgraded for Future Air Navigation System-1 (FANS-1) capability, a 747SP operated by the Brunei royal family, is now in operation. The aircraft was upgraded by Lufthansa Technik, which installed a "hybrid" cockpit with five Honeywell electronic-flight-instrument-system displays. The 747SP is one of several ...
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China Southern Airlines receives first A320 from Airbus
Airbus has handed over the first of 20 A320s to China Southern Airlines, which is also the first A320 family aircraft to be purchased directly from Airbus by a Chinese operator. The 158-seat, International Aero Engines V2500-A5-powered A320s will be operated from Guangzhou. Sichuan Airlines also flies the type on ...
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Continental selects Honeywell/Trimble for avionics upgrade
CONTINENTAL Airlines is to upgrade its Boeing 727s and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10s with Honeywell/Trimble HT9100 flight-management/ global-positioning systems (FMS/GPS), with an option to retrofit its MDCMD-80s. United Airlines, meanwhile, has cancelled plans to upgrade its 727s with the FMS/GPS, after deciding to retire the aircraft - which ...
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Changing the differences
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW In common with all Soviet overhaul sites, Factory N402 at Moscow's Bykovo Airport had specific work allocated to it. Until the early 1990s, it was the overhaul centre for most of the world's ageing Ilyushin Il-18 turboprops. The Factory was also the only centre in the ...
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Tupolev signs agreement to merge with Aviastar and Aviacro production plants
Alexander Velovich/Moscow Russia's Tupolev design bureau has signed an agreement to merge with its main production plants to create a third large integrated aerospace concern in the country. The agreement is to bring Tupolev together with the Aviastar operation which manufactures the Tu-204 and Antonov An-124 ...
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Cannon expands on superalloys
CANNON-MUSKEGON is investing almost $5 million to expand its capability to develop and produce superalloys. Its CMSX single-crystal alloys are used in Allison and Rolls-Royce aero-engines. The Muskegon, Michigan-based company says that a new vacuum induction furnace will increase vacuum-melt capabilities, while a new $1.5 million finishing line ...
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The Taiwan connection
Since 1990, Aero Vodochody has been focusing its civil-aviation efforts on trying to push ahead with a single-turboprop utility-transport project known as the Aero Ae 270, now given the name Ibis. The programme has been through various revisions, and a full-size fuselage mock-up has often been seen at ...
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Reversal of fortunes
Max Kingsley-Jones/PARIS Embraer emerged from a successful week at the Paris air show facing the enviable task of having to boost EMB-145 production to match its recent booming sales fortunes. During the show, total firm orders for the Brazilian 50-seat regional jet doubled from 65 to 132, while ...
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Techspace Aero
Emeric d'Arcimoles has been appointed managing director and general manager of Belgian aircraft manufacturer Techspace Aero, of Herstal. He was formerly general manager of the Aeronautical Equipment division of Snecma subsidiary Hispano-Suiza. D'Arcimoles takes over from Pierre Cognet, who will manage newly formed Snecma Services, and who will remain a ...
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Appointments
Gavin Strang has taken up the position of minister for transport in the new UK government, and Glenda Jackson has been appointed aviation minister. Both report to John Prescott, secretary of state for transport and environment. Virgin Express has promoted Mike Lotz to chief operating officer, and has ...
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Trent trouble
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair resumed flying their Airbus A330s after temporarily suspending the aircraft's operation in May due to concerns over the reliability of gearbox parts in their Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. The grounding of its 11 A330-300s could cost Cathay up to $19.4 million. The carriers may seek compensation ...
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Airbus waits for orders before committing to growth A340s
Airbus Industrie says that it needs a "significant" number of orders for the new A340-500/600 versions of the A340 before committing to full development and production. Despite that, sales chief John Leahy is "optimistic" that sufficient airlines to justify the $2.5 billion development cost will commit to the ...
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AMR Eagle divides regional-jet order: Embraer wins key deal
AMR Eagle has divided its long-awaited order for regional jets between Embraer and Bombardier, although the Brazilian manufacturer has won the key competition to supply 50-seaters. AMR Eagle will take delivery of the first of 42 firmly ordered EMB-145LRs, powered by the Allison AE3007A1 engine, in February 1998, ...
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Work begins on low-maintenance Adour
Rolls-Royce and Turboméca have launched development of a new low-maintenance version of the Adour 871 turbofan which powers the British Aerospace Hawk and McDonnell Douglas T-45 trainers. The Adour 900 will offer 4,000h between overhauls to meet what R-R military-engines chief Terry Graham describes as a demand for ...
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Airbus Industrie nets two new customers
Finnair and Brazil's TAM have become new Airbus Industrie customers, with orders for a total of 17 aircraft and options on a further 29. Finnair has chosen the Airbus A319/A320/A321 narrowbody range to replace its fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. The Finnish carrier will take an ...
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MTU targets European military engines
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) aero-engine unit MTU Munich hopes to set up a European military-engines company around its international partnership with France, Italy and Spain to develop the M138. The M138 is a turboprop derivative of Snecma's 50-105kN (11,250-23,600lb)-thrust M88 turbofan, which powers the Dassault Rafale Ìghter. The new ...
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PW100 checks urged
Following an engine fire on 21 May in a Skywest Airlines Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, the US National Transportation Safety Board has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to order an immediate one-time inspection of all Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 turboprop engines. The checks would ensure that the gas-generator case drain ...
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BMW R-R signs up to power Tu-334s
BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) has signed with Russian manufacturer Tupolev to power its Tu-334-120 twin-engine regional jet with BR710-48 turbofans. At the same time, Honeywell has signed an agreement with Russian counterpart Aviapribor to fit the US company's avionics into Russian-made aircraft, with the Tupolev Tu-334 as one ...
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Lockheed Martin first to finish JSF design review
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC LOCKHEEDMARTIN has completed the initial design review (IDR) for its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept-demonstrator programme, clearing the way to begin detailed design. Boeing says that the IDR for its JSF programme is due later this year. Flight testing of the competing concept demonstrators is ...
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Continental Express is eager for small regional jet
Continental Express has converted the first 25 of 175 options it holds on Embraer EMB-145s. It has also expressed a serious interest in the smaller regional jets now being planned, as it ponders the move to an all-regional-jet fleet. The airline has ordered the longer-range LR version. The ...