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EVA secures US partner and now looks to Europe
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's EVA Airways has signed an alliance agreement with an unnamed US carrier as it strives for a similar link in Europe. The US deal, disclosed by EVA president Richard Huang and described as a "full alliance", includes an exchange of frequent-flyer programmes. "All ...
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FAA approves composite repairs
Ian Sheppard/LONDON An aircraft-repair technique developed by the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico together with composites specialists from Textron Systems, has gained initial approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration as an alternative to riveted aluminium. The bonded composite "doubler" is the result of a three-year FAA-sponsored ...
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FedEx MD-11 crashes
A FEDEX McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter (N611FE) crashed on 31 July landing at Newark International Airport, New Jersey. The MD-11, en route from Anchorage, Alaska, apparently touched down very hard on landing and then flipped over and burned out. The five crew on board escaped with minor injuries. ...
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Fighting back
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Being married to President Boris Yeltsin's elder daughter certainly gave Valeri Okulov the right connections to become director-general of Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines (ARIA). There was more to his appointment than that, however - he won 98.5% of shareholder support in elections for the post ...
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Funding is released for Brazil's SIVAM
FINANCING for Brazil's SIVAM Amazon-surveillance programme has been released, enabling Raytheon to begin work on the $1.3 billion programme. The US Export Import Bank is providing just over $1 billion of the funds required for the project, with the Swedish export bank Svensk Exportkredit, Raytheon and SIVAM Vendor ...
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GE builds wider R-R/Allison partnership around JSF bid
Guy Norris/Cincinnati General Electric, Allison Engines and its UK parent company Rolls-Royce are planning the formation of a joint military-engine group aimed specifically at the US/UK Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. The proposed group represents a radical extension of the partnership already established to develop a ...
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GE may re-power Gulfstreams
Guy Norris/Lynn General Electric is supporting studies by "several companies" into the potential re-engineing of Gulfstream IIs and IIIs with its CF34-8C, now under development for Bombardier's Canadair CRJ700 regional jet. The Gulfstream re-engineing is one of several possible options for future uses of the engine, ...
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Helipro gets 'Shortsky' final assembly under way
Helipro has begun final assembly of the first S-61 Short conversion of the Sikorsky S-61N helicopter to be destined for use on offshore-oil support. A heavylift S-61 Short, which is used mainly for logging work, is already available. The company has delivered six aircraft and has one more on order. ...
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Hyundai maintains hopes of role in AT-2000 programme
Hyundai has re-iterated its determination to participate in Daimler-Benz Aerospace's (Dasa) proposed AT-2000 advanced jet-trainer programme, despite the South Korean Government's recent decision to back development of the rival Samsung/Lockheed Martin KTX-II programme. The company says that it is continuing to discuss the AT-2000 with Dasa and prospective ...
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India postpones first light-combat flight
India has put back the first flight of its LCA light combat aircraft until at least the start of 1998. The aircraft was rolled out in November 1995 and has been subjected to a series of delays since. The delay to the 8.5t fighter is thought to be ...
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Is the worst over?
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW The 1990s have been difficult years for the aviation industry of the former Soviet Union. In the previous decade, it had been delivering annually some 220 jet airliners and freighters, plus more than 80 turboprops, as well as combat aircraft and helicopters. In 1996, just five ...
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Japanese abandon HOPE spaceplane project
Japan has cancelled the HOPE unmanned spaceplane project as a result of budget cuts. The HOPE was to have been launched on an H2A rocket to provide logistics support for the Japanese element of the International Space Station. There were hopes of following it up eventually with a manned version. ...
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KLM and Northwest agree to settle their differences
KLM has agreed to sell its stock in Northwest Airlines, in a deal which draws an end to the bitter dispute over ownership. It will also allow the carriers to start expanding their alliance, including the search for new partners, with Alitalia as a prime candidate. KLM has ...
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Launch activity includes first GPS 2R
Tim Furniss/LONDON A McDonnell Douglas Delta 2 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral on 23 July carried the first Navstar GPS 2R global- positioning-system-satellite to reach orbit. It is the 42nd in the Navstar series to be launched. The original 2R spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, was ...
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LHTEC focuses on CTP800 design
Guy Norris/Indianapolis US engine manufacturers AlliedSignal and Allison are completing final-design work on the CTP800 turboprop for the Ayres LM200 Loadmaster freighter, following selection of a Hamilton Standard propeller system. The Loadmaster will be powered by twin CTP800s, a turboprop version of the T800 turboshaft, developed ...
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Lockheed Martin eyes options for advanced F-16
Graham Warwick/Washington DC LOCKHEEDMARTIN IS considering using company funds to develop upgrades for the F-16, if a launch order for an advanced derivative is delayed beyond the end of this year. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reportedly in serious negotiations to purchase the so-called "Block ...
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Looking at cheap access to space
Sir - Regardless of what happened to the Interim Hotol (Letters, Flight International, 9-15 July, P52), such a system would never produce the cheap access to space for which Nick Francis of Matra Marconi Space asks ("Speaking frankly", Flight International, 21-27 May, P36). Studies conducted by Reaction Engines, ...
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Lucas eyes military power-by-wire applications
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTONDC LUCASAEROSPACE hopes to have identified an initial application for its power-by-wire technology by the time a 1,000h in-service evaluation of electric flight-control actuation on a US Air Force Lockheed C-141 StarLifter is completed early in 1998. The company is pursuing military retrofit opportunities for ...
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Malaysia favours Lynx
The Westland Super Lynx has moved a step closer to being selected as Malaysia's new naval helicopter, with the navy coming down in favour of direct negotiations with the UK manufacturer instead of going to a planned competitive tender. The Royal Malaysian Navy has already completed an evaluation ...
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Marketplace
++ Icelandair has signed an agreement with eight financial institutions for the provision of $100 million loan, arranged by HSBC Investment Bank Asia and Landesbank Kiel, to finance two Boeing 757-200s due for delivery in January 1998, and April 1999. ++ The Florida based Aviation Management Support has acquired ten ...