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IAE works on variable-area nozzle
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) and Calcor Aero Systems are to develop the world's first variable-area exhaust nozzle for a civil aero-engine. IAE, a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU, FiatAvio and Japanese Aero Engines, will work with California-based Calcor to produce a technology demonstrator for IAE's ...
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Reverse gear is being considered
Sir - The idea of a powered landing gear, or reverse gear for aircraft, is receiving the consideration of the Italian Office of Intellectual Property (file RM95A00318 0f 17 May, 1995, for the granting of a patent) to try to save the fees for pushback. Airbus Industrie says ...
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Honeywell clinches TracLink GPS deal at Minneapolis
HONEYWELL HAS BEEN selected by the Minneapolis/St Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), Minnesota, to install a Honeywell/Pelorus SLS-2000 satellite-landing system and the company's recently developed vehicle-tracking system, the TracLink. Both systems are based on the global-positioning system (GPS) and will use correctional positioning information from a local-area GPS ...
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MAS profit rise fails to impress
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) managed to deliver its long-awaited profit recovery for the 1994/5 financial year, but the improvement failed to live up to expectations following a lack-lustre second half. The group turned in profits of M$139 million ($56.6 million) for its full year ...
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Moller plans four-seat VTOL experiment
MOLLER International, manufacturer of the M200X experimental two-seat vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, aims to fly a four-seater, the M400 Skycar, before the end of 1995. Moller is expected to give more details of plans for the Skycar at the Paris air show, which opened on 10 ...
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Building Starts
CFM International and the Civil Aviation Administration of China have begun construction of a new joint venture, engine maintenance training centre, in Chengdu. The school, due to open in 1997, is modeled on General Electric and CFMI training sites in the USA and France. A temporary centre, in ...
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Instruments blamed in UK Bandeirante crash
STORMY WEATHER, combined with the apparent failure of at least one artificial horizon, may prove to have been contributory factors to the Knight Air Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash on 24 May (Flight International, 31 May-6 June) says the investigators' preliminary report. All 12 people on board died when ...
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Bedek wins contract to convert Tu-154s to VIP configuration
THE BEDEK DIVISION of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has been awarded a contract to convert Tupolev Tu-154M passenger aircraft into VIP configuration. Avia Star, the Russian manufacturer of the Tu-154M, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Israeli Company. The first Tu-154M will be flown to Israel ...
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MDC polls MD-11 freighter operators on smoke rules
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is canvassing MD-11 freight operators on proposed changes to the freighter configuration, which would meet new smoke-rules of the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and reduce maintenance costs. The alterations would allow loads of up to 79,450kg, while producing a net reduction (of around 130kg) ...
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Saab Aircraft celebrates major 340B order spree
SAAB AIRCRAFT has landed significant orders for its 340B Plus turboprop from two of the largest regional operators in the USA. In addition, the Swedish manufacturer has almost completed a deal to sell a large number of Saab 2000s to one of the carriers. The biggest single order ...
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DASA in talks over Korean 328 deal production
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) and South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries are discussing South Korean assembly of the Dornier 328 33-seat turboprop. Senior executives at Daewoo say that the talks are focused on establishing a new production line at its aerospace division's Changwon factory. ...
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First customer close for An-38
VOSTOK AIRLINES of Khabarovsk, Russia is expected to be named as the first customer, for the Antonov An-38 regional airliner. The 27-seat An-38 will be delivered to Vostok in October 1996. The twin-turboprop was developed by Ukraine's Antonov design bureau from the earlier An-28, but includes extensive Western-supplied ...
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Avensa chooses hushkit for 737s
VENEZUELAN CARRIER Avensa has ordered a newly certificated Boeing 737-100/200 Stage 3 hushkit developed by Florida-based AvAero which allows it to operate to much higher maximum gross take-off weights (MGTOW) without turbine nozzle modifications. AvAero has received a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate allowing users of ...
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Dash 8 stretch launched
BOMBARDIER HAS launched the stretched de Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprop, following an order for 12 aircraft from Great China Airlines of Taiwan. A formal announcement is expected at the show. The Taiwanese domestic carrier is understood to be one of several launch customers for the 70-seat ...
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Competition hots up for Air Macau deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE COMPETITION between Airbus Industrie and Boeing to place aircraft with start-up carrier Air Macau has intensified, with a final decision expected shortly from the airline's board of directors. Air Macau has an immediate requirement for four leased aircraft and wants to put the ...
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Chinese airlines sign MDC deal
CHINA EASTERN and China Northern Airlines have signed a $700 million provisional agreement with McDonnell Douglas (MDC), increasing the number of Long Beach-built MD-90-30 TrunkLiners ordered to 20. Under a revised deal signed in 1994, China had intended ordering 14 MD-90s and six MD-82s from McDonnell Douglas' Long ...
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Avro tackles RJ100 London City Airport weight limit
AVRO INTERNATIONAL Aerospace is working to boost the RJ100's payload capacity for operations at London City Airport, by introducing a new 33° flap setting for take-off, and reducing airframe weight. The work is being carried out to enable Crossair to operate its recently ordered RJ100s into the airport ...
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Jeppesen launches on-line dispatch aid
JEPPESEN HAS launched a new OnSight integrated operations- management and flight-dispatch system for airline and fleet-operators. The OnSight delivers on-line flight-management and dispatch information in near-real time, via Unix-compatible workstations. The Denver, USA-based international aviation-information services company says that the OnSight is offered as a modular system, including ...
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Russian consortium proposal approved
RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT manufacturers and airlines are to go ahead with their plans to form a joint financial and industrial group, following president Boris Yeltsin's approval of their proposals. The group, called the Russian Aviation Consortium, is intended to play a major role in financing the development of the ...
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Eurojet-powered Eurofighter gets airborne
The first Eurofighter 2000 prototype to be fitted with Eurojet EJ200 turbofan engines was flown on 4 June from Eurofighter industrial partner Alenia's Caselle flight-test centre. The flight of the DA 3 lasted for 50min, with the aircraft and engines handling as predicted. The first two prototypes are fitted with ...