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3D Systems unveils advanced stereolithography processor
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Rapid-prototyping-and-manufacturing specialist 3D Systems has revealed the latest version of its SLA-5000 stereolithography device. Stereolithography is a process used to produce plastic prototype parts for the analysis, verification and testing of designs, as well as for conceptual models. In some cases, the parts ...
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Japan approves hypersonic cash
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO An aircraft-industry panel advising Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has approved a budget request for fiscal 1998 which includes ´3.2 billion ($26 million) for continued research and development on a Mach 5 engine known as HYPR. In 1996, the ministry spent ´3.75 billion ...
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Concorde versus Boeing 747
Sir-The figures given in your data tables for large airliners (Flight International, 3-9 September) provide an interesting comparison between these two aircraft. While the Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde can carry its maximum payload of 11,340kg a distance of 3,800km, the Boeing 747-400 carries 59,650kg for 13,180km - a performance 18 ...
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Smiths
Smiths Industries Aerospace has appointed Paul Edwards vice-president of business development for its civil-systems division, based in Clearwater, Florida. He was previously director of strategic planning, and joined the company in 1994. Smiths has also named David Montgomery director of manufacturing operations at Clearwater, responsible for assembly, test, production control, ...
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Airbus and Boeing begin tussle for corporate-jet supremacy
Airbus Industrie has signed the first customers for its A319CJ (corporate jet) as orders for the rival Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) continue to swell. Boeing announced at the show that it holds 25 orders for its aircraft, which combines the fuselage of the 737-700 with the strengthened wing ...
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Bombardier ponders super mid-size launch
Bombardier will decide within a year whether to launch development of a "super mid-size" business jet to fill the gap between the mid-sized Learjet 60 and large Canadair Challenger 604, says business-aircraft division president Michael Graff. Market research and engineering analysis are "well advanced", he adds. If Bombardier ...
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British Midland trains
British Midland is acquiring a Thomson Training & Simulation Airbus A320 simulator for its UK flight-training centre. The company recently ordered 20 A320/321s for delivery starting in the second quarter of 1998. The £8 million ($12.7 million) simulator should be ready by late 1998. Source: Flight ...
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Lufthansa expands
Lufthansa is to expand its long-range fleet by the addition of two Airbus A340-300s and two Boeing 747-400s. It has also formed two new subsidiaries. The board also approved the transfer of 550 accounting staff dealing with passenger operations to a new subsidiary, LRS Lufthansa Revenue Service in Norderstedt, as ...
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Boeing may increase range of 767-400ER
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is studying development of an increased-range version of the recently launched 767-400ER stretched derivative in response to demands from potential buyers for better performance. The US manufacturer says that it is considering extending the range of the new 767-400 by up to a ...
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Antonov An-140 takes to the air
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Antonov'S An-140 twin-turboprop regional transport had its first flight on 17 September from Svyatoshino airfield in Kiev to the nearby Gostomel flight-test centre. The flight lasted 1.5h. The first effort to fly the aircraft six days before was unsuccessful because of the failure of ...
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easyJet expands fleet and starts Liverpool operation
easyJet has ordered 12 Boeing 737-300s, for the first time directly from Boeing. The London Luton-based low-cost carrier has previously acquired secondhand aircraft, primarily from leasing companies. The airline had also considered acquiring new-generation 737s and had looked at Airbus narrowbodies. The new aircraft will be added to ...
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Fijian start-up plans scheduled services
A Fijian start-up carrier is planning to launch scheduled passenger and freight services from Nadi to selected Asian, European, Indian and South Pacific destinations from early 1998. According to Fiji International Airway's Singapore-based chief executive, Alan Lindrea, the company hopes to be granted an air operator's certificate by ...
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Shorts 360s retired
US Airways Express carrier CCAir is to phase out its nine Shorts 360s by the end of 1997. It is negotiating with lessors and manufacturers for 30-seat replacement aircraft. Charlotte, North Carolina-based CCAir also operates British Aerospace Jetstream 31s and Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s. Source: Flight International
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USA urges Asian partners to liberalise regional services
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The US Government is urging its new "open-skies" partner nations in Asia and the Pacific Rim to adopt similar liberal air-service agreements with one another, to open up regional traffic and allow airlines to exercise effectively new beyond-rights to third countries. In the past ...
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France will approve Paris runways this month
The French Government is expected to approve by the end of the month the construction of two new runways at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, says Aéroport de Paris (ADP), which runs the Paris airport system. Action by local noise campaigners has succeeded in limiting the use of ...
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Honeywell expects to see satellite-system landings in USA by December
The first commercial Special Category 1 (SCAT 1) approaches using the Honeywell/ Pelorus satellite landing-system (SLS) will be flown at Newark, New Jersey, and Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota, airports in December, according to the US avionics manufacturer. The approaches will be flown by Continental Airlines' Boeing MD-80s fitted with ...
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Airbus and Boeing battle for Royal Brunei order
Airbus Industrie and Boeing have submitted final proposals to Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) to supply a new family of narrowbody passenger aircraft to replace its fleet of Boeing 757-200s and Fokker 100 twinjets. RBA's board is close to a decision on a replacement type and hopes to be ...
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Singapore Leasing signs customers for A320s
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has signed agreements for five new Airbus Industrie A320s, with two aircraft going to Saeaga Airlines of Malaysia and three to TransAer International Airlines of Ireland. SALE, a joint venture between Boullioun Aviation Services and Singapore Airlines, has signed a five-year agreement with ...
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Sogerma/DA Airbus sign deal for A300B4 conversions work
Julian Moxon/Paris Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (DAAirbus) and French maintenance group Sogerma have signed a long-term agreement for the conversion of Airbus A300B4s from passenger to freighter configuration. The move follows an 18-aircraft order from a new US leasing company. The initial Franco/German deal covers ...
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Transaero outlines ambitions to increase Western fleet
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Leading Russian airline Transaero plans to acquire a further 16 Boeing aircraft by the turn of the century. The first batch, two Boeing 737-700s, will join the fleet under a lease deal with Bavaria Flug in December. Two more Boeing 767-300s will be delivered ...