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More U-125s on order
Kanematsu has ordered four additional Raytheon U-125A search-and-rescue aircraft for delivery to the Japan Air Self-Defence Force in 1999. Five of the modified Hawker 800s are already in service. Source: Flight International
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Australian shortlist
British Aerospace Australia, an Elta/Elisra team, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon E-Systems and Rockwell-ASTA Defence (now part of Boeing) have been shortlisted to supply electric-warfare equipment for a range of Australian Defence Force aircraft. A request for tenders to supply self-protection systems for the General Dynamics F-111, Lockheed Martin C-130J, ...
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Jetstream SAR
The Hong Kong Government Flying Service (GFS) has ordered two new Aero International (Regional) Jetstream 41 multi-purpose patrol aircraft for delivery in 1998, as a replacement for its Raytheon Beechcraft King Air 200Cs. The aircraft will be used mainly in the search-and-rescue (SAR). The $18 million deal includes equipping the ...
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Stage 3 testing starts
Burbank Aeronautical II has begun flight testing its Stage 3 hushkit for the Pratt &Whitney JT3D-powered Boeing 707. The tests should finish in August, with US Federal Aviation Administration certification due in September. Source: Flight International
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Frontier talks
Low-cost Colorado-based carriers Frontier and Western Pacific Airlines are in discussions over a possible merger, to enable them to compete more effectively with United Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Great Lakes cuts
Great Lakes Aviation, which resumed limited services in late May after a voluntarily grounding of its aircraft, is to scale back operations. The Minneapolis, Minnesota-based regional will not resume service as United Express to eight cities, citing "economic factors", while its agreement with Midway Airlines, as Midway Connection, has been ...
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Bulgaria In
Eurocontrol has accepted Bulgaria as its 26th member nation on the basis of the country's programme to improve the Sofia flight-information region's air traffic-control infrastructure. Source: Flight International
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Brasilia engine fire
A SkyWest Brasilia suffered starboard-engine power loss and fire when climbing through 2,000ft (700m) out of San Diego, California, on 21 May, the US National Transportation Safety Board reports. The propeller auto-feathered and the fire was extinguished using both fire bottles. The crew made a safe, flapless landing at NAS ...
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GEC/Honeywell will supply RAF Jaguar helmet-mounted system
GEC and Honeywell have been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide a helmet-mounted sighting system for the Royal Air Force's Sepecat Jaguar GR1B strike aircraft. Under the initial contract, 12 helmet-mounted sights (HMS) will be procured. They will be a fully qualified ...
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Algerian restructure
Air Algerie is to be restructured as part of a wider Algerian Government drive to improve the efficiency of state-owned companies. The airline will focus on its core business of passenger and freight transport, while other activities could be transferred to subsidiaries. These include chartering services for oil companies, catering, ...
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Philippine Airlines takes first A340-300
Philippine Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A340-300, as part of its fleet-renewal programme. This will see 24 Airbus aircraft delivered to the carrier over the next 20 months, including four A340-300s, eightA330-300s and 12 A320s. The A340-300s, which join a fleet of four smaller -200s which have ...
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Middle Eastern Airbus
Middle East Airlines (MEA) has become the first operator in the region to fly the Airbus A321, following the hand-over of the first of two aircraft leased from International Lease Finance. The International Aero Engines V2500- powered, 169-seat aircraft will be joined by the second A321 later this month. MEA ...
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Comair rejects EMB-145s for more Regional Jets
DELTA CONNECTION carrier Comair has increased its order for Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs), after evaluating Brazilian manufacturer Embraer's rival EMB-145. The airline has placed firm and conditional orders for 30 of the 50-seat CRJs, and taken options on a further 45 aircraft, some of which could be ...
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Dragonair/Cathay gear up as A330 services return
Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair planned to have all 15 of their Airbus A330-300s back in service by 7 June, after completing gearbox modifications to the twinjet's Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. R-R and Cathay had completed 25h of ground and flight testing of the Hispano-Suiza modification package on ...
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FAA concern over military GPS control resurfaces
RENEWED US Federal Aviation Administration concern about military control of the global-positioning system (GPS) navigational-satellite constellation has been made public just as the GPS is to become the USA's primary means of civil-aviation navigation. The FAA's disquiet is revealed in a letter to the US Air Force from ...
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New Hungarian ATC centre will run civil and military airspace
Hungary expects to be the first former Warsaw Pact country - and one of the first in Europe - to achieve totally integrated civil/military airspace when it opens its new Budapest air-traffic-control (ATC) centre on 1 September. The Mathias centre, near Budapest's Ferihegy Airport, is designed to accommodate ...
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Mesaba expands under new Airlink contract
USREGIONAL MESABA Airlines has signed a new agreement with Northwest Airlines extending its operations to include all Northwest Airlink codeshare flights from Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota. Mesaba will take over from Express Airlines I on 1 August. Express will continue to operate as Northwest Airlink from Memphis, Tennessee. The ...
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NASA aims to cut drag with control-surface research
NASA has begun test flights of an adaptive control-surface experiment which it hopes could lead to drag reductions of up to 3% for commercial aircraft, worth roughly $140 million a year in reduced fuel savings. The tests are taking place on the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar operated by Orbital ...
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FAA fine for ARCA
Aerovias Colombianas (ARCA) is to be fined $68,000 for ignoring a US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive (AD). The airline was operating US-registered aircraft and was thus required to comply with FAA ADs. Colombian authorities suspended the airline's operating certificate on 24 January, and it remains grounded. Inspections found that ...