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Rolls-Royce Inc
Stanley Doepke is named director of airline marketing and Bruce McClelland becomes airline-analysis manager at Rolls-Royce Inc, the US arm of the UK aero-engine manufacturer. Doepke was formerly sales director at Fokker Aircraft USA, while McClelland was director of strategic market planning at Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dornier). Frederick Kocher becomes senior ...
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Safety board seeks FAA AD for CF6 fatigue-crack inspections
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON, DC THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called for an airworthiness directive (AD) to be issued requiring fatigue-crack checks on General Electric CF6 engine high-pressure compressor (HPC) spools. The US Federal Aviation Administration says that an AD is imminent - only ...
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The race is on to hit BA 777 delivery date
BOEING IS confident that it can deliver the first General Electric GE90-powered 777 to British Airways on schedule, on 28 September, despite the grounding of a flight-test aircraft for compressor-blade repairs. Certification flight-testing continues with the first GE90-powered 777, and ground runs have begun on the first production ...
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MDC delays MD-95 engine selection
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MCDONNELL Douglas (MDC) has not renewed its exclusivity agreement with BMW Rolls Royce, leaving the choice of power plant open for the yet-to-be launched MD-95 twinjet. The way is now open for the MTU/Pratt & Whitney Mid-Thrust Family Engine (MTFE). An agreement between MDC ...
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KHI and IHI in engine talks
KAWASAKI HEAVY Industries (KHI) is negotiating with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) and General Electric for a in the production share of the planned CF34-8C turbine engine. According to KHI, discussions centre mainly on production of the auxiliary gearbox and do not include Kawasaki taking a stake in the ...
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NASA engine-thrust landing successful
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA NASA HAS successfully landed a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 using only engine-thrust for flight control. The propulsion-controlled aircraft (PCA) tests at Edwards AFB, California on 29 August follow similar flights in April 1993 with a McDonnell Douglas F-15. Further PCA tests are planned using a McDonnell Douglas ...
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Smiths and Collins link up to offer CNS/ATM upgrade
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON SMITHS INDUSTRIES IS licensing its flight-management-system (FMS) software to Rockwell-Collins, allowing the firms to offer an integrated cockpit-upgrade which could be fitted as standard across an airline fleet. By combining the Smiths FMS, already fitted on Boeing 737s, with Collins AVSAT satellite-based avionics ...
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Extra extreme
Photographing the Firebird Extra 300's aerobatic capabilities is nothing if not dramatic. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICHMark Wagner/LONDON Flight International photographer Mark Wagner, enthusing about his passenger-seat introduction to the Extra 300, says: "I was taking a couple of shots from the front cockpit, when we went completely berserk. ...
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Tupolev unveils shrunk -204
ALONGSIDE ITS NEW Tu-334, Tupolev unveiled a shortened, trunk-route, version of its Tu-204 medium-range airliner - the Tu-234. Formerly known as the Tu-204-300, the Aviadvigatel PS-90A-powered prototype Tu-234 was rolled out at MosAero on 25 August. The new 160-seater has a fuselage 6m shorter than its 214-seat stable ...
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Tupolev rolls out Tu-334
TUPOLEV ROLLED out its newest medium-range airliner, the 102-seat twin-turbofan Tu-334, at the MosAero show on 26 August. Intended as a successor to the earlier Tu-134, the aircraft will be operated on routes of up to 3,000km (1,600nm), and will have a maximum take-off weight of 46t. ...
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Two-crew Il-96 flightdeck near as Ilyushin studies twinjet
ILYUSHIN IS DUE to fly in December the first production-standard Il-96M, with a Western two-man cockpit and avionics suite from Rockwell's Collins Commercial Avionics. The Russian bureau is also giving a fresh push to plans for a twin-engined version of the aircraft, now dubbed the Il-98, which could ...
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Suppliers
Pratt & Whitney's PW4168 has received its 180 minute Etops approval for the A330. Shannon Aerospace has secured business as the primary facility for Lufthansa Technik and Swissair for the overhaul of the B737, B757 and MD-80 aircraft. Heavy maintenance work will increase at Shannon, which will also ...
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Appointments
Daniel Garton has been appointed as president of AMR Eagle. Garton leaves his position as chief financial officer and senior vice president of Continental Airlines. Boonie Soodik has been named vice president general manager quality for Douglas Aircraft. Richard Smallwood has been named as successor to ...
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Northern Exposure
Alaska Air has slashed its unit costs, revamped its network and moved away from high service levels. Now the carrier must rebuild its balance sheet and rebuff the advances of competitors in an increasingly tough market. Mead Jennings reports from Seattle.John Kelly, president and chief executive officer of Alaska Air ...
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Delta repairs PW4060s
Delta Air Lines has signed a contract, potentially worth $10-15 million, to repair up to 15 Pratt & Whitney PW4060 turbofans for Sweden's Volvo Aero Engine Services. The PW4060 powers extended-range Boeing 767s. The engines will be air-freighted to Atlanta, Georgia, for repair. Source: Flight International
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V-22 progress
Bell Helicopter Textron has completed the nacelles for the first production-representative V-22 tilt-rotor. They will be mated to the Bell-manufactured wing in October. Bell and Boeing Helicopters are building four V-22s under the engineering and manufacturing development programme, the first of which will be flown in late 1996 Source: ...
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Meeting demands
Airbus Industrie rolls out the A319 to complete its present range of airliners. Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE IN JUST 25 years since its creation in December 1970, Airbus Industrie has fielded a range of airliners spanning 124-350 seats, knocked McDonnell Douglas (MDC) into third place in ...
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DASA plans to fly Dornier 328 with hydrogen power in 1998
Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is planning to turn a Dornier 328 turboprop into a hydrogen-powered testbed, with a view to possible serial production. The test aircraft is scheduled to be flown in late 1998, and the flight could lead to production of an operational, hydrogen-powered ...
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Is RED the colour of a revolutionary hushkit?
HUSHKITTING NOISY old jet-powered aircraft powered by low- bypass engines, such as the Pratt & Whitney JT8D designed to meet Stage 3 noise regulations has tested the ingenuity of engineers. The few commercial hushkits available are relatively expensive, heavy and degrade engine performance . Former Grumman test pilot ...
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Regional winner?
Embraer's first public flight of its EMB-145 was acclaimed by observers. Graham Warwick/SAO PAULO JUDGING BY the reactions of regional-airline executives attending the 18 August roll-out and first public flight of the EMB-145 regional-jet, Embraer has produced a potential winner - if the newly privatised Brazilian ...