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SAMECO plans abandoned
Plans for the Sino-Singapore joint-venture company, Shenzhen Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering (SAMECO), have been scrapped after the venture failed to win government approval to perform heavy maintenance work. SAMECO was due to open by early 1996, initially providing line maintenance, but with the long-term intention of developing a ...
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GAMECO looks for partners to fund Chinese expansion
GUANGZHOU AIRCRAFT Maintenance Engineering (GAMECO) is considering opening up its joint venture to new partners, as part of its planned expansion into central China. The company plans to start building a new two-bay widebody aircraft maintenance hangar in early 1996 and has targeted the city of Wuhan as ...
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Shorts teams with AlliedSignal on new powerplant
SHORTS AND AlliedSignal Engines have teamed to offer a so-called Integrated Powerplant System, based on AlliedSignal's new TFE731 family of turbofan engines. Bombardier subsidiary Shorts will supply nose cowls, fan-cowl doors and engine-build units, pipework, ducting and electrical harnesses for the nacelle of the new powerplant. The Belfast, ...
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NASA begins repairs to Shuttle boosters
Technicians at Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, began unprecedented repair work to the solid- rocket boosters of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on 18 August. Working inside the nozzles of the boosters, technicians are replacing the insulating material protecting the nozzle O-ring joints with a new ...
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LLV aims at 1996 launch despite booster setback
Lockheed Martin is confident that it can launch the NASA Lewis and Clark spacecraft on schedule in June and July 1996 aboard its Lockheed Launch Vehicle (LLV 1). Its confidence comes despite the loss of the first LLV 1 following a booster failure on 15 August. CTA's $10 million Gemstar ...
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Spacehab contract
NASA has awarded Spacehab a $54 million contract to prepare Space Shuttle Spacehab mid-deck extension laboratory modules for its missions to the Russian Mir 1 space station. Shuttle Mir missions Nos 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be equipped with Spacehab modules. The company is developing a version of the ...
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African aviation
The African aviation industry has been preaching about regional co-operation for years: it could soon happen. Kevin O'Toole/Johannesburg In the middle of August the African aviation community met in Johannesburg to discuss its future. There was nothing new about the issues. The industry, like much else within the ...
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DASA plans to fly Dornier 328 with hydrogen power in 1998
Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is planning to turn a Dornier 328 turboprop into a hydrogen-powered testbed, with a view to possible serial production. The test aircraft is scheduled to be flown in late 1998, and the flight could lead to production of an operational, hydrogen-powered ...
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Lockheed Martin makes final offer to RAAF
LOCKHEED MARTIN has presented its final proposal to replace Royal Australian Air Force C-130s with the new C-130J Hercules and announced its first offset agreements. The proposal is for 12 aircraft to replace RAAF C-130Es, with options taking the potential total to 36, including five aircraft to replace Royal New ...
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Embraer sets date for ALX prototype maiden flight
Embraer will fly the first prototype ALX light-attack aircraft within six months, following the signing on 18 August of the development contract. One of the Brazilian manufacturer's two EMB-312H Super Tucano demonstrators will be fitted with an uprated, 1,190kW (1,600shp), Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 engine for flight-testing ...
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EW deal for Canadians
CAE Aviation has received a C$13.5 million ($10 million) contract to manufacture and install 28 electronic-warfare self-protection suites (EPWS) and 24 forward-dispenser kits (FDK) in Canadian Forces' Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. CAE has already installed the EPWS in two C-130s and the FDK in six aircraft. The programme will take ...
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Canada considers Russian helicopters for sea roles
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA TWO RUSSIAN-BUILT helicopters have unexpectedly emerged as competitors for Canada's pending search-and-rescue (SAR) and maritime-patrol helicopter requirements. Kelowna Flightcraft plans to offer the Mil Mi-17 for the 15-aircraft Canadian SAR Helicopter (CSH) programme, while MacDonald Dettwiler is studying the Kamov Ka-32's suitability for the ...
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Lloyd unveils heliport plans
Australia's Lloyd Helicopters has announced plans to build a commercial heliport in Melbourne, Victoria. The company says that it is negotiating a central site near Melbourne's dock area. Plans call for the heliport to be fully operational in 1996. The project will entail a total investment of around ...
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FM2600 engine well received after Oshkosh show debut
Graham Warwick/Atlanta Switzerland's MDB Flugtechnik reports "enormous interest" in its FM2600 aircraft engine, following the powerplant's debut in a Stoddard-Hamilton GlaStar kitplane at the Oshkosh show in late July. The FM2600 is an all-new, liquid-cooled, four-cylinder engine producing 120kW (161hp) normally aspirated and 150kW turbocharged. MDB ...
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Sault College re-equips with seven aircraft
Canada's Sault College is re-equipping its flight-training department with Zlin 242L aerobatic trainers and will be one of the first North American professional-pilot schools to offer emergency-manoeuvre training. Seven aircraft are being delivered by Zlin Aerospace in Barrie, Ontario to the college, in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario. Sault ...
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Floats for kit RotorWay
Full Lotus has introduced floats for the RotorWay International Exec 90 and 162F kit-built helicopters. To reduce drag, the floats enclose the helicopters' skids. The floats have six separate compartments with the air in each contained by a bladder. Should a compartment suffer a puncture, those compartments adjacent ...
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IATA slams Canadian ATC charges
THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association (IATA) has condemned what it calls unfair and discriminatory overflight charges, to be introduced by Transport Canada in November. Transport Canada is trying to recover two-thirds, or C$165 million ($120 million), of the total annual cost of C$250 million in just one year. ...
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KLM/Garuda intensify co-operation
KLM ROYAL Dutch Airlines and Garuda Indonesia have strengthened their long-established commercial co-operation with a new agreement signed in Jakarta on 23 August, following the conclusion of talks between Garuda's president Soepandi and Pieter Bouw, president of the Dutch carrier. Bouw was in Indonesia as part of a Dutch trade ...
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Is RED the colour of a revolutionary hushkit?
HUSHKITTING NOISY old jet-powered aircraft powered by low- bypass engines, such as the Pratt & Whitney JT8D designed to meet Stage 3 noise regulations has tested the ingenuity of engineers. The few commercial hushkits available are relatively expensive, heavy and degrade engine performance . Former Grumman test pilot ...
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Xiamen plans fleet for overseas travel
Paul Lewis/Xiamen CHINA'S XIAMEN Airlines expects official approval by the end of the year to launch international flights and is planning to acquire a further ten passenger aircraft, including widebody jet-powered airliners. The airline wants to start its first overseas service in 1996, providing it receives ...