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France reports decline in light aviation
French light aviation has continued to suffer a decline in activity, according to the Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile's (DGAC) annual report on light aviation for 1996. They show a drop of 5.8% in the number of pilots licensed to fly powered aircraft of up to 2,700kg, along ...
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Eurofar renews work on tilt-rotor
The success of the US civil tilt-rotor programme has prompted renewed activity on Eurofar, the European programme involving Agusta, Eurocopter and GKN-Westland. Eurocopter projects manager Jean Renaud says that the companies are "worried" that the US Bell-Boeing 609 civil tilt-rotor "threat" could steal 20% of the helicopter market ...
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US deliveries jump
US general-aviation manufacturers shipped aircraft worth $3.19 billion in the first nine months of 1997, surpassing 1996's record year-end total of $3.12 billion. Aircraft deliveries were up by over 30%, compared with those for 1996, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. Piston-aircraft deliveries rose by 47%, to 561 units, ...
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DLR finishes helicopter design
The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and its partners are to complete the core design of the Active Control Technology Demonstrator and Flying Helicopter Simulator (ACT/FHS) project by the end of this month. The aircraft - also known as the Helicopter Simulator for Technology, Operations and Research - will ...
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Rolls-Royce lands American 777 order with Trent 800
Rolls-Royce has landed its second major US airline customer for the Trent 800, with the selection of the engine by American Airlines to power the Boeing 777-200IGWs (increased gross weight) ordered this year. The decision by the world's largest airline is a boost to the UK engine builder's campaign to ...
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NASA experiments with aerospike in X-33 tests
NASA has successfully flown a 12.5m-long, one-tenth scale model of the Lockheed Martin X-33 advanced technology demonstrator on the back of its Lockheed SR-71. The model reached speeds of up to Mach 1.2 over the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California. The X-33 model contains an aerospike ...
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European results
British Airways saw second quarter operating profit fall to £201 million ($325 million), compared with £317 million in 1996, to give a first-half profit of £341 million, against £521 million in 1996. The strength of the pound and a damaging cabin-crew strike were largely to blame for the downturn. Profits ...
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EVA Air signs intent for A340-500/600
Airbus Industrie has moved a step closer to a full programme launch of its A340-500/600 growth versions after signing a letter of intent with Taiwan's EVA Air for up to 12 aircraft. The breakthrough for Airbus and Rolls-Royce, whose Trent 500 engine will power the new derivatives, may ...
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Receivers at Fokker balk at airline claims
Dutch receivers in charge of settling claims against defunct regional-aircraft manufacturer Fokker have revealed a total of NFl 26 billion ($13.4 billion) in claims against the remaining assets of the company. Reed Aerospace's on-line service Air Transport Intelligence has established that claims accepted to date amount to NFl ...
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Portugal wants 'free' F-16s to upgrade
Portugal is negotiating to acquire 25 ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs to be upgraded and operated alongside its 20 new-build aircraft. Funds are short, and Portugal is hoping to get the used airframes free of charge so that it can afford to upgrade at least some of them to ...
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Bombardier finalises pilot-training deal
Bombardier has signed a 20-year, C$2.8 billion ($2 billion) contract to provide pilot training for the Canadian Forces, under its privately financed NATO Flying Training in Canada programme. Negotiations continue with Denmark, Norway and the UK to join the programme. The Canadian company will arrange capital financing to ...
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Taiwan 757 order
Taiwan's Far Eastern Air Transport is to finalise an order for up to 12 new Boeing narrowbodies. The carrier has signed a letter of intent for five 757-200s for delivery in 1999, with options on another five aircraft. It will also buy two MD-83s. Source: Flight International
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BAe holds Astor team talks as NATO rejects JSTARS bid
British Aerospace is in talks with Northrop Grumman over teaming on the latter's controversial bid to meet the UK's £750 million ($1.2 billion) airborne stand-off radar (ASTOR) requirement with a variant of its Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS). The UK contest has assumed greater importance for ...
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Brazil fails with first attempt to launch satellite
Brazil's first attempt to launch a nationally built satellite on an indigenous launcher ended in failure on 2 November. The South American nation was seeking to become the ninth country in the world to have succeeded in the dual task. The $6.5 million, Veiculo Lancador de Satelites (VLS), ...
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Saab sacks sales team in marketing shake-up
Saab Aircraft is to close its international sales and marketing bureau at Windsor, in the UK, as the company cuts back its sales and marketing operation and moves towards a more lease-management orientated role. The closure, which will take place at the end of November, follows the Swedish ...
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Lockheed Martin completes paintless aircraft evaluation
Lockheed Martin has completed flight tests on the benefits of using appliqué film as an alternative to paint on aircraft. The US company coated the upper fuselage and wing surfaces of a US Air Force F-16 with the pressure-sensitive, adhesive applique. The aircraft exceeded 5g and a speed of Mach ...
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New airport screener picks out guns but ignores coins and keys
A team led by the US Air Force's Phillips Laboratory at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, is developing a walk-through security device able to indicate when a metallic object is a security risk, such as a firearm, rather than a harmless object such as a key or a coin. ...
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A320 EGPWS approved
AlliedSignal has received a type certificate for the use of its Enhanced Ground-Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) on the Airbus A320 family, the system's first European approval. Source: Flight International
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Regional-aircraft risks
November 3 should have been a defining date for regional-jet manufacturers. Most feared that Boeing would announce plans to develop an 80-seat derivative of the MD-95 as part of a wider declaration on the future of the aircraft it had acquired with the purchase of McDonnell Douglas. In the event, ...
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Success of Ariane 5 buoys Europe despite low orbit
The long-awaited launch of the Ariane 502 test-flight, from the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, on 30 October - 16 months after the failure of the first launch - has boosted the morale of the European space industry, despite the slightly premature shutdown of the first-stage engine, which resulted ...