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Heavy SJ30-2 given Part 23 exemption
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Sino Swearingen Aircraft has received US Federal Aviation Administration permission to certificate its SJ30-2 light business jet under Part 23 commuter category rules, allowing a higher take-off weight. The company plans to certificate the SJ30-2 at a maximum take-off weight of 5,990kg, above the 5,670kg ...
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Egyptian Stinger
The US Department of Defense plans to sell Egypt more than 1,000 Stinger air defence missiles and 50 Avenger air defence systems, plus related equipment and training worth an estimated $304 million. The Pentagon says that the missiles will be configured only for firing from the High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled ...
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++ Australia's biggest independently-owned regional carrier, Brisbane-based Flightwest Airlines, will buy at least four 19-seat British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP (enhanced performance) to replace Raytheon Beech King Airs on routes to remote-areas. The airline has also upgraded several regional routes formerly flown by Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias, with the acquisition of a ...
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ESA plan emphasises launchers
Julian Moxon/Paris Development of a 1t launcher, increased capability for the Ariane 5 rocket and a new emphasis on partnership with industry for telecommunications and science programmes are among initiatives planned by the European Space Agency (ESA) in its latest five-year plan. ESA's new director general, Antonio Rodota, ...
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Malaysia leases 737s to India's Jet Airways
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is reducing its operating fleet of Boeing 737s further by leasing five aircraft to Jet Airways of India. MAS also says it will take delivery of all eight 777 and 747s scheduled for delivery this year. The Malaysian national carrier has reached an agreement to dry-lease ...
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China Southern fails to impress
Financial markets have given a lukewarm welcome to China Southern Airlines' first full set of results, the carrier listed in Hong Kong and New York a year ago. Despite a headline profit improvement, there are concerns over static domestic traffic and plans to lay off capacity. Although the airline's bottom-line ...
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Operators fight Heathrow slot proposal
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Business jet operators at London Heathrow are considering legal action in a bid to stop a UK Government approved slots co-ordinator from introducing what they consider to be damaging changes to the slot allocation process at the airport. The Heathrow Executive Jet Operators Association (HEJOA) is ...
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Thais finalise F- 5 upgrade plan
Paul lewis/Singapore The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) is to finalise a contract with Elbit Systems to upgrade its fleet of Northrop F-5E/Fs, in anticipation that funding for the programme will now become available following the recent cancellation of a planned Boeing F/A-18C/D purchase. Thailand selected the Israeli ...
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FAA approves cargo 747 conversion fix
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES GATX-Airlog is preparing to "re-enter" the Boeing 747 freighter conversion market after the USFederal Aviation Administration approved company-developed service bulletins (SBs) which will finally allow operators to revive the prospects of several grounded 747Fs. The event marks a major breakthrough for Airlog, which has been ...
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UK and Germany in clash over seeker for Eurofighter missile
Douglas Barrie/LondonAndrzej jeziorski/munich The UK and Germany are at loggerheads over the choice of a seeker to meet a potential common future medium range air to air missile requirement. A team led by Matra BAe Dynamics - and including Germany's Dasa LFK missile unit - is offering the Meteor missile ...
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BAe warns France on state ownership
British Aerospace has issued its bluntest warning to date that it will not be able to move towards the goal of an integrated aerospace/defence giant while the issue of state-ownership remains unresolved in France. In a hard-hitting speech delivered in Paris on 2 April, BAe executive director Mike Turner ...
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Boeing gives 2000 bug guarantee
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Boeing will give written guarantees that its aircraft will behave normally through the transition to the year 2000, despite a decision by aviation insurers to exclude their own liability to the millennium software bug. James Wigfall, Boeing's manager for business relations and support systems, spoke about ...
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UK industry league reshapes
Kevin O'Toole/London While attention focuses on the place of the UK's major aerospace players within Europe, the second tier of companies have been busy with their own restructuring further down the home league. With most of the annual results now in, there are clear shifts in the UK ...
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Viasoft Y2K
Raytheon Systems has selected Viasoft Technology of Phoenix, Arizona, to supply its Year 2000 compliance and general maintenance tools for in-house code conversion. Raytheon will use the system to accomplish the century date change project at its Greenville, Texas, site. Source: Flight International
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E & S wins B-2 display
Evans &Sutherland has won a $1 million Raytheon Systems contract for simulated cockpit displays to replace actual flight hardware now used in B-2 aircrew training devices, freeing up displays for use in actual aircraft. Source: Flight International
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BVR Flight Vision
Israel's BVR Technologies and Flight Visions of the USA are to develop and market embedded systems for rangeless air combat training. Germany's BGT, meanwhile, is to produce and support BVR systems in Europe. Source: Flight International
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Boeing in Russia
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group has signed a five year contract, worth up to $200 million, with Russia's Verkhnaya Salda Metallurgi-cal Production Association (VSPMO) for the supply of titanium milled products, beginning in early 1999. The VSPMO is already working on a two year contract to supply titanium ingots to Boeing, ...
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US Vice President Al Gore has asked NASA to develop the concept of a small satellite to be launched for less than $50 million. The craft, due to launch in 2000, would sit in a solar orbit 1.6 million kilometres above the Earth, sending back continuous high-definition images to be ...
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Coupon expires
Russia's Central Bank has lost its Coupon 1 communications satellite in geostationary orbit after an attitude control system failure. The craft, launched in November 1997, was built by NPO Lavochkin and insured for $70 million. Source: Flight International
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Cessna ban
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an airworthiness directive prohibiting flight in severe icing of the Cessna T210N, P210N and P210R. Source: Flight International