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Only the beginning
The first phase of US consolidation has ended, but there are more shifts to come in the ranking of the world's top 100 aerospace groups. Compiled by Flight International and Booz Allen & Hamilton Kevin O'Toole/LONDON This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of ...
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Industry applauds IFR rule
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US AVIATION groups have commended the US Federal Aviation Administration for finalising the single-engine instrument flight rule (SEIFR), permitting revenue passenger operations in single piston- and turbine-engine aircraft. Regulators had previously feared that engine failures on single-engined aircraft flying in weather on instruments ...
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Japanese certificate first indigenous helicopter
MITSUBISHI HEAVY Industries (MHI) has received type certification for the MH2000 helicopter from Japan's Ministry of Transport. The medium-sized, twin-turbine MH2000 is Japan's first indigenously developed helicopter. MHI says it is stepping up efforts to sell the 4,500kg gross-weight, seven- to 12-seat MH2000 to government organisations and local ...
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Gulfstream IV RVSM
Gulfstream Aerospace has received US approval for inspections which will allow the GIV business jet to be operated in reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) airspace. Approval is still pending for earlier GIIs and GIIIs, and the new GV. Source: Flight International
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General-aviation accidents at lowest level
THERE WERE fewer fixed-wing general-aviation (GA) aircraft accidents in the USA in 1996 than in any other year since record-keeping began in 1938, and fatal-accident numbers were the lowest since 1952, says the Air Safety Foundation. According to the 1997 Nall Report, which analyses GA accident trends, poor ...
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Cessna signs 12 year Embry-Riddle deal
CESSNA HAS SIGNED a 12-year contract with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University covering the supply of almost 300 single-engined aircraft. The order includes Cessna 172 Skyhawks and "future high-performance single-engine models" to be developed by the manufacturer. The first 15 aircraft will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 1997. ...
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New chief for Delta
Delta Air Lines has gone outside of the airline industry in its search for a new leader, hiring Leo Mullin, currently vice chairman of Unicom and Commonwealth Edison, the Chicago-area power company, to replace Ronald Allen as president and chief executive of the USA's third-largest airline. Delta has ...
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FedEx approaches IAI over all-cargo turboprop requirement
Ari Egozi/TEL AVIV Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has been approached by FedEx with a proposal for it to develop a turboprop-powered all-cargo aircraft to replace its fleet of 160 Boeing 727 freighters. The proposed aircraft would be larger than the Ayres Loadmaster now under development for ...
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Design tests for Boeing JSF
Two major propulsion tests have been completed by the Boeing Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team. Tests were conducted on a scale model of the Rolls-Royce lift-module and spool-duct for the Pratt & Whitney SE614 engine (an F119 derivative) at Boeing Field, Seattle. This verified performance for conventional flight, short take-off ...
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RAF should keep BF109G flying
Sir - I was sad to learn that the continued flying of the Royal Air Force Messerschmitt BF109G, Black 6, may be in some doubt. The aircraft is operated commercially by the UK's Imperial War Museum at Duxford, but the UK Ministry of Defence, the owner, may ground ...
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PFA
Sir Donald Spiers has been appointed president of the UK Popular Flying Association (PFA), of Shoreham, Sussex, succeeding The Lord Trefgame, who has served in the position for four years. Spiers held senior positions in the UK Ministry of Defence for many years and was president of the UK's Royal ...
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Australian CAA
Two members have been added to the Australian Civil Aviation Authority's board. Dr Paul Scully-Power, Australia's first astronaut, who flew on the Challenger Shuttle in 1984, is now an aviation advisor. The second newcomer, Bruce Byron, is an aviation examiner and former Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander. ...
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Delta
Delta Air Lines, of Atlanta, Georgia, has appointed Robert Keysselitz regional manager for sales development and performance - Europe, based at its Atlantic Region headquarters in London, UK. With Delta since 1991, he is now sales manager for southern Germany. Source: Flight International
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PDQ spares
Mike Wood has become associate director with specific responsibility for Boeing support at PDQ Airspares, of Hampshire, in the UK. He was most recently assistant sales manager with CASCO. Source: Flight International
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BFGoodrich
Keith Hagerich has been named director of operations for Everett, Washington-based BFGoodrich Aerospace's Component Services division - Miami Service Center. He has been with the company for 14 years, most recently as director of quality for the Transport Repair and Maintenance division. Source: Flight International
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Interactive
Inflight entertainment company Interactive Entertainment, of Memphis, Tennessee, has appointed Michael Irwin director of finance and administration. He has previously held positions with Harrah's Entertainment and Holiday Inn Worldwide. Source: Flight International
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Stevens sells FBO
The Mercury Air Group has acquired Stevens Aviation's fixed-base operation (FBO) at Nashville International Airport, Tennessee, bringing to 13 the number of FBOs owned by the Los Angeles-based group. The FBO, which will operate under the name Mercury Air Center, was sold for $4.2 million. Source: ...