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Swedish defence unit
THE SWEDISH DEFENCE Materiel Administration, FMV, has taken delivery of the first re-engined Saab 105 jet trainer. The aircraft, carrying the Swedish air force designation SK60, has new Williams Rolls FJ44 engines. A test aircraft, used by Saab Military Aircraft, has also been delivered to FMV for further ...
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AOM and Air Libert, alliance in question
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE FUTURE OF THE proposed alliance between French privately owned airlines Air Libert, and AOM hangs in the balance, with the planned next phase in the deal stalled. A strategic agreement signed at the end of June has still not borne fruit. This foresaw ...
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Alaskan Saabs
Saab Aircraft has sold two used Saab 340Bs to Peninsula Airways (trading as PenAir), of Anchorage, Alaska. The two aircraft will be delivered by the end of the year, and could be joined by a third Saab in 1997. Source: Flight International
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Dassault raises stakes in Eastern Europe bids
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH FRANCE HAS RAISED the stakes in the competition to secure a string of fighter-aircraft contracts in Eastern Europe by offering to sell its latest air-to-air weapons as part of any deal. US rivals have not been cleared by their Government to go beyond technical ...
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Sabah Air takes Optica OA7-300 on lease for evaluation
FLS AEROSPACE'S effort to sell the Optica OA7-300 light-observation-aircraft project to Malaysia has crept forward, with the company leasing an aircraft to Sabah Air for evaluation. With the assistance of British Aerospace, the UK-based company, which is now focusing on its rotables and maintenance businesses, has been negotiating ...
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Air Pacific is first to bring 737-700 to Pacific-region routes
AIR PACIFIC HAS become the launch customer for the new-generation Boeing 737 family in the Pacific region, with an order for three 737-700s. Deliveries of the new aircraft to the Fijian national airline will begin in the fourth quarter of 1998. Air Pacific's order follows a major review ...
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Alaska is second EGPWS customer
ALASKA AIRLINES has joined American Airlines in purchasing AlliedSignal Aerospace's new enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) (Flight International, 4-10 September). Parent group Alaska Air has undertaken a $10 million commitment to equip Alaska Airlines' 25 Boeing 737-400s, and to train flightcrews in using an integrated global-positioning system (GPS) ...
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MDC demonstrates F-15 with SEAD
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is flight-testing an F-15 equipped with a system to locate and identify enemy radars. Although the US Air Force has decided not to proceed with development of the precision direction-finding (PDF) system for the F-15, Congress has allocated funds to complete the demonstration/ validation phase now under ...
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...as Poland forms consortium to focus on offset efforts
POLISH INDUSTRY has formed an aviation consortium to co-ordinate negotiations for an industrial-offset package for the Polish air force's multi-role-fighter requirement. The consortium, established in August, consists of all seven major airframe and engine manufacturers in Poland - PZL's Hydral, Kalisz, Mielec, Rzeszow, Swidnik, Warszawa-Okecie and Warszawa II ...
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Bell rings up sales for 427s during show
BELL HELICOPTER Textron won firm orders for 22 Model 427 light twin-turbine helicopters during the Farnborough air show. Orders for the eight-seat helicopter were placed by 11 Pacific Rim customers, seven European, three Middle Eastern and one from the USA. "These firm orders for a helicopter ...
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Hornet build-up
McDonnell Douglas has flown the fifth F-18E/F. Aircraft E5, a single-seater, is the first of two avionics and weapon-system testbeds in the seven-aircraft flight-test programme. Source: Flight International
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MDHS transfers civil training to UND
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA UND AEROSPACE is to provide all factory-authorised flight and maintenance training for McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems' (MDHS) civil aircraft. UND has ordered an MD500E, MD600N and MD Explorer from MDHS for use in the programme, and the aviation-education arm of the University of North Dakota will ...
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Clinton wants to tax business aviation
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A TAX ON BUSINESS-aircraft operations, proposed by US President Bill Clinton to pay for a national literacy programme, is being described by the US National Air Transportation Association (NATA) as "a serious threat to the viability of corporate aviation". The US National Business Aircraft Association and ...
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Falcon retrofit
The first retrofit of a Dassault Falcon 50 business jet with Rockwell-Collins Pro Line 4 integrated avionics developed for the improved Falcon 50EX is now under way, and is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1996. Rockwell-Collins says that some 160 Falcon 50s, have been targeted for ...
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Cruise missiles miss Iraqi targets
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NEARLY ONE QUARTER of the 44 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles (TLAMs) and Boeing AGM-86C conventional air-launched cruise missiles (CALCMs) launched at Iraqi targets during raids on 3 September failed to strike their intended targets, says the US Department of Defense. Thirty-one Tomahawks and ...
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US GAO fears tanker-aircraft shortfall
ALTHOUGH US military refuelling-aircraft meet current needs, satisfying future requirements may be difficult, concludes a recent US General Accounting Office (GAO) report. The US Department of Defense operates almost 900 tanker aircraft, including 550 Boeing KC-135s and 60 McDonnell Douglas KC-10s, which also have a cargo role. The ...
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MDC reveals KC-17 cargo/tanker details
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has unveiled details of proposed KC-17 cargo/tanker versions of its C-17 transport, which could form the bulk of as many as 50 aircraft predicted as potential foreign military sales. Details of the aircraft configuration were given to senior British Army ...
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C-130 teaming
Lockheed Martin has teamed with France's Sogerma-Socea to offer auxiliary-power-unit/air-conditioning upgrade kits for the C-130/L-100 Hercules and secure satellite-communication equipment for the C-130, C-141 Starlifter and C-5 Galaxy. Source: Flight International
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Faster future
Dornier's aircraft range faces changes. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE 30-SEAT DORNIER 328 turboprop, which was first flown in December 1991, has always been a problem for its manufacturer, Oberpfaffenhofen-based Dornier Luftfahrt. While its performance, compared with that of its rivals, is impressive, the 328's 335kt ...
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FMS certification
The Universal Avionics Systems UNS-1Csp flight-management system (FMS) has received US Federal Aviation Administration certification on Cessna's Citation Ultra business jet. The FMS houses a 12-channel global-positioning system and is an all-digital interface "special-package" version of the UNS-1C FMS. Source: Flight International