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Improved CFM56 for heavier A321
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CFM International is offering an upgraded version of its CFM-56-5B, as a power plant contender for the Airbus A321-200, a heavier 89t growth version of the Airbus A321. The 142kN (32,000lb)-thrust engine, dubbed the CFM-56-5B3/P, incorporates the CFM56-5B/P core on which ground ...
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Aviall
Engine overhaul company Aviall Dallas Engine Services, of Dallas Texas, has appointed Stephen Ratcliffe general manager for the CFM International CFM56 and International Aero Engines V2500 He was formerly director of Continental Airlines' international power plant operations. Source: Flight International
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TMI Finance
Louis "Skip" Scipioni, has been appointed chief executive of TMI Aircraft Finance, an Austin, Texas based company, which provides financial support for the aerospace industry. Scipioni was most recently director of Model 250 marketing and sales at Allison Engine's Rolls-Royce Aerospace division. Source: Flight International
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Duncan pushes turnaround performance
DUNCAN AVIATION IS guaranteeing customers a reduced turnaround time for the maintenance, refurbishment, or painting of light- and medium-sized business-jets. Lincoln, Nebraska-based Duncan's new PowerTurn programme specifies penalties if the company fails to redeliver the aircraft by the guaranteed date. "[Corporate] flight departments are increasingly expected to maximise ...
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US-1A follow-on work begins
SHINMAYWA INDUSTRIES plans to modify an US-IA amphibian with new engines and avionics, to serve as a development testbed for a possible replacement search-and-rescue aircraft for the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF). The company has been pressing Japan's Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI) for funding to develop ...
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Il-76MF flown at last
ILYUSHIN'S STRETCHED version of the IL-76, the MF, finally had its first flight on 1 August from the Chkalov production plant-owned airfield in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The 40min flight went well, according to test pilot Anatoly Knystov. A shortage of funds and the late availability of a suitable engine ...
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Asiana sets RFP deadline for fleet bid
ASIANA AIRLINES of South Korea has given Airbus Industrie, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas until 10 August to respond to its request for proposals (RFP) for up to 24 new 150-seat aircraft (Flight International , 2-8 August). The airline has asked the three airframe manufacturers to provide pricing for ...
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Hercules delivery
Westland Aerospace has delivered the first set of production-standard engine nacelles for the Lockheed C-130J Hercules transport. The nacelles, which incorporate the Allison AE 2100-D3 engine, will be installed on the first of three C-130J flight-test aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Northrop
Gary Brown has been named vice-president for nacelles systems at the commercial-aircraft division of airframe manufacturer Northrop Grumman of Los Angeles, California. He retains responsibility for management of the company's military-transport C-17 programme. Source: Flight International
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Rolls-Royce
Chris Hornblower is named vice-president for Seattle operations at Rolls-Royce Inc, of Reston, Virginia, the US arm of the UK aero-engine manufacturer. John Hodson, senior vice-president for engine operations, is to retire in January 1996. Hornblower was formerly director of engineering at R-R Commercial Aero Engines, at its Derby, UK ...
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CFM International
CFM International, a joint venture between France's Snecma and General Electric of the USA, continues to develop its highly successful CFM56 family of engines, and study new potential applications. The CFM56-5B DAC (double annular combustor) was certificated on the Airbus A321 and A320 in January and March, respectively, ...
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Power struggle
It is a familiar story, but Russian engine makers are suffering from a shortage of funds. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW OF ALL SECTORS IN THE Russian aviation industry, engine manufacturers are receiving probably the sharpest criticism from national media and airline operators for their apparent inability to ...
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Discovery returns to Kennedy
THE SPACE SHUTTLE STS 70/Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 22 July after an 8 days 22h mission. It had been launched on 13 July, a record six days after the end of the last mission, the STS71/Atlantis. The Discovery crew deployed the final TRW-built ...
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Airbus decides on CADDS, not CATIA
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has selected Computervision's CADDS over the IBM/Dassault CATIA as the consortium's future computer-aided-design system. The move to a common electronic product-definition (EPD) system will turn Airbus into a "virtual company", and improve its ability to compete with Boeing, which used CATIA for EPD ...
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ILFC orders 54 more 737s
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL LEASE Finance (ILFC) has ordered 54 Boeing 737-600/-700/-800s for delivery between November 1997 and late 2004. The manufacturer, which now holds orders for 208 next-generation 737s, has valued the ILFC deal at about $2.25 billion. CFM56-7 turbofans to power the ILFC aircraft are ...
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Yakovlev dropped from Galaxy prototype work
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT company Yakovlev is to be replaced as the manufacturer of the fuselage and empennage on the prototypes of the Galaxy business jet being built in association with Israel Aircraft Industries. The Israeli Company is searching for an alternative-manufacturing source, with ...
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FANS datalink component becomes operational
A PROTOTYPE OF the new oceanic-sector workstation - the controller's link to the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) - is now in operational testing at the US Federal Aviation Administration's Oakland, California, air-route traffic-control centre. The workstation, called the telecommunications processor, represents the first phase of the ...
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Taiwan carriers get ready for re-equipment
TAIWAN'S TWO major carriers EVA Air and China Airlines (CAL), are close to finalising orders for a total of up to 22 new 150-seat narrow bodies, as part of planned major re-equipment programmes. EVA is understood to be finalising the purchase of an initial six McDonnell Douglas (MDC) ...
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China is poised to receive its first A320
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SICHUAN AIRLINES IS expected to take delivery of its first Airbus Industrie A320 by the end of July, following recent certification of the aircraft by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The airline still requires final approval from China's State Planning Commission to ...
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AL-41 engine problems are over, says Lyulka Saturn
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW MIKOYAN'S FIFTH-generation fighter, the Article 1.42, has been fitted with Lyulka Saturn AL-41 next-generation engines, with the engine-design bureau claiming that previous engine problems have been overcome. Victor Chepkin, Lyulka Saturn president and chief executive, says that the AL-41s installed in the Mikoyan ...