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New Honeywell is bullish at Singapore
Steve Nichols "With a lot of change going on in our business we want 2000 to be a year of settlement, a year of making the integration successful and leave all that structural change behind us." - Bob Johnson, president, Honeywell Aerospace Honeywell personnel are out in ...
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European training
The joint European Air Chiefs (EURAC) have met to discuss joint European pilot training for 2010 and beyond. Proposed by Belgian air force chief of Staff Lt Gen Guido Vanhecke, "Eurotraining" would use a new jet trainer - "Eurotrainer"- to replace Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets and BAE Systems Hawks. The project ...
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Alpha helmets
Helmet Integrated Systems has won orders for its Alpha 200 helicopter aircrew helmet and Alpha 700 fast-jet pilot helmet from the Czech and South African air forces. In the former's case the helmets will be used with Russian-built equipment which requires modification to the basic design. Source: Flight International
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Love service centre
Bombardier will open its seventh factory-owned service centre later this year, at Dallas Love Field, Texas. The centre, handling Learjets, Challengers and, from 2001, the Global Express, will be operated within an existing Signature Flight Support facility. Source: Flight International
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Egyptian Gulfstream
Gulfstream Aerospace has won a contract to supply two Gulfstream IV-SP business jets to the Egyptian Air Force. The corporate-configured aircraft, will be used to transport government officials worldwide. Source: Flight International
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China boosts training
China is increasing private pilots' licence (PPL) training in response to growing demand. During January, 200 trainee pilots signed for a $9,600 two-month course, operating two Cessna 172 piston singles. Only 41 PPLs have been issued in China since 1996. Source: Flight International
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Piedment FBO
Piedment Hawthorne has opened a new fixed-base operation (FBO) at Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania. The company now operates a chain of 31 FBOs throughout the USA and Canada. Source: Flight International
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Italian Airbus
The Italian air force's 31st Wing has taken delivery of the first of two Airbus A319 Corporate Jetliners (CJs). Completed by Germany's Lufthansa Technik (LHT), the aircraft will be used as VIP transport for government officials. The second ACJ, also being completed by LHT, is due for delivery "within a ...
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Cirrus orders
Cirrus has received over 500 orders for its SR20 piston single. It plans to ramp up production from five aircraft a month to "one aircraft every working day late this year " from its three facilities to keep pace with the demand. To date, 16 SR20s have rolled off the ...
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Nozzle crack
The failure of the Japanese M5 solid propellant booster during the launch of the Astro E satellite on 10 January was caused by a crack in the nozzle of the first stage engine. This caused exhaust to be deflected, resulting in an erratic flightpath which placed the satellite into an ...
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Comet spotter
In four years, the European Space Agency/NASA spacecraft SOHO has located 102 comets, say the partners. The Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronograph instrument was responsible for the discoveries. Source: Flight International
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PremAir assists
Seattle-based PremAir is providing ground and flight simulator instructors under contract to Alaska Airlines, initially for the Boeing 737-300 to -700 variance course and head-up display training. Source: Flight International
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Pan Am acquires
Pan Am International Flight Academy has acquired Flight Review, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based provider of training on Raytheon Beech aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Cubic/ICE break into UK
Cubic Defense Systems and Inter-Coastal Electronics are to supply a collective training system for the UK's GKN Westland/Boeing WAH-64 attack helicopters. The system, providing control and review of live training exercises using simulated weapons, will be integrated with the British Army's Cubic-supplied Area Weapons Effect Simulator to provide combined arms ...
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Marines pick E&S
Evans &Sutherland has received a $3.4 million contract to supply ESIG-5500 visual systems for US Marine Corps Boeing CH-46, Lockheed Martin C-130 and Sikorsky CH-53 simulators. Source: Flight International
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BAE upgrades SH-60s
BAE Systems' Reflectone business unit has received a Lockheed Martin contract to upgrade two US Navy Sikorsky SH-60F weapon system trainers to incorporate a new visual system, allow reconfiguration between the SH-60F and HH-60H, and incorporate other changes. Source: Flight International
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Air Foyle plans widebody arm
Chris Jasper/LONDON UK cargo carrier and wet-lease specialist Air Foyle is to revamp its freight business around widebody long-haul operations, using four Boeing 747-200Fs. It plans to lease Boeing 737 Classics as it rethinks its passenger strategy after selling a controlling stake in Ireland's CityJet to Air France. Air Foyle's ...
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CFMI and Airbus discuss new powerplant to revitalise A340
Guy Norris/CINCINNATIAirbus Industrie and CFM International (CFMI) are in talks on proposed development of an upgraded A340-200/300 with an engine variant combining the CFM56-5C with the core of the CFM56-5B/P. At the same time, the General Electric/Snecma venture is adopting automotive assembly techniques to improve production efficiency. No firm agreement ...
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MD-80 crash sparks emergency AD
David Learmount/LONDON Guy Norris/Los Angeles Operators of the Boeing MD-80 series, MD-90s and 717-200s and the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9 series are making urgent examinations of stabiliser jackscrews and other elements of the pitch-control system. The checks follow preliminary inspections of the wreckage of the Alaska Airlines MD-83, ...
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Trans Arabian's 707 splashes down
All five crew aboard a Trans Arabian Air Transport Boeing 707-320C (ST-APY) survived when the airliner (pictured) undershot on approach to Mwanza, Tanzania, and landed in Lake Victoria on 4 February. The cargo flight from Khartoum crashed on its second approach to the airport. Source: Flight International