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Eagle gets Texas training
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC FlightSafety International is to build a new training centre at Dallas/Fort Worth airport in Texas. The facility will be near the FlightSafety Boeing simulator centre. The new building will accommodate 16 full-flight simulators for corporate and regional aircraft. It is just one of several new ...
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Q400 simulator ready for airline crews
Bombardier and FlightSafety (FSC) have completed the relocation and reconstruction of the Dash 8 Q400 simulator from Tulsa to the FSC training centre at Bombardier's Downsview, Toronto, plant. Interim level C approval is expected next month, when launch customer pilot training is to begin. Level D approval of the FlightSafety ...
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NASA launches virtual control tower
NASA has Placed into service a full-scale virtual reality air traffic control tower, which will be used to study ways of improving airport capacity and safety. The virtual tower is installed at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffat Field in California. "With runway accidents growing 15% a year and ...
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European powerhouse
BMW Rolls-Royce is poised for new growth as it enters the commercial engine world with the BR715 Guy Norris/BERLIN Within four months, the first BMW Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 717-200 will enter service with launch customer AirTran Airways. It promises to be a major event, particularly for an engine company that ...
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Indian air force attacks insurgents
The Indian air force launched a series of air strikes in late May against insurgents in the disputed Kashmir region, close to the line of control which marks the border with Pakistan. Insurgents have occupied locations in the mountains around Drass-Kargil-Batalik, north of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, says the ...
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Engine-makers submit 777X bids
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce have submitted bids to Boeing covering the development of 115,000lb-thrust (510kN) engines to power the long-delayed, ultra-long range 777-200X and -300X derivatives. Details remain confidential, but GE is pushing for exclusivity, while its rivals are thought to be offering ...
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Embraer assesses ALX potential
Chris Jasper/SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS Embraer estimates a potential export market of about 200 aircraft for the ALX trainer/light combat aircraft, the first production version of which was rolled out on 28 May. The Brazilian manufacturer's senior manager for defence market strategy, Anastacio Katsanos, says there is unlikely ...
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CRJ-700 flies ahead of roll-out ceremony
Bombardier's 70-seat stretched derivative of the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ), the CRJ-700, made a 2h test flight before its formal roll-out ceremony at Canadair's Montreal plant on 28 May. The prototype is undergoing around 25h of local flight testing before being ferried to Bombardier's flight-test centre at Wichita, Kansas. Five ...
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Decision day gets nearer for UK on JSF design participation
Graham Warwick/MONTREAL The UK must decide before the middle of next year whether it wants to remain in the US-led Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, if it wants a say in selecting the winning design. The UK Ministry of Defence is looking at doubling the number of aircraft it ...
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Northrop Grumman scoops up Ryan
Northrop Grumman has purchased Ryan Aeronautical for $140 million in cash, in an unexpected move aimed at bolstering its unmanned air vehicle (UAV) activities. Ryan Aeronautical, a division of Allegheny Teledyne, is developing the Global Hawk long endurance surveillance and reconnaissance UAV for the US Air Force. It is ...
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ALPA hits out at lobby group report
A report from the Proposition RJ lobby group calling for a relaxation of current scope clauses has drawn a sharp response from the US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), marking the opening arguments in a growing debate over US carrier restrictions on the use of regional aircraft. Proposition RJ, ...
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COPA 737-700 sports new livery
COPA Airlines has unveiled its new corporate livery to coincide with the delivery of its first Boeing 737-700 and ahead of the launch this month of its international codeshare alliance with Continental Airlines. The US carrier, which has acquired a 49% holding in the Panamanian airline, will codeshare with COPA ...
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JSF demonstrators swapped to cut costs
Graham Warwick/MONTREAL Lockheed Martin has switched the roles of its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrators to offset cost overruns on the programme. The company had planned to fly its first X-35 concept demonstrator aircraft (CDA) in USAir Force conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) configuration, then convert it to ...
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Italian army A129 update is given go-ahead
Andrea Nativi/GENOAItaly's Parliament has approved an army plan to upgrade its Agusta A129 Mangusta anti-tank helicopter fleet to widen its combat role. Italian army aviation (AVES) has 45 Mangustas delivered and another 15 to be delivered with the improved avionics and sensor package, 20mm nose-mounted cannon and five-bladed main rotor ...
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BA to cut European short-haul routes
Chris Jasper/LONDON British Airways is planning to axe 25% of its short-haul routes within Europe as part of a radical approach to a growing crisis centring on declining yields. The UK flag carrier saw pre-tax profits plunge more than 61% to £225 million ($360 million) for its financial year ...
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Quad TiltRotor under study
Graham Warwick/MONTREAL Bell Boeing is studying a four-proprotor tiltrotor aircraft as a potential replacement for both heavylift helicopters and tactical transports. The initial concept for the Quad TiltRotor (QTR) is to use the wing, nacelles, engines and proprotors from the Bell Boeing V-22, mating them to a modified ...
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Boeing joins EH101 team for Canadian bid
Boeing has joined the EH Industries-led team planning to offer the EH101 for the Canadian Forces' Maritime Helicopter Programme (MHP). Boeing will supply the maritime patrol mission system for the Cormorant version of the EH101 that will be offered to meet the 35-aircraft Sikorsky Sea King replacement requirement. The ...
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THAAD test delayed as Hera malfunctions
A critical test of the US Army Lockheed Martin Theater High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) was aborted on 25 May after the Hera target missile malfunctioned because of an attitude control problem before the hit-to-kill missile was launched from the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The test has not ...
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Orion upgrade
Raytheon has flown the first Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed Martin P-3C to be upgraded to AP-3C Sea Sentinel standard with new navigation, communication, radar and acoustic systems. The aircraft will complete three months of acceptance flights at Raytheon System's Greenville, Texas, plant before delivery to RAAF Edinburgh for operational ...
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NATO directors split decision on ground surveillance needs
Stewart Penney/LONDON The NATO Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) has agreed on a twin-track approach to satisfying the Alliance's air-to-ground surveillance (AGS) requirement. A US-led group, including Canada, Denmark and Norway, will move ahead with a two-year project definition phase for a system based on the Northrop Grumman/Raytheon ...