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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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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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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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Avensa chooses hushkit for 737s
VENEZUELAN CARRIER Avensa has ordered a newly certificated Boeing 737-100/200 Stage 3 hushkit developed by Florida-based AvAero which allows it to operate to much higher maximum gross take-off weights (MGTOW) without turbine nozzle modifications. AvAero has received a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate allowing users of ...
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Dash 8 stretch launched
BOMBARDIER HAS launched the stretched de Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprop, following an order for 12 aircraft from Great China Airlines of Taiwan. A formal announcement is expected at the show. The Taiwanese domestic carrier is understood to be one of several launch customers for the 70-seat ...
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Competition hots up for Air Macau deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE COMPETITION between Airbus Industrie and Boeing to place aircraft with start-up carrier Air Macau has intensified, with a final decision expected shortly from the airline's board of directors. Air Macau has an immediate requirement for four leased aircraft and wants to put the ...
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Eurojet-powered Eurofighter gets airborne
The first Eurofighter 2000 prototype to be fitted with Eurojet EJ200 turbofan engines was flown on 4 June from Eurofighter industrial partner Alenia's Caselle flight-test centre. The flight of the DA 3 lasted for 50min, with the aircraft and engines handling as predicted. The first two prototypes are fitted with ...
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Snecma reveals turbofan details
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH ENGINE manufacturer Snecma has unveiled the initial configuration of the new 135-220kN (30,000-50,000lb) CFMXX turbofan it wants to develop with CFM International partner General Electric. The engine is unlikely to be launched officially at the show, however, with GE chairman (emeritus) Brian Rowe saying. "We ...
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GE90 test delay could hold up 777
Guy Norris/Los Angeles BOEING AND General Electric are believed to be making contingency plans, for a possible delay in the certification and delivery of the first GE90-powered 777 following a fan-balance problem experienced during ground tests. Test flying of the two GE90-powered Boeing 777 test ...
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Rosati Looks East
Veteran Pratt & Whitney engine executive, Robert Rosati, twice former president of International Aero Engines, has become senior vice-president, international. He will be responsible for the company's programmes in Eastern Europe, Russia and other CIS countries. Rosati will also continue to serve as P&W's primary liaison with the Airbus Industrie ...
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The truth about Y-12 engines
Sir - There seems to be a persistent misunderstanding about the origins of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engines which power the Harbin Y-12 (Flight International, 12-18 April, P10). All engines used in the Y-12, produced both for the export or the Chinese markets, were (and continue ...
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Nose to nose
The Paris show is the first major event for over a decade to feature aircraft from both Boeing and Airbus Industrie Kieran Daly/LONDON The significance of symbolic moments should not be exaggerated, but Paris '95 serves as well as any event to mark the start of ...
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Power play
Civil-engine discussion at Le Bourget will be overshadowed by the big-twin power struggle. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Big engines, mergers and the first hints of new orders will dominate the chalet gossip at Paris this year. The top end of the power battle will be represented ...