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Systems & components
Winner: Messier-Bugatti Location: Velizy, France Achievement: Head-up display for first 737 Category IIIB certification SEXTANT AVIONIQUE'S head-up flight-display system (HFDS) allowed L'A‚ropostale to become the world's first carrier to gain certification for Category IIIB operation of Boeing 737-300s, in September 1995. The judges ...
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DASA wants Airbus to scale down large-aircraft plans
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE partner Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) wants the consortium to drop its A3XX 500- to 650-plus-passenger aircraft study in favour of a 400- to 550-seat aircraft to rival new stretched variants of the Boeing 747 now under study. The DASA move comes in the wake of recent bruising ...
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Boeing nears launch order for 747 stretch 747
Guy Norris/SINGAPORE BRITISH AIRWAYS, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines are close to negotiating launch orders with Boeing for the 747-600X, the stretched version of the present 747-400 and the first major derivative of the 747. The airlines will meet Boeing in early April at a crucial meeting ...
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MDC reveals its long-term plan for MD-11 plan
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is in the final stages of defining two new versions of the MD-11, which will enable the company to compete head-to-head with Airbus and Boeing in the Boeing 747-100/200 replacement market and the emerging extra-long-range market. "We got to the point that we had to ...
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The pros and cons of a 'single European ticket'
Sir - It is interesting to be informed via "European FAA?" (editorial, Flight International, 24-30 January) that there are plans to force the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) to become legally responsible to the European Commission, rather than to the individual airworthiness authorities of member states. Can we ...
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Aerospace faces up to threat of cadmium ban
Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE THREAT OF a European ban on cadmium being extended to aerospace is forcing manufacturers to search for alternative anti-corrosion coatings. Aerospace is exempt from an existing ban on cadmium, but this is likely to be revoked if studies into possible alternatives prove fruitful. ...
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Air Transport
Winner: Bombardier Regional Aircraft Location: Ontario, Canada Achievement: Helping carriers to exploit the benefits of open skies, with new low-cost, direct air services using the 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet. FROM THE OUTSET, Bombardier designed its 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet to help airlines open up new ...
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Environment
Winner: PZL-Swidnik Polish Aviation Works Location: Swidnik, Poland Achievement: Taking a lead on safe environmental production in Eastern Europe with the introduction of a new anodising line. At the start of 1995, Polish helicopter maker PXL-Swidnik opened a fully automated line for chromic acid anodising of aluminium ...
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Boeing examines longest-range 777 yet
BOEING IS studying an ultra-long-range 777-200 as a possible alternative to the development of the smaller-capacity short-bodied -100X. The study has been prompted by airline demand for an ultra-long-haul aircraft combining the range of the -100X with the higher capacity of the -200. Boeing hopes that the move ...
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Sabena brought to a halt by pilot strike. . .
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS BELGIAN NATIONAL carrier Sabena is paralysed by the fourth strike since November. This time the pilot's union, ABPNL, is opposing the hiring of four pilots by regional subsidiary DAT to fly the new Avro RJ85. The latest series of conflicts began when the ...
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Russia's air-traffic volume continues to fall
TRAFFIC VOLUMES in Russia have fallen for the fifth successive year, according to the Russian Transport Department's 1995 annual report, due to be published on 16 February. The latest decline leaves passenger numbers at barely one-third of 1990's peak, when 90.7 million boardings were recorded in Russia, then part of ...
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Raytheon Premier on track
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has issued performance guarantees to buyers of its new light business-jet, the Premier I, after the latest series of windtunnel tests confirmed initial predictions. Maximum cruise speed at 33,000ft (10,000m) is expected to be around 460kt (850km/h), while range is pegged at 2,775km (1,500nm). Payload with ...
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A different direction
A continuing trend for takeovers and mergers is changing the face of the defence industry worldwide Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC WESTINGHOUSE'S decision to sell its defence-electronics business to North- rop Grumman for $3 billion signals a new wave of US aerospace-industry mergers. "Consolidation should remain a ...
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CNAC negotiates 737 lease for Hong Kong start-up
CHINA NATIONAL Aviation (CNAC) is understood to be close to finalising an agreement with General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to lease a Boeing 737-500 for its planned Hong Kong airline The start-up carrier, to be named China Hongkong Airlines, plans to dry-lease the 737 for five years. ...
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Arrow freighter
Arrow Air has taken delivery of its first Lockheed Martin L-1011-200F freighter, for use on the cargo airline's principal Miami-San Juan route. Source: Flight International
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Dash 8 returned
US regional Mesa Air has returned its Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-300s to the manufacturer ahead of schedule, citing the aircraft's "severe weight restrictions" on operations in the Rocky Mountain region. Delivery of, "hot-and-high" Dash 8-200s are due, to begin in May. ...
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DASA hopes to salvage Ranger with KTX-II deal
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is hoping to use a possible partnership with South Korea on the KTX-II advanced-trainer/light-combat-aircraft programme to breathe new life into its Ranger 2000 programme. If partnership talks with Korea's Agency for Defence Development and Samsung Aerospace are successful, the German ...
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An-140 to be produced in Iran
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW IRAN HAS SIGNED A DEAL with Ukraine for the licence production of the Antonov An-140 twin-turboprop, the Ukrainian Ministry of Machine Building has confirmed. Production is to be undertaken in Isfahan, Iran, where an aircraft-manufacturing plant will be completed with Ukrainian assistance. Two ...
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Kiss-seal tear forces BA to ground 777s
BRITISH AIRWAYS grounded two of its three Boeing 777s on 31 January, after tears were discovered in kiss seals on their engine thrust-reversers. The affected seals are between the thrust-reverser cowl and the pre-cooler inlet. The grounding comes as General Electric and Boeing received clearance from the US ...
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JSX drives down prices as it learns from AMO
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON JSX, THE UNIT which manages the British Aerospace fleet of leased Jetstream turboprops, has warned competitors that it plans an aggressive price drive to get idle 19-seat J31s back in the air. JSX is preparing to take on manufacturers of new 19-seaters through ...