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Capt Ken Barley has been appointed director of flight operations at Cathay Pacific Airways, of Hong Kong with effect from 20 December, succeeding Capt Gerry Clem-mow, who is to retire. Barley will be replaced by Capt Mike Lowes, who is now Boeing 747-400 fleet manager. He in turn will be ...
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Time factor essential in safety
Sir - The dispute between the US and French investigation authorities over the background to the Roselawn ATR 72 accident (Flight International, 17-23 July, P6) centres on the transfer of safety information between authorities, manufacturers, airlines and aircrew. If the US National Transportation Safety Board's view is justified, ...
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Last of the big MiGs?
Mikoyan's heavyweight fighters languish in development and face uncertainty. Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE VPK MAPO OBJECT 1.42 fifth-generation heavy fighter has yet to get airborne, but it has already been dubbed as the next "flying restaurant" by some of its detractors, a nickname last given to the 42t ...
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Greece to acquire HARM and AMRAAM missiles
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense is to sell $250 million-worth of military equipment to Greece, including the country's first purchase of Texas Instruments AGM-88B high-speed anti-radiation missiles (HARM) and Lockheed Martin Army Tactical Missiles (ATACM). The US Congress was notified of Greece's plan to buy 84 HARMs and ...
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Reg asks NASA to back engine
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE CANADIAN developer of a revolutionary engine is seeking NASA backing to develop an aero-engine derivative. Reg Technologies has teamed with Global Aircraft to bid for a contract under NASA's General Aviation Propulsion (GAP) programme. The proposal was to be submitted in late July. ...
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Rohring success
AlliedSignal Aerospace has won a $50 million Rohr contract to supply engine build-up units for the BMW Rolls-Royce BR715, which is under development to power the McDonnell Douglas MD-95. Rohr is nacelle supplier for the BR715. Source: Flight International
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Alliant to build X-33 fuel tanks
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS has received a $29 million Lockheed Martin contract to produce fibre-placed composite liquid-hydrogen tanks for NASA's X-33 single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) reusable launch-vehicle (RLV) demonstrator. Alliant's Aerospace Systems Group will manufacture three carbonfibre-epoxy tanks, each 5.2m in diameter and 10.7m long, using automated fibre-placement technology. Two will be ...
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E&S claims half visuals market
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EVANS & SUTHERLAND (E&S) is claiming 50% of the commercial flight-simulator visual-system market after just two years as an independent supplier. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based company has announced orders from British Aerospace Regional Aircraft and United Airlines, and says that sales so ...
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Carnival will merge with Pan American
CARNIVAL AIRLINES has agreed to merge with start-up carrier Pan American World Airways, and to operate under the Pan Am name. While negotiations continue, Pan Am will pursue plans to gain its own operator's certificate and to launch low-fare services between Miami, New York and Los Angeles. When ...
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Asiana defers engine decision
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ASIANA AIRLINES of South Korea has postponed until the middle of September final selection of engines for its planned new fleet of up to 58 Airbus Industrie A330s, Boeing 777s, 747-400s and 767-300s. The decision has been delayed to give the carrier more ...
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Suspect JT8D-200 fan hubs are removed from service
FAN HUBS FROM six Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 engines have been removed from service after it was determined that they have the same manufacturing defect believed to have caused the uncontained failure on a Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 on 7 July. The 25mm-long fatigue crack, which caused the ...
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Macau bilateral
Macau has signed a bilateral air-services agreement with the USA, opening up the enclave's new international airport to US traffic. The liberal agreement includes extensive fifth- and seventh-freedom rights for US passenger and cargo carriers, in exchange for granting Air Macau access to the USA. Macau has signed bilateral agreements ...
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LOT orders additional 737s
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LOT POLISH Airlines is expanding its fleet with an order for four new Boeing 737s, including two new-generation -800s, in response to rising domestic and international traffic. The order, believed to be worth $160 million, is for two 144-seat 737-400s and two ...
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Slovakia and Croatia set to join Eurocontrol
SLOVAKIA AND Croatia, are on the verge of becoming the newest members of Eurocontrol, with the acceptance of their membership applications by the air-traffic-control organisation's Permanent Commission. Membership now has to be confirmed by domestic parliamentary ratification procedures, and Eurocontrol says that it hopes that both countries will ...
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Relaunch emphasises Saudi Arabian's new commercialism
Max Kingsley-Jones/JEDDAH IN ITS FIRST major revamp for over two decades, Saudi Arabian Airlines has unveiled a new corporate identity and pledged a new sense of commercialism within the state-owned carrier. The revamp, which includes the dropping of the name Saudia, is described by the ...
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Stork wraps up Fokker Aviation deal
DUTCH ENGINEERING group Stork has sealed its acquisition of the Fokker Aviation business, which groups together the profitable support and components-manufacturing operations which escaped the Fokker bankruptcy in February. The acquisition does not have a direct bearing on the fate of the bankrupt assembly business, but Fokker Aviation ...
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R-R offers Trent 900 on 747-X
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON ROLLS-ROYCE has signed an agreement with Boeing which will see it offer the Trent 900 to power the proposed 747-500/600X in direct competition with the General Electric/Pratt & Whitney joint venture. The planned Trent 900, described as a "low-risk derivative" of the Trent ...
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TWA 747 crash raises spectre of terrorism
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA LOCATING THE cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders was the priority following the 17 July crash of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) Boeing 747-100 into the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York. All 210 passengers and 18 crew on board TWA Flight 800 were killed ...
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Japan blames Airbus and China Airlines for 1994 Nagoya Airport accident
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE and China Airlines (CAL) have both been attributed with blame by a Japanese investigation into the April 1994 crash of an A300-600R at Nagoya. A final report issued by Japan's Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission (AAIC) points to deficiencies in the design of the aircraft's flight-control ...
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Crash spoils TWA safety record
THE TWA 747-100 accident on 17 July marks the first fatal crash for the airline in a decade. The last incident occurred in April 1986, when a terrorist bomb exploded on board a Boeing 727 inbound to Athens, killing four passengers, although the aircraft landed safely. Excluding terrorist ...