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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 ...
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As McDonnell Douglas revises JAST design
The McDonnell Douglas-led JAST team has unveiled a near-tailless aircraft, using main-engine thrust-vectoring to achieve pitch, roll and yaw control. In 1995, it dropped the gas-driven lift-fan concept for a lift-plus-lift/cruise short take-off and vertical-landing configuration. In this, a forward engine being developed by General Electric/ Allison provides ...
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P&W to buy Nordam unit
PRATT & WHITNEY is to buy the Nordam Group's Propulsion Systems division, which repairs cases, frames and components for gas-turbine engines and auxiliary power units. The terms of the deal, which is expected to be complete by the end of the first quarter, have not been disclosed. Located ...
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Yemenia PW4000S
Yemenia-Yemen Airways has selected Pratt & Whitney PW4156s to power two Airbus A310-300s on firm order, plus two options. The contract is potentially worth $90 million for up to ten engines, says P&W. The firm-ordered aircraft will be delivered in 1997. Source: Flight International
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Trent leasing
The Rolls-Royce Trent has been selected by Singapore Aircraft Leasing to power six Boeing 777s ordered by the company. The deal completes a clean sweep for R-R in South-East Asia. It also has orders from Singapore Airlines, Malaysian Airline Systems and Thai International for Trents to power 777s. ...
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Greenwich will acquire Aviall engine businesses
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GREENWICH AIR Services plans to emerge as the world's largest engine-maintenance group, having signed a letter of intent to acquire Aviall's airline-engine repair and overhaul business. News of the deal, which is being priced at around $260-280 million, came just days after Aviall put ...
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Singapore pushes West to support AE-100
SINGAPORE WANTS prospective Western partners to commit to taking a greater stake in the development, production and marketing of China's planned AE-100 regional jet. Singapore Technologies (ST) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) to take a 10% share in the programme. ...
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Russians sign avionics deal
AVIACOR, THE SAMARA-based manufacturer of the Tupolev Tu-154M, has formed a strategic alliance with Honeywell, covering the use of the US avionics-maker's equipment on the Russian manufacturer's aircraft. The agreement, which was signed at Asian Aerospace '96, specifies potential programmes for the installation of Honeywell's integrated avionics, flight-management ...
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IAE steps up V2500 campaign
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) is engaged in around 30 active sales campaigns and, in 1996, it hopes to equal or exceed 1995's record sales effort when V2500 orders worth more than $1.6 billion were taken. "We are active right around the Pacific rim in 1996 and we see ...
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Boeing nears launch order for 747 stretch 747
Guy Norris/SINGAPORE BRITISH AIRWAYS, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines are close to negotiating launch orders with Boeing for the 747-600X, the stretched version of the present 747-400 and the first major derivative of the 747. The airlines will meet Boeing in early April at a crucial meeting ...
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The pros and cons of a 'single European ticket'
Sir - It is interesting to be informed via "European FAA?" (editorial, Flight International, 24-30 January) that there are plans to force the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) to become legally responsible to the European Commission, rather than to the individual airworthiness authorities of member states. Can we ...
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Environment
Winner: PZL-Swidnik Polish Aviation Works Location: Swidnik, Poland Achievement: Taking a lead on safe environmental production in Eastern Europe with the introduction of a new anodising line. At the start of 1995, Polish helicopter maker PXL-Swidnik opened a fully automated line for chromic acid anodising of aluminium ...
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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 ...