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Airbus Industrie
A300 Launched in May 1969, the 250-seat A300 was Airbus Industrie's first product, and the first example was flown from Toulouse, France, in October 1972. The first production A300 variant, the -B2, entered service in May 1974. The -B4 growth-weight version followed, while several F4 and C4 versions ...
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Antonov
An-70T The An-70T four-engined propfan-powered military airlifter became the first aircraft ever to take off using propfan power only, when Antonov completed the aircraft's maiden flight in December 1994. The programme was thrown into turmoil , however, after the fatal crash of the single prototype aircraft on 10 ...
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Avic Aviation Industries of China
AE-100 Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) plans to develop the AirExpress AE-100 family of regional jets in partnership with Aero International Asia (consisting of Aerospatiale of France, Italy's Alenia and BAe) and Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe). Three versions of the twinjet will be built, seating 100, ...
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Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
First next-generation 737, a -700, is in final assembly at Renton, Washington British Airways has taken new Boeing 747s, 767s and 777s this year Boeing built 45 of the short-fuselage 747SP The 747 family is set to grow with two new variants, the 462-seat ...
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Bac/aerospatiale
The Concorde supersonic transport was first flown in March 1969, and the type entered service with Air France and British Airways in January 1976. Of the 20 Concordes built, 14 were delivered to the two airlines, and 12 aircraft remain in service. BA and Air France plan ...
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British Aerospace
One-Eleven The One-Eleven twinjet was flown for the first time in August 1963, and entered service in April 1965. There are still more than 100 One-Elevens in service, of which more than half are in operation in Europe. European Aviation, which owns the largest single fleet of the ...
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Cammacorp
Cammacorp was set up in 1979 to oversee the CFM International CFM56 retrofit programme for the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-8 Series 60, and the company no longer exists. Other partners in the programme were MDC, CFMI, and Grumman Aerospace, the latter being responsible for the manufacture of the engine pods, ...
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Canadair (bombardier)
CRJ-X CRJ-X is the designation given to Canadair's planned 70-seat growth derivative of its 50-seat Regional Jet (CRJ). The basic Regional Jet entered service in 1992. The 50-seat Regional Jet, which was given its go-ahead in March 1989, is essentially a stretched development of the Challenger ...
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Fokker Aircraft
F28 Fokker Aviation is studying a possible re-engineing programme for ageing F28s, replacing the type's existing Rolls-Royce Speys with General Electric CF34s or with R-R Tays. More than 200 F28s are still flying and at least one operator, Scandinavia's SAS, has already invested in Fokker 70-style cabin upgrades ...
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Airliners of the World
Airbus and Boeing vie for victory in the high-capacity market. After a string of new airliner model go-aheads last year, 1996 has seen the launch of only one new model - the 757-300 - as the major manufacturers concentrated on the definition of new high-capacity models. ...
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Italy is close to helicopter selection
The Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police are soon to decide whether to buy the Agusta A109 Koala or a licence-built version of the McDonnell Douglas MD500 helicopter, to replace its fleet of Agusta-Bell 206s. At one stage, it looked as though Agusta would have to build the MD500N, after ...
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Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 earns wings
Lockheed Martin attached the Boeing-supplied wing to the fuselage of the first F-22 in late November. The wing, flown from Seattle to the Marietta, Georgia, final-assembly line, proved to be a "slip fit", says Lockheed Martin. The empennage and engine inlets remain to be installed and the aircraft is expected ...
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P&W wins huge Asiana deal to power A330s and 777s
The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine family has been selected by Asiana Airlines of South Korea to power its future fleet of 48 Boeing 777s and Airbus A330s. Asiana opted for the PW4000 series after a campaign which largely revolved around price and the competing engine manufacturers' willingness ...
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Hopes fade for Fokker rescue
The wings have fallen off the Fokker/Samsung deal Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Fokker's administrators have called a halt to the Samsung rescue plan and admit that the chances of saving the bankrupt Dutch manufacturer are now "extremely small". The decision was taken after the South Korean ...
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Accidents force Czech air force to increase training
Czech's raise flight training hours The Czech air force is to increase flight training from 50h to 60h for front-line pilots, in the wake of several recent accidents. The increase in flying hours has been ordered by Miloslav Vyborny, the Czech Republic defence minister. The air ...
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Excel APU selected
Cessna Aircraft has selected AlliedSignal's new-generation RE100 auxiliary power-unit (APU) as an option for its Excel business jet. The 100kW (135shp) APU takes up 10% less volume than earlier-generation business-aircraft power units, and can be started and operated above 30,000ft (9,100m). The APU weighs almost 36kg - around ...
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Bellanca SkyRocket back on launch pad
AviaBellanca Aircraft hopes to certificate and manufacture a six-seat light aircraft first flown more than 20 years ago, but never produced. The single example of the Bellanca-designed SkyRocket II is expected to be flown this month, having been in storage since 1982. Reston, Virginia-based AviaBellanca plans to produce ...
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Malaysians plan to start manufacturing Eagle
Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM) will begin manufacturing its Eagle X-TS all-composite sports trainer at its Batu Berendam plant in Malacca, in February 1997. This decision follows the 13 November lifting of certification weight restrictions by Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), which is responsible for oversight ...
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MDH cuts helicopter prices to boost sales
McDonnell Douglas Helicopters (MDH) is to introduce aggressive price cuts to stimulate sales of its MD600N and MD902 after admitting that its prices "have been too high". The price of the eight-seat MD600N, which is expected to receive US Federal Aviation Administration certification by early December, is ...