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Operators alerted on Cessna-twin fire risk
OPERATORS OF CESSNA turbocharged piston-twins have been urged to inspect the exhaust systems, while the US Federal Aviation Administration considers action to prevent leaks which could cause in-flight fires. The Cessna Pilots Association (CPA) has advised operators of 300- and 400-series turbocharged twins to inspect the exhaust systems ...
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FAA re-issues Teledyne crankshaft AD
A PROPOSED airworthiness directive (AD) requiring replacement of the crankshafts in some 10,000 Teledyne Continental 360-and 520-series piston engines has resurfaced, with the US Federal Aviation Administration citing an abnormally high failure rate. The original July 1993 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) was strenuously opposed by the US ...
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Third Global Express joins flight-test programme
BOMBARDIER HAS flown the third Global Express long-range business jet. Aircraft 9003 was flown for the first time on 22 April, from the de Havilland final-assembly plant in Toronto, Canada. It is scheduled to join the first two Global Expresses at Bombardier's Wichita, Kansas, fiight-test centre in early May. ...
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Orenda picks engine site in Nova Scotia
Orenda Aerospace has selected Truro, Nova Scotia, as the site for an engine manufacturing and aircraft remanufacturing plant. The Canadian company which will produce the OE-600-series vee-8 piston engine will be known as Orenda Recip, and it will be the first private aerospace company at Debert Airport, a former Canadian ...
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New Delhi collision is blamed on Kazakhs
Lawyers for Saudi Arabian Airlines have testified to the Indian Court of Inquiry that the Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 crew descended through their cleared altitude, causing the 12 November 1996 fatal collision with the Saudi Boeing 747-100 near New Delhi, India. Saudi Arabian claims that its crew carried ...
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NASA has five options for next Discovery mission
NASA has selected five proposals for detailed study as candidates for the next mission in the low-cost Discovery series of interplanetary spaceflights, to be launched in 2002. One or two of the five proposed spacecraft will be selected next October for full development. The five new ...
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First US-Russian spacewalk is completed in ISS rehearsal
Cosmonaut Vasily Tsiblyev and astronaut Jerry Linenger conducted the first Russian/US spacewalk on 29 April, working outside the Mir 1 space station for 4h 57min in a rehearsal for the joint walks required during the assembly and operation of the International Space Station (ISS). The spacewalkers deployed two ...
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United Airlines prepares 747SP for SOFIA programme
The former United Airlines Boeing 747SP earmarked for conversion to NASA's SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) project has been ferried from United's San Francisco maintenance base to Waco, Texas, for modification by Raytheon E-Systems. The aircraft was brought to San Francisco in mid-February from Las Vegas, Nevada, ...
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Bombardier
Canada's Bombardier Business Aircraft has set up a new sales organisation, headed by John Lawson, president of sales. Peter Edwards becomes senior vice-president of international sales and Bill Monroe, based in Wichita, Kansas, is appointed vice-president, US Learjet sales. Source: Flight International
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Bell steals a march on rivals for Colombian Huey re-engineing
BELL HELICOPTER Textron is to upgrade as many as 14 UH-1 Huey helicopters now used by Colombia for drug-interdiction and other military missions. The modernisation project, which has yet to be formally announced, gives Bell the lead on two other joint ventures seeking UH-1 re-engineing contracts. In recent ...
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Crash grounds BK117S
The US Federal Aviation Administration has grounded Eurocopter BK117s until the tailbooms can be inspected for fatigue cracks. The move follows the crash of Colgate-Palmolive's corporate aircraft on take-off in New York on 15 April, killing one passenger. Since then cracks have been found in three more helicopters. ...
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Zeppelin ready for historic return
One of the most famous names in aviation is set to get airborne again later this year when airship builder Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik makes its planned maiden flight of the LZ N07. The 75m-long airship is due to fly from its Friedrichshafen base in the third quarter of this year. After ...
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BMW R-R offers loan deal to help Tupolev
BMW ROLLS-ROYCE is preparing to loan some of its BR710 engines to Tupolev to help kick-start the Russian firm's twin-engined Tu-334 programme. Günter Kappler, the German engine-maker's engineering director, says that the company will loan at least two engines, in a programme similar to that for the R-R-engined ...
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Stage 3 testing starts
Burbank Aeronautical II (BACII) has begun flight testing its Stage 3 hushkit for the Pratt &Whitney JT3D-powered Boeing 707. The tests should finish in August, with US Federal Aviation Administration certification expected in September. Source: Flight International
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Boeing looks at new 737 stretch to combat A321
Boeing is studying development of a larger stretched variant of the new-generation 737 twinjet, to compete more effectively in the 180-200-seat class against the Airbus A321. Boeing has refused to comment officially on the proposed 737-900X growth derivative, which was only revealed as a study to suppliers at ...
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GE-PW alliance gets lifeline from move on 747-400 IGW
Boeing is considering speeding up studies of the proposed 747-400IGW "simple stretch" providing fresh impetus for the General Electric/Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance which appeared to be on the verge of dissolution following P&W's separate bid to power the Airbus A3XX with the PW4000. "We're now doing study ...
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Dasa reveals Airbus net profit
Airbus Industrie's net profits have been stated officially for the first time, with a line in the Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)annual report showing the consortium made a healthy return of around $700 million for 1996. Although Airbus prepares full accounts for its four partners, only the sales figures have ...
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Boeing hopes for more from China despite Airbus
Boeing is hoping to secure follow-on orders for a large number of 737s and 757s from Chinese operators, despite a push by Airbus Industrie to place up to 100 new jet airliners with China Aviation Supplies (CASC). According to Boeing, a series of different proposals have been made ...
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Australia and Indonesia plan a defence for disputed territory
In an unprecedented move, Australia and Indonesia are putting together a $1 billion defence package, covering the acquisition and deployment of air- surveillance and air-defence equipment, to protect key economic assets in the South China Sea. Defence officials from both countries have been working since November 1996 to ...
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Dunlop invests in structural analysis
Dunlop Aviation has invested over £3 million ($4.9 million)in advanced analysis and upgraded test equipment intended for its new Structural Dynamics department. The "top priority" for the department is achieving a reduction in brake and landing-gear vibration during taxiing, and take-off and landing rolls, says Dunlop. The effects ...