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FAA approves Raisbeck enhanced King Air kit
Raisbeck Engineering has been awarded US Federal Aviation Administration approval to offer its enhanced performance modification kit for all models of Raytheon Beech King Air 200s. The kit, which includes a ram air recovery system, improved performance leading edges, dual aft body strakes and high flotation gear doors, has ...
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Flexible gearbox rig will cut testing costs
GKN Westland Aerospace Transmissions has opened a flexible transmission test rig (FTTR) for testing the gearboxes and engine transmissions of helicopters. The £9 million ($14.6 million) facility at Yeovil features a closed-loop regenerative system capable of simulating output loads of 5,600kW (7,500hp). Gearboxes are mounted on a pallet system ...
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JEA ready to take over CityJet
Chris Jasper/LONDON UK cargo and wet-lease specialist Air Foyle is planning to pull out of Irish carrier CityJet, with regional operator Jersey European Airways (JEA) favourite to step into the breach. Air Foyle took control of CityJet earlier this year, but industry sources say the Dublin-based airline "has proved to ...
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Marketplace
Wet-lease specialist Air Atlanta Icelandic has taken two more Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 747-200s from Cathay Pacific on two-year leases, with an option to extend. Meanwhile, Air Atlanta has placed one 747-300 each with Saudi Arabian and Garuda on wet-lease. Royal Jordanian has leased a General Electric CF6-powered, ex-Emirates A310-300 from ...
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NASA begins work on aeroelastic wing testing
An advanced aeroelastic wing and laser-based gust monitoring device is under test at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in California as part of efforts to create better design tools for future airliner wings. The University of California, Los Angeles, gust monitoring and aeroelasticity (GMA) experiment is investigating the dynamic ...
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Satcom approval
Universal Avionics Systems has won US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification for the Thrane and Thrane Aero-I and Aero-M satcom telephone systems. Aero-I provides a three-channel system, two for voice, fax or modem data, using Inmarsat's spot beam coverage, and a third for packet data, using the Inmarsat global ...
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Routes
LanChile and Alaska Airlines are to form a commercial alliance which will include a unilateral codeshare agreement and joint frequent flier programmes. LanChile's code is now applied to Alaska flights from Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Air Maldives is introducing twice weekly service from Manchester to Male in the Maldives, ...
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Grounded TAESA awaits inspection
TAESA, Mexico's third largest airline, is to remain grounded until Mexican authorities complete a full safety inspection. The transport ministry says the discovery of "anomalies and incidents" had led to the decision. Suspension of the low-fare carrier's operating certificate has come two weeks after the crash of one of ...
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Tu-134 re-engining offered
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW A Tupolev-led consortium is proposing a cost-effective re-engining and refurbishment programme for the Tupolev Tu-134 twinjet, dubbed the "Tu-134M", to improve performance, efficiency and environmental compliance. Interavia, formed by a group of Russian, Belarussian and Ukrainian companies, hopes to secure contracts to refurbish around half the ...
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Virgin Express heals Belgian CAA squabble
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Brussels-based low-fare airline Virgin Express has had its air operator's certificate (AOC) extended for four months after resolving differences with the Belgian Civil Aviation Administration (BCAA) over changes in its senior management and the transfer of aircraft from the Belgian to the Irish register. Days after ...
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Airbus overtakes Boeing
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus Industrie has seized number one position in the over 100-seat airliner market, overtaking its US rival Boeing for the first time in order backlog numbers. At the end of October, 1,456 Airbuses remained for delivery, compared to 1,423 Boeings. The consortium's achievement is the first time ...
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US regulators approve BAe merger with Marconi
The planned merger of British Aerospace and GEC's Marconi Electronic Systems (MES) division has cleared the last US regulatory hurdle. The US defence and justice departments have signed off on the proposed deal on the condition that BAe erect so-called "firewalls" preventing the flow of competitive and sensitive information on ...
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Seating giant B/E faces bumpy ride
Chris Jasper/LONDON Aircraft interiors specialist B/E Aerospace has issued a profits warning for its current fiscal year and the next after experiencing major difficulties in its seating products group, the largest single element of B/E's business. Florida-based B/E, the world's largest manufacturer of aircraft seats, blames production problems ...
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China conducts further tests in preparation for manned flight
Tim Furniss/LONDON China conducted the first unmanned test of its Shenzhou spacecraft on 20 November. The launch from Jiuquan was also the first to use the Long March 2F (LM2F) booster. China is planning further unmanned test flights of the Shenzhou before launching with a two-man crew on board. The ...
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Cluster II enters testing
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Dornier Satellitensysteme (DSS)has completed the fourth and final satellite for the European Space Agency's (ESA)c300 million ($309 million) Cluster II mission and handed the spacecraft over to Munich-based Industrieanlagen Betriebsgesellschaftfor testing. The satellites are to be orbited in pairs by Russian Soyuz boosters next June and ...
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Hubble service trip delayed for repairs
NASA has delayed the launch of STS103 Discovery on the Hubble Servicing Mission 3A to 9 December. The delay is to allow time for repairs to be made to minor damage on cables between the orbiter and the external tank. During preparations for orbiter Endeavour's mission in January, NASA ...
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NASA awaits Mars attempt
NASA's Mars Polar Lander (MPL) is due to touch down on the Red Planet's south pole on 3 December. NASA is anxious for a successful landing after the failure of the sister ship - the Mars Climate Orbiter - on 23 September. The 1.06m (3ft 6in) tall, 580kg (1,270lb) ...
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Battery lost
The International Space Station's (ISS) Russian Zarya control module is operating on two-thirds of normal battery power after battery number two, one of five, failed to discharge. Battery number one, which failed earlier, is due to be replaced by the STS101 Atlantis crew in March. A second battery change could ...
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Atlas launches US Navy UFO
International Launch Services launched an Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral on 22 November, carrying the tenth ultra high frequency follow on (UFO) US Navy communications satellite supplied by Hughes Space and Communications. It was the fourth Atlas launch from the Cape this year and the 45th consecutive successful Atlas ...
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Private Arabsat
The 22-Arab nation Arabsat satellite communications consortium plans to become a joint stock company and seek Arab and foreign investment next year. Source: Flight International