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AlliedSignal aims for mid-year launch of centreline turbofan
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES AlliedSignal could launch the full scale development of its new centreline turbofan by mid-1998 if negotiations with unidentified regional and business aircraft manufacturers succeed. The engine, if launched, will be based on a technology validation test (TVT) core now running at AlliedSignal's site in Phoenix, ...
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Garuda Indonesia
Cash-strapped Garuda Indonesia, meanwhile, is seeking to renegotiate the financing for the 12 737-300/500s it is due to receive in 1998, plus a $660 million operating lease agreement on six Airbus A330-300s in service. The airline was only able to take delivery of a batch of five 737-500s late last ...
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Air Namibia switches from four engines to twinjet
Air Namibia has introduced a Boeing 767-300ER twinjet on its long haul services between Windhoek and London Heathrow, replacing a leased Boeing 747SP. The airline says that the move has enabled it to operate on a more cost-effective basis, and to introduce a first-class cabin for the first time. A ...
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CAL rethinks orders after crash
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI China Airlines (CAL) is considering deferring aircraft orders because of a 10-15% drop in load factors after one of its Airbus A300s crashed at Taipei in February, killing over 200 people. CAL is considering the deferral of two Airbus A300-600Rs due for delivery this year, say ...
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Air Canada expands fleet hushkit plans
Air Canada is to expand its hushkitting programme to keep its older and noisier aircraft in service beyond the USA's final Stage 3 noise compliance deadline of 31 December, 1999. The carrier will use the refurbished McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9s to expand services to the USA. When the airline ...
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Russian regional tender fails to find a winner
The Russian Aviation Consortium (RAC) has declared that there will be no winner in its tender for delivery of 50 regional airliners for three Russian airlines. The deals will now be negotiated independently. Last year the RAC revealed that it was seeking bids from manufacturers to supply aircraft for ...
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Relief flight crashes on approach
Of 61 people on board, only 15 passengers and five crew are known to have survived when a Peruvian air force Antonov An-32 crashed on approach to Piura, Peru on 29 March. The fatal flight was providing an air bridge service, ferrying goods and passengers between Tiumba and Piura because ...
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Howmet breaks the mould with casting method
A revolutionary method for manufacturing superalloy components has been perfected by US company Howmet, a subsidiary of Thiokol, after it met the high vacuum requirement for casting with highly reactive metals present. The company has formed Howmet Metal Mould at its Whitehall, Michigan base, and says it is in ...
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BAe Airbus tackles bug
British Aerospace Airbus has replaced its legacy supply chain systems with a system from SAP of Germany. BAe Airbus says SAP's R/3 software will simplify business processes. The millennium bug software problem was a "major factor" in its decision. Source: Flight International
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Derco spares success
Derco Aerospace has extended its spares distribution agreements with AlliedSignal Aerospace to include environmental control, engine systems and accessories, power management and auxiliary power units. The Milwaukee-based parts distributor now supports all military aircraft and helicopter types using the equipment. Source: Flight International
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Cade test cells
Cade Industries has received orders worth $7.5 million for its engine test equipment from Lufthansa, Eva Airways and Rolls-Royce. The Okemos, Michigan-based company is also installing engine test cells at General Electric's Cardiff, Wales engine overhaul plant for the GE90 and in Bangkok, for Thai Airways' R-R Trents. Source: ...
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Lockheed Martin gears up F-22 fuselage line
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems is gearing up production of the F-22 mid-fuselage manufacturing line - the largest and most complex of the new fighter assemblies. Five mid-fuselages are now in production at Fort Worth, Texas - only one of which is not for delivery this year - as the ...
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Certification near
Elliott Aviation of Moline, Illinois is close to supplemental type certification of AlliedSignal's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System on the Raytheon Beechjet 400 and Beech King Air 200/300/350 aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Mirage propelled
New Piper Aircraft has introduced a Hartzell composite bladed propeller on its Malibu Mirage high performance piston single. Compared with the original two- blade metal propeller, the new design, with three swept Kevlar blades, improves low speed performance and reduces noise with only a small weight penalty. Source: Flight ...
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Chile flight
Kitchener Aero Avionics and Mid-Canada Mod Center are installing a flight inspection system in a Cessna Citation for the Chilean Government. The Ontario, Canada based companies are also equipping a Cessna 337 for news gathering and a de Havilland Dash 7 for geophysical survey, for other customers. Source: Flight International
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Landmark delivery
BMW Rolls-Royce has delivered the 100th production BR710 turbofan to Gulfstream Aerospace for installation on the 42nd production GV business jet. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon offers King sized deal with Beechjet
Raytheon Aircraft has unveiled a novel alternative to rival Cessna's Citation light business jets. The company's new SmartFlight programme offers buyers a Beech King Air B200 business turboprop and a one-eighth share in a Beechjet 400A business jet for $4.65 million - "less than the price of competing straight-wing jets", ...
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General aviation flying hours rise in USA for third consecutive year
Hours flown on US-registered private aircraft increased from 26.1 million in 1996 to 26.5 million in 1997, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration. The agency is forecasting an average annual growth rate of 1.4% to 31.3 million hours in 2009. The FAA uses the number of flying hours ...
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Garvey gets ready to announce safety agenda
David Learmount/London US Federal Aviation Administration chief Jane Garvey is to make her first major policy announcement on 16 April with the unveiling of her "safety agenda". Although Garvey declines to give details of the speech in advance, she says controlled flight into terrain and "human factors issues" will ...
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Go confirms routes and May launch
Go, the UK low fare spin-off of British Airways, has revealed its initial route network and confirmed plans to launch in late May with a simple fare pricing structure. Sales and marketing director David Magliano says that services will be launched on 22 May from London Stansted with three ...