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PS-90A certificated - and criticised
SERIES PRODUCTION, of the Aviadvigatel PS-90A turbofan at Perm Motors, has been approved, by the CIS Aviation Register. The certificate has only been issued for two years, during which time engine-reliability problems will have to be ironed out, says the aviation authority. The engine has come in for ...
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Second Trent 777 returns to Seattle after testing
THE SECOND Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered Boeing 777 was expected to return to Seattle on 1 March after undergoing 91 route sectors with Cathay Pacific Airways. Boeing is striving to achieve early extended-range twin-operations (ETOPS) clearance for the aircraft. By the end of February, the Trent 777 had undergone ...
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MDC/NASA to show X-36 fighter testbed
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) and NASA are to unveil a newly de-classified future fighter research aircraft at the company's St Louis, Missouri headquarters on 19 March. The exact configuration of the X-36, as the sub-scale vehicle is called, is being kept secret until ...
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PZL-Swidnik works through SW-4 problems
Andrzej Jeziorski/SWIDNIK POLISH HELICOPTER manufacturer PZL-Swidnik is anticipating a second-quarter debut for its SW-4 light helicopter after rotor and vibration problems delayed the programme by more than a year. The first prototype of the four- to five-seat helicopter was completed at the end of 1994, and ...
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Aircraft news
GE Capital Services has ordered 102 B737s, including 82 next generation models, and five B777s. The company has options on a further 76 B737s in a $4 billion deal. Vietnam Airlines will take 10 A320s on operating leases from Regionair and 3 B767-300s from Gecas. KLM ...
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Appointments
Changes at Air France Europe include chief operating officer Patrick Alexandre also assuming the title of executive vice president. Marc Lemidey becomes EVP planning and development, Michael Enneser is appointed EVP station operations and cargo and Pierre-Alain Jeanneney is EVP finance and administration. Swissair has appointed Armin Daume ...
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ATA bemoans Russia deal
By approving a $1 billion loan to Aeroflot, the Export-Import Bank has inadvertently become the latest target in the US airline industry's fight to have the exemption on fuel tax reinstated. The howls of protest that greeted Exim's decision to grant a $1 billion loan to Aeroflot to ...
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DGPS approaches
Airport interest in satellite-based precision approaches is growing, as the potential benefits become evident. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA IN 1995, THE INTERNATIONAL aviation community, granted a stay of execution, to the venerable instrument-landing-system (ILS), while paving the way for its eventual replacement, by the global-positioning system (GPS). ...
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APU selection
Air Canada has selected the AlliedSignal Engines 36-300 auxiliary power-unit (APU) for 35 Airbus A319s on order, in a deal exceeding $25 million. Air Jamaica has selected Auxiliary Power International's APS 3200 APU for four Airbus A320s it has on order. Source: Flight International
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Rohr deal
BMW Rolls Royce has selected Rohr to supply nacelles and thrust-reversers for the BR715 engine powering the McDonnell Douglas MD-95. Test hardware will be delivered later this year, with engine certification scheduled for September 1998 and first aircraft deliveries for mid-1999. Source: Flight International
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Xionix wins United upgrade
XIONIX SIMULATION HAS won a United Airlines contract to upgrade Boeing 747 and 757 auto-flight-systems trainers previously supplied to the carrier. The upgrade will include Xionix' FMC Emulator, which uses actual aircraft flight-management-computer (FMC) software. The personal-computer-based FMC Emulator has been developed jointly with FMC supplier Honeywell and ...
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Taking shape
Boeing began major assembly of the first 777-200 increased-gross-weight (IGW) version on 20 February. The aircraft will be rolled out in the middle of this year, before delivery to British Airways in early 1997. The 777-200IGW has a take-off weight of 286,900kg and a range of 13,400km (7,230nm), compared with ...
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Bell and Samsung to launch twin
BELL HELICOPTER Textron and South Korea's Samsung Aerospace are planning joint development of a new light twin-turbine helicopter, tentatively designated the Model 427. Certification is scheduled for late 1998. The 427 is intended to be a rival for the Eurocopter EC 135 and McDonnell Douglas MD Explorer, says Bell chairman ...
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Omniflight order is tonic for Agusta
OMNIFLIGHT Helicopters, a Dallas, Texas-based air- medical operator, has ordered 12 Agusta helicopters, including six single-engined A.119 Koalas, marking the first announced sale of the aircraft. The Omniflight order, valued at around $29 million, is the largest single commercial-helicopter deal secured in the USA by the Italian manufacturer. ...
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Honeywell predicts Pegasus boom
MORE THAN 700 Boeing 757/767s and McDonnell Douglas MD-90/MD-11s could be retrofitted with Honeywell's newly developed Pegasus flight-management system (FMS), according to the company. The Pegasus FMS has 25 times the throughput capacity and up to 16 times more memory than that of the existing systems and will ...
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TWA will replaced L-1011 fleet with 757s
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES (TWA) is to acquire 20 Pratt & Whitney-powered 757-200s - ten purchased from Boeing and ten leased from International Lease Finance - to replace its 14 Lockheed L-1011s and some Boeing 727s. The carrier will also hushkit 28 McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9-30s, and is negotiating with MDC ...
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R-R considers Asian Trent 777 centre
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ROLLS-ROYCE IS studying development of a coordinated regional engine-overhaul and repair capability for Asian airlines operating the Trent 800-powered Boeing 777. The UK engine maker is trying to persuade carriers to adopt a co-operative approach to Trent engine maintenance, by establishing complementary, rather ...
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AAR
William Bailey has been appointed group vice-president of cargo-loading-systems supplier AAR Manufacturing Group, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois. He also becomes president of the legal entity, AAR Manufacturing Group Inc. Engine supplier and overhauler AAR Engine Group has appointed Patrick Aherne vice-president for European operations, based in London. Ken Mercier ...
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GE plans for turboprop power growth
GENERAL ELECTRIC is developing two new versions of its CT7 turboprop family, a CT7-9+, which will be certificated later this year, and a more ambitious CT7-11 variant which has been timed for 1999. GE says that the growth programmes will meet the requirements of current CT7-powered, aircraft ...
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PZL-Okecie to replace crashed prototype
POLISH AIRCRAFT manufacturer PZL-Okecie says that it wants to build another PZL-130T Turbo Orlik to replace the prototype lost in a fatal crash on 25 January. Contrary to earlier reports that the accident involved the Pratt & Whitney-powered PZL-130TC (Flight International, 7-13 February), marketing and sales director Maciej ...