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Reverser Contract
Nordam Manufacturing division has signed the contract, announced at the US National Business Aircraft Association convention in October 1994, to design, produce and support the thrust-reversers for Cessna's Pratt & Whitney Canada PW500-powered Citation Bravo and Excel business jets. Source: Flight International
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Fokkers For Stuttgart
Tyrolean Airways will operate all of its three daily services between Vienna and Stuttgart with Fokker 70s from early September, when its third aircraft is delivered. Now, 14 flights a week are operated with Fokker 70s and seven with Fokker 50s. The Fokker 70 has been cleared for the temporary ...
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Allison Engines
Allison Engines recently acquired by Rolls-Royce, became a commercial turbofan manufacturer for the first time earlier this year, when the Indianapolis Company gained US Federal Aviation Administration certification, for its 33.5kN AE3007 engine. The power plant is manufactured in two de-rated versions, for Cessna's Citation X business jet ...
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CFE
CFE, which is a joint venture between AlliedSignal and General Electric, is studying potential growth and "lite" versions of its CFE738-1/2. The lite version would cover the 24-27kN range, incorporating new lightweight materials, an advanced fan and a two-stage low-pressure turbine. The growth CFE738 would offer ...
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Advanced sonar for Nimrod MR2 test
AN ADVANCED acoustic processing system is being installed in a Royal Air Force British Aerospace Nimrod MR2 in preparation for classified tests with the US Navy. The modified Rockwell-BBN (Bolt Beranek and Newman) AAP-400 airborne multi-static active-processor forms the basis for an advanced acoustic processor, which is ...
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Power surge
Arms race or just re-equipment - either way, Southeast Asian nations are on a buying spree Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE DEFENCE EXPENDITURE in Southeast Asia is at an all-time high and is continuing to grow, prompting many ob-servers to suggest that the region is in the throes ...
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AlliedSignal Engines
Dassault's Falcon 900EX business jet, powered by three new AlliedSignal TFE731-60 turbofans, was first flown on 1 June. The US Federal Aviation Administration certificated the engine in May. Also in May, AlliedSignal confirmed the selection of the TFE731-40 for the Falcon 50EX twin-engine business jet. The company says ...
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BMW Rolls-Royce
BMW Rolls-Royce has finalised the configuration of a new 35-62kN family of engines with which it would compete with General Electric's CF34-8C. The company says that a launch decision on the BR500 range is dependent on a risk-sharing partner being found. The new core has three axial compressor ...
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Euro industry replaces AECMA successor
THE EUROPEAN aerospace industry has established a new organisation, which will replace the former European Association of Aerospace Manufacturers (AECMA). The new aerospace umbrella-organisation is called the European Association of Aerospace Industries, and will take over all of AECMA's former tasks as well as undertaking strategic, political and ...
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CFM International
CFM International, a joint venture between France's Snecma and General Electric of the USA, continues to develop its highly successful CFM56 family of engines, and study new potential applications. The CFM56-5B DAC (double annular combustor) was certificated on the Airbus A321 and A320 in January and March, respectively, ...
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Bigot's battle
The joint marketing of the Atlas and Proton fleet is a major threat to Arianespace. Tim Furniss/PARIS IT WAS THE THIRD day of the Paris air show, and Arianespace chairman Charles Bigot was rattled. The day before, Lockheed Martin and Khrunichev of Russia had announced ...
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Cessna/Raytheon study new business-jet plans
CESSNA AND Raytheon Aircraft are studying new mid-sized business jets, which, if launched, would succeed the current Citation VII and Hawker 1000, respectively. The designs are likely to offer larger cabins and higher performance than the aircraft they would replace. Raytheon is believed to be studying a stretched, ...
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Eurojet
Eurojet, a partnership between MTU of Germany, Italy's FiatAvio, Spain's ITP and the UK's Rolls-Royce, is responsible for the EJ200 turbofan which will power production Eurofighter 2000 aircraft. The first EF2000 prototype to be fitted with EJ200 engines, designated DA3, was flown in early June from Alenia's Caselle ...
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General Electric
The first General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 resumed certification flight-testing on 20 July, following rectification of a fan problem discovered during ground-based bird-strike tests earlier this year. New fan-platform spacers have been fitted to existing test and production engines, following validation tests in early July. Compressor surge problems, ...
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Born-again fighter
Israel's low-cost upgrade, for the venerable MiG-21, has entered the flight test stage. Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV THE UPGRADE prepared by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) for the MiG-21 (Flight International, 15-21 March, P14) has been driven by the assumption that most potential customers want to enhance the aircraft's ...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada
Bombardier has selected the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150 to power the recently launched de Havilland Dash 8-400. The PW150 is a growth version of the PW100-series turboprop, and is rated at 4,800-5,600kW. The engine will be de-rated to 3,670kW for the Dash 8-400, however. P&WC is now ...
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MDC is awarded NASA wing work
NASA HAS SELECTED McDonnell Douglas to build and test a full-scale, all-composite, airliner wing under an eight-year, $160 million contract. MDC has already delivered a wing-box test section under a previous phase of NASA's Advanced Composites Programme. The wing will be produced using MDC's stitched resin-film intrusion process, ...
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US Border Patrol receives re-engined Huey for trials
THE US Border Patrol, has taken delivery of five Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1 utility rotorcraft, powered by Light Helicopter Turbine Engine's T800 turboprop engines. The re-engine UH-1s, delivered on 14 July, are on a one-year loan from the US Department of Defense. After testing the combination, ...
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BA reports on Oporto near-collision
A BRITISH AIRWAYS Boeing 737 avoided a head-on collision with a TAP Air Portugal Airbus A340 in May. The 737 took off rapidly from runway 17 at Oporto, Portugal, on 4 May, having seen that the A340 was on short finals for the same runway in the opposite direction. ...
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South Africa is raring to go
Sir - In the article "Survival techniques" (Flight International, 12-18 July, P28) there is the subheading "No better in South Africa" (P32). Fortunately, there are also some positive indications later in the text. Industrial development is in the forefront, particularly in provincial South Africa. The Orange ...