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Philipine Skyhawks
Philippine Airlines has taken delivery of six Cessna 172 Skyhawks for ab initio training at its aviation school at Clark International Airport near Manila. Source: Flight International
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3000 Kitfoxes
Sales of the Skystar Kitfox have passed 3,000 - making it one of the most popular kitplanes ever, the manufacturer claims. Source: Flight International
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Chester maintains
Raytheon Aircraft Services' centre at Chester in the UK has won a four-year contract to maintain a Hawker 800XP operated by Slovakia's Cassovia Air, which is owned by steel company VSZ. Source: Flight International
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Papa 51 delivers
Papa 51 is to begin shipment of kits for its Thunder Mustang three-quarter-scale P-51 replica this month. Pow- ered by a 475kW (635hp) Vee-12, the aircraft has a maximum cruise speed of 340kt (630km/h) Source: Flight International
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TTS adds F-16
Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) is to supply a Lockheed Martin F-16 unit-level trainer to Pakistan early in 1999. TTS, meanwhile, has delivered its first F-16 full-mission simulator, to Thailand. The company has also delivered the first F-16 mid-life-update aircrew trainer to the Netherlands. Source: Flight International
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Political Mission
Yuri Baturin, an aide to Russian president Boris Yeltsin, is to be launched to the Mir space station aboard the Soyuz TM28 on 2 August, 1998, to observe the condition of the ageing space base. Baturin, who has been training for the flight for many months, will return to Earth ...
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Dasa delivers first European ISS component to Russia
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) has delivered the first European component of the International Space Station (ISS) to Russian partner RSC Energia. The Bremen-based Space Infrastructure unit of Dasa has handed over the computer and software for the Data Management System - Russia (DMS-R), a control, navigation and data-processing centre for ...
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One-Eleven Stage 3 hushkit will be tested soon
Flight testing of the Quiet Technology (QT)-developed Stage 3 hushkit for the BAC One-Eleven will begin early in 1998. The project's co-ordinator, European Aviation, is confident that UK Civil Aviation Authority certification will be in place by the end of 1998. Components for the prototype kit are in manufacture at ...
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Tornado forecast
The Royal Air Force's Panavia Tornado GR4 will form the core of its conventional strike capability until around 2020 Douglas Barrie/LONDON The Panavia Tornado GR4's progress from paper project to production has been far from smooth, the development path being littered with delays, the danger of cancellation and a critical ...
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Continental is open to merger offers from major US airlines
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Continental Airlines chairman Gordon Bethune says that the carrier is still open to merger offers from its major US rivals, but, in the meantime, plans to push ahead with its rapid international expansion outside any global alliances. Bethune confirms that an approach was made to Delta Air Lines ...
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FAA orders changes to 747 tanks
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued two airworthiness directives (ADs) aimed at removing potential ignition sources in or near the centre-wing fuel tank of older Boeing 747s. It says that it is best to eliminate ignition sources because it is not possible to purge ...
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AB Airlines will acquire up to 13 737s for network expansion
AB Airlines will introduce the first of up to 13 Boeing 737s in April 1998, as it expands its operations from its London Stansted and Gatwick bases. The UK airline, which introduced services from Gatwick to Berlin Schönefeld in early December, will add three seven-year-old 737-300s in April 1998, ...
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Airtours International closes on order for A330-200
Airtours International is believed to have selected the Airbus A330-200 for its long-haul fleet needs, and is in negotiations on an order for up to three aircraft. The UK charter airline, based in Manchester, has been evaluating the Airbus long-haul twinjet, along with the Boeing 777-200IGW (increased gross weight), ...
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Asiana defers 777-200/300 deliveries
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asiana Airlines is to defer delivery of its first Boeing 777 on order because of South Korea's worsening economic difficulties, and will instead acquire additional 767-300ERs and 747-400 freighters. The airline is planning to push back deliveries of its first 777-200/300s by up to two years, ...
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Parts shortages are now 'under control', according to Boeing
Boeing says that parts shortages on its 747 and Next Generation (NG) 737 assembly lines are "approaching manageable levels", and the company plans to proceed with production-rate increases on both aircraft. Full production of the 737NG and 747 has resumed after assembly lines were halted to bring out-of-sequence work ...
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Regionals add CRJs
Two major US regionals have boosted their Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) orderbooks. Atlantic Coast Airlines has converted 12 of its 36 options to fuel growth at Washington's Dulles Airport, for delivery between late 1998 and mid-1999. Comair's CRJ fleet will grow to 80 with the firming-up of 12 conditional ...
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Braathens settles into KLM alliance
Ian Sheppard/OSLO Braathens SAFE has entered into a co-operation agreement with Northwest Airlines, strengthening its alliance with KLM and allowing it to link its Scandinavian routes to the US carrier's Detroit and Minneapolis hubs through Amsterdam's Schiphol and London Gatwick. Anders Fougli, Braathens director of planning, says that ...
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European ATM advances with ARTAS hand-over
Eurocontrol has handed over to the Netherlands civil aviation authority, the LVB, a new air-traffic-management (ATM) system which will eventually integrate all the surveillance equipment throughout the area covered by European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) nations. Eurocontrol describes the ATM Surveillance Tracker and Server (ARTAS) system as "one of ...
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Eurowings adapts services in the face of rail competition
Regional air routes shorter than three hours are no longer worth flying because of competition from high-speed trains, says Reinhard Santner, chairman and chief executive of German carrier Eurowings. Competition with Germany's high-speed Inter-City Express (ICE) trains has become increasingly strong, forcing regional airlines to shift their focus from ...
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France's Fairlines poised for December start-up
Julian Moxon/PARIS Fairlines, the exclusively first- and business-class French airline, will be launched on 8 December, with services linking Paris/Charles de Gaulle, Milan/ Malpensa and Nice. Initially operating a pair of leased, ex-Sunjet International Boeing MD-81s, but with ambitions to add up to eight more, Fairlines president Francois ...