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Peace and safety
David Learmount/LONDON Military flight safety is a complex subject and possibly more so in peacetime than in war. The US Air Force, for one, boasts that it recorded its safest ever year during the Gulf War. Developing practices which bring the highest levels of military flight safety all of the ...
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Enstroms head for China
Enstrom Helicopters has delivered two Model 480 turbines to Wuhan Helicopter General Aviation, based in Hubei Province in south-east China. The five-seat helicopters will be deployed for powerline patrol and executive transportation. The Menominee, Michigan-based manufacturer is planning to set up a manufacturing base in Wuhan and has been holding ...
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Galaxy clocks up flight tests
Galaxy Aerospace's new Galaxy "super mid-size" business jet is on target for combined US Federal Aviation Administration and Israeli Civil Aviation Authority certification by the end of December and first deliveries in the second quarter of 1999, says the company. Two Galaxy test aircraft (003 and 004), built by ...
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GAMTA seeks cash boost for UK industry
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The UK General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMTA) has urged the UK Government to increase funding for UK general aviation aircraft and engine manufacturers, to improve the industry's international competitiveness. The association also charges the Civil Aviation Authority with putting UK manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage with ...
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Heli Fly includes all MDC civil helicopters in takeover talks
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Belgian helicopter distributor Heli Fly has widened negotiations with Boeing to include the acquisition of the entire former McDonnell Douglas civil helicopter line-up. Heli Fly, which was originally negotiating to acquire just the MD902 Explorer line while Boeing sold the rest of the product line to Bell ...
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Orbit expands
Orbit Flight Training, part of Thomson Training and Simulation, is installing an Airbus A300-600 Full Flight Simulator (FFS),convertible to an A310, to operate alongside its A320 FFS at its East Midlands Training Centre. Orbit is also offering A340 FFS training at its Gatwick Airport facility, which will move to Heathrow ...
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European Union carriers quietly plug JAT gap
European Union (EU) airlines are expected to take advantage of a new flight ban imposed on Yugoslavian carriers operating to EU destinations as part of the recent economic sanctions against Belgrade following its military actions against the civil population in Kosovo. Lufthansa has replaced 130-seat Boeing 737-300s normally used ...
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GATX and Flightlease form major leasing venture
GATX Capital, a leading US operating lessor, has linked with the SAirGroup leasing division Flightlease to create what is claimed to be the world's third-largest leasing company. The new company, GATX Flightlease Management, will be jointly owned and based at SAir's head office near Zurich Airport. Flightlease and GATX ...
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Last talks to save PAL
Efforts were being mounted by the Philippines Government, as Flight International went to press, to stave off the collapse of Philippines Airlines (PAL) after a warning from the carrier's owner that it will cease to operate on 24 September unless labour and debt problems are resolved. Source: Flight International
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MD-11 investigation will be 'painstaking'
Canadian safety board officials investigating the 2 September Swissair Boeing MD-11 accident off Halifax, Nova Scotia, are concerned that they may be unable to find crucial physical clues before winter sets in. Wreckage located so far is small, and the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) stopped ...
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AA/BA unveil 'world' alliance
Andrew Chuter/LONDON American Airlines and British Airways have finalised the first stage of their global expansion plans with an alliance that pulls the two carriers together with Cathay Pacific, Qantas and Canadian Airlines International. The group, which has been put together under the working title of "World Alliance", ...
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P&W sets sights on Airbus next generation narrowbody family
Max Kingsley-Jones and Guy Norris/LONDON Pratt & Whitney is targeting launch of its PW8000 geared turbofan for a new generation Airbus Industrie narrowbody family, believed to be in the early planning stages in Toulouse. Sources at the US engine maker say the company believes that the step change ...
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EF2000 deal firms up first batch order
Eurofighter, Eurojet and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency have signed fixed-price agreements covering production of the first batch of 148 EF2000 fighters and 363 engines. The so-called "Supplement 2" agreements have translated the maximum prices defined in the production contracts signed in January into fixed-price firm orders, ...
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Russian airlines hit as financial crisis bites deep
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Russia's civil aviation industry has begun to suffer serious losses, including bankruptcies and lease cancellations, as a result of the economic and political turmoil which has hit the country in the last month. Transaero is to return two of its three McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s to lessor ...
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Airbus flies laminar flow fin
Airbus Industrie has begun flight testing its A320 development aircraft, equipped with a newly developed vertical tailfin, which incorporates laminar flow technology to reduce air friction and significantly reduce fuel consumption. The leading edge of the tailfin is covered with thousands of tiny perforations, and contains an air pump ...
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Tecnomatix covers Airbus with CAPE software
Tecnomatix Technologies has won a £1.5 million ($2.5 million) order from European Airbus partners Aerospatiale, British Aerospace Airbus and Daimler-Benz to supply computer-aided production engineering (CAPE) tools. The Israeli company claims the deal is the largest programme of CAPE implementation in the aerospace industry to date. The order covers ...
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American IFE
American Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins' Total Entertainment System as the in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for its new Boeing 777 fleet, with deliveries beginning in early 1999. The airline has also selected the US avionics manufacturer as the supplier of video monitor systems for 75 new Boeing 737-800s and 12 ...
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El Op HUD heads for air transport and business aviation
Israeli military head-up display (HUD) manufacturer El Op is to move into the transport and corporate aviation markets. The company is to use HUD technology which has helped it secure contracts for upgrading US Air Force Northrop T-38s, the Turkish air force's McDonnell Douglas F-4s and Romanian air force ...
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Boeing JSF is ahead of schedule
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The first bulkhead has been attached to the keel in final assembly of the Boeing X-32A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrator at Palmdale, California. The company says that final assembly is running two months ahead of schedule. The X-32A and X-32B JSF demonstrators are ...
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Eutelsat gets busy
TWO Eutelsat spacecraft are to be launched within a week from 5 October. The European satellite communications organisation's Matra Marconi-built Hot Bird 5 will be carried on an ILS International Launch Services Atlas 2A from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Alcatel-built Eutelsat W2 will be launched on an Ariane 4 from ...