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Oxford education
Oxford Air Services, parent company of CSE Aviation and Oxford Airport, has launched a £1 million ($1.65 million) ground training school for pilots, engineers and "personnel working in the aviation industry," The Oxford Aviation College was officially opened on 7 December. Source: Flight International
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Robin reorganises manufacturing to tackle backlog
Avions Pierre Robin is reorganising its manufacturing capability in an attempt to step-up production rates and reduce the growing order backlog. The process began in October when the carbonfibre, high performance CAP 202 and CAP 222 aerobatic aircraft were relocated to a new production site at its Darios, Dijon, ...
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VisionAire looks again at Vantage design
Visionaire has pushed back certification and first deliveries of its Vantage single- engined business jet while it undertakes a design review of the aircraft. "We conducted a critical design review on the aircraft in mid-1998 and realised that it was too heavy. In our haste to get the aircraft ...
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VIP update
The Australian government will replace its two VIP Boeing 707 transports with the same number of Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) or Airbus Industrie A319CJ.Five existing leased Dassault Falcon 900s will be replaced with three leased aircraft with transcontinental capability, expected to be either the Dassault Falcon 2000, Bombardier Canadair Challenger ...
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Gulf strikes
US forces launched a series of cruise missile strikes on targets in Iraq on 16 December, in response to the latest impasse in United Nations Arms Control Commission monitoring work in Baghdad. The attacks, codenamed Desert Fox, were a precursor to further strikes involving manned aircraft likely to include Royal ...
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Lufthansa delays decision on 728JET
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Lufthansa CityLine has backed away from making a formal commitment to the Fairchild Dornier 728JET programme by the end of 1998. A decision is not expected until March. The German flag carrier's regional arm had been due to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in December, ...
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Novel SST configuration revealed
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES A group of Northrop Grumman designers have been awarded a US patent for an innovative supersonic transport design incorporating active and passive laminar flow control, and an unusual reverse delta wing. Northrop Grumman, which says the design is not part of any programme, was contracted ...
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Thai probe focuses on ILS and weather
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Investigations into the accident which destroyed the Airbus A310 operating Thai Airways International flight TG261 on 11 December are focusing on weather conditions, human factors and the lack of a working instrument landing system (ILS) at Surat Thani Airport, Thailand. The 12-year-old A310-200 (HS-TIA), one of ...
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BBA spends $170 million on AMR Combs chain
The UK's BBA Group has agreed to acquire the AMR Combs chain of fixed-base operations (FBOs) for $170 million. BBA owns Signature Flight Support, the largest USFBO chain, and the acquisition will consolidate its dominance of this sector of general aviation. Bidders for the highly respected AMR Combs operation, ...
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Canada Boeing CF-18s to get life extensions
Canada has launched a 10-year, C$1.2 billion ($780 million) upgrade to extend the life of its Boeing CF-18s by 14 years. The programme includes the possible sale of 22 or more of the Canadian Force's fleet of 122CF-18s to help pay for the upgrade, which will enable the aircraft ...
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Major move makes Evensen a first
Major Frode Evensen of the Royal Norwegian Air Force has become the first pilot from outside the four nations participating in the Eurofighter consortium to fly the EF2000 fighter, completing three sorties on 15-16 December. Evensen, a test pilot for Norway's Air Material Command, performed simulated air combat and air-to-air ...
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Galaxy shines for Israeli and US certification authorities
The US Federal Aviation Administration and the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority certified the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)-built Galaxy business jet on 16 December. The first Galaxy prototype made its maiden flight on 25 December, 1997. Two prototypes have performed 260 test flights and accumulated 750 flying hours. "We have an ...
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India freezes airline merger with senior management purge
The Indian Government has purged the senior management of state-owned Air India and Indian Airlines airlines, claiming it wants to speed up their privatisation. The civil aviation minister, Ananth Kumar, dissolved the joint board of Air India and Indian Airlines on 11 December, days after the board announced plans ...
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Boeing hopes repairs will occupy Long Beach
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is resorting to introducing repair and modification work to keep its Long Beach plant in California busy, following the reversal of plans to set up a Next Generation 737 assembly line at the former Douglas factory. Boeing 737 operators face the prospect of their ...
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P&W confirms major delay for Korean Air Lines 777-300
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Pratt & Whitney is being forced to recertificate its PW4098 engine for the heavyweight Boeing 777-300, adding several months to the already delayed programme and making first deliveries to Korean Air Lines almost a year late. The latest problems with the PW4098 emerged during flight ...
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SIA eyes Ansett as it aims for Australian foothold
After months of speculation, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has confirmed interest in taking an equity stake in Ansett Australia. The airline released a speech made at the University of Melbourne by SIA deputy chairman and chief executive Cheong Choong Kong, in which he tacitly refers to an interest, while stopping ...
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The Rollo Freelunchprize quiz extra
Identify the types, fill in the form below and post or fax your answers to Uncle Roger, Flight International, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5AS, UK. Fax +44 181 652 3840. Closing date is 15 January, 1999. The first four entries drawn from the hat will win a ...
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Learjet 45 simulator gets approval
The first full flight simulator for the Bombardier Learjet 45 business jet has received US Federal Aviation Administration training approval. Installed at FlightSafety International's Tucson, Arizona, training centre, the simulator is equipped with FlightSafety's ChromaView visual system. Level D certification is planned when more aircraft data is available. Source: ...
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Simuflite updates
SimuFlite Training International has upgraded the avionics in its Dassault Falcon 50 simulator, to be representative of the majority of the fleet now in use. Source: Flight International
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Pan Am to set up two centres
Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) has won contracts to establish simulator centres for Atlantic Coast Airlines and DHL Airways. PAIFA, which operates a simulator centre in Miami, won a contract earlier this year to build and operate a training centre for FedEx. Under the 10-year agreement with Atlantic ...