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France takes first Mirage 2000-5Fs
The French air force has taken delivery of the first of 37 Dassault Mirage 2000-5Fs. Entry into operation is set for January 2000, with Dijon-based EC-2/2 Cote d'Or squadron. The aircraft are being converted from earlier French Air Force Mirage 2000Cs. The upgrade includes the fitting of the new ...
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RAF close to Hawk upgrade plan
Douglas Barrie/LONDON The Royal Air Force is on the brink of approving a return-to-works programme for over half of its British Aerospace Hawk T1/1A advanced trainers. The project, estimated to cost more than £100 million ($162 million), will see the aircraft's rear and centre fuselage sections replaced with ...
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Boeing uses simulations to advance JSF programme
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing has completed the first full-mission simulation demonstrations for its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) design and has transferred assembly of a major airframe module to the former McDonnell Douglas (MDC) fighter plant in St Louis, Missouri. The company is "on target" for roll-out of the first ...
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ICBM support
The US Air Force has picked TRW over Alliant Techsystems to maintain and support the USA's arsenal of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) over the next 15 years under a programme which could be worth as much as $3.4 billion. Source: Flight International
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US makers can offer helicopters to Turkey
US makers can offer helicopters to Turkey The Clinton Administration is to allow US helicopter makers to bid for a contract potentially worth $3 billion to supply attack helicopters to Turkey. Approving the bids, US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says: "We seek to support this important NATO ...
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Forecasts 98': Air transport
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON It was back to the boom for Airbus Industrie and Boeing in 1997, as each manufacturer returned to record production levels. Despite some local difficulties in attempting to keep pace with the surge in demand, both are cautiously optimistic of a more settled 1998. Boeing's highly publicised and ...
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Forecasts 98': General aviation
Full-year figures are not yet in, but 1997 appears to have been a good one for the general-aviation (GA) industry. Sales are at record levels - in dollars if not in aircraft - buoyed by surging business-jet deliveries and resurgent piston-single production. Even helicopter sales are up. The stage is ...
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Asian economic turmoil, Boeing production...
Asian economic turmoil, Boeing production problems, European consolidation concerns and an eleventh-hour spate of air crashes - 1997 did not end as well as could be hoped for a year which proved pivotal to the future of aviation. What is in store for 1998?Source: Flight International
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ENAER creates Dutch assembly base for Eaglet
Chile's (ENAER) has set up a European company, based in the Netherlands, to market, redesign and assemble its Namcu (Eaglet) military two-seat composite light aircraft for the civil market. EuroENAER is a joint venture between ENAER and Dutch Piper dealer Jan Van Toorn, who will also head the company. ...
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Revived Luscombe 8F production heads east
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Two US companies have agreed to resume the manufacture of the Luscombe 8 light aircraft, 36 years after production of the piston single was halted. Renaissance Aircraft of Monkton, Maryland, will build the aircraft for US certification, while the Don Luscombe Aviation History Foundation (DLAHF) will ...
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EJA shelves Asia-Pacific NetJets
Ramon Lopez/Teterboro Financial turmoil and failure to gain flight clearances in a major market have forced Executive Jet Aviation (EJA) to shelve plans to extend its successful fractional-ownership programme to the Asia-Pacific region. The Montvale, New Jersey-based firm was expected to extend its NetJets programme to the Far ...
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Challenger Debut
The Bombardier Challenger 604 business jet has made its Australian debut. The Canadian company displayed the twin-engined aircraft to major corporations and government agencies during a ten-day Australian tour. Source: Flight International
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Charter airlines sign up A330-200s to use on long-haul services
Three long-haul charter airlines will introduce the Airbus A330-200 in 1999 and 2000, including UK carriers Airtours International and Leisure International Airways (LIA), and Air Transat of Canada. Airtours, which selected the A330-200 some time ago to supplement its Boeing 767-300ERs on long-haul charters (Flight International, 24 December, 1997-6 ...
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Jet-airliner sales stagnate but shipments rise
Jet-airliner sales were flat in 1997, according to provisional order and delivery figures, with the two major manufacturers together taking a total of around 1,000 orders, a similar tally to that recorded in 1996. The number of shipments was up considerably on the previous year, however, despite Boeing's recent ...
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Malev sale
Hungarian banks OTP and MKB have stepped in to acquire Alitalia's 30% stake in Malev for $65 million, the sale was a condition of European Commission approval of the Italian airlines recent state-aid injection. Source: Flight International
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Sikorsky may accelerate S-92
Graham Warwick/STRATFORD Sikorsky is coming under increasing pressure from potential customers to launch production of its private-venture S-92 medium helicopter. The current plan calls for a production decision after the first flight, scheduled for September, but increasing interest in the aircraft could lead to a decision early in 1998, ...
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Honeywell flight-tests magnetic head tracking
Honeywell and the US Army have completed flight testing of a magnetic head-tracker in the Boeing AH-64 attack helicopter. The company says that its advanced metal-tolerant tracker (AMTT) exceeded the performance of the electro-optical sensor now used in the AH-64 to slave the gun and pilot's night-vision sensor to crew ...
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Pilatus Britten-Norman will adopt Islander silencer
Pilatus Britten-Norman (PBN) is planning to offer as an option a silencer developed by German Islander operator Luftverkehr Friesland of Harle (LFH) and designer Hermann Liese to meet stringent 85dB noise regulations in the the country, cutting noise signatures by up to 11dB. LFH president and chief pilot Jan ...
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Bell Boeing 609
Sales of the Bell Boeing Model 609 civil tilt-rotor are ahead of expectations, with deposits received for more than 40 aircraft so far. "The order rate is beyond what we hoped for this early," says marketing chief Ron Reber. "We are overwhelmed by the response." The $8-10 million pricetag ...
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BAe buys Australian Aviation College
British Aerospace Training Services has acquired the Adelaide-based Australian Aviation College from BTR-owned Hawker de Havilland. The purchase, for an undisclosed sum, places Australia's two biggest training organisations under full BAe control, following the UK company's acquisition of Ansett's 50% stake in the Tamworth, New South Wales-based Australian Air ...