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MDC plans to test large-scale blended-wing airliner model
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDonnell Douglas (MDC) and California's Stamford University plan to test a large-scale model of a futuristic blended-wing-body (BWB-1-1)airliner in 1997. The powered model will have a wingspan of between 6.1m and 7.6m, according to MDC, which says that it is "-getting really ...
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CAAC holds up Chinese airliner approvals
Paul Lewis/BEIJING Chinese airlines are facing a growing backlog of pending aircraft orders and leases waiting for final approval from the country's civil aviation authority and Government. All Chinese aircraft orders and lease agreements of longer then one year are required to be submitted to ...
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GE modifies GE90 combustion with manifold redesign
GE Aircraft Engines is planning to introduce a modified GE90 combustion system from mid-1997, designed to reduce manufacturing costs, emissions and weight. The only physical change is a redesigned manifold, while alterations to the fuel-nozzle system have been achieved through software modifications. "We have simplified the [double annular] ...
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IFALPA is set to act on African airspace 'risks'
Chris Yates/LONDON An urgent safety bulletin spelling out the growing danger of flying in African airspace is expected to be issued soon by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA). Capt Tony van Heerden, president of the South African Airline Pilots Association says, that ...
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Navaid for Sarajevo
Thomson-CSF's Airsys subsidiary has won the contract to supply navigation landing aids for Sarajevo Airport. The system will allow the re-opening of the airport to commercial aircraft. Source: Flight International
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AlliedSignal invests to boost LF507 despatch reliability
AlliedSignal says that it is aiming for 99.95% LF507 dispatch reliability on the Avro RJ100 by the end of 1997 as the main target of an aggressive support campaign. The engine's reliability was criticised recently by Crossair president Moritz Suter (Flight Inter- national, 16-22 October). Allied- Signal Engines ...
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Cargolux accelerates
Cargolux of Luxembourg has reached an agreement with Boeing to accelerate the delivery of its fourth 747-400 freighter from September 1998 to August 1997. Cargolux, which was the first operator of the freight version of the 747-400, will then operate four 747-400Fs and four 747-200Fs on its international cargo network. ...
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WAAS negotiations
Hughes Aircraft expects to complete negotiations with the US Federal Aviation Administration on a wide area augmentation system (WAAS) contract before the current "bridge" contract expires. The firm received the short-term contract in May when the FAA dropped Wilcox Electric as the WAAS prime contractor and substituted Hughes Aircraft - ...
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Sabena links with Virgin Express for Heathrow route
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Virgin Express is launching scheduled services between Brussels and London Heathrow, in a code-share deal with Sabena under which it will replace the Belgian flag carrier on the route. The low-cost Brussels-based airline launched services on 27 October with nine daily return ...
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Westpac orders 737s and takes options on -700
Western Pacific Airlines (Westpac) has finalised its expected order for new Boeing 737s, with an agreement for up to 12 aircraft, including options on the next-generation -700. The fast-growing, low-cost start-up, which has been in negotiations with Boeing for some months, has now placed a firm contract for ...
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US moves towards "free-flight" air-traffic
US moves towards "free-flight" air-traffic management were to the fore at the Air Traffic Control Association convention in Nashville on 13-17 October. Graham Warwick reports. Source: Flight International
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Japan seeks GPS
Japan is expected to issue a request for proposals in November for a system to improve the accuracy, avail- ability and integrity of the global-positioning system (GPS). The system, dubbed MSAS, is Japan's equivalent of the US wide-area augmentation system. It will be operational by the end of 1998, providing ...
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Iberia emerges fighting as profits come into view
Iberia is gearing up to fight increasing competition on its international and domestic routes, with "a new aggressive commercial policy" says, chairman Xabier de Irala. "A lot of things are going to change-We will defend our leadership with all the weapons available," he pledges. Iberia has waded into ...
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Smiths expands with Leland acquisition
Smiths Industries has made its first major aerospace acquisition in years, with a $30 million deal to purchase Leland Electro-systems, a US manufacturer of high-performance electrical generators, which will sit alongside the UK group's growing business in power-management systems. The UK group, which has diversified into medical and ...
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CRJ-X project wins launch aid
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL Bombardier is to receive launch aid worth C$87 million ($64 million) from the Canadian Government to help develop the CRJ-X stretched, 70-seat, derivative of the Canadair Regional Jet. The Canadian group has not formally launched the CRJ-X, but began taking orders for the ...
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IAI privatisation date is due in 1998
Privatisation of Israel Aircraft industries (IAI) is on course to begin in 1998. An overhaul of the group's structure will be embarked upon as an intermediate step, says the group's chairman, Yanuch Ben-Gal. He says that IAI will be reshaped into a holding-company structure, with each of the ...
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DASA rethinks French missiles ties
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) is rethinking its plans for a missiles tie-up with Aerospatiale following the French Government's approval of the Lagardère group's bid for Thomson. If, as expected, the French privatisation committee approves Lagardère as the favoured bidder, the Thomson-CSF missiles business will be absorbed ...
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BA moves closer to control of Air Liberte
Julian Moxon/Paris British Airways appears to have come a step closer in its bid to take over ailing French independent carrier Air Liberte after the unexpected withdrawal of a competing offer from a consortium led by French travel group Nouvelle Frontieres. One of the consortium members, the Banque ...
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White knight rides in for Kiwi
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Kiwi International Airlines, facing permanent shutdown of scheduled passenger services after filing for bankruptcy-court protection, has been rescued by Wasatach International, a Florida-based investment concern. The low-fare US carrier, which filed for Chapter 11, on 30 September and forced to suspend, scheduled ...
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Lockheed Martin assembles F-22 fuselage
Lockheed Martin has assembled the fuselage of the first F-22 following delivery of the aft-fuselage section from partner Boeing. The aft section was flown in a Lockheed C-5 from Seattle to the Marietta, Georgia, final-assembly site on 16 October and mated to the centre and forward-fuselage section. ...