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P&W ADP lives on
PRATT & WHITNEY is to have talks with Airbus Industrie at the end of September over potential applications of its Advanced Ducted Propulsor (ADP) technology. The move comes despite the recent signing of an exclusive agreement between Airbus and General Electric to study possible engine solutions for the ...
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Scientists lose faith in Ariane 5 managers after 'betrayal'
Tim Furniss/FARNBOROUGH EUROPEAN SPACE Agency (ESA) scientists have been "betrayed" by management mistakes which resulted in the failure of the first Ariane 5 launch in June, according to Roger Bonnet, the head of the agency's space-programmes office. Bonnet says that the official enquiry board into the ...
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Bell signs MoU
Bell signs MoU to take stake in IAR BELL HELICOPTER Textron has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Romania's State Ownership Fund, laying the ground rules for Bell's planned acquisition of a majority of Romanian aircraft manufacturer IAR Brasov. The US helicopter manufacturer's takeover of IAR ...
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JSTARS E-8 faces NATO re-engineing
NORTHROP GRUMMAN is to re-engine the Boeing E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft to be offered to NATO. The US company is already in talks with potential suppliers BMW Rolls-Royce and CFM International about the BR 715 and the CFM 56-3B, respectively. The effect of ...
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Date is set for Eurocopter hearing
THE LEGAL action being brought by Beverley Securities (BSI) against Eurocopter alleging that it failed to pay commissions on defence equipment supplied to the apartheid regime in South Africa, is to have a public hearing on 12 September in Paris (Flight International, 1-6 May). BSI claims that Aerospatiale's ...
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Cruise-missile strikes on southern Iraq satisfy US officials
PENTAGON officials say that they are "satisfied" with the success of the air and cruise-missile strikes carried out on 3 September in the southern Iraq no-fly zone, which followed Iraqi military action against Kurdish safe havens in the north. Fourteen Hughes Tomahawk land-attack missiles (TLAMs) were fired from ...
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CFMI faces new 737 test hurdle
CFM INTERNATIONAL (CFMI) is redesigning the fan-blade-retention device on the CFM56-7B2 for the third time in an attempt to complete certification testing for the engine type for the new-generation Boeing 737. The new test will take place "around the end of September", says CFMI, which realises that ...
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Dornier sets jet date
FAIRCHILD DORNIER could launch a turbofan version of its 30-seat Dornier 328 next month, with development of a stretched 50-seat turbofan to follow in mid-1997 after an eight-month definition phase. The turbofan development, an alternative to the long-awaited turboprop stretched-version of the aircraft, has already been deemed ...
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New Zealand Navy chooses Lynx
THE ROYAL NEW Zealand Navy (RNZN) has completed its replacement naval helicopter evaluation and recommended selection of the LHTEC T800-powered Westland Super Lynx. Sources in Westland and Kaman confirm that the RNZN's evaluation has favoured a Super Lynx. It is understood that the Navy's project office is now ...
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Deft manoeuvres
ONE OF THE loudest noises at the Farnborough air show has been from the chorus of detractors who criticise the more extravagant manoeuvres used by manufacturers in demonstrating their products. What relevance, they have asked, is there in demonstrating steep take-offs and low-speed, high-alpha passes with a large commercial airliner? ...
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Hughes homes in on missile
Hughes is pushing the attractions of a transatlantic procurement programme to the UK Ministry of Defence as part of its bid to win a competition to develop an extended-range active-radar-guided missile for the Royal Air Force. Although the US Air Force (USAF) has no requirement for a missile ...
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Condor power
Rolls-Royce is to provide the engines for up to 24 Boeing 757-300s ordered by German airline Condor in a deal covering 12 firm orders and 12 options. See P12. Source: Flight International
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Heading out west
The Ilyushin Il-103 trainer is being aimed at Western markets Paul Duffy/Moscow With Russian certification now awarded, and with US Federal Aviation Administration certification expected shortly, the Ilyushin Il-103 trainer has become the pathfinder with which manufacturers wish to bridge the void between East and West on ...
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Highly rated
Is cross-crew qualification delivering its promises? David Learmount/LONDONPaul Phelan/CAIRNS AS AIRLINES AND regulators start to gain experience with cross-crew qualification (CCQ) training and mixed-fleet flying (MFF), its potential is becoming clearer. Cathay Pacific Airways, with its unique Airbus Industrie A330/A340 MFF operation, now has 55 complete ...
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Competitive upgrade
Japan is redesigning its H2 booster to enable it to compete in the launcher market. Tim Furniss/LONDON AN UPRATED VERSION of Japan's H2 satellite launcher will have its first flight in 2000, in a late attempt to make a viable entry into the commercial-launcher market and ...
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Licencing and major regulatory issues
REGULATIONS which affect cross-crew qualification (CCQ) and mixed-fleet flying sometimes directly limit the number of commercial type-ratings a pilot is allowed to have on his licence, but in all cases specify the training necessary first to obtain the type ratings and then to maintain type-rating currency. The regulatory components are: ...
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The Cathay experience
CATHAY PACIFIC Airways has been operating mixed-fleet flying with its new Airbus Industrie A330/A340s since August 1995. This is a pioneering departure, in that it requires crews to be simultaneously qualified, on aircraft with two and four engines, a combination, which has never before been an industry-accepted practice for line ...
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Japanese/US bilateral talks falter
Japan's Minister of Transport has written to his US Department of Transportation (DoT) counterpart warning against the imposition of traffic sanctions, following the collapse in the recent round of air services talks. In a letter sent to US transportation secretary Frederico Pena, Japan's minister, Yoshiyuki Kamei, states that ...
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Green light given for Shanghai Pudong Airport construction
The Chinese Government has given the Shanghai municipal authority the green light to begin construction of the new Pudong International Airport. Aeroports de Paris has already been awarded a contract for the overall design of the Pudong Airport. Phases 2 and 3 will include the addition of three ...
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BAe's asset management effort reaps return with more deals
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE says that its aggressive drive to limit losses from the group's extensive turboprop leasebook is beginning to produce results, with a series of new deals including the first sales of Jetstream J31s. BAe Asset Management Turboprops (AMT) announced plans to step up ...