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Spain opens C295 account
The Spanish Government has opened the orderbook for the CASA C295 military transport with a deal for nine aircraft. "We have started marketing the aircraft worldwide as a natural complement to the smaller CN235 and C212," says CASA. It adds that there are "excellent prospects" for sales of around 20 ...
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Boeing and Sikorsky seek extra cash to keep Comanche flying
Boeing and Sikorsky are seeking an additional $108 million in US Congressional funding for theRAH-66 Comanche programme to continue flying the second prototype next year. The start of engineering and manufacturing development has been advanced by 19 months, to next year, but more money is needed in the transition from ...
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Funds sought to modernise UH-60
The US Army wants initial funding next year to start a two-step avionics and powerplant modernisation programme for its Sikorsky UH-60A/L Black Hawk utility helicopters. A Black Hawk modernisation programme calls for up to 613 UH-60As to be upgraded to UH-60L+, starting in 2002. Another 357 will be modernised ...
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Suite tests
Flight tests will begin this year of the ITT Industries ALQ-211 suite of integrated RF countermeasures (SIRFC). Two self-protection suites have been delivered to the US Army for ground tests. Operational test and evaluation and production will begin in 2000. The army is to fit SIRFC to Boeing AH-64D Longbow ...
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Ayres lets Czech Republic for FedEx Loadmaster production
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC FedEx has converted options on 25 additional Ayres Loadmaster freighters to firm orders. Ayres will produce the turboprop-powered aircraft, for the airline's European operation at Let in the Czech Republic, says president Fred Ayres. The package carrier already holds orders for 50 Loadmasters to be ...
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Europa introduces glider wing kit
Europa Aircraft has developed a variant of its Europa XS single-engined all-composite kit plane. Dubbed the Europa Motor Glider, the aircraft has two carbon fibre wings spanning 13m (42ft) and a new laminar flow aerofoil section. The standard aircraft version can be changed in 5min to the motor glider version. ...
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NTSB urges action
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended that Cessna develop an inspection procedure for identifying cracks in the main retractable landing gear systems of Cessna 172RGs and 182RGs, following a non-fatal incident involving an American East Airways four-seat 172RG last August. The NTSB urges the Federal Aviation Administration ...
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Fairchild lines up Envoy 3 for June certification
Fairchild Aerospace has completed a prototype of its Envoy 3 business aircraft, which it plans to display at the Paris air show in June. A Fairchild Dornier 328 regional turboprop has been fitted with a 12-passenger executive interior to demonstrate the cabin environment in the Envoy 3 corporate version ...
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Regional TCAS
Honeywell has announced a string of new regional customers for its TCAS 2000 traffic alert and collision avoidance system. They include a deal with KLM-UK to fit the system, plus antennas, into five ATR-72s. An order from Crossair to fit TCAS 2000 to 29 Saab 2000 and 12 Saab 340Bs ...
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An oversight
Jurisdiction in airline safety matters is a mess if the experiences of British Airways, the UK Civil Aviation Authority and Malaysia Airlines are anything to go by. The present "system" for overseeing the safety standards of an airline once it leaves its country of registration is, just not working. Which ...
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Regional revolution
Carl Albert, chief executive of Fairchild Aerospace calls it a revolution, a description delegates at the Regional Airline Association meeting in Arizona would have been hard pressed to disagree with. The revolution in question was the switch to regional jets, and not just 50 and 70-seaters, but 30, 40 and ...
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Romanian Opher
The Romanian air force has selected the Elbit Opher autonomous terminal guidance system to turn unguided bombs into smart munitions. The Opher comprises a vane-stabilised passive imaging infrared or laser seeker , an image processor capable of autonomous target acquisition, a pneumatic canard actuator and a fixed, or foldable, tail. ...
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No bull
Taurus Systems has completed a series of test runs of the 1,500lb thrust (6.67kN) Williams turbojet destined for its KEPD 350 modular stand-off missile. The weapon is being developed for German air force Tornados and Eurofighters and is being offered to other NATO countries, although the UK and Italy have ...
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Rooivalk delivery
The South African Air Force (SAAF) has taken delivery of the first of 12 Denel Rooivalk attack helicopters which will equip the newly formed 16 Sqn at Bloemspruit air force base near Bloemfontein. The SAAF is the only customer for the indigenous attack helicopter. Source: Flight International
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Jetstream sale
British Aerospace Asset Management has sold two Jetstream 31s to Georgia Jet, based in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The aircraft will be used for air medical and corporate transport. Source: Flight International
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Defender cockpit
Britten-Norman is examining a possible cockpit upgrade for its turbine-powered BN2T-4S Defender. The Isle of Wight, UK-based company is testing new turbine temperature gauges. Source: Flight International
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Training rise
UND Aerospace at the University of North Dakota is forecasting an almost 30% increase in its student pilot training flight hours by next year, fuelled by demand in North America and from contract customers in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The school anticipates completing over 80,000h next year, up ...
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IAI prepares Arrow ballistic missile for key test in August
A crucial test of the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Arrow anti-tactical-ballistic missile is to take place in August. If the interception is successful, the Arrow system will have achieved initial operational capability. The test will duplicate a firing made on 14 September (Flight International, 23-29 September, 1998), but using ...
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US Army nears decision on Apache requirement
The US Army hopes to decide towards year-end on the number of Boeing AH-64D Apache helicopters it plans to remanufacture, as well as the mix and quantity of Lockheed Martin Longbow fire control radars needed to equip the fleet. It originally planned to modernise 748 AH-64As and acquire enough ...
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IAI completes upgraded Mil Mi-35 prototype
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Tamam division has completed the prototype of an upgraded Russian-built Mil Mi-35 Hind as part of a $20 million, 25-helicopter improvement programme for an unnamed air force, believed to be India. The contract includes prototype manufacture and the conversion of the remaining helicopters at the customer's ...