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Challenger 604 approval expected before time
CANADIAN certification of the Canadair Challenger 604 business jet is expected on 15 September, more than a month earlier than scheduled, and the first aircraft will be delivered at the end of September, Bombardier says. US certification is expected by the end of October, four weeks ahead of schedule, and ...
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US Navy plans to modify Osprey V-22 radar design
THE US NAVY has directed the development of specific terrain-following/terrain-avoidance radar-design changes and related modifications needed to create the CV-22 special-operations variant of the Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. A contract to be awarded in 1996 will pay for the conversion of one engineering and manufacturing development ...
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AAR wins cargo-system work on 747s and DC-10s
Conversion specialist AAR Advanced Structures has received contracts for cargo-system modifications to convert both Boeing 747s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s to full-freighter configuration. GATX/Airlog has contracted the Livonia, Michigan based company to supply kits to convert two Boeing 747-200s, from combi to full-freighter configuration. The aircraft will be ...
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FedEx may buy United DC-10s
FEDEX, THE US-based overnight-cargo specialist, is believed to be negotiating the purchase of United Airlines' (UAL) fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. FedEx already operates 35 DC-10s (22 -30s and 13 -10s), and in addition plans to run a fleet of 34 MD-11s by the end of 1998. ...
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Computer-aided washing system
LUFTHANSA ENGINEERING and Operational Services (LEOS), of Frankfurt-Main Airport, Germany, will put the first production Skywash automated aircraft washing system into operation before the end of September. Lufthansa Technik subsidiary LEOS claims that the Skywash will slash the time taken to wash a Boeing 747 from 10h to just 3h. ...
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Smiths and Collins link up to offer CNS/ATM upgrade
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON SMITHS INDUSTRIES IS licensing its flight-management-system (FMS) software to Rockwell-Collins, allowing the firms to offer an integrated cockpit-upgrade which could be fitted as standard across an airline fleet. By combining the Smiths FMS, already fitted on Boeing 737s, with Collins AVSAT satellite-based avionics ...
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Cityhopper fleet
KLM Cityhopper will be replacing its four aging Fokker F28-4000 Fellowships with an equal number of new Fokker 70s from January 1996. A special-purpose company, to be owned by an independent foundation, will be set up to lease the 80-seat aircraft to Cityhopper for an initial period of three years. ...
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CAE Electronics scores with new simulator sales
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) has ordered a Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8 full-flight simulator with a 180°-wide MaxVue visual system from Canadian company CAE Electronics. It will be installed at the SAS Flight Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, in mid-1996, and will be the fourth CAE-built simulator purchased by SAS. ...
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Boeing drops Japanese from regional-jet talks
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE BOEING HAS DROPPED Japan from its proposed partnership with China and South Korea to develop a new 100-seat passenger aircraft, in the face of intense competition from European manufacturers. Boeing is understood to have abandoned hopes of including Japanese industry in the programme, as ...
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Avro emerges the winner in Sabena regional contest
SABENA HAS SELECTED the Avro RJ85 to replace its regional-jet fleet, in a 23-aircraft order, which marks another major coup for the UK manufacturer among Europe's flag carriers. The first four aircraft will be delivered at the end of the year, with the remainder arriving by the end ...
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FlightSafety gets approval to build training centre in China
Graham Warwick/Atlanta FlightSafety International (FSI) has received approval to begin construction of its first Chinese training centre, close to Kunming International Airport. The centre, to open in 1996, is a joint venture between FSI and Xingyun, an investment subsidiary of Yunnan Tobacco. The centre will have ...
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KLM signs up Indian ally
Gunter Endres/LONDON KLM HAS AGREED the basis of a far-reaching commercial partnership with India's second- largest private airline, Jet Airways. An initial memorandum of understanding was signed on 29 August and executives from the two carriers will meet soon to flesh out the proposed co-operation and ...
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German airports grow
The Stuttgart-based German Airports Association (ADV) has reported nearly 11% growth in passenger numbers at German airports in the first half of 1995, with the total rising to 51.7 million. Aircraft movements increased by only 4.1%, however, suggesting that load factors have increased significantly. The ADV predicts full-year passenger growth ...
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BFGoodrich advances
BFGoodrich will supply the wheels and brakes for the Embraer EMB-120ER regional turboprop. Operators of older EMB-120s can upgrade to the new brake using a conversion kit, for which the initial customer is Atlantic Southeast Airlines. Source: Flight International
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MDC delays MD-95 engine selection
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MCDONNELL Douglas (MDC) has not renewed its exclusivity agreement with BMW Rolls Royce, leaving the choice of power plant open for the yet-to-be launched MD-95 twinjet. The way is now open for the MTU/Pratt & Whitney Mid-Thrust Family Engine (MTFE). An agreement between MDC ...
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The race is on to hit BA 777 delivery date
BOEING IS confident that it can deliver the first General Electric GE90-powered 777 to British Airways on schedule, on 28 September, despite the grounding of a flight-test aircraft for compressor-blade repairs. Certification flight-testing continues with the first GE90-powered 777, and ground runs have begun on the first production ...
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ANA's first 777 simulator about to enter service
All Nippon Airways' (ANA) first Boeing 777 full-flight simulator - built by Thomson Training and Simulation (TTS) - is expected to enter service at the beginning of September. The Japan Civil Aviation Board (JCAB) has already approved ANA's TTS-built 777 maintenance-training simulator and the FlightSafety International Vital ChromaView visual system ...
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Southwest takes first 737 with production head-up system
BOEING HAS delivered the first 737 to be equipped with a Flight Dynamics Head-up Guidance System (HGS) on the production line. The 737-300 was handed over to Southwest Airlines, which has ordered 236 HGS under a $45 million contract. Around 60 of these have already been retrofitted by ...
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Air China 707 sale
Air China has sold its two remaining Boeing 707-300 passenger aircraft to Royal Jordanian Airlines for conversion into freighters. The aircraft originally formed part of China's 1972 ground breaking order for ten 707s. One aircraft is still operated by China Southwest Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Safety board seeks FAA AD for CF6 fatigue-crack inspections
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON, DC THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called for an airworthiness directive (AD) to be issued requiring fatigue-crack checks on General Electric CF6 engine high-pressure compressor (HPC) spools. The US Federal Aviation Administration says that an AD is imminent - only ...