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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 ...
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Germany reprieves Strato 2C
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN parliamentary budget committee has conditionally voted to continue funding the Grob Strato 2C high-altitude research aircraft, rejecting research and technology minister Jurgen Ruttgers recommendation that the programme be scrapped and DM72 million ($50 million) of Government funding be returned (Flight International, 24-30 January). ...
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AI(R) poised to challenge Regional Jet
Julian Moxon andGilbert Sedbon/TOULOUSE AERO INTERNATIONAL (Regional) (AI(R)) is studying a new 70-seat regional jet to take on competition from Canadair's planned stretched 64-seat version of the Regional Jet. The study was announced by AI(R), chief executive Henri-Paul Puel, as he unveiled an order for ...
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Samsung cool on Fokker
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE SOUTH KOREAN Government and aerospace industry, are playing down speculation, that they are mounting a serious effort to buy all or part of the financially stricken Fokker group. Officials from the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, as well as industrial giant ...
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Solving problems in development
Sir - One aspect not specifically covered in your forecast for 1996 (Flight International, 3-9 January, P26) is a review of problems and progress towards solving them. Two examples stand out, the General Electric GE90 certification programme for the Boeing 777 and the introduction of fly-by-wire control. In ...
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Overshoot issue is a universal one
Sir - The article "Dynamic overshoot" (Flight International, 24-30 January, P30) claims that engineers "completely overlooked" the phenomenon. I hope that this is not true, as it is not only aerospace structures, which are affected. Bridges, for example, experience dynamic overshoot, because of rolling loads. The ...
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Twenty years young
The Concorde is set to remain in airline service for up to another 20 years. Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE BRITISH AEROSPACE/Aerospatiale Concorde is a unique airliner in many ways, not least because it has been in revenue service for two decades and there is still no new aircraft ...
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Hunting Aviation
HUNTING AVIATION was inadvertently omitted from Part I of the Flight International Third party Maintenance Directory (24-30 January). UK Hunting Aviation - Aircraft Engineering Division, East Midlands Airport, Castle Donnington, Derby DE74 2SL, UK. Tel: +44 (1332) 813 167 or +44 (1332) 810 910; fax: +44 ...
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MTU remains shy of BMW R-R merger as hurdles fally
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace's (DASA's) aero-engine subsidiary MTU Munchen has dampened speculation that it is to be merged with BMW Rolls-Royce. Although the move has not been entirely ruled out, the company says that it is unlikely. Links will be tightened through parts-manufacturing contracts, says ...
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USAF will extend the life of Singapore air force F-16s
THE REPUBLIC OF Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has reached an agreement with the US Air Force to carry out a structural life-extension on its Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs. USAF civilian contractors will perform the depot-level work locally at Singapore's Tengah AB. The structural strengthening "Falcon Up" and modification programme ...
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Fairchild
Tad Jakes has been appointed director of after-market sales for Australia and Southeast Asia at regional-aircraft manufacturer Fairchild Aircraft of San Antonio, Texas. Juan Garza is named regional-support manager for Asia. With the company for 15 years, he was formerly a Fairchild senior technical representative. Source: Flight International
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Flight tests begin on CFM56-7 turbofan
Guy Norris/MOJAVE CFM INTERNATIONAL'S CFM56-7B turbofan, destined for the new Boeing 737 family now under development, has been flown for the first time on board General Electric's Boeing 747-100 test-bed at Mojave, California. Five flights lasting around 25h had been accumulated by 25 January, nine ...
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Regional dilemma
Fokker's troubles are only one symptom of turbulent times in the regional-aircraft market. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE THESE ARE interesting times in the regional-aircraft market. Even without the crisis at Fokker, manufacturers were facing some fundamental questions about exactly where their market niche lies. ...