All Engines news – Page 610
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Singular stability
Since the Pilatus PC-XII high-powered, single-engine turboprop had its first flight at Stans, Switzerland, on 31 May 1991, it has undergone a series of radical modifications. It now offers an almost unique blend of short-field performance and high-climb and cruise capability, combined with sturdy handling. Looking over the ...
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Final A319 assembly begins
FINAL ASSEMBLY of the first 124-seat Airbus A319 has begun at Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus' Hamburg site. Assembly of the major airframe components began on 23 March. The A319 - the smallest member of the Airbus family - is the second Airbus type after the A321 to be assembled at the ...
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Delta puts MD-90 into service
THREE MCDONNELL Douglas MD-90s entered service with launch customer Delta Airlines on 2 April. The aircraft are based at Dallas/Fort Worth, where Delta has a major McDonnell Douglas MD-88 crew base, and pilots are being trained to fly both types, resulting in increased scheduling flexibility and reduced training costs, the ...
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Boeing trims Trent 890 flight tests
BOEING PLANNED to reduce the flight test programme for the Rolls-Royce Trent 890 destined for the 777, following a successful first flight test. The engine was flown on Boeing's 747 testbed aircraft on 29 March, with a further flight planned for each of the following two days. ...
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Ice and poor management hit Viscount
THE OFFICIAL UK report on 1994's fatal crash of a Vickers Viscount freighter, following multiple engine ice-ingestion, severely criticises the crew's actions and the airline's emergency checklist. Two of the 36-year-old aircraft's four Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops flamed out after ingesting ice at 18,000ft (5,500m). The crew of the ...
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V2500 Overhaul Deal
Rolls-Royce has agreed with Singapore-based leasing and charter operator Region Air to repair and overhaul V2500 engines at its East Kilbride service site in Scotland. Region Air wet-leases two V2500-powered Airbus Industrie A320s to China Airlines of Taiwan and a further two to Oman Air. Source: Flight International
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P&W Tests Engine Upgrade
Pratt & Whitney has ground-tested an upgraded version of the F100-229 fighter engine, the -229A, incorporating technology from US Department of Defense Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology research. P&W say that performance expectations were exceeded in 110h of altitude testing. Temperatures and pressures are reduced at the present thrust ...
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Minister confirms Tarom bomb threat
ROMANIAN TRANSPORT minister Aurel Novak has confirmed that bomb threats against the Romanian airline Tarom had been received from unknown sources during the months before the Tarom Airbus A310-300 crash at Bucharest Airport, Romania, on 31 March at 08.10 local time. On the day of the accident, which ...
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DGPS Deal For Canada
Honeywell and Pelorus Navigation Systems have sold five local-area differential global-positioning-system (DGPS) landing systems to Saskatchewan, Canada, for $1.5 million, for installation at regional airports. The first SLS-1000 will be installed at Regina Airport in the third quarter of 1995 certificated initially to Category I approach standards. Source: ...
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Kuwaiti A340 Delivered
Kuwait Airways has taken delivery of the first of four Airbus A340-300 airliners on 29 March. The aircraft is the first to be fitted with the 150kN (34,000lb)-thrust CFM56-5C4, the most powerful engine in CFM International's CFM56 range. The Kuwaiti A340s will be operated on routes to New York via ...
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A firmer future
As the industry recovers, aircraft values are hardening and surpluses falling but some types are faring better than others. Clive Medland of SH&E explains why. Predicting the outlook for the commercial aviation industry is somewhat analogous to forecasting the weather. We can accurately predict that there will be winters and ...
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Australians buy Honeywell/Pelorus DGPS
HONEYWELL AND Pelorus Navigation Systems have sold an SLS-1000 satellite landing-system for installation at Armidale Regional Airport in New South Wales, Australia. With certification planned for the second quarter of 1996, this will be the first local-area differential global-positioning-system (DGPS) in Australia, says purchaser Dumaresq Shire Council. ...
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Keeping in touch
Air-to-ground telephones for airline passengers are becoming more commonplace. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Passengers on certain British Airways flights are the first in the UK to enjoy something US air travelers have come to expect - air-to-ground telephones on aircraft. BA is the first airline to put ...
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R-R signs S Korea deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ROLLS-ROYCE HAS signed two aerospace-technology co-operation agreements with South Korea, as competition with Pratt & Whitney and General Electric intensifies for a Korean Air (KAL) order for engines to power its future fleet of Boeing 777s. The two agreements call for the establishment ...
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IHI takes up CF34 share
ISHIKAWAJIMA-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) of Japan is to take a 25% stake in the development and production of the up-rated General Electric CF34-8C turbofan engine. IHI's work-share has yet to be finalised, but it is understood that it will centre on the engine's accessory gearbox, low-pressure turbine and ...
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New man takes helm at Motorlet
A CZECH entrepreneur has taken control of Motorlet and promises to turn around the troubled engine manufacturer within 18 months. The company is also to be returned to its pre-communist name of Walter. Local investor Emil Fould purchased two-thirds of the company's shares on 2 March for a ...
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Bombardier prepares for Dash 8-400 launch
Lane Wallace/LOS ANGELES BOMBARDIER'S LAUNCH of the de Havilland Dash 8-400 now seems certain as it begins negotiations with potential risk-sharing partners on the 70-seat, high-speed, regional turboprop. Initial letters of intent to purchase the model have been signed and some early delivery positions have ...
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IAE offers V2500 as alternative on Il-86
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) is working with Ilyushin to offer Il-86 operators its V2500 turbofan as an alternative to the CFM International (CFMI) CFM56 for re-engineing the aircraft. IAE says that an installation study will be completed by mid-year, around the time that CFMI is to decide whether to proceed ...
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Starkraft ditches kitplane plans
STARKRAFT HAS dropped plans to market its Model 700 piston-twin as a kitplane and is arranging financing to certificate the eight-place, all-composite aircraft. A prototype was flown for the first time in December 1994, powered by two 260kW (350hp), liquid-cooled Teledyne Continental TSIOL-550s mounted in the nose and ...