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Pemco will convert UPS 727 freighters for passenger charters
United Parcel Service (UPS) has awarded Pemco World Air Services a contract to convert five Boeing 727-100QF freighters to quick-change configuration for its planned weekend passenger-charter service. Pemco will design and certificate the conversion, and modify the aircraft at its Dothan, Alabama, maintenance centre. The work ...
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US Congress increases C-130J purchase
ORDERS FOR 13 C-130J Hercules 2s from the US services are expected by Lockheed Martin following Congressional approval of the fiscal year 1997 defence budget. The Congress also added 12 aircraft to the Department of Defense's request for just one next-generation Hercules. While budget adjustments could affect the ...
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Philippines considers USAF offer
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE US AIR FORCE has offered the Philippine air force a range of different packages based around the Lockheed Martin F-16, to meet its requirement for a replacement multi-role fighter aircraft. Philippine defence sources say that the air force is considering three separate F-16 ...
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Sogerma
Henri-Paul Puel has become chairman and chief executive of Aerospatiale's Sogerma-Socea, responsible for maintenance and aeronautical-repairs activities. Puel, who began his career with Aerospatiale in 1962, was chief executive of Aero International (Regional), responsible for sales, marketing and customer support for ATR, Jetstream and Avro aircraft. Source: Flight ...
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Momentum versus kinetic energy
Sir - In his letter, Alan Mason says that, "mass times velocity says it all" (Flight International, 25 September-1 October, P55). Actually, it does not - he seems to be mistaking momentum for kinetic energy, which makes more than a slight difference when talking of speeds of 27,000kt (50,000km/h). ...
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Rainbow Samurai
Japan Air System is raising its international profile. Paul Lewis/TOKYO JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (JAS) celebrated its 25th anniversary in April but, outside its home base, the airline continues to be relatively unknown. In spite of its overseas obscurity, JAS boasts annual traffic statistics and a fleet of ...
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Executive Jet orders NetJets Gulfstreams
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EXECUTIVE JET International (EJI) has ordered an additional nine Gulfstream IV-SP business jets and its first two long-range Gulfstream Vs for its NetJets fractional-ownership programme. The aircraft were included as options in a $500 million deal, signed in January 1995, under which EJI agreed to acquire ...
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Micro regenerates Piper Aztec
ANACORTES, WASHINGTON-BASED MICRO Aero-dynamics has certificated vortex generators for the Piper Aztec, which reduce take-off and landing speeds by delaying stall onset and improving aileron and rudder control at low speed. The vortex generators, 33 of which are placed on each side of the wing leading edge, and 12 each ...
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TAM plans to offer Ultra service
BRAZIL'S TAM-Transportes Aereos Regionais has ordered five Cessna Citation Ultra light business jets for delivery between February and May 1997. Four of the aircraft will be used to fly passengers overbooked on flights with the regional airline's Fokker 50s and 100s. One will be used as a personal aircraft by ...
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Officers lose jobs after C-130 crash
THE CRASH OF A Belgian air force Lockheed Martin C-130H, returning to the Netherlands from Italy with members of a Dutch army band, has resulted in three Dutch officers being removed from duty. The crash, on 15 July, resulted in the death of 34 people, including the crew. ...
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BAe succeeds with Airbus cargo conversions
BRITISH AEROSPACE Aviation Services' Airbus A300B4 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme has been boosted by a $25 million order from a US lease-management company, for three conversions. C-S Aviation Services of New York has contracted BAe for the conversion of three ex-Air France A300B4s, to be completed by mid-1997. The ...
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LF507 reliability levels 'not acceptable' says Crossair
Julian Moxon/HANOVER LOWER-THAN-expected despatch reliability of the AlliedSignal Engines LF507 turbofan powering Aero International Regional (AI(R)) RJ100 Avroliners has forced the engine manufacturer to spend $30 million on developing solutions. Crossair president Moritz Suter criticised the engine's 99.3% dispatch reliability during the recent European Regional Airlines ...
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Low Alitalia prices anger low-cost carriers
THE ARRIVAL OF several new low-cost carriers in Italy has prompted flag carrier Alitalia to join the fares war on domestic routes by offering ultra-low prices on some flights. The move, which cuts one-way weekend fares to all destinations to just L99,000 ($66), and to L65,000 on several ...
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Fairchild promises to launch a 30-seat turbofan 328 by 1997
FAIRCHILD DORNIER chairman and chief executive Carl Albert says that there is "no question" about a go-ahead for a 30-seat turbofan version of the Dornier 328 turboprop. "We'll launch it before the end of the year," he says, promising also that a 50-seat stretched version will be launched "about 12 ...
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Insurers pay for Chinese losses
Tim Furniss/LONDON SPACE INSURERS are paying two satellite operators $83 million for damage to one spacecraft and the loss of the other after launches by Chinese boosters in 1995/6. The People's Insurance of China has paid $25.9 million to China Telecommunications and Broadcasting Satellite for the ...
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The bus in the sky
A DUTCH TRANSPORT ministry report says that airships could be used as an alternative to coaches in the long-distance holiday market. Researchers at the local Delft University have come to the same conclusion. Both see the airship as one way to solve traffic jams on European motorways, where ...
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Diamond shines on
Interior improvements are not the only reason why the Beech 400A continues to gain customer support Peter Henley/Blackbushe RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has made a success of acquiring an existing aircraft type from another manufacturer, refining its design and marketing it energetically. Examples include the Raytheon Pilatus PC-9 MkII and ...
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F-18E/F team tackles wing-drop test discoveries
THE INTEGRATED US Navy/contractor test team reports unexpected discoveries in its evaluation of the McDonnell Douglas F-18E/F Super Hornet, including a "distinct wing-drop tendency" during deceleration through 13° to 15°angle of attack (AoA). The drop, described as a "little bit alarming", has been cured by modifying the control scheduling of ...
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Lockheed Martin pushes C-130J flight envelope
Testing of the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules II is catching up on its delayed start, with rapid expansion of the flight envelope to all-new limits. The first four test aircraft have amassed more than 220 flight hours on 60 sorties. Eventually, nine aircraft will be involved in the ...
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IPTN makes changes to N-250 after early flights
Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) is making minor changes to the fly-by-wire (FBW) flight-control system (FCS) of the N-250, Indonesia's first fully indigenously designed airliner, following early flight tests. IPTN test pilot Erwin Danoewinata says that the general handling characteristics are "very satisfactory", and that the FCS is ...