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Australian Nomads move on
The Australian Defence Forces' remaining Government Aircraft Factory Nomad utility aircraft have been transferred to the Indonesian navy. The 20 aircraft include two "stretched" N24s, modified with VIP interiors by Brisbane-based Jetcare, the maintenance and engineering division of Flightwest Airlines. Australia declared the type unsuitable for its requirements when operational ...
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Taurus to get its sea legs as KEPD missile family grows
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) and its Swedish programme partner, Bofors, are planning to make their Taurus KEPD 350 Kinetic Energy Penetrating Destroyer the basis of a family of long-range missiles, including a ship-launched variant. The basic 1,400kg, 5m-long KEPD 350 stand-off weapon is designed to ...
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Turkey wants Israeli-upgraded CH-53s
TURKEY PLANS TO buy ten US-surplus Sikorsky CH-53 heavylift helicopters for its special forces. The aircraft will be upgraded either by IsraelAircraft Industries (IAI), or in Turkey with Israeli assistance. The helicopters are likely to receive the IAI-developed CH-53 2000 upgrade. This includes improved navigation systems and cockpit ...
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Single-lane progress
Cessna's latest revisions keep the 182 Skylane up with the best Dave Higdon/INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS of flyers, the Cessna Skylane has always been the ideal family aeroplane: comfortable, economical, and with more than ample load-carrying ability for far-flung holiday trips. For thousands of others, its ...
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Risky business
The gambles associated with Macau Airport are beginning to pay dividends PaulLewis/MACAU To invest over $1 billion on an all-new airport for a small city of 400,000 inhabitants would appear to be a financial gamble, but Macau, having built its economy around the casino industry, is accustomed to ...
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Special observer
Guy Norris/WACO, TEXAS Twenty-four years ago, the Boeing 747SP was designed to be flown higher and further than anything in its class. These attributes, plus the large payload capacity of the "Special Performer", have now landed one aircraft in the small world fleet the unique role of the ...
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Sweden is taking steps towards closer inter-European defence-industry links Tim Ripley/LONDON Sweden is keen to join moves to hasten European-wide aviation- and defence-industry consolidation by building alliances, according to senior Saab executives and Government figures. A Saab team, headed by Sweden's special envoy for defence exports, ...
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IAI aims to step up
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has sold five Astra SPX twin-engined executive jets since February, and hopes to sell a total of 15 aircraft in 1998 and about 24 aircraft annually in subsequent years, according to Motti Boness, IAI's civil-aircraft division manager. Boness has attributed the rise in sales to the ...
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Fleet addition
Zurich-based Jet Aviation has taken delivery of its first Canadair Challenger 604 twinjet, to add to its fleet of 45 aircraft of various types. The General Electric CF34-3B1-powered aircraft will form part of Jet's charter-management business. Source: Flight International
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Design changes delay Premier I
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC RAYTHEONAIRCRAFT has pushed back the first flight, certification and delivery of its Premier I entry-level business jet to incorporate design changes required to ensure that the aircraft meets its performance guarantees. The first flight of the Premier I was planned for December 1997, ...
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AlliedSignal plans to boost production of TFE731
Production of AlliedSignal's new TFE731-20/40/60 turbofan family is expected to grow to more than 200 engines in 1998 on the back of increased business-aircraft sales, says the company. The increase follows the entry into service of the TFE731-60 on the Dassault Falcon 900EX and the -40 on the ...
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Cleveland FBO added to Phillips 66 ranking
The Business Aircraft Center, based at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, has joined fuel-supplier Phillips 66's fixed-base-operation (FBO) network, with the highly rated Aviation Performance Center designation. Services available include aircraft management and charter, maintenance and a flight school. The FBO was acquired in June 1996 and substantially upgraded. ...
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Boeing/MDC merger is set to start on 4 August
Boeing plans to start its merger with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) from 4 August after constructing a last-minute deal to gain approval from the European Commission(EC). The EC Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert announced approval in principle for the deal on 23 July, proclaiming victory after having secured a series of ...
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Dassault merger in doubt as France keeps Aerospatiale
The French Government has thrown cold water on the privatisation of its biggest aerospace company, Aerospatiale, raising further questions about the planned merger with privately owned Dassault Aviation. Defence minister Alain Richard has made it clear that Aerospatiale will remain in state hands, and that Dassault Aviation will ...
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Air Canada may reveal 747 Classic replacement in August
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Air Canada is expected to place an order by mid-August for up to 20 widebodied aircraft to replace its fleet of Boeing 747-100/-200 "Classics". The airline requires aircraft to replace its older 747s on transatlantic services, and has been evaluating the Airbus A340 and ...
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Beriev to develop cheaper Be-103
Beriev is looking at developing a cheaper version of its new Be-103 six-seat amphibian for Russian operators using a single 268kW (360hp)Voronezh OKBM M-14 engine mounted on a vertical pylon above the fuselage. The Russian manufacturer successfully flew the first Be-103 on 15 July powered by two 155kW Teledyne Continental ...
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European safety groups band together to help other nations
Julian Moxon/Paris Regulation and safety organisations in France, Germany and the UK are forming a new group to offer assistance to countries wishing to improve operational safety standards. India, Mexico and the Philippines have already signed up. The UK Civil Aviation Authority's international services branch, France's ...
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FAA details free-flight plan
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC DETAILS OF a two-year, 2,000-aircraft, demonstration of the technologies required for the free-flight concept have been released by the US Federal Aviation Administration. Almost $400 million in funding required to stage the trial has yet to be approved by Congress, however. Free flight ...
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Turboprop Piper
New Piper Aircraft plans to launch a turboprop version of the Malibu Mirage piston single at the US National Business Aviation Association show in Dallas, Texas, in September. The US manufacturer says that the aircraft will be powered by a Pratt & Whitney PT6 variant, and that deliveries are due ...
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Japanese negotiate with Rolls-Royce for Trent 500 engine role
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) are negotiating with Rolls-Royce to take a share in the development and production of the new Trent 500 engine for the planned Airbus A340-500/600. The two Japanese manufacturers are discussing using the Trent 500 programme ...