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Lockheed signs C-130J agreement
LOCKHEED Aeronautical Systems has signed agreements with three Australian companies to supply components for the C-130J as part of its proposed sale of 12 aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The three local manufacturers selected to join the Lockheed Martin Industrial Team, as C-130J suppliers are, ...
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Ansett Australia to retire F28s
Ansett Australia is to begin retiring its Fokker F28 fleet, scrapping five 1000- and 3000-series aircraft by the end of the year. Seven Fokker F28-4000s and five Boeing 727-200s, all due for retirement under Stage 3 noise rules in 2002, will remain in the fleet, but their earlier ...
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Eagle exceeds VLA stall minima
EAGLE AIRCRAFT HAS achieved stall speeds of less than the minimum 45kt standard for European Joint Aviation Authorities very-light-aircraft (JAR/VLA) certification in its "200 series" upgrade of the Eagle XT-S sports trainer. The aircraft had previously failed to meet the standard and was operating at a reduced take-off ...
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Raytheon breathes new life into Hawker 800
Raytheon Aircraft is re-launching its mid-sized Hawker 800 business jet, with enhanced performance and has christened it the 800XP. The 800XP will sell for the same $9.9 million price as the current aircraft, but will have upgraded AlliedSignal TFE731-5BR engines providing 20kN (4,460lb) of thrust each - an ...
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Turkey to launch hunt for MPA
TURKEY IS ABOUT to release a request for proposals for a maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA), with Fokker, CASA and Dornier among the likely bidders. The requirement looked likely at one point to be satisfied by an ex-US Navy Lockheed P-3 Orion, but this deal appears to have fallen through. ...
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Marshall Islands order drives Saab to tackle ETOPS
SAAB AIRCRAFT is working to achieve extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) certification for its Saab 2000 turboprop to allow extended flight over water. Executive vice-president Johan Oster says that 90min ETOPS qualification is needed for Air Marshall Islands, which has ordered two aircraft for operations over the Pacific. ...
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FAA endorses de-icing boot change to overcome ATR 42/72 difficulties
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the use of larger de-icing-boots on the ATR 42 and 72 regional turboprops. The modification, developed and tested by the Aerospatiale/Alenia consortium, is aimed at preventing the formation of an ice ridge on the wing by nearly doubling the effective coverage of ...
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Airbus is bullish on 600-seater aircraft
AIRBUS, ITS MEMBER companies and Boeing will decide in June whether or not to abandon their individual studies on an aircraft in the 600-plus-seat category and step up co-operation. Airbus' market forecast predicts delivery by the end of 2014 of more than 860 aircraft in "theoretical size categories ...
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Airbus aims for domination of jet-airliner market by 2000
AIRBUS FORECASTS that, within the next five years, it will be in a straight fight with US manufacturers, winning half of the world's new jet-airliner orders in a market worth around $50 billion a year. The consortium now has around 30% of new orders, but has plans to ...
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US action triggers EC open-skies move scramble
WITH ALMOST unprecedented speed, the European Commission (EC) has rushed through draft proposals for a pan-European open-skies agreement. The action follows US success in tying up individual open-skies deals with European countries. These are seen by the EC as being illegal and threatening to EC airlines as they ...
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Asia-Pacific firms cautioned on markets
AIRBUS HAS WARNED that emerging Asia-Pacific aerospace industries may be attacking the wrong market with their emphasis on regional jets. The warning is based on the latest Airbus long-range forecast, which shows that airlines in Asia-Pacific will account for only 10% of airliner deliveries in the 100-seat class. ...
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Bilateral Impasse
As US air-services negotiators, return from an apparently promising meeting with their British counterparts, and the European Commission (EC) suddenly discovers that it doesn't like what the US negotiators have agreed with the rest of Europe, a new question arises. Who really talks for Europe, and who really talks for ...
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Lufthansa transforms financial results
LUFTHANSA PRODUCED its promised return to profits in style, with a set of results ahead of expectations. The now-privatised German carrier underlined its financial transformation by revealing that it has halved debts and almost doubled cash flow over the past year. Full group figures will not be released ...
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Improved EF-111A Flies
Flight-testing has begun on the improved Northrop Grumman EF-111A electronic-warfare aircraft at Eglin AFB, Florida. The flight test programme will check out encoder/processor upgrades designed to provide increased signal-processing and improved reliability and maintainability. Engineering and manufacturing development of the upgrade will be completed in 1996. Other product-improvement research and ...
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Unfair criticism of ex-Soviet aircraft
Sir - I feel that Clifford Tonkin (Flight International, Letters, 8-14 March, P64) is being unfair to former Soviet Bloc aircraft by trotting out the old cliche, that these aircraft do not meet recognised standards. AirRep has operated more than 2,000 uneventful cargo flights in the last couple ...
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BMA 737: were precautions needed?
Sir - I refer to the report "Oil loss forces down BMA 737" (Flight International, 8-14 March, P16). When I was an apprentice, my airline did not permit scheduled maintenance on more than one engine per aircraft input, even on three-engine types. At another airline, I was not ...
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JAL Doubles 737 Order
Japan Airlines (JAL) has doubled its previously announced Boeing 737-400 order, from two to four aircraft, worth $180 million. The first two 737s are scheduled for delivery in May and June, followed by the remaining two aircraft in July 1996 and February 1997. JAL announced plans in April 1994 to ...
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Air La Expands
Air LA says that it is close to finalising a $6 million deal to acquire Conquest Airlines, a Texas-based carrier with a fleet of Fairchild Metro-liners. The deal comes only weeks after Air LA acquired Capitol Airlines based in St Paul, Minnesota. When both acquisitions are complete Air LA will ...
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Bombardier
John Lawson has been named president of the Bombardier Business Aircraft division, of Montreal, Canada. He succeeds Bryan Moss, who has become vice-chairman and a director of Gulfstream Aerospace, of Savannah, Georgia. He also becomes chief executive of new subsidiary Gulfstream Aircraft. Lawson was previously vice-president for marketing and international ...
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Lockheed
Albert Smith has been appointed president of Lockheed Missiles & Space space-systems division. Minoru Sam Araki, now executive vice-president of Lockheed Missiles & Space Systems Group (LMSSG), is named president of Lockheed Missiles & Space. Dain Hancock, now vice-president for F-16 programmes, becomes president of Lockheed Fort Worth. John McLellan, ...