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Anti-Ice Blankets
Composites Atlantic of Lunenburg Nova Scotia, has been selected by AlliedSignal Aerospace Canada to manufacture 69 heater blankets for its Electro-Thermal Ice Protection System. The system prevents clear ice from forming on upper wing surfaces. Source: Flight International
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ARIA to lease DC-10 freighters
Paul Duffy/SHANNON AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN International Airlines (ARIA) is to acquire two McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10-30F freighters to expand its cargo services to the USA and the Far East. The aircraft are expected to arrive in Moscow by the middle of August, for introduction into service in September. ...
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Sabena and Swissair tie the knot
SABENA AND SWISSAIR have made their marriage official with the signing of the final documents on 25 July. The deal will give the Swiss carrier a 49.5% stake in its Belgian partner (Flight International, 26 July-1 August). Joint work groups are already studying various alliance projects, with initial ...
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Yakovlev dropped from Galaxy prototype work
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT company Yakovlev is to be replaced as the manufacturer of the fuselage and empennage on the prototypes of the Galaxy business jet being built in association with Israel Aircraft Industries. The Israeli Company is searching for an alternative-manufacturing source, with ...
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A matter of image
Matra's Mica firing tops a change in philosophy from the missile manufacturer. Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE SUCCESSFUL TEST in mid-July of Matra's imaging infra-red (IIR) variant of its Mica medium-range air-to-air missile (AAM) was more than just the advent of a next-generation weapon. It also capped ...
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Mesa-backed airline to start UK service
NEW UK CARRIER Community Express Airlines is awaiting the delivery of the first of two Shorts 360-300s from Liberty Express in the USA, to inaugurate a domestic schedule. Community Express will initially link Birmingham with London Gatwick, most probably from early October. Expansion to connect Bristol, ...
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Turbomeca will dispute US damages
FRENCH AERO-ENGINE builder Turbomeca is to appeal against a Missouri court award of $350 million to the family of a pilot of a Turbomeca Arriel-powered, US-made helicopter killed in a crash near Kansas City, Missouri, in 1993. A Missouri jury awarded $175 million for prejudice suffered and $175 ...
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Norman floats Triloader freighter
AFTER TASTING success with the Islander/Trislander series of light multi-purpose aircraft, and failure with his subsequent Firecracker and Field- master models, UK design veteran Desmond Norman is trying again. His latest project, in which he is teamed with ex-Hawker employee Alec Clark in Clark-Norman Aircraft, is the Triloader, ...
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Re-engined Dornier 28 to be offered by Hungarians
A HUNGARIAN company called G92 Commerce is planning to fly a re-engine turboprop version of the Dornier 28 D-2 Skyservant utility aircraft by the end of this month. The aircraft will be powered by Walter M601Z turboprops, which are built by Czech manufacturer Motorlet, instead of the ...
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US improvement continues in GA
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE HEALTH of the US general-aviation (GA) industry continues to improve. Aircraft makers shipped 445 aircraft, worth $1.3 billion, in the first six months of 1995, compared with only 406 aircraft, worth $973 million in the same period of 1994. The industry rebound, ...
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ARIA believes the worst is over
Paul Duffy/SHANNON AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN International Airlines (ARIA) could now be over the worst of the transition to market economics, suggests director general Vladimir Tikhonov, presenting the carrier's latest annual results. The 1994 figures show that ARIA's passenger volume fell for the fourth year in succession, edging ...
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Eurosky Goes East
EuroSky, Austria's newest airline, has received approval for scheduled services to Wroclaw in Poland and Kosice in Slovakia. Special introductory fare offers will be available during the European summer. The airline also plans to fly to Trieste, Italy, and to expand operations to more Central European destinations. Source: ...
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Asiana invites bids for fleet expansion
ASIANA OF SOUTH Korea is understood to have asked Airbus Industrie, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas to provide pricing for around 40 new narrow body and wide body aircraft for delivery from 1998/9 onwards. The airline has divided its projected future requirement between about 20 new 100- to 150-seat ...
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RAAF drops AMX-T from trainer contest
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE AMX International AMX-T has been dropped from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) lead-in fighter-trainer competition, narrowing the selection to five contenders. Elimination of the AMX-T comes shortly before the release of a draft request for tenders (RFT). The tender document is ...
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FANS datalink component becomes operational
A PROTOTYPE OF the new oceanic-sector workstation - the controller's link to the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) - is now in operational testing at the US Federal Aviation Administration's Oakland, California, air-route traffic-control centre. The workstation, called the telecommunications processor, represents the first phase of the ...
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Taiwan carriers get ready for re-equipment
TAIWAN'S TWO major carriers EVA Air and China Airlines (CAL), are close to finalising orders for a total of up to 22 new 150-seat narrow bodies, as part of planned major re-equipment programmes. EVA is understood to be finalising the purchase of an initial six McDonnell Douglas (MDC) ...
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Japan/USA disagree on cargo agreement
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE JAPANESE and the US Governments have offered different interpretations of their recent air-cargo agreement, opening the door to possible further disputes in the future. According to Japanese transport minister Shizuka Kamei, the US Government has given a verbal undertaking to revise the ...
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China fires ballistic missiles
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED move, China fired a series of CSS-6/M-9 intermediate-range ballistic missiles out into the South China Sea at a 18.5km (10nm)-wide target area, 140km north of Taiwan. The week-long testing started 21 July, with the firing of two M-9s from Leping, in Jiangxi province, 480km away ...
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China is poised to receive its first A320
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SICHUAN AIRLINES IS expected to take delivery of its first Airbus Industrie A320 by the end of July, following recent certification of the aircraft by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The airline still requires final approval from China's State Planning Commission to ...
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Self-Service Shuttle
In a further step in the move towards electronic ticketing, Shuttle by United has introduced self-service boarding machines at San Francisco International and Los Angeles International airports. The machines were developed with AT&T Global Information Solutions. Travelers with electronic tickets, use touch- screens to select their seats and the machine ...