All Business Jets articles – Page 697
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Bombardier wants lighter BR710 for its Global Express
BOMBARDIER HAS asked BMW Rolls-Royce to delete a mechanical-overspeed system from the BR710 turbofans powering the Global Express long-range business jet, to reduce weight. Gulfstream has not requested the same change to the BR710s powering its rival Gulfstream V, although it admits that the engine and its nacelle are overweight. ...
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China takes first MD-90
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has delivered the first of 11 MD-90 TrunkLiners to China Northern Airlines, marking the culmination of a four-year development effort. The delivery followed the long-delayed signing of a purchase agreement in Beijing on 17 July which had been threatened ...
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Business jets slip in GAMA totals
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BUSINESS-JET shipments by US manufacturers slipped in the first six months of 1996, but are expected to pick up in the second half as production increases, initiated in 1995, work their way through. Compared with the first half of 1995, business-jet deliveries fell by almost ...
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Gallois moves to take over at French railways
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE FRENCH Government has appointed Aerospatiale president Louis Gallois to run the state-owned railway company, SNCF, leaving at least four men in contention for his vacated position. The decision to move Gallois has been prompted by the poor state of SNCF's finances and the ...
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University software may help pilots to miss obstacles
GKN WESTLAND Aerospace has completed simulator tests of a so-called "neurofuzzy" computer program designed to enable helicopter pilots to avoid obstacles in poor visibility. A neurofuzzy controller, developed by scientists at Southampton University in the UK, processes data from a range of sources to determine where it ...
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Lamps for Learjet
TMSSequoia will develop the Learjet Active Manual Publication System (LAMPS) for the Learjet 45 business jet. The LAMPS will be used to integrate maintenance and schematic data, service bulletins and parts catalogues on CD-ROM. Source: Flight International
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Satellite installation
Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, Nebraska has completed the first installation, in the USA of a Rockwell-Collins SAT-906 multi-channel satellite-communications system, with CAL AMT-50 antenna. The system is fitted on a Dassault Falcon 900 business jet. Source: Flight International
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Israir receives ATR 42s and plans for further expansion
ISRAIR, FORMERLY known as Emek Wings, has now completed the acquisition of two AI(R) ATR 42s and is eyeing further expansion. This could see the carrier acquire jet-powered aircraft for international routes. The two ex-Continental Express ATR 42-320s have been acquired to operate the carrier's scheduled service from ...
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SIA buys FSI Learjet 45 simulator
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has ordered a Learjet 45 full-flight simulator from FlightSafety International (FSI). The Level D simulator will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 1997. SIA is acquiring Learjet 45 business jets to replace Learjet 31s used for pilot training, and already has a Learjet 31 simulator supplied ...
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Pilatus appointment
Western Aircraft of Boise, Idaho has been appointed to sell the Pilatus PC-12 single-turboprop, seven-passenger, utility aircraft in the western USA and Hawaii. Pilatus now has six US dealers. Source: Flight International
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Relaunch emphasises Saudi Arabian's new commercialism
Max Kingsley-Jones/JEDDAH IN ITS FIRST major revamp for over two decades, Saudi Arabian Airlines has unveiled a new corporate identity and pledged a new sense of commercialism within the state-owned carrier. The revamp, which includes the dropping of the name Saudia, is described by the ...
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Crash spoils TWA safety record
THE TWA 747-100 accident on 17 July marks the first fatal crash for the airline in a decade. The last incident occurred in April 1986, when a terrorist bomb exploded on board a Boeing 727 inbound to Athens, killing four passengers, although the aircraft landed safely. Excluding terrorist ...
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Falcon service
Dassault Falcon Jet has authorised Kal-Aero Aircraft Service Center of Battle Creek, Michigan, to service Falcon business jets, including performing modifications to meet new reduced vertical-separation minima. Source: Flight International
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Diamonite delivers refitted Tu-134
DIAMONITE HAS delivered its 26th interior refurbishment of a Russian aircraft. The latest refit, a Tupolev Tu-134A, was sent to Moscow on 12 June. The aircraft is for a major Russian bank and is managed by the Kasparov Consultancy. Kasparov, owned by former world chess champion Gary Kasparov, ...
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Falcon 2000 cleared for London City
Operation of the Dassault Falcon 2000 business jet at London City Airport has been approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. London City's 5.5¡ approach, 1,200m (4,000ft) runway and noise restrictions require special approval procedures (Flight International, 7-13 February). Dassault says that it has demonstrated glideslopes as steep ...
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Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 noses ahead
STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLY of the first Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 forward fuselage is complete and installation of tubing, wiring, cockpit instrumentation and avionics racks is under way at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems in Marietta, Georgia. Visible (see picture, right) is the radar bulkhead, which is canted to reduce radar cross-section, ...
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SJ30 interior
Isaacman Design Associates is to design interiors for Sino Swearingen Aircraft's six-to-eight-seat SJ30-2 light business-jet. Four versions of the standard interior will be offered. A cabin mock-up will be displayed at the US National Business Aircraft Association convention in November. Source: Flight International
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GKN Westland uses CATIA on Dash 8 nacelles
THE STRUCTURES division of GKN Westland Aerospace has taken delivery of 12 new Dassault Systemes CATIA computer-aided design (CAD) workstations, and established a separate internal department to handle the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400 nacelle-manufacturing contract which the company won in November 1995. John Harris, sales manager of ...
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Division brings dVISE to a wider audience
UK SOFTWARE Supplier Division is launching a personal-computer (PC)-based, Windows NT-compatible version of its dVISE virtual-reality software, in response to customer demands to widen access to such tools. The dVISE was previously available on UNIX workstations only. Aerospatiale, British Aerospace, Gulfstream, Rolls-Royce, McDonnell Douglas (MDC) and NASA all use the ...
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FAA and NTSB continue to spar over FDRS
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US PASSENGER airlines will be required to retrofit their fleets with enhanced flight-data recorders (EFDRs) within about four years under a US Federal Aviation Administration proposal. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), meanwhile, continues to criticise the FAA for acting too slowly. ...