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Getting ready for recession
Graham Warwick/CHICAGO United Airlines is drawing up plans to stay profitable through the next industry downturn, despite being unsure exactly when it will happen. In fact, the carrier seems to regard a recession as necessary if airline stock prices are ever to achieve their full potential again. As ...
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'Growing demand' for Colibri prompts production increase
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocopter is to step up production of its EC120 Colibri light helicopter from four to six aircraft a month by late December, reflecting a "growing worldwide demand" for the five-seat machine. The smallest and most recent helicopter in the Eurocopter range, the Colibri has won more than 100 ...
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Honeywell launches OneLink service
Honeywell Aviation Services has developed a new communications service for the business jet market called OneLink, which will allow calls to be made to aircraft from the ground. Unlike current limited services, the caller will be able to reach the aircraft without having to know which of the four ...
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Mooney Eagle programme advances towards its target
Mooney Aircraft's worst fears for development of its new M20S Eagle piston single have failed to materialise, and it is on schedule to begin delivering the entry-level aircraft in January, after US approval around 1 December. Soon after Mooney launched the Eagle early this year, company sources confided that ...
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Bio fuels
A pioneering bio jet fuel has been developed by independent Swedish oil Company, Hjelmco Oil, and a small renewable energy commercialisation group, Midlands Renewable Energy Technology Transfer, of the UK. The Bio Jet A1 fuel, which is still under research, could give an increase in the aircraft's range or payload, ...
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Bul Aero's all-composite Zulu ultralight enters production
Bul Aero,the Avions Robin sister company, has started production of its Zulu single-engined ultralight aircraft. The Zulu, which achieved French certification in July, has clocked up more than 100h of flight testing at the company's Darois base. The all-composite Rotax 912-powered Zulu offers a maximum take-off weight of 550kg ...
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Bombardier selects AS907 for new jet
Graham Warwick/LAS VEGAS Bombardier plans to launch the development of its Continental business jet in April next year, provided it has secured sufficient firm orders. The Canadian manufacturer unveiled its new mid-size business jet at the National Business Aviation Association convention, which opened in Las Vegas,Nevada, on 19 October. The ...
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Deutsche Bank to acquire Boullioun
Deutsche Bank has agreed to purchase US aircraft leasing company Boullioun Aviation Services from Sumitomo Trust & Banking in a deal valued at around $120 million. The acquisition should be completed by year-end, following regulatory approval and other agreements. The Bellevue, Washington-based company was set up in 1986 by ...
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FAA examines insulation rules after MD-11 crash
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Within six months, the US Federal Aviation Administration is to produce a tougher burn test specification for aircraft internal insulation blankets. The action results partly from investigations into the 2 September crash of a Swissair Boeing MD-11 off Nova Scotia. Although the cause of the fatal ...
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Airbus stands by safety regulations
Airbus has insisted that existing safety regulations are adequate for large aircraft such as the 480/660-seat A3XX now on the drawing board. Speaking at the Very Large Transport Aeroplane (VLTA) conference at Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, on 13-16 October, Wolfgang Didszuhn, vice-president for product integrity at Airbus, said: "There is ...
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Boeing restructuring prompts more changes
Boeing senior vice-president Larry Clarkson is to retire following the recent restructuring of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG) and the disappearance of Boeing Enterprises, of which he was president. Boeing Enterprises, which includes Boeing Business Jets, FlightSafety Boeing Training International and Boeing Modification and Engineering Services, is being ...
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European/US navigation systems tested together
David Learmount/KEFLAVIK Tests using a US Federal Aviation Administration Boeing 727 have proved for the first time that European and US satellite navigation augmentation systems can work together. The 727 carried out successful Category I precision approaches to Keflavik Airport, Iceland, on 15 October using global positioning system ...
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Mig-21 flight
Romanian manufacturer Aerostar carried out the first official test flight of the MiG-21bis Lancer III on 9 October at the company's Bacau, Romania plant, saying the 12min flight was "extremely positive". The two companies are also undertaking a $300 million upgrade of Romanian MiG-21MFs. Source: Flight International
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Troubled PAL searches for wealthy investor
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Philippine Airlines (PAL) is in a race against time to convince Cathay Pacific Airways and other potential new investors to support the financially stricken national carrier ahead of submitting a rescue plan to the country's Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on 21 November. Cathay Pacific, along with Northwest Airlines ...
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German Tiger is endangered as new government seeks savings
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Concern is mounting in Germany that the new government-elect of Gerhard Schröder may try to cut the costs of the Eurocopter Tiger programme, even though it insists that the procurement of the helicopter for the army remains secure. Eurocopter says it is too early to say ...
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EC aims to double the money for European research work
Julian Moxon/PARIS The European Commission (EC) has proposed a near doubling of the money available for aerospace research and technology in the four-year period starting next year. The ECU900 million ($1.08 billion) spending plan, contained in its Fifth Framework programme for Europe-wide research and technology, represents a long-awaited ...
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Lockheed Martin ships fifth F-22 mid-fuselage
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems of Fort Worth, Texas, has shipped the fifth F-22 mid-fuselage to the company's Aeronautical Systems division in Marietta, Georgia. The mid-section will form part of a non-flying F-22, scheduled to be used for ground testing. A total of 11 mid-fuselages are being built at ...
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Leak testing
Penny & Giles has been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to supply portable leak testers for use on Royal Air Force aircraft. Micro Leak allows systems to be tested with a unit that can be carried in one hand. Source: Flight International
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Russia develops satellite link recorder system
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW A Russian research institute has developed a system to download flight data recorder (FDR) information instantly via a communication satellite. The system, developed by the NTTs institute, has been tested on a Sukhoi Su-27, and is to be installed on two new Ilyushin Il-62Ms on order from ...
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Record aircraft deliveries predicted
Graham Warwick/LAS VEGAS Almost 6,500 business aircraft worth nearly $78 billion will be delivered between 1999 and 2009, says a new forecast from AlliedSignal Aerospace, released at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, which opened on 19 October. The company's latest Business Aviation Market ...