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P&W plans demonstration of new JSF engine diagnostics
PRATT &WHITNEY plans to demonstrate pro-active diagnostic technologies planned for its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) engine. "Prognostics" will be able to detect impending failures, increasing powerplant reliability in the single-engined fighter, the company says. "Single-engine safety is paramount in the JSF," says Frank Gillette, P&W director of advanced ...
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'Superjumbo': why bother with a new design at all?
Sir - How good it was to see the letters from Noel Falconer and David Connolly (Letters, Flight International, 23-29 April, P64) about the Airbus Industrie new "super jumbo". It seems that, thanks to the accountants, we are to get not a state-of-the-art large aircraft, with refined aerodynamics, ...
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RVSM: cost must be allowed for
Sir - The extreme enthusiasm for reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) demonstrated by United Airlines' Mark Hurston (Letters, Flight International 16-22 April, P40) is by no means universal. Has the cost of qualifying certain aircraft types for RVSM been included in his, or anyone else's, projections? Just before ...
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Fairchild Dornier seeks partners for 528
Fairchild Dornier is "open to negotiation" with aerostructures companies around the world over risk-sharing partnerships in its 50-seat 528JET regional-jet programme. The company has already secured a deal with Aermacchi to work on the fuselage, which will be stretched by 7m over the original Dornier 328 structure built in South ...
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19-seat market remains 'alive and well'
British Aerospace, Fairchild Dornier, Raytheon Aircraft and several regional airlines have rallied to the defence of the 19-seater market, a sector branded by US analysts as "dead or dying". Raytheon predicts a steady world market for its Beech 1900D which Mike Scheidt, vice-president for airline sales, predicts will ...
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AlliedSignal begins reliability upgrades
AlliedSignal's $30 million enhancement programme for the ALF502R and LF507 engines, dubbed the XRP (extended-reliability package) has gone into top gear with the release of the first group of improvements. Major items of the "Group 1" XRP include new number two, four and five bearing packages, new number ...
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Phase Two of Jetstream Super 31 upgrade begins
British Aerospace has begun phase two of a performance-enhancement programme for the Jetstream Super 31 at Prestwick, Scotland. The package is aimed at boosting the aircraft's hot-and-high payload by up to 365kg, or four passengers. Phase One improvements included the introduction of a flapless take-off setting and the ...
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Allison revises growth plans for AE3007
Allison Engine is revising growth plans for its AE3007 turbofan, to tackle the thrust requirements of the projected Embraer EMB-170, a possible stretched version of the EMB-145 now being studied by the Brazilian manufacturer. "The growth version would use the fan from the Tay engine," says Allison large-commercial-engines ...
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CAE reveals C$100 million sales
CAE ELECTRONICS has revealed commercial flight-simulation orders exceeding C$100 million ($72 million), including its first sale to Airbus Industrie. The Canadian firm is predicting increased sales over the next two years, based on strong aircraft orders over the past year. The new orders include seven full-flight simulators, for ...
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FSI expands Toronto site for Dash 8-400
FLIGHT SAFETY International (FSI) is expanding its Toronto, Canada, training centre to accommodate a simulator for the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400 high-speed regional turboprop. The simulator is scheduled to enter service in 1998. The expanded centre, to be completed in July, will also house a Dash 8-100/200/300 ...
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SEOS to supply HiView display for MiG-29 simulator
SEOS DISPLAYS of the UK is to supply the visual-display system for a MAPO MiG-29 full-mission simulator built by Slovakia's Virtual Reality Media (VRM). The company has selected a six-channel Prodas HiView projected display from SEOS for its FSM-29 simulator. The display provides a 180í horizontal by 90í ...
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TTS upgrades KC-135s
Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) is upgrading 19 Boeing KC-135R operational flight trainers and one C/KC-135E weapon- system trainer to represent the Pacer Crag avionics update, under way on 602 US Air Force aircraft. Source: Flight International
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TTS wins Korean Air and Thai simulator deals
THOMSON TRAINING & Simulation (TTS) is to build an Airbus A330-300 full-flight simulator for Korean Air. The South Korean carrier has also ordered a Boeing 747-400 simulator from CAE (see story). Thai Airways International, meanwhile, has awarded TTS a contract to upgrade its Airbus A300-600 full-flight simulator from ...
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Wicat ships more free-play trainers
WICAT SYSTEMS' training-device business is expanding, with a Virgin Atlantic Airways contract for an Airbus A340 systems trainer to be delivered later this year for use in engineering training. The firm has also installed free-play trainers for the Airbus A320 and A330 flght-management and -guidance systems (FMGS) at ...
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Boeing considers extending 777 fatigue testing
Boeing will decide in the next few weeks whether further fatigue testing of its 777 is required, before "tearing down" the full-scale fatigue specimen for analysis, but it is already applying test results to aircraft manufacture. Planned tests simulating 120,000 flight cycles ended in March. Boeing says that ...
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Air France adds India to global alliance
Air France has extended its growing network of global alliances by signing a new commercial accord with Air India. Further Air France deals are in the pipeline, including a probable agreement with a Chinese carrier, resulting from the visit to China by Air France president Christian Blanc and ...
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Embraer introduces long-range EMB-145
EMBRAER has launched development of a long-range version of the EMB-145 regional jet. The 50-seat aircraft will have a range of 3,000km (1,600nm), compared with 2,400km for the current EMB-145, and is to become available in April 1998. The Brazilian manufacturer says that it has no customers yet ...
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Star Alliance triggers 'hypocrisy' charge from American Airlines
Lufthansa says that it is already in talks with further Asian potential partner carriers to extend its newly unveiled "Star Alliance" with partners Air Canada, SAS, Thai Airways International and United Airlines. Brazilian carrier Varig also joined in the signing ceremonies, held in Frankfurt on 14 May, agreeing ...
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FAA hopes new deals will boost Central American safety
Safety oversight in Central American countries is to be boosted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as part of open-skies deals signed on 9 May. Agreements were signed with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Panama had earlier signed an open-skies agreement with the USA, and ...
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Marketplace
++ Canadian charter carrier Royal Airlines has acquired an ex-Emirates Airbus A310-300 from Airbus Industrie, bringing its fleet to three A310s. Emirates is trading its A300/A310 fleet to Airbus as part of its order for A330-200s. ++ Kitty Hawk is to operate two additional Boeing 727-200 freighters on behalf of ...