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Boeing 737 mystery prompts airworthiness directives
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC and David Learmount/LONDON The US National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into the USAir Pittsburgh crash has spawned airworthiness directives (ADs) requiring changes in the Boeing 737 flight-control system. This comes despite the fact that the investigation, the most exhaustive in the board's history, has failed ...
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Pricing row forces Virgin Express to delay new Geneva service
VIRGIN EXPRESS has been forced to postpone "until further notice" its new scheduled service to Geneva, following the Swiss authorities' objections to the company's low-fare policy. The Brussels-based carrier was to have begun services on 2 September. The proposed Virgin Express aimed to set fares at around half ...
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Lucent to test smart helicopter quieting
Use of smart materials to reduce helicopter rotor noise is to be studied by Lucent Technologies and Sikorsky Aircraft, under a three-year, $13 million contract sponsored by the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Lucent is a new subsidiary of US telecommunications giant AT&T, and its Bell Laboratories research-and-development ...
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A coming of age
The powerful Trent 800 is carving out a big slice of the engine market for Rolls-Royce. Guy Norris/LOS A little over a year from now the world's longest jet airliner is due to fly from Everett, Washington. Powering the first flight of the Boeing 777-300 will be Rolls-Royce ...
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Bedek
Tommy Guttman has been appointed US director of marketing and business development for Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Bedek Aviation Group. He will be based at the IAI US office in Arlington, Virginia. Guttman, who previously headed the North American desk at Bedek's headquarters at Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel, replaces ...
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EF2000 overtakes inflation rate
Sir - In May 1996, I noted an article which quoted the price of the Eurofighter EF2000 at £34 million ($56.6 million). Two months later, in the UK Times of 22 July, the price was quoted as £50 million. What is happening? I thought that inflation was supposed ...
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Contenders line up for Australian airport sale
AT LEAST SEVEN consortia, mostly backed by foreign interests, are planning to bid in the first tranche of Australia's postponed airport-privatisation programme, worth around A$4 billion ($3.2 billion). Sydney Airport will not be offered in the initial round, however, pending a decision on the location and opening date ...
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Air New Zealand poised to take a 50% stake in Ansett airline group
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) has finally concluded an agreement to take over TNT's 50% stake in the Ansett airline group, ending a round of negotiations which has dragged on for nearly 12 months. ANZ will pay A$325 million ($257 million) for the stake, ...
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ATN team to be led by AlliedSignal project
ATN SYSTEMS, the industry consortium created to develop the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN), has picked an AlliedSignal-led team to develop the network "router". The team will provide the avionics and ground system equipment needed to support routing and operation of data communications services over the ATN. Working ...
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F-18s are shown to Hungary
Gabor Szekeres/BUDAPEST McDONNELL DOUGLAS has joined the competition for the Hungarian air force's multi-role-fighter requirement, with a demonstration of its F-18 Hornet to senior defence officials at the Kecskemet Air Force base. The F-18D was taken on a ten-day tour of Hungary, the Czech Republic ...
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Taiwan
The Pentagon plans to sell Taiwan 1,299 Stinger heat-seeking air-defence missiles, 74 training missiles, 74 vehicle-mounted missile launchers, 96 high-mobility multi- purpose wheeled vehicles, and 0.50 calibre ammunition, worth an estimated $420 million. US contractors benefiting from the foreign military sale include Hughes Missile Systems, Boeing Missiles and Space and ...
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US military suffers spate of crashes
THE CRASH OF A US AIR Force McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle during a training flight in Idaho on 27 August, rounded off a series of US military accidents to take place during the month. The pilot of the F-15E, which was assigned to the 390th Fighter Squadron ...
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Australia's Qantas and Japan Airlines reach agreement on codesharing
QANTAS AND JAPAN Air Lines (JAL) have negotiated a memorandum of understanding on a codesharing deal which will allow both carriers to rationalise services on tourism routes between Tokyo, Cairns and Brisbane, following a flattening of the Japanese market. Under the arrangement, Qantas will operate direct Boeing 747 ...
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Re-engined AH-1S expected to fly by year-end
AN ISRAELI AIR FORCE prototype of the Bell Helicopter Cobra AH-1S, re-engined with a version of the General Electric T-700-701C, is due to start demonstration flights before the end of the year. The air force has decided to replace the original Avro-Lycoming T-53 engines to improve the Cobra's ...
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BA optimistic on open-skies
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways chief executive Bob Ayling is hopeful that the US/UK open-skies negotiations will be back on track by the end of September, despite the breakdown in the latest round of talks. Doubts were raised over the state of relations between the two sides ...
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Kaman flies SH-2G composite blades
Kaman Aerospace says it has successfully flight-tested second-generation composite main rotor blades (CMRB2s) for its SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopter. The CMRB2s are designed for improved durability and lower life-cycle costs, compared with existing metal blades. "Flight tests indicate that the CMRB2 'rotor' has four-times the life of a ...
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Aerospatiale upbeat on profits as Dassault talks continue
Julian Moxon/PARIS AEROSPATIALE'S NEW president, Yves Michot, says that the state-owned giant could be back in profitability this year, setting the group up for its merger with Dassault and privatisation within the next three years. In an upbeat forecast, Michot says that early indications are that ...
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Blast-off for Eurofighter ejection
Martin-Baker is close to completing operational testing of its Mk16A microprocessor-controlled ejection seat for the Eurofighter EF2000 air superiority fighter, using a special rocket-propelled sled mounted on the company's 1800m test track. An actual EF2000 forward fuselage is mounted on the sled, which is then accelerated to a speed ...
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...while signalling caution on a new Japanese alliance deal
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS British Airways has signalled that the signing up of an alliance partner in the Asia-Pacific region will take a back seat as the airline first attempts to see through its tie-up with American Airlines. Chief executive Bob Ayling told a meeting of Australia's National ...
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Orbital Sciences wins X-34 launch-test vehicle deal
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA has formally awarded Orbital Sciences (OSC) the $50 million contract to develop the small X-34 technology demonstrator for the agency's reusable launch vehicle (RLV) programme. The X-34 research will complement the Lockheed Martin's X-33 single-stage-to-orbit RLV sub-orbital demonstration vehicle and the McDonnell ...