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Jet age dawns for 328
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH When the completed Fairchild Dornier 328JET was first shown to Reinhold Birrenbach, head of the 328 project since its turboprop days, he must have felt a little self-satisfied. "This is the way the aircraft always should have looked," he said, observing the clean lines of the newly fitted ...
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Giant leaps for Deltas
Tim Furniss/CAPE CANAVERAL Boeing is preparing launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, for the first launch of the Delta III booster in June. The company is also expecting an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) contract from the US Air Force in June to start development of the new ...
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Xyvision conductor
Xyvision of Slough, UK, is to supply Swissair's SR Technics maintenance division with its SGML Conductor document-management system. SR uses Conductor for service bulletins, and is adding aircraft-maintenance and engine manuals and illustrated parts catalogues. Source: Flight International
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Sikorsky signs
Sikorsky has signed memoranda of co-operation with three Taiwanese manufacturers, as part of an offset agreement for S-70 helicopters. Chengfeng Machinery, Ta-Yih and Topkey will each be contracted to supply structural, landing-gear and lighting components. Source: Flight International
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AEI to supply ACCESS
Aerosystems International has won a £20 million ($32 million) contract to develop the Aircraft Computerised Equipment Support System (ACCESS) for the British Army's planned Boeing WAH-64 Apache attack helicopter fleet. Development is due to be completed by December 1999. Source: Flight International
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German unison
Unison's SlickStart magneto start-booster has received a German supplementary type-certificate. The Jacksonville, Florida-based company claims that SlickStart boosts spark energy by 340%, reducing electrical-system load and increasing life. It also allows partially fouled plugs to fire and to ignite less-than-optimum fuel mixtures and eases hot- and cold-starting considerably. SlickStart takes ...
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Citation deliveries
Cessna delivered 180 Citation business jets in 1997, up from 122 in 1996. Including 78 single-turboprop Caravan Is and 360 piston singles, the company shipped 618 aircraft in 199. Business-jet deliveries during 1997 consisted of 63 CitationJets; 28 Citation Bravos; 53 Citation V Ultras; eight mid-size Citation VIIs; and 28 ...
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Wayfarer grows
White Plains, New York-based Wayfarer Aviation has added a Gulfstream III business jet and SikorskyS-76 corporate helicopter to its managed-aircraft fleet. Source: Flight International
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EJM expands fleet
Cincinatti, Ohio-based Executive Jet Management (EJM) has added four business jets - a Cessna CitationJet, Citation S/II, and two Citation V Ultras - to its fleet of 24 managed aircraft. EJM, an affiliate of Executive Jet, plans to add a further 20 managed aircraft in 1998. Source: Flight International
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Helibras sales up
Brazilian helicopter manufacturer Helibras sold 30 aircraft in 1997, worth real 50 million ($45 million), reports Gazeta Merchantil. Itajuba-based Helibras licence-assembles Eurocopter AS350/355s and AS365s and plans to introduce the EC120 light turbine-single and EC135 light twin to the Brazilian market by 1999. Source: Flight International
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Greek Mirach
Alenia Difesa's Meteor subsidiary has signed a deal with the Greek defence ministry, worth L22 billion ($12.5 million) for the supply of its Mirach 100 target remotely piloted vehicle to the NATO missile-firing range in Crete. The Mirach 100 is used by other NATO countries. Source: Flight International
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Safer US military
Despite a rash of aircraft accidents during the final weeks of fiscal year 1997, the US military completed one of its safest flying years on record. The accident rate was 1.5 accidents per 100.000 flying hours, unchanged from the previous two years. There were 68 major US military accidents, three ...
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Japanese Flanker
The Japanese National Defence Directorate has reached agreement with Russia on allowing two military pilots to fly the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker for evaluation. The Japanese Air Self-Defence Force is interested in the Su-27 because China and Vietnam operate the type. Source: Flight International
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Thai Hornet sting
Thai and US military officials have begun negotiations over the fate of the Royal Thai Air Force's eight Boeing F/A-18C/D fighter aircraft, which Thailand says it can no longer afford. The Thais would like the USA to consider deferring payment or for the US Navy to try to find another ...
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Euro gains weight
The International Air Transport Association says that its members have agreed to give customers the choice of using the euro when the new European currency begins to be adopted at the start of 1999. Airbus Industrie has already said that it is preparing to offer aircraft priced in euros. Source: ...
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Brit float
French regional airline Brit Air has floated 37% of its shares with the aim of raising around Fr150 million ($25 million) to help finance its new franchise operations for Air France. Under a deal signed in October, Brit Air will operate franchise services on 32 domestic routes. It is also ...
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ITP buys into Mexico
Spanish engine venture ITP has paid $20 million to take a 60% share in Turborreactores, the maintenance arm of Mexico's CINTRA group. The unit was originally created to service Pratt &Whitney engines, but has been mothballed since 1993. ITP now hopes to bring the plant up to annual sales of ...
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Fairey Hydraulics sold
Managers at Fairey Hydraulics are buying out the UKdefence/aerospace engineering business, backed by the Candover investment fund. The unit will now trade as FHL, to avoid confusion with its former Fairey Group parent. FHL has sales of around £30 million ($50 million), mainly for UKdefence prime contractors, and employs 360. ...
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Hong Kong changes
The Hong Kong Airport Authority has announced landing, parking and terminal user charges for the new Chek Lap Kok Airport. It will charge a flat rate of HK$2,600 ($334) per aircraft up to a maximum take-off weight of 20t and HK$74 per every additional 1,000kg. The authority claims that the ...
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Alliance Express
Alliance Air has confirmed that it has taken a 49% stake in Air Rwanda, which it will run as Alliance Express. The new airline will start operations on 1 March from Rwandan capital Kigali, using a leased Boeing 737-200. Alliance hopes to establish an African feeder network to support its ...