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Rolls-Royce links with Pembroke and GATX for leasing ventures
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Rolls-Royce is to transfer its regional jet aircraft and aero-engine leasing activities into a pair of joint venture companies, following the signing of separate deals with Ireland's Pembroke Capital and GATX of the USA. R-R chief executive John Rose says the restructuring of its lease portfolio ...
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TWA twin-source deal surprises market
Trans World Airlines' decision to set up deals with Airbus Industrie and Boeing for competing 100-seaters - totalling 250 aircraft, including options - has raised questions over the US airline's future strategy. The deal remains to be finalised, but TWA has signed letters of intent (LoIs) for 50 717-200s, ...
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Staged combustion offers emission cuts
BMW Rolls-Royce has completed initial tests of a staged combustion chamber for its BR700 turbofan as part of the German Government-backed Engine 3E (environment, economy and efficiency) technology programme. The Dahlewitz-based company says that six weeks of testing have shown that significant reductions in emissions of oxides of nitrogen ...
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Airbus warns A300-600 users after airborne reverse
Airbus has issued a service bulletin (SB) requiring A300-600 operators to de-activate thrust reversers after a Korean Air aircraft suffered reverser deployment after take-off. The A300s affected are those with Pratt & Whitney 4000 engines, for which P&W also makes the reversers. The event occurred shortly after take-off from ...
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Delayed maintenance blamed for Nigerian 707 engine loss
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Delayed C-check maintenance on a Nigerian Boeing 707-320C freighter is being linked to the loss of its No 3 engine over Southern Belgium on 14 October. Belgian accident investigators say that the IAT Cargo aircraft, which made an emergency landing at Ostend, should have had ...
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Marketplace
-Boullioun Aviation Services has ordered three Boeing 737-300s, to increase its orderbook with the manufacturer to 63. The -300s will be delivered in the second half of 1999. -Varig has leased a Boeing 737-700 from GE Capital Aviation Services. -French charter airline Euralair will take delivery of the first of ...
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Pembroke breaks Boeing 717 drought with order for 10
Irish lessor Pembroke Capital has broken the Boeing 717 order drought with an order for 10 of the 100-seat twinjets, for delivery between March 2000 and May 2001. The contract, valued at about $320 million based on list prices, takes the 717's firm order backlog to 65 aircraft. Pembroke ...
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PS-90A overtakes 6,000h milestone
The lead Aviadvigatel/ Perm Motors PS-90A turbofan passed the 6,000h on the wing mark at the end of November, on an Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-96-300 flying a regular scheduled flight. Aviadvigatel general director Yuri Reshetnikov says that the engine will shortly be removed and given a full stripdown examination, a ...
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F-22 Raptor flight testing clears critical targets
Flight testing of the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor has passed the critical 183h mark, clearing the way for the US Congress to release $800 million in funding for two production representative test vehicles (PRTVs) and long-lead items for the initial Lot I batch of six fighters. The first two ...
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Dawn of the auxiliary
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Tables complied by Air Transport Intelligence Auxiliary Power units (APUs) rarely grab the headlines. Until recent times, any mention of APUs has generally been for the wrong reasons - failures, poor reliability and inadequate support. Now it seems the tide has turned in virtually every aspect ...
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Joint Strike Fighter engines under test
All four engine variants for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrators are under test at Pratt &Whitney. The F119 derivative, which will power Boeing's X-32B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) JSF demonstrator, entered ground testing in late November, joining three other engines already being tested for the programme. ...
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Raisbeck wraps up study into recertification of DC-9s
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Raisbeck has completed a feasibility study into a Stage 3 recertification of McDonnell Douglas DC-9s and is canvassing operators before committing to launch the programme. The aerodynamic modification kit, if given the go-ahead, would be available "on or before 1 January, 2000", says James Raisbeck, ...
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Marketplace
-Bombardier has confirmed the BWIA International Airways order for two new Dash 8Q-300s for delivery in mid-January 1999, plus options on another two. -Icelandair has converted two of its five options for Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 757-200s, for delivery in 2000 and 2003. -Danish charter airline Sterling European Airlines will ...
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Workshop
-Sogerma's maintenance group has begun a nine-week programme to carry out the five-year "C" checks on two of Sabena's Airbus A340-300s, which the company says will include structural ageing inspections that have never before been performed on the type. The contract also includes cabin refurbishment. -Lufthansa Technik has been contracted ...
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BFGoodrich takes control of Coltec Industries
BFGoodrich has taken over Coltec Industries in a $2.2 billion merger, creating a company with interests in aerospace, speciality chemicals and industrial products, with annual revenues of nearly $6 billion. It is the second major aerospace acquisition of the year for BFGoodrich. The deal is to be completed early ...
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Pratt & Whitney starts to test engine for Lockheed Martin JSF demonstrator
Pratt & Whitney has begun testing the JSF119-611 turbofan STOVL propulsion system for the Lockheed Martin X-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) demonstrator at the company's West Palm Beach facility. The engine, designated FX662, made its first run on November 10 with the lift fan engaged and operated to 100%. ...
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NASA slows down high-speed project
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES NASA's planned development date for a High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) has slipped by as much as 10 years, to 2020, following an admission from the agency's High Speed Research (HSR) programme team members that the noise target is unreachable with current technology. "Noise is ...
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Nordam reveals 'single pivot' reverser design
An advanced "single pivot" thrust reverser design for corporate and regional aircraft has been unveiled by Oklahoma-based nacelle and reverser specialist Nordam. The Advanced Single Pivot (ASP) design is aimed at engines in the 2,000-10,000lb (9-45kN ) thrust range and, in some configurations, can be used to shape the exhaust ...
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Testing a stretch
Guy Norris/SEATTLEPicture the scene. A Boeing 757-300 emerges from the blackness of a North Atlantic storm, fighting a vicious crosswind with gusts of 40kt (75km/h) or more. Ahead, through the gloom and screaming wind, lies the rain-slicked runway of Iceland's Keflavik Airport. Testing the automatic landing system to its limits, ...