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AlliedSignal in APU kit talks with Raisbeck
ALLIEDSIGNAL AND Raisbeck Engineering are in preliminary talks on the possibility of fitting external auxiliary power units (APUs) to business jets. The companies' scheme would allow an AlliedSignal APU to be attached to the rear fuselage of an aircraft without cutting into the structure. The APU ...
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Europe splits from FAA over single-engine IFR rules
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) has distanced itself from North America and Australian authorities over allowing single-engine turbine-powered aircraft to be operated commercially under instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and at night. JAA operations-committee director Richard Yates says that the authority is unlikely ...
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DASA pushes on with Asian jet programme
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has signed an agreement with Samsung of South Korea and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) to launch a joint feasibility study into a future small airliner. Work will begin immediately following the Peking agreement, which DASA chairman Jurgen Schrempp calls "the foundation stone . . ...
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R-R promises to develop Trent
Guy Norris/SEATTLE ROLLS-ROYCE HAS defined a thrust level of 423kN (95,000lb) for the next growth stage of the Trent 800 as the three Boeing 777 engine suppliers prepare for new battles over the proposed -300X A-market stretch. R-R Trent director Phil Hopton says: "We have ...
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Cathay pushes for stretched 777
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE CATHAY PACIFIC HAS declined a Boeing request to increase its orders for 777s beyond the current level of 11 to help launch the stretched version of the aircraft. At the same time, however, the Hong Kong airline is pressing the manufacturer to launch ...
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GE probes surge cause on BA's 777
Guy Norris/SEATTLE GENERAL ELECTRIC is investigating foreign-object damage (FOD) as being a possible cause of a surge experienced on a GE90 engine powering the first British Airways Boeing 777. The incident took place immediately after take-off from Boeing Field, Seattle, on 4 May on a certification ...
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Boeing floats short 777 with longest range yet
Paul Lewis and Guy Norris/ SEATTLE BOEING IS considering launching a short-bodied ultra-long-range variant of the 777, which would be capable of carrying around 250 passengers on routes up to 16,650km (9,000nm). Airlines are already being briefed on the aircraft The 777-100X or "Shrink" as ...
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Falcon Confirmation
AlliedSignal has officially confirmed the selection of the TFE731-40 for the Dassault Falcon 50EX business jet. The 19kN (4,250lb)-thrust engine will have a periodic inspection interval of 2,500h and a compressor-zone inspection interval of 5,000h - a 75% improvement over current intervals. Source: Flight International
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Kestrel Roll-Out
Kestrel Aircraft has rolled out the prototype of its Model KL-1A piston-single aircraft. The Oklahoma based company has started taxi tests with the aircraft and plans to conduct its maiden flight by the end of this month. The four-seat aircraft is the first of five variants in the four- to ...
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Go-ahead for Caravan conversion fully funded
SOLOY HAS TAKEN delivery of the Cessna 208 Grand Caravan, which will serve as the prototype for its Dual Pac-re-engineing programme. The Olympia, Washington based company also says that it now has sufficient funding for the project, courtesy of local businessman Keith McCaw. Soloy's plan is ...
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Volvo remains pessimistic on engine markets
VOLVO AERO HAS cautioned that commercial-engine markets are unlikely to recover until 1996 at the earliest, as jet-airliner production rates begin to pick up from their present trough. President Arne Wittlov warns that airliner output, now languishing at half of the 1991 peak of 844 aircraft, is unlikely ...
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Thomson-CSF recovers from heavy bank losses
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS THOMSON-CSF BELIEVES that it is now over the worst of the heavy losses it has sustained from its holding in the crisis-torn Credit Lyonnais bank. The optimism raises prospects of privatisation of the state-controlled electronics group. Alain Gomez, Thomson-CSF chairman, ...
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AS-15B Kent spotted at Engels AFB
WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST unclassified picture of the Russian RKV-500B (AS-15B Kent) strategic cruise missile shows the weapon close to the wing of the Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack long-range bomber, for which it forms the primary offensive armament. The missile pictured at Engels AFB, differs from the AS-15 ...
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Eurofighter MoU signing delayed
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN FINANCIAL objections over costing the Eurofighter programme have wrecked plans to sign a critical memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 19 May. UK Minister for Defence Procurement Roger Freeman is due to visit his German counterpart, Jorg Schonbohm, on 19 ...
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Hunter under siege by US Navy opponents
THE TRW/ISRAEL Aircraft Industries (IAI) Hunter joint tactical unmanned air vehicle (JT-UAV) is coming under fire from US Navy opponents who favour deployment of the General Atomics Predator UAV on USN warships. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has tentatively scheduled October for a fly-off between the two UAVs, in which ...
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Belgian limits spark EC warning
BELGIUM AND Switzerland have clashed with the European Commission (EC) over services between their countries, even before the Swissair/Sabena alliance gets under way. European competition commissioner Karel Van Miert is warning Switzerland that approval of the deal will require it to obey EC competition rules. The ...
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Israeli Inroads In India
Elisra and Elta are competing to provide electronic-warfare equipment for Indian air force Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbeds and Sepecat Jaguars. The Indian air force also wants to equip some of its fighter fleet with an advanced rangeless debriefing system. Again, two Israeli companies, this time Rada and BVR, are competing on ...
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Nice Airport eyes airline share
NICE COTE D'AZUR Airport is a potential shareholder in a proposed airline to be based in the city. Despite being intensively marketed over the past two years and becoming the third-busiest airport in France, it still has no resident carrier. The envisaged airline, to be formed ...
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Volga-Dnepr pushes An-124 co-operation
Kieran Daly/LONDON VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines is leading a renewed effort to co-ordinate the investment by operators of the Antonov An-124 Ruslan outsized freighter in technical improvements to the aircraft. The carrier hosted an April meeting of An-124 operators and suppliers in Ulyanovsk, where it proposed a ...
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Fokker plans new Indian link
FOKKER IS CONSIDERING closer co-operation with aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), including an extension to the components work already undertaken by the Indian company for the Fokker 50. The Dutch concern is targeting India for sales of the turboprop Fokker 50 and the Fokker 70 and 100 regional ...