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German industry confronts Eurofighter 'catastrophe'
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI) is warning of "catastrophic consequences" if Germany does not commit to Eurofighter series production this year. In an attack on recent defence-budget cuts, BDLI defence technology forum chairman Werner Heinzmann - who is also president of Daimler-Benz Aerospace's ...
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FAA faces TCAS 4 decision
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The future of the US Federal Aviation Administration's work on the next-generation traffic-alert and collision- avoidance system (TCAS) hangs in the balance as agency officials prepare to present FAA administrator David Hinson with their findings on research into the TCAS 4. Terminating the ...
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American edges to regional goal
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA American Airlines and its pilots union have tentatively agreed a complex formula governing the introduction of regional jets by commuter arm AMR Eagle. The agreement foresees the acquisition of up to 218 45- to 70-seat regional jets by 2009, but limits AMR Eagle to a maximum ...
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Missile concerns spike Huzar avionics decision
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW DOUBTS OVER the Israeli NT-D anti-tank missile have blocked an expected Polish Council of Ministers' decision on an avionics integrator for the PZL-Swidnik W-3W Huzar combat support helicopter. The Polish Council of Ministers' Defence Affairs Committee was to make a recommendation to the prime ...
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Slots of value
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) is keen to overhaul the slot-allocation system at Europe's airports by creating a "market" in which some slots could be traded for money. It is right to be looking for an overhaul but, if it believes that airline services should exist as much for the customer ...
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Taxing times ahead
Finally, business is getting better for fixed-base operators, but there are new threats to their survival. Karen Walker/ATLANTA If prizes were to be handed out to those industries which have seemed most without hope in recent years, then the fixed-base-operator (FBO) business would probably walk away with ...
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Sturdy Beech
Raytheon's Beech MkII trainer won the 712-aircraft JPATS competition. Flight International flew it to find out why. Raytheon AIRCRAFT joined forces with Pilatus in 1990 when it identified Pilatus' PC-9 trainer as a viable candidate for the $7 billion US Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) competition. This contest ...
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SBAC
David Marshall has been named director-general of the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC), of London, UK. Marshall, who formerly worked for UK aerospace company Rolls-Royce and became a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1994, replaces Sir Barry Duxbury, who has retired through ill-health. Source: Flight ...
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Lockheed Martin considers a floatplane version of Hercules
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA LOCKHEED MARTIN is studying a floatplane version of the C-130J Hercules 2 transport and says that there is significant interest in the concept from US Navy special-forces. The scheme involves a removable catamaran hull attached to the underside of an otherwise unmodified C-130J. Conversion ...
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Air Liberte wins reprieve in effort to stay airborne
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR LIBERTE has been given six months to implement a survival plan or face bankruptcy. The independent airline is credited with leading the battle to open up the French air market, and was also recently voted the country's most popular carrier The concession was ...
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Comparative values on noise
Sir - While I agree wholeheartedly with the need for an up-to-date transport policy, your statements on noise and limits contained in the Comment article "Sound of silence" (Flight International, 18-24 September) need to be challenged. Any reduction achieved in noise levels is to be welcomed, but whether a 3dBA ...
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737s hushed
Nordam has received contracts from four customers for its low-gross-weight Boeing 737-200 Stage 3 hushkit, equipped with its new 18-lobe mixer. The orders include United Airlines (24 shipsets), TACA (ten) and Alaska Airlines (eight sets). Source: Flight International
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India's carriers continue expansion
SEVERAL OF India's private carriers are moving forward with expansion plans, and acquiring additional aircraft to meet expected growth. Sahara India Airlines is to lease an additional two Boeing 737-300s from November and has resubmitted its application to the Government to purchase five AI(R) ATR 42-500s. ...
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Learjet locker
Bombardier Aviation Services, has delivered the first Learjet 31A light business jet, to be equipped with Raisbeck's aft luggage-locker, to a customer in Milan, Italy. Already fitted to several Learjet 35s, the $75,000 locker adds a total of 3.7m3 (130ft3) and 136kg of baggage capacity. Source: Flight ...
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Spruce aerobatic
Aircraft Spruce & Speciality of Fullerton, California, has introduced the Rihn 109 tandem-seat aerobatic kitplane to supersede the Dan Rihn-designed, single-seat, One Design. Available as a $50,000 kit, the 109 has a wooden wing and fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage and empennage and is suitable for aerobatic training and unlimited competition. ...
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American directive
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an airworthiness directive requiring replacement of wing front-strut attachment fittings on American Champion Model 7KCAB, 7ECA and 7GCBC Explorer (formerly Citabria), 8KCAB Super Decathlon and 8GCBC Scout light aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Brazilian prospect
Polish helicopter manufacturer PZL-Swidnik has signed a preliminary agreement with Brazil's Aeromot, opening the way to licensed production negotiations. According to Swidnik, Aeromot wants to produce the W-3 Sokol multi-purpose helicopter in Brazil, where it claims that there is a substantial market for the aircraft. The Polish company stresses that ...
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BR710 gets US ticket
BMW Rolls-Royce has received US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the BR710-48 engine powering the Gulfstream V long-range business jet. European Joint Aviation Authorities approval was granted on 14 August. The 65kN (14,750lb)-thrust BR710-48 is undergoing flight testing on four GVs, and the first flight of the BR710-powered ...
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Beriev introduces Be-103 prototype
The first prototype Beriev Be-103 amphibian was scheduled for its debut at an air show in Gelendzhik, Russia, in late September. The five-passenger piston twin has been manufactured at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft factory in Siberia, better known for producing the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter. Komsomolsk-on-Amur plans to build two ...
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JAL returns to Thomson Training fold with 767 machine
JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) has ordered a Boeing 767-300 full-flight simulator from Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS). The Level D machine will be delivered to JAL's Haneda Airport, Tokyo, training centre in late 1997, along with a desktop flight-management-system trainer produced by TTS. The sales, is welcome news for ...