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Cathay moves its simulators Australia
CATHAY PACIFIC Airways is to relocate most of its flight- simulator capability from Hong Kong to an Australian site yet to be decided. The move follows an A$15 million ($11.2 million) concession from the Australian Government against tax which would have been due on the company's five simulators. The first ...
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FedEx may buy United DC-10s
FEDEX, THE US-based overnight-cargo specialist, is believed to be negotiating the purchase of United Airlines' (UAL) fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. FedEx already operates 35 DC-10s (22 -30s and 13 -10s), and in addition plans to run a fleet of 34 MD-11s by the end of 1998. ...
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Fokker submits its bail-out plan to Dutch Government
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH FOKKER HAS delivered a stark warning to the Dutch Government that the company will be left facing a crisis unless the state shareholder approves a major injection of cash. The warning came as Fokker handed over a new business plan to Dutch economics minister ...
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TWA to drop regional
TRANS WORLD Airlines (TWA) regional subsidiary Trans World Express (TWE) is to cease operations on 6 November. Its services will be taken over by independent carrier Trans States Airlines. TWE employees will be laid off and its fleet of 11 leased ATR 42s disposed of, along with the airline's maintenance ...
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Valujet denies firm MD-95 commitment
VALUJET AIRLINES describes as "extremely premature" reports that it is planning to buy 50 MD-95s if McDonnell Douglas (MDC) launches the 100-seat airliner. The Atlanta, Georgia-based low-cost carrier, two years old in October, says that it is talking to several manufacturers, but that "absolutely no decision" has been taken on ...
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Flight Directory: Europe
The final closing date for the 1996/7 Flight International Directory Mainland Europe has been confirmed as Friday 29 September 1995. Entry is free. If you were in the 1994/95 directory and have not received an entry form, or you believe you should be in the book and need paperwork, contact ...
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Sea Launch project gains a boost
THE INTERNATIONAL Sea Launch project for commercial geostationary-orbiting satellite-launcher services from an equatorial mobile offshore platform has moved on with the award of $171 million contracts to two Norwegian firms. Sea Launch, a partnership between Boeing (USA); NPO Energia (Russia); NPO Yuzhnoye (Ukraine); and Kvaerner (Norway); has given ...
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Swissair in preliminary negotiations on Austrian stake
SWISSAIR PRESIDENT Otto Loepfe says that preliminary talks have taken place over taking an increased stake in Austrian Airlines. Loepfe says that he has already held discussions with Austria's new finance minister, Andreas Staribacher, but that he is still waiting for "a concrete reaction" from the Austrian Government, ...
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Technology-transfer key to regional-jet deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA'S AND South Korea's selection, of a Western partner to help develop a new 100-seat regional jet, will be determined by the level of foreign technology transfer. According to South Korean aerospace sources, local industry access to new technology will be the key ...
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Luftwaffe enters Bosnia zone missions in 50 years
Andrea Spinelli/PIACENZA IN ITS FIRST operational deployment since the Second World War, the German air force is flying reconnaissance and electronic-combat and reconnaissance (ECR) Tornado over Bosnia as part of the NATO air campaign against Bosnian Serbs . Composite Wing 1, based at the Italian San ...
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Oriental headache
Western manufacturers seem to be tripping over themselves in their eagerness to sign collaborative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing new airliners. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements, as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If ...
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Innovative fuel research
The US Air Force has awarded Innovative Scientific Solutions an additional $10.6 million to develop thermally stable fuels and high-performance, low-emissions combustors for future USAF aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Aeromexico profit
Aeromexico has reported net profits of $98 million for the second quarter of 1995, turning around a loss of $33 million. The carrier says that the improvement came because it held down costs, increased sales and benefited from the stronger Mexican peso. Aeromexico has cut its fleet by seven aircraft ...
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Sich as a satellite
The Surrey Satellite-built FA SatAlpha failed to separate from its mother satellite, Ukraine's Sich 1, after a delayed launch aboard a Tsyklon booster from Plesetsk on 31 August. The small satellite, built for the Chilean air force, received signals from the ground, but could not respond to them. There was ...
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How cabin-noise suppression works
There are three principal sources of noise in the cabin of a typical twin-engine turboprop aircraft. The first is a result of engine vibration transmitted through the wing structure, which causes the cabin walls to vibrate. Secondly, cabin noise is generated by the propeller slip-stream, coming into contact with the ...
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Display success
Honeywell has won a $99 million Lockheed Martin contract to supply colour liquid-crystal multi-function displays and display generators for the European F-16 mid-life update and 150 Taiwanese F-16s. Source: Flight International
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FAA in the hot seat
The controversy over the FAA's 16G seat-certification rule continues to rumble on. It was introduced in FAR 25.562 Amendment 25-64 as long ago as 1988 and adopted in March 1992 under technical standard order (TSO) C127 for all new commercial aircraft. The major bone of contention is the ...
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Happy birthday
Nashville, Tennessee-based Textron Aerostructures has marked a 30-year association with Gulfstream with delivery of the 779th wing shipset for Gulfstream business-jets - 265 for the GII, 236 for the GIII and 278 so far for the GIV. A contract for 63 GIV wings was received in March, extending production to ...
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New propeller for Yak-50 certificated
Yak UK and Skycraft Services have received UK Civil Aviation Authority certification for the Hoffman HO-V183K three-blade propeller to be fitted to the single-seat Yak-50. CAA certification is also expected for the propeller's use on the two-seater Yak-52 (pictured above). The propeller is designed to produce low vibration levels and, ...
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Envisat assembly
ENGINEERS AT MATRA Marconi Space (MMS), in Filton, Bristol, UK, prepare the propulsion-tank assembly of the Envisat polar platform for integration onto the satellite's service module. MMS has been awarded the $700 million Envisat contract from the European Space Agency. The 8,000kg 25m-long craft is to be launched in 1999. ...