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GPS failures
The US departments of defence and transportation last week warned users of global positioning system (GPS) receivers of possible malfunctions because of the GPS end-of-week (EOW) rollover. The EOW, due on 21-22 August is every 20 years and involves updating satellite information allowing GPS receivers to predict which satellites are ...
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Commercial Aircraft Directory: Part 1
The past 12 months has seen a regional jet boom, with sales flourishing and new models brought to market Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONThe regional aircraft sector has been dominated in the past year by jet product launches, namely the Fairchild Aerospace 428JET and 528/728/928JETfamily, Embraer RJ-170/190 and Airbus A318. Product ...
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Taiwan medium-lift competition slips
A Taiwan air force programme to replace ageing tactical transports has slipped, with competitors now not expecting a contract before 2002 at the earliest. The air force has already retired its elderly Fairchild C-119 Boxcars and had planned to fund a replacement in its 1998/9 budget. "The programme has ...
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US export changes hit Canada
Canadian industry is struggling to cope with changes to US export controls which have curtailed its access to US technology and markets. The special status previously accorded to Canadian companies has been removed following changes to US International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITARs). As a result, US companies now ...
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South Korea buys westernised Mi-17
The first Kazan Mi-17 helicopter with western avionics, fitted by Kelowna Flightcraft, has been sold to South Korea's LG International for delivery to the country's police force. British Columbia-based Kelowna completed a prototype of the westernised Mi-17KF last year, and has sent a team to Kazan Helicopters to install ...
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Industry holds WTO compliance talks
The Canadian Government has begun talks with industry on how to restructure the Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) programme to make it compliant with World Trade Organisation (WTO) regulations on export subsidies. Industry minister John Manley threw down the gauntlet to Brazil at Aerospace North America by stressing that Canada ...
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Boeing focuses on longer-range 757-200
Guy Norris/SEATTLE As pressure builds on Boeing to inject new life into the 757 programme, the company is focusing studies of a longer-range 757-200X on a group of six key scheduled and charter operators. It believes the variant could enter service after 2003. Major changes to the current 757-200 would ...
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A300 autopilot checks ordered after approach yaws
Uncommanded rudder inputs on final approach traced to a faulty Airbus A300-600 autopilot have caused the US Federal Aviation Administration to issue an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring autopilot checks on the entire A300B, A310 and A300-600 fleet. The unidentified incident is still under investigation by the French civil aviation ...
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AlliedSignal powers up AS900 turbofan
AlliedSignal plans to begin flight tests of its new generation AS900 regional and corporate jet turbofan in January 2000 following the successful start of initial runs at its Phoenix, Arizona, test site. The first run, on 30 July, marked the start of an initial three-phase test period which will establish ...
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Sun sets on Sun Air
South African domestic carrier Sun Air has become a casualty of the country's air fares price war and weak currency (Flight International, 11-17 August). The top-end carrier ceased operations on 13 August and is to be put into liquidation by shareholders Comair and South African Airways. SAA agreed to ...
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Association broadcasts live TV plan
The World Airline Entertainment Association's (WAEA) technical committee will turn its attentions to live broadcast satellite service once it completes the specification for the in-flight use of digital versatile disk (DVD) next month. With several airlines interested in offering passengers live television services, the WAEA is keen to resolve ...
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Malaysia launches audio/video on demand, plans e-mail service
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) launched audio- and video-on-demand (A/VOD) capability on one of its Boeing 777s this month. It is the first stage of a programme that will see the airline's entire 777 and Boeing 747-400 fleet equipped with the latest in-flight entertainment (IFE) feature. A/VOD, which allows passengers to ...
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Matsushita prepares for deliveries of System 3000
In-flight entertainment (IFE) system supplier Matsushita will be ready to deliver its new interactive IFE hardware - the System 3000 - early next year. The first phase of the fully interactive system designed for widebody aircraft will be available in the first quarter, with full system functionality in the ...
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French collision sparks VFR/IFR debate
The fatal mid-air collision last July between a Cessna 177 and a Proteus Airlines Beech 1900D off the French coast raises questions about procedures for separating public transport aircraft operating under visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR) in the same area, says France's accidents investigation bureau (BEA). ...
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Maverick first flight
Maverick Air's Twinjet 1500 business kit-build aircraft made its first flight this month, with performance of the five-seater "better than expected", says Maverick owner and president Bob Bornhofen. By mid-August, the General Electric T58-powered aircraft had clocked up 15h in ground tests and 1h of flight tests as part of ...
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Unison to start EPIC testing
Dave Higdon/OSHKOSH Unison Industries and Textron Lycoming will start flight-testing their new electronic propulsion integrated control (EPIC) system for piston engines next month. Meanwhile, Teledyne Continental Motors, in conjunction with Aerosance, has been testing its own single-lever full authority digital engine control (FADEC) system. "We've had great results ...
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Gulfstream considers engine upgrade for GIV-SP
Gulfstream Aerospace is studying re-engining or improving the powerplant of the GIV-SP business jet as part of ongoing efforts to improve the performance of the aircraft. The manufacturer is understood to be looking at a number of potential candidate engines, including the BMW Rolls-Royce BR710, General Electric CF34 or ...
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Raytheon Travel Air boosts fleet and eyes overseas markets
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Raytheon Travel Air, the fractional ownership unit of business aircraft manufacturer Raytheon, has ordered 27 more Raytheon Hawker Horizon super mid-size aircraft and more than doubled its Raytheon Premier I order. President Gary Hart says the North American enterprise could follow its fractional ownership competitors Executive ...
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Aviat 110 debuts at Oshkosh
Aviat Aircraft's resurrected Monocoupe 110 Special appeared at this year's Experimental Aircraft Association convention at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, just days after its first flight. Initial flight results exceed expectations, says Aviat. The original Monocoupe was a 1932 two-seat racing design built around a 110-140kW (145-185hp) radial engine, while the 1999 version ...
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Virtual AOPA
Microsoft is developing an upgraded variant of its popular Flight Simulator computer game with input from the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), Cessna and flight information publisher Jeppesen. Called Flight Simulator 2000, its reference section will include information from the latest AOPA flight training programme. AOPA says its ...