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US airlines report record quarters
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Apart from fears over the threatened fuel tax, US airlines had little to complain about from their financial performance in the second quarter, turning in a clutch of record profits. The major carriers ended the quarter showing a combined net profit of more ...
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MDC
John Capellupo has become president of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace. With McDonnell Douglas (MDC) for 34 years, Capellupo has also served as president of MDC's Missile Systems as well as being deputy president of Douglas Aircraft. Kenneth Francis, formerly executive vice-president responsible for McDonnell Douglas Aerospace West, will assume special-assignment duties ...
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Soyuz
The Gavrilov R-195 turbojet was developed to power Sukhoi Su-25 and Su-28 attack aircraft. The Khachaturov R-29 powers the Mikoyan MiG-23 and MiG-27, as well as the Sukhoi Su-22. The Soyuz design bureau is also known as the Moscow Scientific Production Corporation "Soyuz" (Alliance). Source: Flight International
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Turbomeca
Eurocopter is to offer a high-powered version of the AS565 Naval Panther helicopter, fitted with Turbomeca Arriel 2C turbo-shaft engines, replacing the previous Arriel 1M1 engines. An upgraded version of the AS.350 Ecureuil is also being developed, which will use the 640kW Arriel 2. Turbomeca also supplies the ...
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Turbo-Union
Rolls-Royce says that production of more than 100 Turbo-Union RB.199s for 48 additional Panavia Tornado GR.1 strike aircraft ordered by the Royal Saudi Air Force will help enable it to "...match military capacity to workload". The Turbo-Union consortium, which consists of Rolls-Royce, MTU and FiatAvio, has to date produced more ...
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Walter M601F
Czech-engine manufacturer Walter, known as Motorlet before the company's privatisation in March, claims to be Europe's biggest manufacturer of turboprop engines of 370-600kW. Models in production include the two-shaft reverse-flow M-601, which powers Let L-410 and L-420 commuter aircraft and the PZL 130 trainer; the M-602 turboprop for ...
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WSK PZL Rzeszow
WSK PZL-Rzeszow of Poland has introduced an up-rated version of its popular GTD-350 turbo-shaft engine, which powers the Mil Mi-2 helicopter. The GTD-350W offers improved compressor efficiency, resulting in an increase in take-off power of 18kW, to 315kW. The improvements are also available as a retrofit for existing engines. To ...
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ZMKB Progress
ZMKB Progress has developed the D-436T and D-436M turbofan engines for the Tupolev Tu-334 and Yak-42M, respectively. The D-18T high-bypass turbofan powers the Antonov An-124 and An-225 transporters. The DV-2 is a small military turbofan designed to replace the Al-25TL as the power plant for the Aero L-59 ...
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Right direction for Raytheon?
Sir - I read the story "Raytheon light jet will have composite fuselage" (Flight International, 5-11 July, P4). If Raytheon believes that it is going to beat the Cessna CitationJet, it is throwing money down the drain. What Raytheon has done best is to perfect other fine designs ...
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Can anyone unveil Disrobe's position?
Sir - On 6 June 1944, I was on night-fighting patrols in a Mosquito between Sword and Utah beaches, Normandy. While heading towards France, the UK controller told me to change channel and to call "Disrobe". Disrobe's confident voice and the separation he maintained between me and US ...
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The costs of timesharing
Sir - In the article "Jet Aviation backs business-jet timeshare-scheme launch" (Flight International, 19-25 July, P13) there is a mistake. Part owners will not have to pay $150,000 a year, then pay $500 per flight hour, but, for one-third of an aircraft, they will have to make a ...
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Baltic Boeings are burgeoning
Sir - I refer to the article "Baltic first for Boeing" (Flight International, 19-25 July, P12). While it is correct to state that, this was the first delivery of a new Boeing to a Baltic States operator, it is not the first to be operated in that region. That honour ...
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Mission Delay
The 135-day flight aboard the Mir 1 space station by European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter, scheduled for launch on 22 August, has been delayed by at least two weeks to allow the resident Mir crew to carry out major work. Source: Flight International
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Huygens Arrives
The Aerospatiale-built, European Space Agency Huygens Titan lander craft has been delivered to NASA for integration with the Cassini Saturn orbiter. The craft will be launched on 6 October 1997. Alenia Spazio has also delivered the Cassini's 3.96m-diameter high-gain antenna. Source: Flight International
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Fire-Fighting Offer
The Bedek division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is offering to provide fire-fighting services using Russian-made aircraft such as the Antonov An-32 on seasonal dry or wet lease. Bedek is also offering kits, which enable cargo transports such as the Lockheed Martin C-130 to be converted quickly into fire-fighting aircraft. ...
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Sentry Tunes In
The US Air Force says that the crew of a Boeing E-3A Sentry en route to Seattle in April helped guide the pilot of a Piper Comanche through mountainous terrain in poor visibility to a landing at Butte, Montana, after his aircraft had struck a tree at low altitude. ...
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Carib Expands
Carib Express, the Caribbean airline in which British Airways has a 20% holding, introduced new services to Antigua and Georgetown, Guyana on 31 July. Served by 76-seat BAe 146-100s, the Georgetown service operates direct from Barbados, while the six weekly flights to Antigua have a varied routing, linking in at ...
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Hartsfield Goes Dutch
Martinair will become the 21st international airline to serve Atlanta, Georgia's Hartsfield International Airport, when the Netherlands airline begins all-cargo services from Amsterdam on 6 August. Hartsfield says that international cargo volume increased more than 20% in the first five months of 1995. Source: ...
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Inflight Service Improves
The International Inflight Service Management Organisation will merge with the Montreal, Canada-based International Air Transport Association (IATA) from 1 September, becoming the IATA Inflight Service Management Council. IATA says that the move reflects "a growing need for action on common problems". Source: Flight International