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CAL proposes to sell shares
TAIWAN'S CHINA Aviation Development Foundation (CADF) is to sell around 16% of its holding in China Airlines (CAL) to private investors. The sale will reduce CADF's stake in the carrier to 62%. It also plans to launch a rights issue of 200 million shares. The issue is expected to raise ...
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F-15E purchase
The US Air Force has ordered another six McDonnell Douglas F-15Es as part of a possible 18-strong purchase for attrition. The fiscal year 1996 budget includes funding for six aircraft, with further batches of six to be ordered in FY1997 and FY1998. The first of the six new F-15Es is ...
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Auxiliary roles
As airliners evolve, so do their auxiliary power units. Andrew Doyle/LONDON AUXILIARY-POWER-UNIT (APU) manufacturers are employing new technology to meet ever-increasing demands from aircraft operators for higher reliability and low cost of ownership. They are also studying radical new roles for the APU, and the ...
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Flight International
Max Kingsley-Jones has been appointed as commercial aviation editor on Flight International. He replaces Kieran Daly, who is now editor of fortnightly sister publications Air Navigation International and In-Flight Entertainment International. Kingsley-Jones previously worked for London-based consultancy and information company Airclaims. Gareth Burgess has become junior technical artist. A qualified ...
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Deregulation: not as good a picture as it is painted
Sir - The article "Low-cost carriers save passengers $6 billion" (Flight International, 1-7 May, P10) raises hope that European "deregulation" will bring a similar reduction in air fares. Judging by results in the USA, however, the real benefit for airline passengers is difficult to measure. Less than 3% ...
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Reviving a giant
After the worst downturn in its history, the Douglas Aircraft division of McDonnell Douglas is showing signs of a dramatic recovery. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES IT HAS BEEN A painful period for the Douglas Aircraft (DAC) division of McDonnell Douglas (MDC), but there is fresh optimism in the ...
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Sochata wins its spurs for quick changes
SOCHATA, THE maintenance arm of French aero-engine manufacturer Snecma, has qualified as an approved quick-engine-change (QEC) repair station for the Allison T56-501Ds which power the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. It becomes one of only three such engine-repair centres. Lockheed Martin has provided Sochata with technical training, especially on the Hercules' ...
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First things first
France's recently appointed air force Chief of Staff,Gen Jean Rannou, is sorting out his priorities. Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS FOR A MAN WHO has just seen procurement of his air force's fourth-generation fighter delayed for five years, and its next-generation pre-production transport teeter on the brink of collapse, Gen ...
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NTSB demands immediate inspection of Bell tail booms
THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommends immediate and recurring inspections for cracks in the tail booms of certain Bell 206L (LongRanger) helicopters. The NTSB urges the US Federal Aviation Administration to act after probing the 4 April crash of a Bell 206L-1 near Charleston, West Virginia, ...
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Silkair profit?
SilkAir, the regional subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, is hoping to make its first-ever profit in the current financial year to March 1997. Industry sources say that the airline cut its losses to around S$6 million ($4.3 million) over 1995/6, having produced a deficit of $27.5 million the year before. SilkAir ...
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Modified DC-XA is test flown
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE UPRATED McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Delta Clipper-Experimental Advanced (DC-XA) prototype launcher had its first test flight from White Sands, New Mexico, on 18 May. The 12.8m-high vehicle was flown to an altitude of 800ft (240m), powered by its four liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen (LOX-LH) engines and ...
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Pegasus launches MSTI 3 for USAF
THE FINAL standard model of the three-stage, air-launched Pegasus booster carried the US Air Force's Miniature Sensor Technology Integration satellite, MSTI 3, into orbit on 17 May. It was the sixth successful launch of the Orbital Sciences (OSC) booster since April 1990. The Pegasus was released from an ...
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More business
Russia's Proton launcher, marketed by ILS International Launch Services, has been selected to launch the Lockheed Martin-built Garuda satellite for Asia Cellular Satellite System for $70 million. When the contract is confirmed officially, it will mark the ninth commercial launch in the Proton's backlog. The Russian Government has agreed funding ...
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Reclaimed land suggested for London airport
David Learmount/LONDON THE LATEST SCHEME to create badly needed runway space for London centres on building a new airport on reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary, with two further "feeder/reliever" airports to take the burden from Heathrow and Gatwick. The recommendations come in a report by ...
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NASA to pick X-33 contractor June
THE X-33 SINGLE-stage-to-orbit re-usable launch vehicle (RLV) contractor will be selected by NASA before the end of June. One of three industry teams selected in 1995 to define concepts for an RLV to replace the Space Shuttle will be chosen to design, manufacture and flight-test an X-33 ...
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Fairchild considers a 'stand-up' Metro
FAIRCHILD AIRCRAFT will decide by late July whether to launch a version of its Metro 23 19-seat regional airliner with a "stand-up" cabin. The aircraft would be available 24 months after launch, says chairman Carl Albert. The cabin would be stretched vertically, to give the same 1.8m aisle ...
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Siemens award
Siemens Plessey Systems has won a £37 million ($55 million) contract from Lockheed Martin's Martin Marietta Overseas to manufacture target-acquisition and designation sight/pilot's night-vision sensor subsystems for the British Army's McDonnell Douglas/Westland WAH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopters. Source: Flight International
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MDC briefs 11 airline customers on MD-XX
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) plans to reveal the first technical details of its MD-XX tri-jet derivative family at a conference being held this week in Long Beach, California, to which up to 60 airlines have been invited to attend. "The schedule has accelerated ...
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New software tested
A re-useable navigation-software module running on a commercial off-the-shelf processor has been successfully flight tested on a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-15. The re-useable software test was part of a wider three-flight programme in support of an MDC affordability project for the Joint Strike Fighter and current MDC production-aircraft programmes. In ...
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First Taiwanese Mirage delivered
Taiwan has taken delivery of the first of 60 Dassault Aviation Mirage 2000-5 combat aircraft. The Taiwanese Government has also purchased 1,200 Matra Mica air-to-air missiles, as well as other weaponry. Source: Flight International