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International Aero Engines IAE
International Aero Engines (IAE), a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU and Japanese Aero Engines, produces nine variants of the V2500 turbofan, which powers some Airbus A319/320/321s and the McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30. Italy's FiatAvio sold its minority stake in IAE to the four remaining partners earlier this year, ...
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Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries IHI
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) manufactures the two-shaft F3-30 turbofan for the Japan Air Self-Defence Force's Kawasaki T-4 trainer. The first production engine was delivered in 1987. IHI is expected to be responsible for about 40% of the work on the General Electric F110-129 engine which powers the Mitsubishi ...
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Passenger traffic stays on course for 7% growth
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Passenger traffic at the world's airports remains on target for annual growth of around 7%, according to half-year figures from the Airports Council International (ACI) industry body. Over the first half of 1996, the growth in passenger numbers continued to accelerate, rising by another ...
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NASA picks contractors for GA engine R&D
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NASA's Lewis Research Center has selected Williams International and Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) to develop powerplant technology for next-generation light aircraft. Williams International and NASA will share equally the cost of developing an advanced turbine engine as part of NASA's General Aviation Propulsion ...
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Samsung moves slowly over Fokker relaunch
Samsung Aerospace says that it needs to clear several major hurdles before it will be in position to reach an agreement with the receivers of Fokker and relaunch the bankrupt Dutch aircraft manufacturer. According to officials close to the negotiations, the continuing talks centre on reaching a series ...
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South African Airways puts 777 order on hold and considers options
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS (SAA) says that it has put its Boeing 777 contract on hold and is reviewing the order, which could see it reduced in size or switched to a lease rather than a purchase. SAA placed orders in December 1995 for four 777-200s and one Boeing ...
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MDA
Former NASA astronaut Bruce Melnick has been appointed vice-president of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) Space and Defense Systems Kennedy Space Center operations. Melnick, formerly vice-president/director for Shuttle engineering at Lockheed Martin Space Operations, replaces George Faenza, who has retired. Source: Flight International
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Boeing may use propulsion control on 747-500/600X
Guy Norris/BEVERLEY HILLS BOEING IS considering use of the experimental propulsion-controlled aircraft (PCA) concept as a back-up flight-control system on the next-generation 747-500/600X, following the company's decision to adopt fly-by- wire (FBW) flight controls. NASA, which completed successful flight tests of the PCA system in 1995 ...
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Workers revolt threatens Sukhoi merger
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW MOVES TO MERGE the Sukhoi design bureau (OKB) and its associated manufacturing plants are being jeopardised by resistance in at least one of the major production sites, despite the plan being secretly sanctioned by the Government. The setting up of APC Sukhoi (Aviation Production ...
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Airbus set for A310 boost from VASP
VASP is in final negotiations with Airbus Industrie for a big A310 order, which will represent largest deal for the aircraft in the past four years. The Brazilian carrier is the hitherto undisclosed customer for ten A310-300s during the recent Farnborough Air Show (Flight International, 18-24 September). According ...
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Iridium is prepared for first launch
Structural and qualification models of the Iridium satellite are undergoing testing at Lockheed Martin, California before the first scheduled launches of the $3.34 billion telecommunications system later this year. The craft will allow subscribers equipped with pocket-size hand-held telephones to communicate anywhere in the world (Flight International, 4-10 ...
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BAe Airbus tests A3XX foreplane concept
BRITISH AEROSPACE(BAe) Airbus is carrying out preliminary windtunnel tests of an A3XX configuration which has foreplanes on the upper-forward fuselage, at its Bristol Filton, UK, site. The foreplanes are designed to reduce cruise drag, by off-loading aerodynamic forces on the aircraft's horizontal stabiliser. Their overall span is roughly ...
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Silk Air considers fleet replacement options
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SILKAIR OF SINGAPORE is drawing up plans to re-equip its fleet with a new range of larger and longer range 150-seat and 100-seat aircraft over the next five years. The carrier says that its existing fleet of five 118-seat Boeing 737-300s needs to be ...
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US low-fare carriers launch services
The new Pan American World Airways began operation on 26 September, and is to be followed into the air on 1 October by Delta Air Lines' new Delta Express low-cost operation. Rival ValuJet Airlines won US Department of Transportation (DoT) approval to resume flying on 30 September. Initially, ...
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Green light shows up for second Malaysian carrier
Green light shows up for second Malaysian carrier THE MALAYSIAN Government has finally given the go- ahead for the launch of the country's second national carrier in November, some two years after Malaysia Airlines (MAS) first blocked its start-up. The new airline is being set up ...
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Options for change
Alaska Airlines' order for 12 Boeing 737-400s, plus 12 options (Flight International, 25 September - 1 October) includes the right to switch the options for the new 737-800. The airline will take delivery of the firmly ordered 737s over three years from mid-1997. The 140-seaters will replace some of the ...
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Centralised ATM is on the cards for UK
David Learmount/LONDON THE UK CIVIL Aviation Authority is expected to decide by the end of the year whether to proceed with plans to build the Prestwick-based Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (SCATCC). A review of the UK's two-centre air-traffic-management (ATM) policy by the CAA could result in the ...
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Boeing upgrades transonic tunnel
BOEING IS refurbishing its 52-year-old transonic windtunnel as part of efforts to reduce development times for new models. The upgrade comes as Boeing's product-development work approaches recently unprecedented levels. At the core of the windtunnel upgrade is a new drive system made by French manufacturer Cegelec. It includes ...
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Homing Harrier
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has made the first successful flight tests of an advanced navigation software module which allows AV-8B Harrier pilots to make precision approaches to restricted landing areas in bad visibility. The self-contained approach system uses the aircraft's existing navigation systems to calculate position and velocity precisely, relative to ...