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Maverick Air completes initial Twinjet 1500 wing icing tests
Maverick Air has completed initial testing of wing ice protection for its six-seat Twinjet 1500 business kit-build aircraft, formally known as the Twinjet 1200. The wing section was tested in an icing windtunnel to stimulate in-flight icing conditions. Penrose, Colorado-based Maverick began developing the Twinjet-1500 in 1997. It plans to ...
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Fractional gateway
Executive Jet is testing an airline-style pilot gateway system that will enable crews of Cessna Citation V Ultras and Raytheon Hawker 1000s in its Netjets fractional ownership programme to begin and end their tours of duty in Orlando or Las Vegas, as well as the company's Columbus, Ohio, operations centre. ...
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Italian Merger
Italian business aircraft operator Eurofly has merged with CAF, the former flight department of car manufacturer Fiat. The new Turin Airport-based company, which will operate under the Eurofly name, will own and manage a fleet of 18 business jets from its bases in Milan, Florence, Bologne and Treviso. Source: ...
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Dassault shelves supersonic jet
Julian Moxon/PARIS The lack of a suitable powerplant has forced Dassault Aviation to put its supersonic business jet (SSBJ) programme on hold. The move follows an intense effort with engine manufacturers to solve the fundamental technical problem of how to develop an engine that would meet Stage 3 ...
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Mil begins Mi-24M flight tests
Mil has begun full-scale flight tests of a modernised Mi-24 Hind helicopter. A first flight of 25min on 4 March was preceded by two brief hovers in February from the company's base near Moscow. The most notable features of the Mi-24M are the new main and tail rotors, lighter ...
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Kentron studies sea and ground variants of stand-off weapon
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Denel's Kentron division is exploring ground and sea launched variants of its low-observable Multi-Purpose Stand-Off Weapon(MUPSOW). The company also confirms that it is working on a submunition system for the missile, and expects an initial production order from the South African Air Force (SAAF) to support ...
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Northrop launches F/A-18 radar drive
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Northrop Grumman has begun flight testing a "fourth generation" active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar as it prepares to bid to develop an active-array radar for the Boeing F/A-18E/F. The technology demonstration, in the company's BAC One-Eleven avionics flying testbed, is in support of its ...
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Italian air force reforms command structure
The Italian air force has formally activated its new command structure, which regroups all operational forces in three new major commands. The revised structure comprises an air forces command (CSA) and logistics and training commands. Operational activity is entrusted to a separate air forces operation command The operational units ...
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Elusive image
Tim Furniss/LONDON Images of the earth's entire magnetosphere will be obtained for the first time next yearA new NASA spacecraft will next year capture the first image of the earth's entire magnetosphere - the region surrounding the planet in which the behaviour of charged particles is dominated by the world's ...
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Pilot error still main cause of US accidents
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Judgement failures by pilots remain the leading cause of US general aviation (GA) accidents, says the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's Air Safety Foundation (ASF). A just-completed examination of US accidents in 1997 involving fixed-wing GA aircraft under 5,670kg (12,500lb) gross weight shows that 74% ...
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Peruvian domestic carrier reaches into Chilean market
Peruvian domestic carrier Aero Continente is investing $10 million in setting up an airline in Chile. The company will take a 49% stake in the airline - the maximum permitted under Chilean law. The remaining stake will be held by a group of Chilean investors led by airline pilot ...
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News in Brief
Allied A340 deal AlliedSignal's 331-600 auxiliary power unit (APU) has been selected by Airbus for the A340-500 and -600 growth versions in a deal worth more than $1 billion over the expected life of the programme. The new APU is based on the 331-500 developed for the Boeing 777 ...
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Bavaria Leasing eyes 328JETs for Mediterranean services
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing is studying the Fairchild Dornier 328JET 33-seat regional jet for operations between southern Germany and Mediterranean destinations, and expects to decide by April. The plan stems from a desire by Bavaria Leasing's 100% shareholder, the Schoerghuber family, to boost premium class flight ...
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USA approves Delta/China Southern codeshare
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The US Department of Transport (DoT) has approved codesharing between Delta Air Lines and China Southern Airlines covering transpacific and US domestic services. China Southern can add its code to Delta flights from Los Angeles to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Ft Worth, Detroit, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Miami, ...
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Boeing looks for ETOPS rule change for 777 operations
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing is seeking a fundamental revision of the rules governing extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS), which would allow its 777 unlimited access to remote route sectors more than 180min from the nearest diversion airport. The move follows a request for a 15% extension to 180min ETOPS ...
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Go chases offshore base plan
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Go, the low-cost airline set up by British Airways last year, looks set to adopt the strategy of rival airlines such as easyJet and Virgin Express by establishing a string of "offshore" mini-hubs throughout Europe. Barbara Cassani, chief executive of the London Stansted-based airline, revealed the plans ...
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IATA outlines Y2K plans
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE David Learmount/LONDON Fear of year 2000 (Y2K) "bugs" in air traffic services (ATS) computers is almost certain to cause flight delays and cancellations to varying degrees, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has calculated. Plans revealed for Asia-Pacific assume the need to reduce the capacity of ...
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Iberia examines 747 replacements
Max Kingsley-Jones/MADRID Iberia is finalising the last element of its fleet renewal programme to enable it to begin phasing out its Boeing 747-200s in three-four years' time. Last year, the Spanish flag carrier signed deals with Airbus Industrie covering orders for up to 76 Airbus A320 family aircraft ...
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KLM completes testing of 747 cockpit upgrade
KLM Engineering & Maintenance and Canadian Marconi have completed flight tests of a Boeing 747 Classic cockpit upgrade, and have achieved supplemental type certification. The upgrade will extend the life of KLM's fleet of 13 747-200/300s beyond 2010. The cockpit upgrade is built around three Canadian Marconi CMA-900 flight management ...
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Strategy gains will buffer R-R against slow year ahead
Chris Jasper/LONDON Rolls-Royce predicts that the rate of new aero-engine orders will slow this year, while claiming that the increased market share it has won in recent years will allow it to sustain its current high level of powerplant deliveries. The UK manufacturer adds that successful company restructuring, ...