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Sirocco lines up buyers for R-R-powered Tu-204
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Sirocco Aerospace International, the subsidiary of Egypt's Kato Aromatic set up to market the Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120, has signed deals with two launch customers involving 15 aircraft. The agreements will be formally announced at the MAKS '97 air show being held in Moscow during 19-24 ...
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Taiwan's carriers close on widebody orders
Paul Lewis/TAIPEI Taiwan's two rival national carriers China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways are showing renewed interest in new ultra-long-haul aircraft, in response to the recent provisional launch of the Airbus Industrie A340-500/600 and a proposed open-skies agreement with the USA. Competition between Boeing and Airbus ...
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Europeans unite on ozone layer
Herman De Wulf/Brussels The European Commission (EC), Airbus Industrie and five European airlines have restarted the MOSAIC scientific programme, initially launched in 1995 to measure ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere. It is estimated that air transportation is responsible for 2-3% of all air pollution and, ...
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A330-200 flight-testing programme takes off
Max Kingsley-Jones/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie's latest widebody, the long-range A330-200, had a successful maiden flight on 13 August, with the consortium's chief test pilot, William Wainwright, at the controls. The initial General Electric CF6-80E1A4-powered version is scheduled to be certificated in March 1998, and to enter service ...
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World's first civil GPS satellite landing system obtains FAA approval
The Honeywell/Pelorus SLS-2000differential global-positioning-system (GPS) satellite landing system now has US Federal Aviation Administration Special Category 1 (SCAT-1) approval. The "fail-operational" SLS installation comprises three GPS "pseudolyte" Remote Satellite Measurement Units (RSMU) up to 100m from an SLS ground reference station. The RSMUs supply the station with a ...
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Dragonair and ILFC agree to roll over A320 fleet
Dragonair has signed a deal with International Lease Finance (ILFC) to roll-over its fleet of Airbus Industrie A320s with seven new leased aircraft. The Hong Kong-based airline's seven International Aero Engines V2500-A1-powered A320s will be replaced by the latest-specification version, equipped with more powerful 118kN (26,500lb)-thrust V2527-A5 turbofans ...
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Stage 3 DC-8s approved
Miami-based Quiet Technology Venture (QTV) has received US certification of its Stage 3 hushkit for the McDonnell Douglas DC-8-50, powered by the short-duct Pratt &Whitney JT3D-3B. QTV plans to complete work on an increased-gross-weight version for DC-8-61s by year end. Approval of a Stage 3 hushkit for Boeing 707s and ...
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Allison plans to build new hybrid AE2100 for Japan's amphibian
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Allison Engine is proposing a new hybrid version of its AE2100 turboprop to power the planned ShinMaywa Industries US-1A Kai upgraded search-and-rescue (SAR) amphibian for the Japan Defence Agency (JDA). The AE2100J being offered to Japan is a derivative of the AE2100A and D3 ...
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Reflected glory
Peter Henley/SEATTLE The dilemma which Boeing faced when launching its Next Generation 737 was whether to update the proven model or start afresh. The big 737 operators wanted an updated 737 for fleet commonality, but they demanded a version which would fly faster, higher and more economically. They ...
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FedEx approaches IAI over all-cargo turboprop requirement
Ari Egozi/TEL AVIV Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has been approached by FedEx with a proposal for it to develop a turboprop-powered all-cargo aircraft to replace its fleet of 160 Boeing 727 freighters. The proposed aircraft would be larger than the Ayres Loadmaster now under development for ...
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Design tests for Boeing JSF
Two major propulsion tests have been completed by the Boeing Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team. Tests were conducted on a scale model of the Rolls-Royce lift-module and spool-duct for the Pratt & Whitney SE614 engine (an F119 derivative) at Boeing Field, Seattle. This verified performance for conventional flight, short take-off ...
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Orenda Vee-8 flies on King Air
Stevens Aviation has flown a Raytheon Beech King Air C90B re-engined with Orenda Vee-8 piston engines. The aircraft, powered by two 445kW (600hp) OE-600s, is being flight tested from Spokane, Washington. Its climb rate is twice that of the original Pratt &Whitney Canada PT6-powered aircraft, says Orenda. The engine company ...
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Bombardier builds improved UAV
BOMBARDIER PLANS a September maiden flight of its CL-327 rotary-wing unmanned air-vehicle (UAV), the production version of its vertical take-off and landing CL-227. The Canadian company decided a year ago to launch limited production in a bid to stimulate demand for its much-tested UAV. The production CL-327 has ...
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Olympic deal swells A340 orderbook
Max Kingsley-Jones/London Olympic Airways has followed on the heels of Air Canada in deciding to replace its Boeing 747 "Classics" with Airbus A340s, and will take delivery of the first of up to six -300s in 1998. The airline, which has signed a contract for two ...
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Airbus poised to fly first long-range A330-200.
General Electric has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval for the latest version of the Airbus A330's CF6-80E1 engine, the 312kN (70,000lb)-thrust A4, following a 17-month certification programme. The engine is the launch powerplant on the new long-range A330-200 derivative, which is scheduled to have its maiden flight on 13 ...
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Sirocco's Tu-204-120 flies Irish tests
Sirocco Aerospace International, the operation set up by Egyptian conglomerate Kato Aromatic to lease the Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120, brought the first of its aircraft to Ireland for testing in late July. The aircraft underwent four days of certification testing for Category 2 instrument-landing-system approaches and landings. Source: ...
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GE fits new combustors to CF6-80C2 powerplants
General Electric (GE) is being forced to fit new combustors to a batch of 213 CF6-80C2 engines, which have been found to be defective. According to Lufthansa Technik (LHT), which is offering on-location exchanges of the combustors to affected airlines, GE has found that the splash plates (which ...
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Marketplace
++ Varig Brazil has signed a letter of intent with GE Capital Aviation Services for the lease of three new Boeing 737-300s for five years. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin later this year. ++ Monarch has taken a Lockheed TriStar on sub-wet lease from Air Atlanta Icelandic for five ...
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Cathay profits dip as traffic disappoints
Cathay Pacific Airways saw profits for the first half fall marginally under pressure from currency fluctuations, an unexpected drop in traffic and the recent grounding of its Airbus A330-300 aircraft fleet. The Hong Kong carrier reported a net profit of just above HK$1 billion ($130 million) for the ...
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South Korea sets KTX-II deadline
South Korea has given competing engine manufacturers General Electric and Snecma until 16 August to submit their final proposals for the powerplant of the planned Samsung/Lockheed Martin KTX-II advanced trainer/light combat aircraft. The Government and KTX-II prime contractor Samsung are planning to complete the evaluation and make a ...