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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. ...
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JPATS rivals protest over DoD decision
PROTESTS HAVE been lodged by Cessna Aircraft and Lockheed Martin over the Pentagon's selection of the Raytheon Aircraft PC-9 Mk11 as the US military's next-generation primary training aircraft. Losing competitors in the US Air Force/US Navy's Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) programme were given ten days to ...
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Pentagon disputes B-2 criticism bomber
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense (DoD) has responded to criticism of the Northrop Grumman B-2 bomber, claiming that it is meeting stealth and operational requirements. The comment follows allegations in the US press that the US Air Force has yet to demonstrate that the aircraft's design will ...
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GPA cancellation hits MD-11
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE McDONNELL Douglas (MDC) MD-11 programme has received another blow, with the long-anticipated cancellation of 13 firm orders placed by leasing company GPA. The cancellations were revealed in MDC's quarterly financial report, which says that "...existing orders for 13 tri-jets from a ...
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MDC increases earnings
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES INCREASED INCOME from the F-15 and C-17 programmes have helped McDonnell Douglas (MDC) to record operating earnings of $328 million in the first six months of 1995 - a 21% increase over the same period in 1994, when net profits were $272 million. ...
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FAA calls for check on THY JT8Ds overhauls
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration will issue an airworthiness directive (AD) calling for detailed inspection of Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbofan engines overhauled by Turk Hava Yollari (THY), an FAA-certificated aircraft and engine-maintenance shop in Turkey. The AD results from an investigation of the 8 June uncontained failure ...
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DASA gets ready for French joint ventures
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is restructuring its satellite and missile divisions in preparation for the founding of two joint ventures with Aerospatiale of France. The German company has announced plans to form two new daughter companies in these fields - Dornier Satellitensysteme (Dornier Satellite ...
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Europe plans 12-month trial to advance ADS forward
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST trial of satellite-based automatic dependent surveillance (ADS) will begin in Europe by the end of the year. The European Commission-funded ADS Europe programme will gather data from at least 11 aircraft - ten of them airliners on revenue flights. ADS ...
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Italian air force to close SAM units
THE ITALIAN air force will disband a further three of its obsolete Nike-Hercules surface-to-air missile (SAM) units in the next two years. Of the original 12 defence missile squadrons - known as Gruppis - only seven now remain under the control of the 16th and 17th Stormi, or ...
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Aer Lingus A330 launches new service
Aer Lingus put its fourth Airbus A330 into service on 13 July on a new transatlantic service linking Belfast in Northern Ireland with New York and Boston via Shannon. The aircraft, originally built for Air Inter, has been leased for seven years. The new service is being marketed as Vacation ...