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United studies 727 life-extension
UNITED AIRLINES IS examining the possibility of extending the lives of its Boeing 727s in an effort to reduce fleet-renewal costs. The carrier's work on head-up displays (HUDs) and enhanced-vision systems (EVS) has helped move it towards a life-extension decision. United has been increasingly voluble in its questioning ...
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AlliedSignal cuts down on BAe 146 engine-maintenance costs
ALLIEDSIGNAL HAS pledged to cut LF502 engine maintenance costs for British Aerospace 146 operators to below $40/h over the next five years. The programme is a joint initiative with BAe's Asset Management Organisation (AMO), which handles the manufacturer's 100-strong fleet of leased 146s. AMO managing director Robin Southwell ...
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KAL chooses PW4000 engine family to power 777s and A330s
KOREAN AIRLINES (KAL) has selected the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine family for its Boeing 777s and Airbus A330s, in a deal worth about $850 million. KAL's first four 777-200Bs will be powered by the 400kN (90,000lb)-thrust PW4090 and its remaining eight stretch -300s by the PW4098, derated ...
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Mikoyan pushes 1.42 for Mosaero debut show debut
Douglas Barrie/PARIS MIKOYAN IS PUTTING pressure on the Russian Government to allow it to display its fifth-generation fighter, the Article 1.42, at the Moscow air show in August amid continuing doubts as to the programme's future. Mikoyan deputy chief designer Anatoly Belosvet confirms that Mikoyan ...
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Lockheed/Yakovlev discuss ASTOVL
LOCKHEED MARTIN has had to turn to Russia's former advanced short take-off and vertical-landing (ASTOVL) specialist Yakovlev because it has been blocked from gaining access to Western ASTOVL technology. Lockheed Martin and Yakovlev are discussing a technology-access agreement whereby the US Company would be able to utilise Yakovlev's ...
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Four-rotor Cobra crucial to Venom bid
Douglas Barrie/PARIS Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC GEC-MARCONI'S VENOM bid for the UK's £2 billion attack-helicopter programme hangs on its ability to provide the UK with a four-bladed development of the Bell AH-1W Cobra, according to a senior US Navy official. GEC and the US Marine Corps ...
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GE confident of fan blade answer
Graham Warwick/PARIS GENERAL ELECTRIC Aircraft Engines has developed a solution to the fan-blade failure which has grounded GE90-powered Boeing 777 flight-test aircraft (Flight International, 14-20 June, P4). GE has until mid-July to restage the 3.6kg birdstrike test successfully, if Boeing is to deliver the first GE90-powered 777 ...
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Another 777 suffers depressurisation
THE FOURTH FLIGHT-test Boeing 777, returning from the Paris air show, suffered a pressurisation failure while en route from Washington DC to Seattle on 14 June. The incident was a less-serious recurrence of the loose duct-clamps, which caused pressurisation losses on two other 777s. The aircraft had not ...
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IAI's search for partner no threat to Galaxy
Allan Winn/PARIS ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) chairman Moshe Keret says, that the company is proceeding with the Galaxy business jet regardless of the search for a new business partner for that part of its operations. He says that, "plus or minus a few months", IAI still ...
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Gulfstream V enters final assembly
THE FIRST GULFSTREAM V fuselage was joined in late-May, marking the start of final assembly of the firm's next-generation long-range business aircraft. Fred Breidenbach, Gulfstream Aerospace president and chief operating officer says: "We are on track toward first flight in November." Certification and the beginning of production deliveries ...
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Four engines on offer for A340 stretch
AIRBUS WILL begin evaluating four engine options for the stretched version of the A340 in the fourth quarter of the year, says vice-president, engineering, Bernard Ziegler. The consortium says that it would "...prefer to offer a choice of engines, but that depends on the manufacturers". "We're working with ...
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Hughes' Peace Shield 'six months ahead' on delivery
HUGHES AIRCRAFT will formerly deliver the completed $1 billion plus Peace Shield command, control and communication (C3I) system to Saudi Arabia in July. The integrated system is being delivered "...nearly six months ahead of schedule and on budget", says Hughes, which is building the Peace Shield under ...
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Eurocopter's new EC120 under test
Andrzej Jeziorski/PARIS Franco-German helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter has successfully completed the first flight of the EC 120 light helicopter. A 20min flight was performed on 9 June from Eurocopter's Marignane site in France, with test pilot Etienne Herrenschmidt and engineer Bernard Cortain at the controls. The EC120 ...
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MDC discusses 100-seater production with Chinese
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has entered into discussions with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) on the joint development and production of a 100-seat passenger aircraft. Initial talks centre on either assisting China with the development of a new 100-seat aircraft or expanding the existing MD-90 TrunkLiner programme to include ...
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Frank Turner
Frank Turner, managing director of Lucas Aerospace, presents the award for achievement in military aviation to Steve Barter, chief test pilot at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems David Arzi, vice-president and general manager, Bedek Aviation, celebrates his acceptance of the maintenance award from Horst Kreiner, president and chief ...
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Prospects look modest for new freighters
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES NEW FREIGHTER deliveries will remain sluggish over the next ten years as used-aircraft conversions and belly-hold capacity absorb the bulk of cargo traffic growth, according to latest predictions from McDonnell Douglas (MDC) and Boeing. MDC predicts that cargo traffic will continue to average ...
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SCD These 1m-high, eight-sided, 115kg satellites are designed to provide real-time data from environmental data-collection stations, of which more than 250 are planned. A key area being monitored for temperature, moisture, carbon dioxide and ozone is the Amazon River basin and the rain forests. The SCD 1, costing ...
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US information system tested
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE FIRST ELEMENT of a new real-time information system for US Navy and Air Force combat aircrews will be test flown in July on a McDonnell Douglas F-15E from Nellis AFB, Nevada. The first test flights of the entire airborne tactical-information-management system (ATIMS) will ...
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American Airlines Cargo
American Airlines has appointed Mary Jordan president of its Wings West Airlines subsidiary, an American Eagle carrier on the USA's west coast and at Dallas/Fort Worth. Jordan was previously vice-president of American Airlines' human- resources department. Source: Flight International
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US Congress watchdog advises VIP flight cuts
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) says that the Pentagon operates too many fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters for VIP travel. The Congressional watchdog recommends, cutting back the 600 operational support airlift fleet. The GAO has estimated that the aircraft, which constitute about 6% of the Pentagon's ...