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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. ...
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Kiwi Travel runs inaugural service
Kiwi Travel International Airlines became New Zealand's second scheduled international carrier on 23 August when it ran its inaugural service between Hamilton in New Zealand's North Island and Sydney, Australia, using a Boeing 727 leased from Av Atlantic in the USA. Operating under the new Tasman open-skies policy agreed between ...
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Netherlands T56 engine testing
Industrial Acoustics (IAC) has built an Allison T56 engine test cell for the Royal Netherlands Navy, which will use it for testing the T56-A-14 engines, which power its fleet of Lockheed Orion P-3s. The unit, located at the Valkenburg naval air station, can also be used to test Garrett auxiliary ...
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Nimrod crashes at Canadian air show
A ROYAL AIR Force (RAF) British Aerospace Nimrod MR2 maritime reconnaissance aircraft with a crew of seven crashed into Lake Ontario during its display sequence at the Canadian International Air Show, Toronto on 2 September. There were no survivors. When the aircraft hit the surface, about 200 nose-down, it had ...
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Singapore FBO acquired
Jet Aviation has acquired DHP Aviation, a fixed-based operator and maintenance centre at Singapore's Seletar Airport. The maintenance base is able to support Canadair Challenger, Cessna Citation, Dassault Falcon, Gulfstream and Raytheon Hawker business jets, and includes avionics, component-overhaul, upholstery and paint shops. Source: Flight International
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Grob plans GF200 stretch version
GERMAN MANUFACTURER Grob is already planning to develop a six-seat stretched version of its prototype GF200 light "pusher" aircraft (above), despite the so-far unsuccessful search for a major partner to fund series production. Known as the GF250/6, the stretched version will be powered by a313kW (420hp) Allison turbine engine, replacing ...
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Eagle flys
Australian light aircraft manufacturer Eagle Aircraft is relocating its headquarters and production base from Perth, Western Australia, to a new purpose-built site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to acting company chief executive, Nor Manshor Ghafar, the reason for the move is to "...cut down production and labour costs." Manufacture of ...
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Shannon
Peter Ellison is named head of marketing and sales at Shannon Aerospace of Ireland. He replaces Roger Haslimeier, who has completed a five-year secondment from Swissair. Ellison, previously deputy to Haslimeier joined Shannon in 1994, having worked formerly for Irish leasing company GPA. ...
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Piper
Larry Bardon, formerly with Lockheed's "Skunk Works" and Pilatus Aircraft, has been appointed director for marketing and sales at light piston-aircraft manufacturer New Piper Aircraft, of Vero Beach, Florida. Dan Elliott becomes manager for manufacturing. Elliott, who previously spent 13 years with Piper, returns having served as chief tool engineer ...
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SAAB
Saab Aircraft of America has appointed John Sterne as a director for regional-airline sales. He was formerly sales director with ATR Marketing. Al Smolinski, previously marketing director for Jetstream Aircraft, becomes vice-president for marketing support. Mike Miller, previously of Rolls Royce, will serve as director of fleet planning. ...
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Lockheed Martin
Sandra Walls has been appointed vice-president of business management at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems, of Marietta, Georgia. She replaces Todd Kallman, who becomes vice-president of business management for the aeronautics sector of Lockheed Martin, of Bethesda, Maryland. Walls, with Lockheed since 1969, was formerly director of enterprise business planning. ...