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LanChile loot
LanChile raised some $135 million from its IPO in November, selling shares on both the Santiago and New York stock exchanges. Source: Airline Business
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Bangkok boost
New Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has revived plans to build Nong Ngu Hai airport at Bangkok, with completion now planned by 2003. His predecessor, former PM, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, had abandoned the project in the face of cost over-runs and delays. Source: Airline Business
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Tokyo to go
One of the last three holdouts at Tokyo's Narita airport has finally agreed to sell his land. He is one of the rice farmers who have blocked construction of Narita's second runway for nearly 30 years. The airport authorities now hope to open the new runway in 2000. ...
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Blue Sky lacks charm
British Airways' charm offensive to secure approval for its European low-cost operation was wearing thin as the case for regulatory intervention strengthened in December. BA outlined its plan, codenamed Operation Blue Sky, in late November. BA insists the new carrier will be completely independent and have three years to ...
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Honeywell Airbus
The consortium of Austrian Airlines, Sabena and Swissair has selected Honeywell avionics for 29 Airbus A330s on order and option. All have selected Honeywell's Pegasus flight-management system while Sabena and Swissair have ordered the company's ANSIR 2000 digital laser-gyro air-data/inertial-reference system. Source: Flight International
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Rockwell for American
American Airlines has selected Rockwell-Collins as the primary supplier of avionics for its new Boeing fleet, under a ten-year agreement valued at $200 million. Collins will supply multi-mode receivers, windshear-detection radars and collision-avoidance systems for 75 737s and 11 777s due for delivery beginning in 1998. Source: Flight ...
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R-R expands in Far East
Rolls-Royce is to conclude a new industrial joint venture with Malaysia early in 1998, linked to the sale of Trent engines to Malaysia Airlines. R-R and British Aerospace have also submitted proposals for the overhaul and repair of Adours used in Malaysian air force BAe Hawk trainers. Source: ...
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Smiths VADR
The US Army has installed the first production version of the Smiths Industries crash-survivable voice and data recorder (VADR) on a Boeing AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopter. The VADR will be standard on the UK's WAH-64. Source: Flight International
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Bogus parts kill
A New Zealand court has convicted aircraft parts trader James Gedson of the manslaughter of two helicopter pilots who died when their Robinson R22 crashed in October 1995 following tail-rotor failure. This is believed to be the world's first successful homicide prosecution for knowingly supplying "bogus parts". The failed rotor ...
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Cessna prop
Hartzell Propeller has certificated Top Prop two-bladed, aluminium-hub, replacement propellers for early-model Cessna 310 piston twins, eliminating the inspection requirements of an airworthiness directive on older steel-hub propellers. Source: Flight International
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GPS options
US manufacturers Aviat and American Champion are to include Northstar Avionics global-positioning-system receivers as recommended options on their line of general-aviation aircraft. Aviat produces the utility Husky A-1 and aerobatic Pitts Special, while American Champion builds five light-aircraft models. Northstar is a subsidiary of Canadian Marconi. Source: Flight ...
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Aerial acquisition
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $29 million contract from the US Navy for 119 BQM-74E aerial targets. The contract represents the third option to a competitive contract awarded in 1996. Source: Flight International
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ASPJ for USN F/A-18's
The ITT/Northrop Grumman joint venture has received $45 million from the US Navy to build 36 additional ALQ-165 Airborne Self-Protection Jammers (ASPJ) for installation on Boeing F/A-18C/D strike aircraft. Northrop Grumman hopes to sell the ASPJ to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Additional sales to the USN ...
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F-117 error
The crash of a Lockheed Martin F-117 stealth fighter near Baltimore, Maryland, was probably caused by a maintenance error, according to the US Air Force's accident investigation. The crash occurred as the F-117 was participating in a local air show on 14 September. After a portion of the left wing ...
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Aerial targets
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $29 million contract from the US Navy for 119 BQM-74E aerial targets. The contract represents the third option to a competitive contract awarded in 1996. The target simulates aircraft, anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles. First deliveries are expected in May 1999. In October, the ...
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Maritime CASA
CASA has received an order from the Spanish ministry of agriculture and fishing for a single C212-400 for maritime-patrol duties. The aircraft will be equipped with a 360 degrees Bendix RDR-1500 search radar, and will be delivered in 1998. Source: Flight International
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PAC-3 test
A Lockheed Martin Vought Systems Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile was successfully test-fired from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on 15 December. The US Army says that preliminary test data indicate that mission objectives were met, including missile integration with the launcher and radar and missile performance. This was ...
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Boeing expects to receive JAA approval of 737-700 in January
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing expects the first of the Next Generation 737 models, the -700, to be given long-awaited European certification by "mid- to late-January" when final tests are conducted on the first European production-standard -700, which is destined for Maersk Air of Denmark. The tests centre on the ...
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Alitalia restructures Airbus narrowbody order
Alitalia has completed the restructuring of its A321 orderbook with Airbus Industrie and placed additional orders, which will see the majority of the 27 aircraft now on backlog delivered as smaller A320s. It was revealed earlier this year that the Italian flag carrier was negotiating to re-arrange its outstanding ...
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Navigator survives Sharjah crash
A chartered Tajik Air Tupolev Tu-154B-2 crashed on 15 December near Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, killing all 85 passengers and eight of the nine crew. The navigator survived. Inbound from Tajikistan, the aircraft disappeared from air-traffic-control radar screens at 1,600ft (500m) and hit the ground 13km (7nm) short ...