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Licence to change
European pilot-training organisations at all levels will have to cope with a new set of standards. David Learmount/LONDON Most European pilots know that flight-crew licence requirements are changing to a European standard, but few could say when or describe the differences. Pilot-training organisations, on the other hand, ...
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P&W begins testing PW4090 turbofan
PRATT & WHITNEY IS testing its PW4090 turbofan, the latest high-thrust version of the PW4000 which, rated at 400kN (90,000lb) take-off thrust, is destined to power Boeing's high- gross-weight 777-200 wide-body twinjet. The East Hartford, Connecticut-based company hopes to obtain US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the engine ...
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Customers tune in to weather system
AAI's SYSTEMS management subsidiary (AAI/SMI) has announced new customers for its Next Generation Weather Observing System (NEXWOS), the commercial version of the ASOS automated weather-reporting system in production for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Latvia's air-navigation service has ordered an ASOS II, the export version of ...
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MMS to build fourth Hot Bird
Tim Furniss/LONDON MATRA MARCONI SPACE (MMS) has been awarded a $200 million contract to build the 20 Ku-band transponder, direct-to-home, Hot Bird 4 satellite for European communications-satellite organisation Eutelsat. MMS is already building the Hot Birds 2 and 3. The MMS built, 2.7t Hot Birds 2-4, ...
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Collins windshear radar approved certificated
COLLINS COMMERCIAL Avionics, part of Rockwell International, says that its Forward Looking Wind-shear Weather Radar has received supplemental type certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Trials of the WXR-700X were completed using a Boeing 737-300. The radar warns of wind-shear conditions up to 90s ahead of the ...
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A320 Overhaul
Lufthansa Technik (LTAG) began overhauling Airbus A320 landing gears at its Hamburg, Germany site in July. Meanwhile, LTAG has acquired a complete Boeing 747-200 landing gear, in addition to the 747-400 gear already held in the company's inventory of rotable spares. Source: Flight International
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Lockheed signs deal to launch Superbird C
LOCKHEED MARTIN has signed a contract with Japan's Space Communications (SCC) to launch the Superbird C communications satellite on an Atlas 2AS booster from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1997. SCC, which is a joint venture of 28 Mitsubishi companies, operates two Superbirds, A1 and B1, which were launched ...
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Galileo capsule on suicide mission
A HUGHES-BUILT, INSTRUMENTED capsule was deployed from NASA's Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft on 12 July, en route for a 170,000 km/s encounter with the giant planet's atmosphere on 7 December (Flight International, 28 June-4 July). During the 75min plunge, the 338kg capsule will return data from the bowels of Jupiter before ...
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P&W in engine link-ups with Russians
PRATT & WHITNEY has taken delivery of the first Russian RD-120 flight-qualified production engine at its West Palm Beach factory in Florida, in the first stage of a joint programme with NPO Energomash to market a derivative of the Zenit upper-stage rocket engine. The primary application of the ...
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Concerns at UK CAA despite profits
THE UK CIVIL AVIATION Authority has voiced serious worries about finance for investment in air-traffic-control (ATC) development, despite declaring a trading surplus and showing convincing evidence of increased operational efficiency in its latest annual report. Success in reducing ATC departure delays - from an average of 20min ...
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Pemco pushes heavier 727-200
PEMCO WORLD AIR Services Group has received US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification (STC) for weight increases for the Boeing 727-200. The STC raises the maximum zero fuel weight to almost 70,370kg from 63,320kg, and maximum landing weight is increased to almost 74,500kg from 72,575. The first ...
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Raytheon reports record first-quarter earnings
RAYTHEON HAS reported record earnings for the first quarter, which includes results from E-Systems, acquired for $2.3 billion. The US Company also cites the "record performance" at Raytheon Aircraft as contributing to second-quarter earnings of $195.5 million on sales of $2.8 billion. Net income was up by 1.7%, on sales ...
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Central European ATC centre closer
Julian Moxon/PARIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN reached, on the first stages for a Maastricht style central European joint upper airspace air traffic control (ATC) centre, which if implemented, would significantly reduce congestion over the area. Wrangling continues over the location of the headquarters for the Central ...
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LoPresti to build Frati's F.22 in USA
LOPRESTI AIRCRAFT IS to licence-manufacture the General Avia F.22 two-seat light aircraft in the USA for sale in North America. Vero Beach, Florida-based LoPresti has taken delivery of two Italian-built aircraft, which it will assemble and display at the Oshkosh show in late July. The company ...
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Avcon fins tested on Learjet 36
AVCON INDUSTRIES IS flight-testing a Learjet 36 business jet fitted with rear-fuselage ventral fins to improve low-speed handling. The Avcon Fins are similar to the delta fins developed by Learjet for the Model 31A and will be offered for retrofit to existing Model 25s, 35s and 36s. Newton, ...
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New York carrier heliport is 'financially feasible'
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE CREATION OF A New York heliport, using a retired helicopter-carrier moored off Manhattan, is financially feasible, according to a study completed by Intrepid Heliport. The plan calls for the USS Guadalcanal to be converted to a full-service heliport and moored to the veteran ...
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Agusta Power will 'double A.109 production' rate
AGUSTA HOPES ALMOST to double production of its A.109 twin-turbine helicopter when deliveries of the new A.109 Power begin in mid-1996. The present A.109C and "hot-and-high" K2 will remain in production alongside the Power, and the Italian manufacturer hopes to increase production from the recent level of 20-25 annually to ...
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Hughes reveals Tier II Plus suite
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES DETAILS OF THE reconnaissance suite, on the US Department of Defense's, Tier II Plus high altitude endurance unmanned air vehicle, (UAV) have been revealed by Hughes Aircraft. The UAV, which is being developed by a Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical-led team for the Advanced Research ...
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Lockheed Martin turns TriStar into flying hospital
LOCKHEED MARTIN Aircraft Services is to convert a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar into a flying hospital under a $14.5 million contract from Operation Blessing International Relief and Development, a Virginia Beach-based relief organisation. Lockheed Martin says that the converted L-1011 will be the largest self-contained hospital aircraft ever built. ...
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FAA rethinks procedures
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is now undertaking a comprehensive review of its regulations and certification procedures. FAA chief David Hinson says that he wants to take "...a fresh look at the way we do things". The review is expected to take up to nine months to complete. ...