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Chengdu reveals redesigned F-7 technology demonstrator
Chengdu Aircraft (CAC) of China is trying to further refine the performance of the venerable Mikoyan MiG- 21/F-7 fighter design with a newly unveiled technology demonstrator sporting a radically reshaped nose section with a chin air intake and ogival radar housing. The heavily modified F-7FS testbed is based on the ...
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Coltec sensors
Coltec Industries has acquired Eaton's temperature sensor product line, which will be merged within Lewis Engineering. The firms provide equipment for the Boeing 777 and Bombardier Challenger business jet. Source: Flight International
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Comair becomes first South African carrier to float
Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN Comair, South Africa's largest domestic airline group and a British Airways franchise partner, becomes the first of the country's carriers to move to a flotation with a listing on the Johannesburg stock exchange planned this week. The flotation, which values the company at some R1 billion ...
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Corrosion checks
Boeing is considering the need to increase the frequency of corrosion checks in the front spar area of older 747s since significant corrosion was discovered in a 27-year-old British Airways Boeing 747-100. The stress corrosion did not extend over a wide area, but was well advanced in small sections of ...
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Delta III waits on launch pad for maiden flight
Boeing's first Delta III is pictured on Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, being prepared for its maiden flight scheduled for 3 August, carrying the Hughes HS-601 Galaxy 10 communications satellite. The Delta III, which can place 3,810kg into geostationary transfer orbit, comprises a stretched Delta II first stage ...
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FAA finalises parachute testing
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The US Federal Aviation Administration is close to completing tests on a parachute system that will allow Cirrus Design's SR20 aircraft to decelerate and drift down to the ground in the event of a mechanical failure or other emergency. Tests on the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) ...
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Fresh malfunction of Hughes-built satellites hits PanAmSat
Tim Furniss/LONDON Three more Hughes HS-601-based communications satellites have experienced malfunctions in geostationary orbit, following the loss of the $165 million Galaxy 4 on 19 May, which put out of action 90% of the pagers used in the USA. Like the Galaxy 4, the latest victims, the Galaxy ...
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Further delays hit PW4098-powered 777-300
The long-delayed flight tests of the Pratt & Whitney PW4098-powered Boeing 777-300 are not expected to resume until at least the end of this month following an incident at SeaTac International Airport, near Seattle, in which a new engine slipped in its handling cradle. P&W says that the PW4098, ...
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Going separate ways
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOULOUSE After months of negotiations, ATR and British Aerospace put an end to their Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) partnership on 3 July with the signing of the official termination documents, retroactively valid from the beginning of the month. Two-and-a-half year old AI(R) - formed under French law as a ...
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GPS takes over US non-precision flying
Operators at US provincial airports and airfields will soon be able to use satellite navigation equipment to carry out non-precision approaches for which distance measuring equipment (DME) and automatic direction finders (ADF) are now used. The Federal Aviation Administration has given notice that it will approve the new procedure ...
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Guizhou to expand as China Southern takes control
Guizhou Airlines is preparing for a major expansion of its aircraft fleet and domestic network following an agree- ment for China Southern Airlines to acquire a controlling interest in the Chinese provincial carrier. The Guiyang-based airline has received the first of three Boeing 737-300s on a seven-year dry lease ...
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Huey converted for firefighting role
Simplex has modified its Model 304 fire attack system to work on board the Bell UH-1H helicopter. The Oregon-based company received US certification in May after using an Idaho Helicopters-owned UH-1H for the test work. According to Simplex, no airframe modifications are required to fit the 304 and after ...
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Iranian carrier negotiates for ex-PAL A300B4s
The Iranian charter airline Mahan Air is close to finalising a deal for three Airbus A300s as part of its fleet restructuring from Russian to Western equipment. The five-year-old airline, based in Kerman, southern Iran, operates an all-Russian fleet of two Tupolev Tu-154Ms and two Ilyushin Il-76s. Negotiations are ...
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Italy's ground handlers complain to Commission
Marco Messalla/ROME Italy's independent ground-handling companies have complained to the European Commission's (EC) competition directorate about the Government's failure to implement EC rules on the liberalisation of ground-handling services. They claim the Government has introduced its own ground-handling legislation instead of making the EC's directive law, to the ...
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JAA 'category A' approval nears for Explorer helicopter
The European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) is expected to certify the Boeing MD Explorer helicopter to "category A" performance levels by the end of the month, according to the manufacturer. The long-awaited clearance rates the MD 902 version as capable of safely continuing flight during a landing or ...
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Jet Airways prepares to lease ATR 72s
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Jet Airways is close to signing a deal with ATR to lease eight new ATR 72 turboprops for an initial period of three years. This is the first move by the privately owned Indian domestic airline to form its own feeder fleet. Raj Desai, Jet Airways' ...
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Lockheed Martin drops acquisition
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Lockheed Martin has abandoned its attempt to acquire Northrop Grumman, exasperated with US Government opposition to its proposed $8.3 billion deal. After what has proved to be more than 12 months of fruitless negotiation, Lockheed Martin walked away from the planned acquisition on 16 July, describing ...
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Marketplace
-Continental Airlines has taken delivery of its first of 28 Boeing 737-800s. -Airtours International has confirmed its order for two additional Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered A330-200s, bringing its orders for the type to four. The second batch will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 1999 for operation by Airtours' Danish ...
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Mata develops infrared night light for helicopter rotor blades
The Mata helicopter division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has developed a novel rotor blade tip light that will improve the safety of night formation flight. The add-on unit is a self-contained, battery-operated unit that generates an infrared light which is is undetectable by ground forces but can easily ...
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Ministry steps in to sort out Rafale F2 pricing squabble
Julian Moxon/PARIS Senior officials at the French defence ministry have taken over pricing negotiations with Dassault Aviation on multi-year procurement of the Rafale multi-role combat aircraft after talks with its weapons procurement division (DGA) broke down. The DGA had told industry suppliers to the Rafale programme to reduce significantly the ...