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Germany floats idea of European engine consortium idea floated
Andrjez Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ is negotiating the sale of up to 51% of its MTU engine subsidiary to German rival BMW Rolls-Royce, and is hoping to use the merger as the core of a future European consortium including Snecma of France (Flight International, 31 May-8 June). ...
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Singlemindedness
It looks as though the inevitable rationalisation of German aero-engine manufacturers is about to happen, with MTU merging with BMW Rolls Royce. Such an alliance would be a major step on the way to producing a single, strong, European engine company - but it will be no guarantee that such ...
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Boeing 777-300 launch at Paris
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS TO launch the stretched 777-300 at the Paris air show later this month on the back of firm orders for around 30 aircraft from Asian and Middle Eastern airlines. Launch customers are expected to include All Nippon Airways ...
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Air France agrees Boeing and Airbus deliveries
FINANCIALLY TROUBLED Air France has reached agreement with Boeing and Airbus on restructuring forthcoming aircraft deliveries. In January, the airline threatened to cancel all its outstanding aircraft orders. Under a compromise deal with Boeing, orders for three 767-300ERs, three 737-500s and a 747-400 freighter have replaced an ...
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Germany blocks Eurofighter funds
THE GERMAN parliamentary budget committee has once more blocked the payment of DM375 million ($271 million) of Government money to Daimler-Benz Aerospace to cover the cost of delays which Bonn introduced in the Eurofighter programme. The 1992 decision effectively delayed the programme by two years and reduced the ...
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Mesa considers Continental Express take-over proposal
Guy Norris/PHOENIX THE MESA AIR GROUP, the largest independently owned regional carrier in the USA, is considering the possible purchase of the rival Continental Express operation. Mesa Air chief executive Larry Risley confirms that the proposal was considered and discussed by the board at a meeting ...
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Expanded attack role for F-18 Hornet
THE US NAVY hopes to replace six squadrons of aging Northrop Grumman A-6E attack aircraft and F-14 fighters with McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet strike aircraft over the next five years under a $1 billion programme designed to counter a shortfall of tactical naval aircraft. According to Rear Adm. ...
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France purchases Paveway II kits bomb kits
THE FRENCH AIR FORCE will begin receiving Texas Instruments Paveway II laser-guided bomb kits in the second or third quarter of this year as part of a $29 million production contract signed in late May. Deliveries to the French navy are expected to begin this year and continue ...
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Yakovlev rolls out Yak-130
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW YAKOVLEV HAS rolled out its contender for the Russian air force's advanced jet-trainer programme, the Yak-130. The company has also signaled its intention to design a single-seat light attack variant of the aircraft. The aircraft was presented on 29 May, two weeks after ...
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BAe and Saab to reveal Gripen details
BRITISH AEROSPACE and Saab will unveil formally a joint marketing, support and manufacturing agreement covering the Swedish manufacturer's JAS39 Gripen fighter aircraft at the Paris air show later this month. The deal has been under negotiation for the past two years, with the Swedish and UK Governments signing ...
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Sukhoi reveals latest thrust-vectoring Su-35 revealed
Douglas Barrie/LONDON SUKHOI'S LATEST pre-production Su-35 has been fitted with thrust-vectoring nozzles, and it is believed to be undertaking flight tests at the Zhukovsky flight-test research centre near Moscow. First pictures of the advanced Flanker derivative show two axisymmetric nozzles fitted to the aircraft. Senior ...
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Solitair is saved by investment group
SWEDISH AIRCRAFT-leasing company Solitair, has been rescued from collapse by international investment group, Vestar Capital. Faced with rising debts and mounting losses, Solitair had won a stay of execution from its main bank lender, but on the condition that it raised up to SKr238 million ($33 million) from ...
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Saudia settles $6bn Boeing/MDC deal
SAUDI ARABIAN Airlines (Saudia) has finally agreed on the mix of aircraft to be acquired as part of a fleet-renewal programme involving the purchase up to 60 aircraft in a controversial deal with Boeing and McDonnell Douglas. One of the biggest civil-aircraft orders ever placed, the agreement could be completed ...
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German UHU variant
Changes to the original German PAH-2 anti-tank version followed the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and saw an extension of the combat helicopter role to provide a more flexible capability. "The longer distances and the considerably more complicated situation on a future battlefield led to the requirement that ...
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Shannon takes Lufthansa work
LUFTHANSA PLANS TO move all overhaul work on its Boeing 737s from Lufthansa Technik at Berlin-Schonefeld Airport to Shannon Aerospace (SAL) in Ireland, threatening jobs at the German site. The airline says that the move was agreed as part of the recently announced bail out plan, for the ...
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Zhuhai Airport hit by ban on foreign flights
CHINA'S NEW ZHUHAI Airport has opened, amid growing fears that a Government ban on international flights will turn it into a gigantic white elephant. The airport is equipped with a 4,000m (13,000ft)-long runway and a 90,000m2 (970,000ft2) terminal building, capable of handling up to 14 million passengers a ...
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Helmet-mounted display technology
The Tiger's helmet-mounted display (HMD) draws on the technology developed by Sextant Avionique for the Rafale fighter's Topsight HMD system, and was also selected for the South African Rooivalk anti-tank helicopter. It is one of the primary targeting and display devices in air-to-air combat, presenting basic flight data ...
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How to get there
Traditionally, access to the show by road, particularly if trying to arrive before 08.00, has always been hampered by heavy traffic. This has improved in recent years, but it is still advisable to allow plenty of time if travelling from central Paris. Motorists from the centre should take ...
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Alitalia breaks new ground in entertainment
ALITALIA HAS selected a new entrant to supply in-flight-entertainment systems for its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. The Italian flag carrier is the launch customer for an on-demand video system developed by Las Vegas, Nevada-based Interactive Flight Technologies (IFT). A single MD-11 will be equipped with IFT's In-Flight ...
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Anti-tank Tiger
In its anti-tank guise, the Tiger's weapons system centres on the long-range version of the three-nation Trigat fire-and-forget missile (see box). Up to eight Trigat or HOT anti-tank missiles can be carried, while for self-defence against other helicopters, up to four Stinger (for Germany) or Mistral (for France) air-to-air missiles, ...