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Rejected DASA looks east for regional partner
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) says that it will go ahead with a new regional-jet programme together with Korean and Chinese partners, even if its other European rivals fail to come on board. The challenge follows DASA's signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ...
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Latavio tries to wreck SAS Latvian venture
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LATVIAN FLAG CARRIER Latvian Airlines (Latavio) is mounting a last-ditch attempt to sink the proposed joint venture between Baltic International USA (BIUSA) and Scandinavian Airline System (SAS). Latavio is now being backed by the privately owned Banka Baltija - the largest bank in ...
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Indian Passage
A 24-strong delegation of companies led by McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has completed a tour of Indian aerospace concerns as part of an effort to identify potential component-suppliers for the US Company's aircraft programmes. MDC is competing for major aircraft orders from Air India and the new Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture. ...
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GE is not being so consistent
Sir - An article headed "New birdstrike rules worry GE" (Flight International, 15-23 December, 1993) reported that GE was concerned the company could be singled out for special conditions by the US Federal Aviation Administration, because of the use of composite materials in the fan. At the time, ...
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Frustration of seeking a job
Sir - I am a pilot with a UK regional airline seeking employment with some of the major scheduled and charter carriers, to further my career. It is frustrating to be told by some airlines that they are not recruiting, and do not foresee doing so, only to ...
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Airbus should be applauded
Sir - Following recent correspondence in Flight International about the safety of Airbus aircraft, I believe that what is happening is the result of resistance to change. I was suspicious the first time I travelled in an Airbus A320 as a passenger. I think that people in general ...
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Lockheed
Norman Augustine will retire as chief executive of Lockheed Martin on 1 August, 1997, to teach engineering at Princeton University. He will continue to serve the US aerospace powerhouse as its board chairman. Vance Coffman, president and chief operating officer will be elevated to chief executive upon Augustine's leaving. He ...
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Kodak in space
Eastman Kodak has joined the Space Imaging company formed by Lockheed to operate a commercial remote-sensing satellite system, starting in 1997. The satellites will generate 1m-resolution digital images for the production of data products for a market which is forecast to be worth $5 billion in 2000. Japan's Mitsubishi has ...
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Litton chance
Litton stands to sell more than 2,000 embedded (EGI) LN-100G global-positioning/inertial-navigation systems, worth $275 million, to equip US Navy McDonnell Douglas F-18s and Northrop Grumman EA-6Bs, after being selected for an initial integration programme. The first contract, awarded through the US Air Force, is worth $5.4 million and covers the ...
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Ukraine International looks for European equity share
UKRAINE International Airlines (UIA) is in advanced talks with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and three foreign airlines over the possible sale of up to one-quarter of the carrier. Deputy president Dick Creagh says that the airline, 11.3%-owned by lessor GPA, with the rest held ...
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'Clean Wing' systems on test
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES NORTHWEST AIRLINES has begun operational tests of an experimental broad-area wing-contamination detection system on a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-82. The test is aimed at the eventual development and certification of a production-standard system which will provide crews with automated, real-time, aircraft surface-contamination information. ...
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Providing the answers
The causes of accidents are often not found because of inadequate flight-data recorders. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The United Airlines Boeing 737-200 which rolled on its back and crashed for no apparent reason on the approach to Colorado Springs in March 1991 carried a six-parameter ...
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Aeroflot looks West for its fleet renewal
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN International Airlines (ARIA) has confirmed plans to lease further Western aircraft until upgraded Russian aircraft become available. Replacement of ARIA's 116-strong fleet of ageing and fuel-inefficient aircraft is a priority, acknowledges airline chief executive Vladimir Tikhonov, giving his report on the airline's performance ...
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GE90-powered 777 reaches Mach 0.96 in dive
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC GE90-powered Boeing 777 reached Mach 0.96 during a high-speed dive in February, as part of a faster-than-expected expansion of the aircraft/engine flight envelope. "We are well into the test schedule. In fact we're already at the point that we'd normally be at six weeks into ...
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Smiths secures place on new 737 programme
SMITHS INDUSTRIES estimates that it has secured around $350 million of business on the next generation of Boeing 737, after being selected to supply the aircraft's flight-management computer (FMC) system. Smiths supplies a range of avionics equipment for the existing 737 programme, including the FMC, but faced a ...
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UK CAA backs breather for 707s/DC-8s
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE UK GOVERNMENT is considering recommendations which would give operators of Boeing 707s and McDonnell Douglas DC-80-50s temporary waivers from European noise restrictions. Civil Aviation Administration proposals now with UK transport secretary Brian Mawhinney would give 12-month dispensations to about 75% of the dozen ...
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PWA scales back profit forecast
PWA, THE PARENT OF Canadian Airlines, has scaled down profit forecasts for this year, following a higher-than-expected net loss for 1994. The group still expects to swing back to a net profit in 1995, but warns that this is likely to be in the region of C$52 million ...
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GE turboprop will power Sukhoi S-80
GENERAL ELECTRIC has agreed a deal to put its CT7 turboprop on the Sukhoi S-80 utility aircraft. A repair, overhaul and support deal for the engine has been put in place with Rybinsk Motors. Under the contract with Sukhoi, two CT7-9B turboprops will be delivered for flight testing ...
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ATR 72 crew 'knew about icing' snag
THE PILOTS of American Eagle Flight 4182 which crashed on 31 October, 1994, were aware that their ATR 72 was icing up, but did not believe that the problem was serious enough to cause them to lose control of the aircraft. A transcript of the aircraft's cockpit-voice recorder ...
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USAir sells off 11 Boeing 737-300s
USAIR IS SELLING 11 Boeing 737-300s to General Electric Capital (GECC). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The financially ailing US carrier says that the aircraft sale is part of a plan to cut operating costs by at least $1 billion annually. It says ...