All Engines news – Page 597
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Snecma casts doubt on its GE90 commitment
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS Kevin O'Toole/LONDON CASH-STRAPPED Snecma is understood to be preparing to renegotiate its position on the General Electric GE90, to avoid further heavy spending on developing higher-thrust versions. Snecma, which is a 25.5% revenue-sharing partner on the GE90, has not denied reports that it is ...
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Dee Howard tests next-generation thrust reverser
DEE HOWARD has completed preliminary actuation system testing and begun initial forward-thrust performance testing of its next-generation thrust reverser. The system includes a patented variable-geometry nozzle (VGN), which, according to Dee Howard, provides improved thrust performance during take-off and initial climb. The initial ground tests are being carried ...
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Computervision wins Lucas software deal
Andrew Doyle/PARIS LUCAS AEROSPACE plans to adopt Computervision's range of software tools as the basis for a common product-development platform across the company's operations worldwide. Bedford, Massachusetts-based Computervision says that Lucas is expected to deploy "over 200 user licences" of its electronic product-definition (EPD) software, which ...
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MAS seeks larger slice of maintenance market
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) is re-organising and expanding its capabilities in a bid to obtain a greater share of the worldwide third-party maintenance market. Central to the scheme is the establishment of a 220,000m2 (2.36 million ft2) engine-overhaul centre, known as Aircraft Engine Repair Operations (AERO). The plant, which ...
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Snecma rejects idea of selling stake to GE
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS SNECMA CHAIRMAN Bernard Dufour has dismissed the idea of General Electric taking a stake in the French group, if and when it comes up for privatisation. Previous comments from Snecma, under Dufour's predecessor Gerard Renon, had suggested that the group was open to ...
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Honeywell lands Moscow GPS order
HONEYWELL IS TO install a satellite-based landing-system at Moscow's Zhukovsky airfield for use by Russia's Department of Air Transportation to establish certification and operational procedures for precision approaches using the global-positioning system (GPS) and its Russian equivalent, GLONASS. The US company will supply its SLS-2000 differential-GPS (DGPS) ground ...
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Czech bank offers Let funding to certificate GE-powered L-610G
CZECH REGIONAL manufacturer Let Kunovice has been offered funding to complete certification of its General Electric-powered L-610G turboprop. The money - understood to be CKr450 million ($17 million) - is being provided by Czech bank Komercni Banka as a long-term loan. Let now believes that it can complete ...
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Ayres considers Dual Pac power for new types
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES FRED AYRES, developer of the Ayres Turbo Thrush agricultural aircraft, is designing a series of new types - ranging from a fire fighting tanker to a utility freighter - using the Soloy Dual Pac with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6As as the power plant. ...
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Ethiopian Airlines signs understanding for Fokker 50s
NATIONAL FLAG carrier Ethiopian Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding for the acquisition of five Fokker 50 turboprops to replace its two 46-seat ATR 42-300s and some 18-seat de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters. Delivery of the new aircraft, which will be acquired on a ten-year finance ...
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CF34 variant launched
The new, 3B1 variant of the General Electric CF34 turbofan, has been launched by Austrian operator, Tyrolean Airways. The Innsbruck-based carrier selected the engine to power four Canadair Regional Jets, the first of which will be delivered in December 1995. The -3B1 has a redesigned first-stage compressor blisk and more ...
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Honeywell
Gary Kivela has been named vice-president of engineering for Honeywell's business and commuter aviation systems. Kivela joined Honeywell - then Sperry - in 1966 as an engineer, and has held several positions in systems and applications design and engineering management. Source: Flight International
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MHI takes major share in Dash 8-400 programme
BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE has signed up Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as a major risk-sharing partner in its recently launched de Havilland Dash 8-400 70-seat turboprop programme. The Japanese company will be responsible for the design and manufacture of the aircraft's forward-, mid- and aft-fuselage sections, wing-to-body fairing, and vertical ...
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Crack causes delay in Trent 777 ETOPS tests
THE START OF extended-range twin-operations (ETOPS) testing of the Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Boeing 777 is to be delayed by "two to three weeks", says the engine maker, after a seal crack developed in the low-pressure (LP) turbine. The crack, in the seal arm of the LP1 turbine disc, ...
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Quieter Jetstars
Garrett Aviation Services is to market a Stage 3-compliance modification for AlliedSignal TFE731-powered Lockheed Jetstars, developed by Star 3 STC and scheduled to be available in December. Source: Flight International
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Ageing-airliner census
Compiled by Martin Fendt/Jennifer Pite/LONDON THIS SURVEY SHOWS THAT there has been a growth in the number of aging jet-powered aircraft in service (aged 15 years or older), from 5,204 in 1994 to 5,671 in 1995 - an increase of 467. The figures for turboprops are 2,509 and ...
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Joining the FANS club
Qantas has been proving FANS equipment and refining procedures. Paul Phelan/SYDNEY/LOS ANGELES AIRLINE PLANNERS AND civil-aviation authorities understand the long-term benefits of future-air-navigation-systems (FANS) technology. Early unease among pilot unions over reduced separation standards and other aspects, however, suggests that some line crews may have been kept ...
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RoSEC predicts leap in engine-control quality
Andrew Doyle/DERBY ROLLS SMITHS Engine Controls (RoSEC) is developing a next-generation electronic-engine-control (EEC) unit, which, it claims, will offer a 20% improvement in "functionality" and weigh significantly less than the device it has already completed for the BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 engine. Functionality is defined as the ...
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Eastern expansion
Vietnam is on the brink of major air-transport growth. Paul Lewis/HANOI THE INDOCHINA region of Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) is emerging from more than four decades of conflict and economic isolation and today represents the last real undeveloped air-transport market in the area. ...
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Variable nozzle tests planned for PW306
CALCOR AERO Systems, the developer of novel variable-exhaust-nozzle (VEN) and thrust-reverser (TR) designs, has signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada to demonstrate a combined TR/VEN on the PW306 which will power the Israel Aircraft Industries Galaxy. The California-based company claims that the combination TR/VEN is ...
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'Big three' plan for FANS as cost benefits emerge
THE BIG THREE aircraft manufacturers estimate that up to 2,500 of today's jet-powered airliners could potentially be equipped with Future Air Navigation System (FANS) datalinks, although they warn that the speed of implementation will hinge on proof of clear cost gains for airline customers. Boeing has led ...