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Textron overhaul kits
Textron Lycoming is producing engine overhaul kits for the first time in its 70-year history. The first kits are offered on the O-235-L series piston engines. Kits are available with fuel pumps, crankshaft and connecting-rod bearings. Source: Flight International
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Tests of Australian aircraft show most suffer contamination
More than 90% of the grounded Australian piston-engined aircraft fleet tested are polluted with the ethylene diamine fuel contaminant. Tests are continuing on the rest of the 5,000 suspect aircraft. Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has issued an airworthiness directive calling for tear-down inspections of aircraft fuel systems ...
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Rotor-burst danger triggers Premier I controls revamp
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Raytheon has redesigned the flight controls of the Premier I business jet to prevent an engine rotor burst severing the links to the elevator and rudder. The redesign will delay certification by three months, to the end of June, says Raytheon Aircraft president Art Wegner. "The aircraft ...
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VulcanAir awaits delivery of first Zoche Aero diesel
VulcanAir was expected to take delivery of the first Zoche Aero diesel engine by the end of January for its VA300 utility aircraft. The VA300 is an upgraded Partenavia AP68TP-600 Viator, due for certification in 2002. The Viator twin-turboprop will initially be a testbed for the Zoche engine, with ...
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Eurocopter secures first US EC155 sale
American Eurocopter revealed a number of orders at the HAI show, including the first EC155 sale in the USA, made to Fred Drasner, co-chairman of US News & World Report. The European concern also announced the sale of two EC120s to the San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department, which will ...
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FAA opens door to helicopter IFR
Helicopter operators in the USA will have greater flexibility to operate in instrument flight rule (IFR) conditions after crucial amendments to rules just issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration. The changes reduce the ceiling minimum for helicopters from 600ft (185m) to 400ft and the visibility minimum for precision ...
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Despite the promise of tiltrotors...
Despite the promise of tiltrotors and a plethora of new technologies, the mood at Heli-Expo 2000 was subdued. The result was a more intensive focus on infrastructure and support, and signs from regulators that rotorcraft will be taken seriously this century. Paul Lewis and Guy Norris report from Las VegasSource: ...
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Rolls-Royce 250 kit
The US Federal Aviation Administration has certificated a two-part "R-Plus" performance upgrade package for the Rolls-Royce Allison 250-C20R turboshaft. The two-part kit includes a new vaned diffuser, shroud housing and bleed valve assembly in the initial phase. Source: Flight International
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Order surge fuels Robinson's plans for expansion
Robinson Helicopter has booked orders for more than 170 R22 and R44 helicopters to be delivered this year, prompting the California-based manufacturer to begin a major expansion to its Torrance site and increase production of its four-place R44 from four to five machines a week. The move follows the ...
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Hellfire test delayed
US Air Force Special Operations Command's test firing of Boeing AGM-114 Hellfire missiles from a Rockwell AC-130U Spectre gunship will not be performed until September or October because of a funding shortfall. The test was planned for late last year. The USAF says Special Operations Command did not deliver ...
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Belgium plans forces shake-up
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELSThe Belgian Government plans to create a unified command structure for its armed forces. It will abandon its system of independent air force, army and navy staffs, which was established in the 1940s. Belgian defence minister André Flahaut has asked the three chiefs of staff to recommend a ...
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Squeeze may dilute Canada's helicopter plans
Paul Lewis/LAS VEGASCanada is shortly expected to formally start its maritime helicopter project (MHP) with the release of a statement of requirement. Budget restrictions, however, may force a cut in the size of the planned purchase. According to industry officials, the Canadian Government has completed drafting an operational requirements and ...
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Rockwell woos Turkey with new glass cockpit
Rockwell Collins is proposing an upgraded glass cockpit to Turkey for a planned purchase of eight Sikorsky CH-53E Stallions, in a common configuration to that ordered for its S-70A Black Hawks. Turkey is negotiating a contract with Sikorsky for an initial eight CH-53E helicopters for the army and has ...
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Contracts
Thomson Dasa Armaments has awarded Team Fuzing - a consortium including Societa Esplosivi Industriali (SEI) of Italy, Dayron, KDI Precision Products and Kaman Aerospace/Raymond Engineering Operations in the USA - a contract for "several thousand" FMU-139A/B electronic bomb fuses. Manufacturing will be spread around Team Fusing, but SEI will being ...
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Elbit and IAI win Croatian deal
Elbit Systems and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) have won a $100 million contract to upgrade 20 Mikoyan MiG-21bis fighters for the Croatian air force. Contract signature is expected shortly once the Israeli companies have arranged a financing package for the Croatian Government and a co-operation deal with the local ...
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US helicopters face growing threat
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Proliferation of anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) and the integration of sensors and processors to low-altitude missile systems are increasing threats to military helicopters. Short-range, man-portable, air-defence missiles, however, remain the primary threat to US helicopters, according to US Army director of foreign intelligence Col Jan Karcz. ...
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The Mako is approaching the...
The Mako is approaching the make or break point as Dasa renews search for partner Source: Flight International
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Dasa pursues partners for Mako launch by year-end
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) is stepping up talks with potential industrial partners for its proposed Mako light combat aircraft/advanced trainer. It hopes to launch full-scale development later this year. The aircraft must be launched by the end of this year if significant inroads into the target market are to ...
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Lockheed Martin extends Shuttle fuel tank contracts
Ducommun subsidiaries AHF-Ducommun and Aerochem have been awarded an $85 million contract from Lockheed Martin to continue producing the external and internal components and exterior skins for the Space Shuttle's external fuel tank. The US companies have been suppliers to Lockheed Martin's external fuel tank programme since the 1970s. ...
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NASA delays 'risky' HETE launch
Tim Furniss/LONDON The launch of the NASA High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) aboard a Pegasus booster from Vandenberg AFB, California, was cancelled in late January as the space agency considered it too risky. NASA wants more testing of the satellite and further preparations at ground stations before it goes ...