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World records
Bombardier's Global Express has set seven world records in two weeks. Notably, the aircraft flew from New York to Tokyo in 13h 4min, breaking the record set by a Gulfstream GV. Source: Flight International
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Sikorsky enters fractional ownership market
The increasing popularity of helicopters as a business tool has prompted Sikorsky to start a dedicated helicopter fractional ownership programme in the USA, with its 15-seat S-76C+. The programme, dubbed Sikorsky Shares, is due to begin soon and will be offered initially within the north-east region of the USA, ...
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GAO calls for improved airfield safety
Safety supervision is "inadequate" at general aviation airfields in the USA, says the US General Accounting Office (GAO), adding that its concern is shared by the country's general aviation (GA) community. Breaches of regulations include the use of airfields for hunting and landfill. Only four of the US Federal ...
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Gulfstream aims for international growth with London base
Gulfstream is basing its international sales team in London in an attempt to increase sales outside North America. "The London office will be a vital first step in expanding the strength of our international sales team," says Gulfstream president and chief executive Bill Boisture. The move comes in ...
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International TV
Airshow is offering corporate aircraft customers an in-flight international television service for the first time, following agreements with broadcast satellite service providers TPS of France and Bell ExpressVu of Canada. Airshow launched its Airshow TV system for corporate aircraft last year, but service has been available only in North America. ...
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Accident delays vertical take-off SEAMOS tests
Ramon Lopez/PARIS Critical land-based flight trials of the DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) SEAMOS vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV), due this September, have been delayed by at least four months because of a crash that severely damaged the only flight demonstrator. The flight demonstration, at the Meldorf North ...
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General Atomics/Meteor team on Italian bid
Italy's unmanned air vehicle (UAV) and air target manufacturer Meteor has teamed with General Atomics Aeronautical of the USA to offer the US-built Predator to the Italian Ministry of Defence in response to a requirement for a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV. General Atomics will provide Predator-related hardware, software and systems ...
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NASA gives Hamilton $115 million Space Station contract
Hamilton Sundstrand has won a $115 million contract from NASA to design, develop and qualify water and oxygen generation assemblies for the International Space Station (ISS). This is one of the largest development programmes undertaken by the company, which will be renamed Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, following United ...
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UK Cryostat lead
The European Space Agency has picked a UK-led team to develop the first mission in its Living Planet project. University College London has won an $80 million contract to lead a mission to monitor the effects of global warming. The 350kg (770lb) Cryostat will be launched in 2002 to study ...
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UK to reveal tactical UAV requirements
The UK Ministry of Defence will issue its tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV) requirements to support land operations at an industry briefing this month. "The programme is aimed at companies that will have an interest in participating as prime or major subcontractors in any future competitive tendering exercises for ...
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Merger paves road to new-look Airbus
Chris Jasper/PARIS The planned merger of Germany's DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) and Spain's CASA has sparked a bout of honesty from Europe's major industry players, suggesting that further consolidation is now a distinct possibility on a handful of crucial fronts, but that the grand project of pan-European integration across all sectors ...
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Ministers link Airbus shake-upto A3XX research funding
Chris Jasper/PARIS Ministers from the four Airbus nations have given the consortium's partner companies "until the end of the summer" to come up with "concrete" plans to transform the consortium into a single company. They have backed the request by making the closest link yet between a successful restructuring ...
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Westland looks for further growth
Aerostructures manufacturer GKN Westland Aerospace is pursuing an acquisition or joint venture in France as part of an expansionist policy that has seen it take over seven US and European companies since 1997. Chief executive Chris Gustar says expansion into France, possibly as part of a joint venture, would ...
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Mexicana to join alliance, but as second tier 'Starlet'
Mexicana de Aviacion will be given only "second tier" membership of the Star Alliance when it becomes the 10th airline to join the grouping, Flight International's sister on-line service Air Transport Intelligence (ATI) reports. State-owned Mexicana says it is joining Star on or around 7 July, but although the ...
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Dasa considers options following CASA buy-out
Chris Jasper/PARIS DaimlerChrysler is considering the options for its subsidiary DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) - including partial flotation and a transatlantic deal - following the announcement of Dasa's merger with Spanish manufacturer CASA, say sources close to the company. Dasa chief executive Manfred Bischoff was called away from the Paris air ...
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BA tipped to take stake in Finnair
The Finnish Government is considering selling a further large stake in Finnair, with British Airways (BA) tipped as an investor in its fellow oneworld carrier. Helsinki holds a 58% stake in the airline, and according to regulations can reduce its share to 50.1%. However, it is considering cutting its ...
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Bombardier's withdrawal freezes AIDC privatisation
Taiwan's Aero Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) looks set to delay its privatisation, planned for this year, after Bombardier Aerospace withdrew as a potential investor. AIDC says it is not talking to potential partners other than Bombardier. But Pierre Lortie, president of Bombardier International, says the Canadian company has no ...
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Meggitt acquires Whittaker for $380m
UK sensors, avionics and structures specialist Meggitt is to buy Whittaker of the USA for $380 million, advancing its strategy of exploiting niche markets in the aerospace industry. Whittaker specialises in aircraft valve production, ground fuelling products and fire/smoke detection systems, and will add to Meggitt's portfolio of aircraft ...
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Aerospace Industry Awards - the winners
The aerospace industry's major achievements of the past year were recognised in the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards 1999 at a spectacular gala dinner during the Paris air show. The event, on 14 June at Le Musée des Arts Forains - home of the largest collection of fairground attractions in ...
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Eurospike deal
The Eurospike consortium will manufacture and market its Rafael-designed anti-tank missiles in Europe. Eurospike includes NT-D missile developer Rafael and three German companies - Diehl, Rheinmetall and STN Atlas. One of the partners will be prime contractor in each future competition and at least 50% of the missiles will be ...