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Police follw-up
Los Angeles Police Depart-ment has placed a follow-on order for seven Wescam Model 12DS aerial cameras, for installation on its Eurocopter AS355 helicopters. Three systems were purchased earlier this year. The installation includes a microwave downlink. Source: Flight International
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Proximair charter
Proximair has applied for Belgian civil-aviation authority certification to operate a Beech King Air 100 for business charter flights. The company hopes to start operations in September. Proximair was set up in April at Charleroi-Brussels South Airport to provide training, leisure and business. The fleet already consists of a Beech ...
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Pulsar checked in
Idaho-based SkyStar Aircraft, which has acquired Aero Designs, manufacturer of the Pulsar two-seat kitplane, introduced the improved Pulsar III at Oshkosh '97. Source: Flight International
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Express deliveries
Olympia, Washington-based Express Aircraft has acquired bankrupt Express Design and relaunched production of the Express four-seat, all-composite kitplane. Source: Flight International
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IFR rule finalised
The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised the single-engine instrument flight rule, which permits revenue passenger operations in single piston and turbine-engine aircraft. The National Air Transportation Association says that pilots can now take advantage of airspace reserved for instrument-equipped aircraft. Source: Flight International
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OSC acquires CTA
Orbital Sciences is to acquire the space systems business of CTA for $12 million in cash and the assumption of $25 million in debt. The CTA unit manufactures small satellites and had 1996 sales of $80 million, with an order backlog exceeding $150 million. Source: Flight ...
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Heico addition
The acquisitive Heico group has agreed to acquire the Northwings Accessories repair and overhaul business in Miami, Florida, for $10.5 million. Heico says that it is targeting the components overhaul sector in its search for expansion. Over the first half of 1997, Heico virtually doubled sales to $28 million, earning ...
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FLIR grows
FLIR Systems has agreed to merge with Sweden's Agema Infrared Systems to create one of the world's largest infra-red imaging-systems companies, with combined annual sales of more than $100 million. Source: Flight International
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Hunting disposals
The Hunting group has continued with the sell-off of businesses from its loss-making aviation division, which is eventually to be dissolved. The avionics and accessories overhaul business has been sold to Muirhead Vactric for nearly £3 million ($5 million), while the TRACE group has acquired the airport systems and corporate ...
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Up the creek
The US Army has awarded Bell Helicopter Textron a $40.3 million contract to build 30 TH-67 training helicopters for Taiwan. The TH-67 Creek is used by the US Army to train initial-entry rotary-wing students at Ft Rucker, Alabama. More than 150 TH-67s are being purchased to replace ageing Bell UH-1s ...
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Greece gets block 50s
Four Lockheed Martin Block 50 F-16 fighters were delivered to the Greek air force late in July. These are the first of 32 single-seat C-model and eight two-place D-model latest-generation aircraft ordered by the air force. The ferry flight consisted of two F-16Cs and two F-16Ds Block 50 aircraft powered ...
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Smart wing
Northrop Grumman has received $8 million from the US Air Force under a Smart Materials and Structures Demonstration Smart Wing 2 programme designed to apply the advanced technologies to unmanned aircraft. The contract provides for design, development and test of a Smart Wing model using new technologies. ...
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ARIA's domestic routes
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has revealed plans to re-establish many domestic routes and services to former Soviet republics. Leonid Mokhov, deputy head of marketing, says that the airline planned to double the number of passengers carried on domestic and regional routes, to 260,000 this year. "This market is very ...
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UK-Hong Kong bilateral
The UK Government and Hong Kong have signed a bilateral air-services agreement, providing a legal framework for continued flights by British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways and Virgin Atlantic. The bilateral is the first to be signed by Hong Kong since the handover of rule to China. Negotiating air services to ...
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CC-130 avionics upgrade is ready for flight tests
FLIGHT-TESTING of the first Canadian Forces Lockheed Martin CC-130 fitted with an updated avionics suite is due to begin in September, says Edmonton-based prime contractor, CAE Aviation. Although running several months late, mainly because of the greater-than-expected complexity of developing the upgrade, CAE is confident that all 32 ...
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Flight deck symposium
The first airlines to be involved in the experimental phase of the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) "flight safety buddy" system could be paired-up within a year says IATA director general, Pierre Jeanniot. The "buddy" concept is a major plank of IATA's seven-point safety strategy to halve the ...
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Quiet Wing tests 727 winglet modification
A winglet modification for the Boeing 727, promising performance improvement and noise reduction, is expected to receive supplemental type certification approval as early as October. The upgrade, known as the Quiet Wing system, is mid-way through flight tests at Moses Lake, Washington, on a 727-100 on loan from ...
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Orenda Vee-8 flies on King Air
Stevens Aviation has flown a Raytheon Beech King Air C90B re-engined with Orenda Vee-8 piston engines. The aircraft, powered by two 445kW (600hp) OE-600s, is being flight tested from Spokane, Washington. Its climb rate is twice that of the original Pratt &Whitney Canada PT6-powered aircraft, says Orenda. The engine company ...
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Bombardier builds improved UAV
BOMBARDIER PLANS a September maiden flight of its CL-327 rotary-wing unmanned air-vehicle (UAV), the production version of its vertical take-off and landing CL-227. The Canadian company decided a year ago to launch limited production in a bid to stimulate demand for its much-tested UAV. The production CL-327 has ...
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Kelowna restarts on stretched 580 and wins military business
Kelowna FlightCraft has restarted its stretched Convair 580 programme, dubbed the 5800, with plans to convert an extra three aircraft. The British Colombia-based company also had news at the show of upgrade work on Lockheed T-33 jet trainers and the Kazan Mi-17 helicopter. The Convair 5800 stretch programme ...