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Air China takes its first 737-800
Air China has received the first of 11 Boeing 737-800s it has on order. The Chinese flag carrier will operate it on regional services alongside its 19 737-300s. Beijing-based Air China is a major Boeing customer, operating more than 50 examples, including 737s, 747s, 767s and 777s. Hainan Airlines was ...
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Dasa presses case for Hamburg assembly of A3XX
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) is stepping up its campaign for A3XX final assembly to be located at its Hamburg Airbus plant with claims that Aerospatiale Matra's proposals for Toulouse production would load the programme with "unnecessary" transport and production costs. Dasa's bid hinges on what it considers to be a ...
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Marketplace
Korean Air has taken delivery of the first two of six Pratt & Whitney PW4098-powered Boeing 777-300s it has on order. Two more -300s are due next year, and the final two in 2001 and 2002. The deliveries are about 12 months later than originally scheduled, partly due to a ...
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FedEx deal condemned
The UK has granted fifth freedom rights from Prestwick Airport to US carrier FedEx, allowing it to load freight at the Scottish terminal for delivery to third countries. Although a similar application for London Stansted was rejected, the move has been branded a "sell-out" by UK cargo carriers seeking improved ...
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SBIRS contracts
The US Air Force has awarded dual $275 million contracts to TRW/Raytheon and Spectrum Astro for programme definition and risk reduction efforts on the $12 billion Space Based Infrared System Low (SBIRS Low) project. Not selected for the 38-month research effort was a Lockheed Martin-Boeing team. One firm will be ...
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DIRCM laser test
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated a laser-based directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) system, using a compact mid-infrared laser developed jointly with Fibertek. The system, mounted on a US Army Sikorsky UH-60A helicopter, simultaneously defeated four missile seekers at ranges up to 3km, the company says. The Viper laser produces multiple laser lines ...
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Texan II certification
Raytheon has won US civil certification for the T-6A Texan II primary trainer, allowing deliveries to the US Air Force to begin. Two aircraft will be delivered to Randolph AFB, Texas, later this year for operational evaluation. Greece, meanwhile, has signed a $200 million contract for 45 T-6As, the final ...
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AOPA plea
The US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has called on the US Federal Aviation Administration to reconsider its airworthiness directive (AD) on turbocharged twin-engined Cessnas, claiming that the requirements are too costly, too complex and not necessary. "While the FAA estimates that the inspection mandated by the AD would ...
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RVSM approval
Sabreliner has received reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) certification for the Sabreliner 65 business jet. The company expects to complete four RVSM-capable aircraft by October. Source: Flight International
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TAG acquisition
Global aviation services company TAG Aviation Group is to acquire New York-based business aircraft management and charter firm Wayfarer Aviation. The combined company will have over 125 aircraft and a presence in more than 50 locations worldwide. Last year, Switzerland-based TAG acquired Aeroleasing of Geneva, San Francisco-based Aviation Methods and ...
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Price slashed
MD Helicopters has cut the price of the seven/eight-place MD 600N tail rotorless single-turbine helicopter by $50,000 - to $1.2 million. The company plans to deliver 56 helicopters this year, including 20 MD 600Ns, up from the 36 delivered by Boeing last year. Source: Flight International
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Spy sats
A Russia Soyuz U booster was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 18 August carrying a reconnaissance satellite for the Defence Ministry. Meanwhile, Arianespace will launch the Helios 1B reconnaissance satellite on an Ariane 4 in November. The satellite is believed to carry a 1m resolution camera. Source: Flight International
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First step
UK rocketeer Steve Bennett has successfully launched the Starchaser 3A rocket to 6,000m off the Lancashire coast as part of a programme to develop a Starchaser booster capable of flying two people on a suborbital flight in 2003 as part of the X-Prize competition. Source: Flight International
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Hybrid motor
The first long-duration burn of a new 113,340kg (250,000lb) thrust hybrid rocket motor developed by a consortium of major US aerospace companies has been tested at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, to demonstrate an environmentally-friendly propellant and a new head-on combustion approach and ignitor system. Source: Flight International
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Launch delay
The US Air Force has delayed the launch aboard an Atlas 2A booster of the DSCS B8 communications satellite - the first of a new series of upgraded models. The launch is postponed from 22 October to January/February next year after the discovery of wiring insulation defects in the craft. ...
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US-Israeli systems link
Cubic Defense Systems has demonstrated interoperability of US and Israeli rangeless air combat training systems for the first time during a joint US Air Force and Republic of Singapore Air Force exercise. The trial involved Singapore's Israeli-supplied pods and displays and the USAF's Cubic-developed Kadena Instrumented Training System. Source: Flight ...
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Emirates trainers
Dubai-based Emirates has taken three Boeing 777 flight management system trainers from Thomson Training & Simulation. Two are desktop devices and one is a new three-dimensional console-based version providing greater realism. Source: Flight International
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Reserve training
US Air Force Reserve aircrew have begun training on a Raytheon-built Lockheed Martin C-130H3 simulator at Dobbins AFB in Georgia. The simulator integrates a partial glass cockpit with flight test data, aerodynamic models and aircraft system models. The Level D-standard machine joins a similar Raytheon-built C-130H2 simulator delivered last November ...
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AAIC calls police in SilkAir 'suicide' crash
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Indonesian accident investigators say they have contacted police after formally confirming that a SilkAir Boeing 737-300 may have been deliberately crashed by one of the crew in December 1997, near Palembang, Sumatra. All 104 passengers and crew on board the 737, which was operating flight MI185 ...