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Cubana Tu-154 overrun kills 77
At least 68 people on board a Cubana Tupolev Tu-154M, and nine on the ground, were killed on 29 August when the crew appears to have made a late take-off abort and the aircraft overran the Quito, Ecuador, runway onto a football field. The civil aviation authorities have said that ...
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Workshop
-Hawker Pacific Aerospace's Sun Valley, California, unit will service and repair the landing gear of nine Canadian Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s under a three-year contract. -Boeing is to invest $34 million in spare parts inventory to stock a new customer services centre, due to open in late 1999 at Amsterdam's ...
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Results dampen Air New Zealand and Ansett prospects
Challenging regional market conditions are expected to continue dampening the prospects of Air New Zealand (ANZ) and its 50%-owned partner Ansett Australia. The tougher conditions were already evident in the results for the 12 months ending 30 June. ANZ relied on marginal improvements to domestic performance to produce a ...
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Asian crisis bites hard into Chinese airlines
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asian economic woes have finally begun to catch up with the Chinese air transport industry, with the country's two largest carriers China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines sliding into the red in the first half of 1998 as the result of growing overcapacity and deteriorating yields. ...
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Pritzker's truck
The Pritzker family, partner in the Israel Aircraft Indus-tries (IAI) Galaxy business jet programme, is evaluating an investment in IAI's Airtruck cargo aircraft project. The programme is being undertaken for parcels carrier FedEx, and IAI is seeking an investor, along with at least one more customer, to enable it to ...
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SAirLines buys into Italian charter airline Volare
SAirLines, the airline division of the Swiss SAir Group, has bought a 34% stake in Italian charter carrier Volare. The shareholding was acquired on 28 August as part of a capital increase by the Italian airline. The Swiss company says this will provide its own charter carrier Balair/CTA with greater ...
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Time's Up
Awareness of the year 2000 computer problem has reached that level in industrialised nations where any casual mention of the Millennium Bug is likely to elicit accusations of hype. That should worry those nations' airlines, as they fly daily into regions of the world where awareness of the date rollover ...
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Cash crisis threatens F-16 radar
Ramon Lopez/BALTIMORE Northrop Grumman's APG-68(V)X radar upgrade for US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16s is under threat from lack of funding, despite having won endorsement from the USAF's F-16 programme office and the Air Combat Command. An air force study concludes that an $80 million investment in development ...
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Czechs to buy spares
The Czech defence minister Vladimir Vetchy is to submit proposals to parliament this month to purchase spares for the air force's Sukhoi Su-22 and Su-25 strike aircraft from Russia. Both types are suffering a shortage of parts. Source: Flight International
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Boeing tests reconfigurable control F/A-18E/F
Boeing has completed tests of a reconfigurable flight control system on the F/A-18E/F, which it says will allow the pilot to recover control, and even make a carrier landing, with a combat-damaged aircraft. The tests at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, were part of degraded modes evaluation, during which integrated ...
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Israel studies DC-3 and Super Cub replacements
The Israeli air force has begun evaluating replacement options for its Douglas DC-3 electronic intelligence (ELINT) aircraft and Piper Super Cub trainers. The aircraft under evaluation for the ELINT role include the Bombardier Dash 8, Embraer EMB-120, ATR 42, Fairchild Dornier 328 and Saab 2000. A decision on the ...
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FAA certification holds up C-130J
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)will have to carry out significant post-delivery test and certification work because of delays in the Lockheed Martin C-130J programme. The delays have resulted in a fourfold increase in USFederal Aviation Administration certification test requirements, delaying the introduction of the Royal Australian Air Force's ...
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Rafael and Lockheed Martin share Popeye contracts
Rafael and Lockheed Martin have secured contracts from the Australian, Israeli and US air forces to supply improved Popeye AGM-142 air-to-ground missiles. The three contracts are worth $136 million in total, although they could reach $220 million if options are firmed up on further missiles. Some of the missiles ...
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Sukhoi flies latest Su-37 demonstrator
Howard Gethin/LONDON Sukhoi is to offer South Korea an enhanced version of the Su-35 fighter, equipped with the NIIP NO-11M phased-array radar, 1553digital databus and a cockpit featuring multifunction colour displays and a sidestick control column, following recent test flights of a new Su-37 multirole demonstrator - the T10M-12. ...
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Japan's T-7 decision saves Fuji's day
Andrew Mollett/TOKYO The Japanese Government has thrown Fuji Heavy Industries' beleaguered aerospace division a lifeline with its decision to choose a modified version of the company's T-3 as the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's (JASDF) next generation basic trainer. Neither the Japanese Defence Agency (JDA) nor Fuji will disclose the ...
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Thailand forces aim to dispose of surplus helicopters
Thailand's cash-strapped armed forces and police are trying to dispose of surplus utility transport and VIP helicopters in an effort to generate revenue badly needed revenue for new aircraft and to maintain the airworthiness of other fleet types. The Royal Thai Air Force has put its two surviving Royal ...
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Head-Up for X-32
Boeing has chosen GEC-Marconi Avionics to provide head-up displays for its X-32 Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstrator aircraft as the company moves closer to defining the production avionics package. Boeing completed a series of avionics demonstrations in July, paving the way for the flight test programme. Source: Flight International
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Eurofighter brews up Typhoon for export market
Eurofighter expects to complete negotiations with the UK Ministry of Defence over a support contract for the EF2000 in the next few weeks, says managing director Brian Phillipson. Failure to conclude the deal has delayed the signing of a contract for the first production batch of 148 aircraft destined ...
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Varig picks GE90-powered 777 in $2.9 million fleet expansion
Varig of Brazil has committed to a major fleet expansion, with orders and options for up to 39 Boeing 737s, 767s and 777s worth an estimated $2.9 billion. An announcement confirming the deal is expected at the show. The most significant element is the selection of four 777-200ERs, with ...
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Searching foran answer
AL VENTER/Washington DC Devastating Terrorist bomb attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the subsequent US retaliation against targets in Afghanistan and Sudan have rekindled fears that airliners and airports could again become a battleground. The first line of defence will be airport baggage screening systems. ...