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MDC sets October date for MD-XX
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) hopes to begin offering its MD-XX, the MD-11 tri-jet derivative, to airlines as early as October and "-will launch as soon as possible after that, probably in early 1997", says Walt Orlowski, MDC vice-president and general manager of the programme. ...
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Sound of silence
THE UK GOVERNMENT has decided that the absolute noise limits for airliners leaving London's three major airports should be reduced by up to 3dBA. This action, it says, will reduce noise for airport neighbours at little cost to the airlines - "only" 12% of departures of the heaviest-laden Boeing 747s ...
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Air-conditioning duo test regional system
KATSUHIKO HAMADA, ENGINEERING STAFF manager at Sumitomo Precision Products and leader of the Japanese company's 100-seat regional-jet air-conditioning system co-development team (left), and Greg DeFrancesco, Hamilton Standard's chief engineer and co-development team leader, prepare an air-conditioning pack for testing at Hamilton's Connecticut, US site. Hamilton and Sumitomo are developing the ...
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Pros and cons of low/mid wings
Sir - The concept of the omnibus owes more to tradition than to talent; if a design works, there is no need to change it. Airbus Industrie aircraft - and Boeing airliners - are low-winged, so Airbus, with its A3XX, abjures the main advantage, which a clean-sheet approach has over ...
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Power games
Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE TWO MANUFACTURERS which will offer engines for Boeing's 747-500X/600X derivatives laid their cards on the table at Farnborough, and highlighted the radical differences between two powerplants which could end up being remarkably similar in terms of performance. General Electric and Pratt & Whitney ...
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Northwest contract
ST Aviation Services SASCO has signed a $21 million contract with Northwest Airlines for a Section 41 modification of nine Boeing 747-200s, with an option to upgrade a further six. Work will begin immediately and be spread over 18 months. SASCO has also won a $2.5 million deal with FedEx ...
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AI(R) selection
Aero International (Regional) has selected the Honeywell/Trimble HT1000 as the standard optional global-navigation satellite sensor (GPSS) navigation-management system for the ATR 42 and 72 regional turboprops. Source: Flight International
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Asiana wants additional power for 777-300 fleet
GENERAL ELECTRIC and Rolls-Royce are being pressed by Asiana Airlines to commit to development of higher-thrust engines to power Boeing 777-300s. The South Korean carrier has specified that it wants a 430kN (98,000lb)-thrust engine to power its planned fleet of aircraft. The yet-to-be-selected engine is needed by early ...
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Lufthansa takes MD-11s, USAir talks -95s
Guy Norris/FARNBOROUGH McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is in final negotiations with USAir for a huge MD-95 twinjet order, thought to include more than 50 aircraft on firm order and 50 on option. News of the USAir talks comes hot on the heels of the sale of up to ...
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CFMI faces new 737 test hurdle
CFM INTERNATIONAL (CFMI) is redesigning the fan-blade-retention device on the CFM56-7B2 for the third time in an attempt to complete certification testing for the engine type for the new-generation Boeing 737. The new test will take place "around the end of September", says CFMI, which realises that ...
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Dornier sets jet date
FAIRCHILD DORNIER could launch a turbofan version of its 30-seat Dornier 328 next month, with development of a stretched 50-seat turbofan to follow in mid-1997 after an eight-month definition phase. The turbofan development, an alternative to the long-awaited turboprop stretched-version of the aircraft, has already been deemed ...
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Highly rated
Is cross-crew qualification delivering its promises? David Learmount/LONDONPaul Phelan/CAIRNS AS AIRLINES AND regulators start to gain experience with cross-crew qualification (CCQ) training and mixed-fleet flying (MFF), its potential is becoming clearer. Cathay Pacific Airways, with its unique Airbus Industrie A330/A340 MFF operation, now has 55 complete ...
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Licencing and major regulatory issues
REGULATIONS which affect cross-crew qualification (CCQ) and mixed-fleet flying sometimes directly limit the number of commercial type-ratings a pilot is allowed to have on his licence, but in all cases specify the training necessary first to obtain the type ratings and then to maintain type-rating currency. The regulatory components are: ...
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The Cathay experience
CATHAY PACIFIC Airways has been operating mixed-fleet flying with its new Airbus Industrie A330/A340s since August 1995. This is a pioneering departure, in that it requires crews to be simultaneously qualified, on aircraft with two and four engines, a combination, which has never before been an industry-accepted practice for line ...
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BAe's asset management effort reaps return with more deals
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE says that its aggressive drive to limit losses from the group's extensive turboprop leasebook is beginning to produce results, with a series of new deals including the first sales of Jetstream J31s. BAe Asset Management Turboprops (AMT) announced plans to step up ...
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Boeing 737 mystery prompts airworthiness directives
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC and David Learmount/LONDON The US National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into the USAir Pittsburgh crash has spawned airworthiness directives (ADs) requiring changes in the Boeing 737 flight-control system. This comes despite the fact that the investigation, the most exhaustive in the board's history, has failed ...
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A coming of age
The powerful Trent 800 is carving out a big slice of the engine market for Rolls-Royce. Guy Norris/LOS A little over a year from now the world's longest jet airliner is due to fly from Everett, Washington. Powering the first flight of the Boeing 777-300 will be Rolls-Royce ...
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British Airways expects 777 ETOPS in October
Guy Norris/FARNBOROUGH BRITISH AIRWAYS is expected to be cleared for inaugural transatlantic services with the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 in October, pending final approval by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). The engine/airframe completed extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) testing on 31 July, and US Federal ...
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Digital gyro deal
Airbus Industrie has selected Honeywel's GG1320 digital ring-laser gyro as a replacement for analogue ring-laser gyros in its A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 types. The GG1320 is to be certificated on the A320 as part of the US avionics manufacturer's air-data/initial-reference system in December. It will be certificated on ...
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GE/P&W will finalise GP7000 by year end
THE GENERAL Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance joint venture will complete definition of the GP7000 baseline design for the proposed Boeing 747-X series by the end of the year to meet an entry-into-service target of 2000 (Flight International, 4-10 September). The partners aim to begin a 36-month development ...