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Sabena overhauls
Sabena Technics has signed a maintenance contract with FedEx covering overhaul of all of the US freight carrier's Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines for its Boeing 727 fleet during the next six years. The contract follows two years of negotiations. Source: Flight International
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Australian Jetstream
O'Connor Airlines of Mt Gambler, South Australia, will replace its two Cessna Conquests with Jet stream Super 31s on eight-year leases from British Aerospace Asset Management Turboprops. The Jet streams will be delivered in February. Source: Flight International
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Fokker 50 gear fails
All 41 passengers and four crew escaped unhurt when the left main undercarriage of a KLM City Hopper Fokker 50 collapsed during a landing on 8 December at London Heathrow Airport. The crew had alerted the emergency services after the left gear indicator showed that it had failed to lock ...
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Second Schiphol
Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport is studying the possibility of building a second Dutch national airport, probably on an artificial island. Source: Flight International
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TCAS for Ansett
Ansett Australia has selected Honeywell's TCAS 2000 traffic-alert and collision-avoidance-system for its Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and 767 and British Aerospace 146 fleets. The first of 64 ship sets is due to be installed around mid-1997. Source: Flight International
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Early work stations
Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management has delivered initial next-generation controller workstations ten months ahead of schedule to the Seattle air-route traffic-control centre (ARTCC). Seattle is the first of 21 sites, which will receive the Display System Replacement (DSR) air-traffic-control (ATC) equipment. The workstation replaces aging ATC hardware. The early delivery ...
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Braathens leases back
Braathens SAFE is planning the sale and lease back of six Boeing 737s in a deal valued at $150 million. The cash will be used to cover investments already made in new buildings at Oslo's Gadermoen Airport. The transaction involves two 737-400s and four -500s, which are to be leased ...
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Syrian upgrade
Russia and Syria are in the final stages of negotiating an agreement covering an upgrade package for the latter's Mikoyan MiG-21 and Sukhoi Su-22 aircraft. The Syrian air force operates around 200 MiG-21s and about 60 Su-22s. No details of the upgrades being offered are known although cockpit ...
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DASR protest denied
The US General Accounting Office has turned down Northrop Grumman's protest at the US Air Force's selection of Raytheon to develop and produce the next-generation airport-surveillance radar for the US Federal Aviation Administration and the US military. The losing bidder claims that there were "errors and inconsistencies" in the source-selection ...
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IAI Turkish delight
Israel and Turkey have finally concluded an agreement covering the $600 million upgrade of 54 Turkish air force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom fighter- bombers. The deal was signed on 6 December. The first 34 aircraft will be modified in Israel with Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Lahav division acting as the ...
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Oceanic bidder chosen
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has chosen EDS as its preferred bidder to supply the equipment for the new Oceanic Control Centre at Prestwick, Scotland. Contract negotiations, will now begin, says the CAA. Source: Flight International
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BAE Airbus cargo
C-S Aviation Services has increased its commitment to the British Aerospace Airbus A300B4 freighter-conversion programme, with seven more options added to previously announced orders for three conversions. Delivery will be completed between April 1997 and April 1998. Source: Flight International
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Heavy A321-200 flies
The first increased maximum take-off weight (MTOW) Airbus A321-200 had its first flight on 12 December from Hamburg. The new model has an 89t MTOW and increased fuel capacity, boosting range by about 650km (350nm). Source: Flight International
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Alpi flies again
The RAI, Italy's civil-aviation authority, has removed the temporary grounding order placed on Alpi Eagles because of maintenance record irregularities (Flight International, 11-17 December, P11). The airline resumed operations on 10 December. Source: Flight International
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Boeing looks to increase 777IGW take-off weight
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is discussing a further increase in the 777-200IGW's maximum take-off weight (MTOW) as an interim step towards a new ultra-long-range derivative of the twinjet. The US manufacturer is considering offering a 777-200IGW+ version for entry into commercial service from 1998 onwards, says ...
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'Tailless' aircraft: when is a tail not a tail?
Sir - How can the McDonnell Douglas F-15 shown in the story "MDC pushes tailless F-15" (Flight International, 20-26 November, P5) be "tailless", when it has a "butterfly", or "V" tail? If, as stated, the tail surfaces are removed completely, do we not then have a delta wing, ...
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KLM agrees to buy back Government stake
KLM has agreed to buy back a further part of the Dutch Government's shareholding in the airline, which will reduce the state's stake in its national carrier down to 25%. The cost of the share deal is expected to run to around DFl1 billion ($590 million), which KLM ...
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Russian high-speed research takes off
The joint Russian-US high-speed-research study programme moved into the flight-test stage on 29 November, when the re-activated Tupolev Tu-144LL (RA-77114) supersonic transport departed from Zhukovsky flight-test centre. The aircraft, one of 17 Tu-144s built, was completed in 1981. It was also one of five "D" models which had ...
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First A330-200 enters production
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Components for the first Airbus A330-200 are being fabricated at plants around Europe, with final assembly scheduled to begin at Toulouse in March 1997. The 256-seat, 11,800km (6,400nm)-range derivative was launched in November 1995. Thirty-one orders have been announced to date. The first wingset ...
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American and FedEx finalise DC-10/727 hushkit exchange
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES American Airlines has concluded a long-awaited deal with FedEx, which will see the US package carrier take over at least 14 of American's McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10s in exchange for supplying hushkits for up to 81 Boeing 727-200s. Some 30 of American's 727s ...