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Jayhawk first
US Navy pilots have begun training on the US Air Force's Raytheon T-1A Jayhawk multi-engine trainers. The joint airlift/tank/maritime training aircraft is a forerunner to joint primary training, which will begin once the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) enters service. The Raytheon Beech MkII has been selected as the ...
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V-22 progress
Bell Helicopter Textron has completed the nacelles for the first production-representative V-22 tilt-rotor. They will be mated to the Bell-manufactured wing in October. Bell and Boeing Helicopters are building four V-22s under the engineering and manufacturing development programme, the first of which will be flown in late 1996 Source: ...
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B-52 attempt
A US Air Force Boeing B-52H from the 96th Bomb Squadron was being used in an attempt to break the world speed record for flying 10,000km (5,400nm) unrefuelled, with a payload of 5,000kg, as Flight International went to press. On 25 August it was flown from Edwards AFB, California, to ...
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Valujet expands fleet
ValuJet Airlines is to buy three more McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s, taking its fleet to 38 by the end of 1995. One ex-Delta Air Lines aircraft was delivered in August and two ex-Express One International aircraft will be delivered in October and November. Source: Flight International
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Canadian returns aircraft
Canadian Airlines International is to return three leased aircraft at the end of October following a review of its route network and narrowbody fleet requirements. Canadian will also discontinue selected services in northern Canada, turning some over to Canadian Regional and Calm Air. Source: Flight International
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Europe visits China
A joint delegation consisting of most of Europe's major aircraft manufacturers is leaving for China at the end of August with an offer of participation in Sino-Korean plans for a 100- to 120-seat regional jet (Flight International 16-22 August, p8). British Aerospace, Daimler-Benz Aerospace, Fokker, Aerospatiale, Alenia and CASA have ...
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Nashville tunes up
Nashville Air has applied for certification from the US Department of Transportation, and plans to begin Boeing 737 services from Nashville, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Detroit, New York and Orlando by the end of 1995. The airline is still attmepting to raise the $20 million necessary to begin flight operations. ...
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Shannon breakthrough
Lauda Air has signed a one-year agreement with Shannon Aerospace for the maintenance of the Austrian carrier's fleet of Boeing 767s and 737s. Lauda's initial 767 will be input in October, and will be the first of the type to be worked on by the Irish overhaul concern. ...
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Southwest signs up
Southwest Airlines has awarded GE Engine Services a ten-year, $380 million contract to maintain the CFM56-7 engines which will power the US carrier's fleet of Boeing 737-700s. The work will be performed under GE's Maintenance Cost Per Hour (MCPH) service programme. Southwest will begin taking delivery of 737-700s in 1997. ...
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Kiwi Travel wins approval for tran-Tasman services
KIWI TRAVEL International Airlines has emerged successfully from its dispute with the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (NZCAA), finally gaining approval for starting scheduled services across the Tasman Sea to Australia. NZCAA chief Kevin Ward had opposed the granting of a licence, principally until the US Federal Aviation ...
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Northrop Grumman details IDECM bid
Northrop Grumman has revealed details of its proposal for the joint US Navy/Air Force integrated defensive electronic-countermeasures (IDECM) requirement. The company is one of four bidders for the contract to develop a jamming system for the USN's McDonnell Douglas F-18E/F and various USAF aircraft, including the McDonnell Douglas ...
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Balkan/Malta link-up
Air Malta and Sofia, Bulgaria-based Balkan Airlines are to operate a joint Sofia-Malta-New York-John F Kennedy, USA scheduled service using a Balkan-operated Boeing 767-200ER. Air Malta chairman Joseph Tabone says that the weekly service, starting in November, results from negotiations aimed at providing a viable, non-stop New York service from ...
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TASC offers turbulence prediction
ALMOST 25% OF reported aircraft accidents are turbulence-related, claims Reading, USA-based meteorological equipment manufacturer TASC, which offers operators a system for clear-air turbulence (CAT) prediction. Known as the SCATR (specific clear-air-turbulence risk predictor), the screen-displayed system uplifts data from the world's primary meteorological centre at Bracknell, UK. ...
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EUCARE takes shape
David Learmount/London EUROPE IS EDGING closer to the creation of a confidential aviation-safety reporting system. Proponents of the idea, known as EUCARE, expect a formal proposal to emerge from a 12 September meeting in Brussels. The likely framework, say sources close to the EUCARE, would be ...
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Loral recorder gains double approval
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA LORAL DATA Systems has received US and European certification for its Fairchild A200S solid-state cockpit-voice recorder (CVR). The Sarasota, Florida-based company believes the A200S to be the first 2h-capacity CVR to meet the latest Eurocae ED-56A certification standard. The ED-56A sets new requirements for ...
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Meeting demands
Airbus Industrie rolls out the A319 to complete its present range of airliners. Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE IN JUST 25 years since its creation in December 1970, Airbus Industrie has fielded a range of airliners spanning 124-350 seats, knocked McDonnell Douglas (MDC) into third place in ...
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Mighty Moose
It has been a testing time for the C-17, but the military transporter is winning new friends. Guy Norris/MILDENHALL THE McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) C-17 military transport has earned the nickname "The Moose" because of its impressive size and large, antler-like winglets. After years of doubt, it also seems ...
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Laser gyro at the core of Honeywell ADIRS
HONEYWELL'S GG1320 LASER GYRO, developed for the Boeing 777, forms the core of the company's new air-data/inertial-reference system (ADIRS) (Flight International, 23-29 August) selected by Boeing for the 737-600/-700/-800 family. The new gyro is also included in Honeywell's VIA 2000 integrated avionics system. Source: Flight International
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AIDC seeks Taiwanese air force support for IDF trainer variant
Paul Lewis/TAIWAN TAIWAN'S Aero Industry Development Centre (AIDC) is pressing the air force to support the development of an advanced trainer variant of the Ching-Kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF). AIDC is proposing a "downgraded" tandem-seat version of the IDF to meet the Taiwanese air force's requirement ...
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ChinaStar goes to Lockheed
Tim Furniss/LONDON CHINA ORIENT Telecom Satellite has awarded Lockheed Martin the contract to build its ChinaStar 1 satellite which will be launched on a Long March 3 booster in late 1997. Although China has built its own geostationary communications satellites, it does not have the capability ...