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Boeing's actions require scrutiny
Sole-supplier deals could stifle competition and reduce the impetus to innovate. When a company with the size and influence of Boeing flexes its muscles, everybody had better sit up and take notice. Recently, there's been plenty of muscle-flexing in Seattle. Boeing has signed sole-supplier deals with American Airlines ...
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Pratt & Whitney
Carole Sharpe has been appointed vice-president of communications at US aero-engine manufacturer United Technologies. Source: Flight International
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Rolls-Royce RB.211 engineer Vic Szewczyk and UK Civil Aviation Authority surveyor Peter Leech display UK approval certificates for the RB.211-524G/H-T aero-engine, designed for operation in the Boeing 747-400, following the award of a certificate of type approval which was granted by theUK Civil Aviation Authority in mid-May. ...
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CFM on Il-76
CFM International's president Gerad Leviac says that the company is working with Ilyushin to re-engine the Il-76 with the CFM56 engine. Leviac says that the plan to re-engine the Il-86 with the CFM56 has foundered on the inability to arrange funding. Source: Flight International
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New Trent 700 failure
The fifth inflight shutdown - the third within in a two-week period - of a Rolls-Royce Trent 700 occurred to a Dragonair A330-300 en route from Malaysia to Hong Kong on 23 May. The aircraft was diverted to Subic Bay in the Philippines. "From first reports, we have no reason ...
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MDC flies X-36 tailless demonstrator
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has modified its X-36 tailless-fighter technology demonstrator after overheating cut short the 17 May first flight. The remotely piloted research aircraft was landed after just 6min when sensors indicated high temperatures in a rear-fuselage compartment. MDC has added air scoops to improve cooling, according to ...
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Maintenance DirectoryPart 2, Africa, Asia and Australasia
The growing importance of the Asia-Pacific market for aviation is attracting considerable investment in the region's airframe and engine repair and overhaul capabilities. With large numbers of new Airbus and Boeing aircraft entering service with Asia's carriers, local-airline engineering divisions and third-party maintenance companies are wanting to cash in on ...
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Boeing accelerates 747 growth project again
Boeing is stepping up work on its revamped 747-400IGW (increased gross weight) and IGW Stretch plan, and is pushing Rolls-Royce and the General Electric /Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance to firm up plans for new 289kN (65,000lb)-thrust engines to make the proposed aircraft more attractive to airlines. "You'll ...
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Delta opts for fire-protection
Delta Air Lines has decided to fit its entire narrowbody fleet with cargo-bay fire-protection systems well ahead of an expected US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive. Walter Kidde Aerospace, a division of Kidde Technologies, is Delta's chosen supplier of cargo-hold smoke-detectors which, together with Kidde's central cargo electronic-monitoring unit and ...
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Ilyushin Il-96T flies for first time
The Ilyushin Il-96T freighter had its maiden flight on 16 May at the VASO Voronezh production plant. The aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW2337 engines and equipped with Rockwell-Collins avionics, was flown for 21min. It has now been ferried to the Zhukovsky flight-test centre where it will be flight-tested ...
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Airbus will limit A3XX engine choice
Airbus Industrie says that it will give airlines a choice of two engines only for the 550- to 650-seat A3XX. Three are now being offered: the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, a Pratt &Whitney PW4000 derivative, and a new engine from General Electric Pratt &Whitney Engine Alliance. "We are evaluating ...
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ANZ drops Rolls for GE on next 747-400
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) has switched its allegiance from Rolls-Royce to General Electric for its next Boeing 747-400, due for delivery in 1998. The flag carrier opted for GE's CF6-80C2 over R-R's proposed RB.211-524G/H-T improved turbofan. The decision is a setback for the UK manufacturer's effort to sell ...
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Fokker to expand services in maintenance markets
Fokker Services plans to expand its activities beyond providing spares and technical support for Fokker turboprops and jet-powered aircraft, to include maintenance and modifications of other civil and military aircraft. As part of the Dutch company's planned diversification, it has acquired a two-bay service centre at Singapore's Seletar ...
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Pratt & Whitney
Karl Krapek, president of US engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, has taken over management of P&W's large commercial-engine business. The current president, Robert Wolfe, is to leave the company. Krapek has named eight top executives, with four new appointments: Robert Leduc, senior vice-president for commercial-engine programmes and service; John Wohler, ...
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AI(R) defers engine choice for new regional-jet programme
The rapid rise of the regional jets at the top end of the market and the intense competition between engine makers seeking to power them dominated debate at this year's Regional Airline Association convention in Reno, Nevada, on 12-14 May. There was also spirited defence of 19-seat aircraft at the ...
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Chirac's Chinese visit reaps a harvest of civil orders
China Aviation Supplies (CASC) has placed a $1.5 billion order for a second batch of 30 Airbus Industrie A320/A321s, further strengthening the European consortium's growing presence in that country. It is the biggest of three deals announced during the visit of French president Jacques Chirac to Beijing in ...
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SilkAir selects engine
SilkAir has selected the International Aero Engines V2500-A5 for its planned new fleet of Airbus Industrie A319/A320s. The Singapore-based airline is to order a mix of eight A319s and A320s to replace its two Fokker 70s and Boeing 737-300s (Flight International, 14-20 May). SilkAir will also take options on another ...
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P&W plans demonstration of new JSF engine diagnostics
PRATT &WHITNEY plans to demonstrate pro-active diagnostic technologies planned for its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) engine. "Prognostics" will be able to detect impending failures, increasing powerplant reliability in the single-engined fighter, the company says. "Single-engine safety is paramount in the JSF," says Frank Gillette, P&W director of advanced ...
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'Superjumbo': why bother with a new design at all?
Sir - How good it was to see the letters from Noel Falconer and David Connolly (Letters, Flight International, 23-29 April, P64) about the Airbus Industrie new "super jumbo". It seems that, thanks to the accountants, we are to get not a state-of-the-art large aircraft, with refined aerodynamics, ...
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Allison revises growth plans for AE3007
Allison Engine is revising growth plans for its AE3007 turbofan, to tackle the thrust requirements of the projected Embraer EMB-170, a possible stretched version of the EMB-145 now being studied by the Brazilian manufacturer. "The growth version would use the fan from the Tay engine," says Allison large-commercial-engines ...