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BMW R-R studies BR700-powered 727
BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) is studying the possibility of launching a re-engineing programme for the Boeing 727-200, with BR700-series powerplants. According to BMW R-R, it has begun a study, together with US maintenance and modification centre Dee Howard, which has already re-engined 727-100 freighters with R-R Tay 650s ...
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Boeing irks Lufthansa with maintenence plans
Lufthansa is threatening to cut back its future orders for Boeing airliners if the US manufacturer goes ahead with plans to enter the third-party airliner maintenance market, in competition with the German flag carrier's Lufthansa Technik subsidiary. Juergen Weber, Lufthansa's chairman, says that any such plans by Boeing ...
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DHL Europe closes on widebody freighters
DHL International is discussing the wet-lease of a small fleet of Airbus A300B4 freighters for its intra-European operations later this year, but is focusing on the Boeing 757/767 for its longer-term plans. Gordon Olafson, transport director for DHL International Europe, says that the company is looking to add ...
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BMW R-R studies BR700-powered 727
BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) is studying the possibility of launching a re-engineing programme for the Boeing 727-200, with BR700-series powerplants. According to BMW R-R, it has begun a study, together with US maintenance and modification centre Dee Howard, which has already re-engined 727-100 freighters with R-R Tay 650s ...
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Boeing irks Lufthansa with maintenance plans
Lufthansa is threatening to cut back its future orders for Boeing airliners if the US manufacturer goes ahead with plans to enter the third-party airliner maintenance market, in competition with the German flag carrier's Lufthansa Technik subsidiary. Juergen Weber, Lufthansa's chairman, says that any such plans by Boeing ...
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The story of the Transavia 737
Sir - I refer to the article "Maintenance mistake threatened Transavia Boeing 737 flight" (Flight International, 16-22 April, P7) and, in particular, to the reference made to TAP-Air Portugal. I would like to comment as follows. Aircraft registration PH-TSW, operated by Transavia, underwent a heavy maintenance check by ...
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Boeing
Jim Dagnon has been appointed senior vice-president for the newly created People division at Seattle-based Boeing, with effect from 1 May. He is now senior vice-president for employee relations at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe corporation, based in Fort Worth, Texas. He will also be appointed a member of the ...
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Barry wins cabin-noise deal for Northwest DC-10s
Barry Controls Aerospace's Active Tuned Mass Absorber (ATMA) has been selected by Northwest Airlines to reduce cabin noise in its 173 McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9s. The system has been on trial with the airline for two months and was selected after a competitive evaluation against a noise-suppression system ...
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GE move for Greenwich puts plans for China site in doubt
Proposals under consideration by Greenwich Air Services to establish an engine-overhaul-and-repair capability in China have been thrown into doubt by General Electric's planned takeover of the company. Greenwich Air confirms that it has been looking at the possibility of investing in a joint venture in Asia. It adds, ...
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VisionAire waits for Israeli answer on Vantage factory
VISIONAIRE HOPES to hear by July whether the Israeli Government has accepted its proposal to produce the Vantage single-turbofan business aircraft in that country. The St Louis, Missouri-based company has applied for "approved-enterprise" status, under which the Israeli Government would provide up to two-thirds of the $25 million ...
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Commander tries a trade-in approach
COMMANDER AIRCRAFT has established an aviation-services department in a bid to increase its used-aircraft business. The company hopes that the move will encourage potential customers to trade in their aircraft for new Commander 114 piston-singles. Bethany, Oklahoma-based Commander saw sales of new 114s drop to just 15 aircraft ...
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GAMA record
General-aviation aircraft billings in the USA reached a record $886 million in the first quarter of 1997 because of strong corporate-jet deliveries, says the US General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). Compared to the same period in 1996, aircraft billings increased by 60%.Total aircraft shipments also rose, with 237 units delivered ...
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Lockheed Martin joins A-10 bidders
Martin has joined Northrop Grumman in a competition to provide long-term contractor support of the Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt, which is to be used as a close-air-support/forward-air-control aircraft until at least 2018. Boeing is also expected to bid on the contract for A-10 system-integration work, which could be worth $500 ...
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Evergreen has to switch VERTREP demonstrators
The US Navy's USS Saturn is due to depart at the end of April for five months at sea with different aircraft from those originally envisioned to be operated by commercial operator Evergreen Helicopters. The Military Sealift Command (MSC) sea trial marks the third in a series of ...
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European lead
Europe's flag carriers may be leading the charge into the brave new world of liberalisation, but there are signs that the region's airports, too, are beginning to wake up to some of the new commercial realities of running as efficient businesses rather than as government arms. Airports have ...
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Howmet and P&W set up Sprayform
Sprayform Technologies International has been established as a joint-venture company by Howmet and Pratt & Whitney. Greenwich, Connecticut-based Howmet is the majority shareholder in the new company. Sprayform has been established to develop Howmet's Spraycast-X process, which directly converts vacuum-melted superalloys into semi-finished ring shapes, suitable for use ...
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Pie in the sky?
Meet the demands for air travel, but do it with existing resources, the UK Government has told airport operators in the country's busiest region, London and the south-east. This may be beyond them, however. The signs are that air-traffic control may be able to cope, but that airports may not ...
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The quiet runway
There are few airport managements which can claim that, by doubling the number of their runways, they will reduce noise nuisance dramatically. At Bogota's Eldorado International Airport, however, that is precisely what the Colombian Aeronautica Civil (civil-aviation authority) promises, even though the second runway will increase air-transport movement (ATM) capacity ...
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Letfreezes work on L-610M but gears up for -610G
Regional-aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice has frozen its L-610M twin-turboprop-aircraft programme to dedicate its energy to the much-delayed certification of the Westernised L-610G variant. The 40-seat L-610G is now scheduled to receive certification in the third quarter of 1998 to US Federal Aviation Regulations Part 25 requirements. The programme ...