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Defender joins the Hampshire police
The UK Hampshire police force has ordered a Britten-Norman Defender 4000 to replace its piston-engined BN2B Islander, which entered service in 1992. The aircraft, to be delivered by the end of the year, will be deployed on surveillance, reconnaissance, electronic tracking and intelligence gathering missions. Hampshire is the second police ...
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Cessna starts CJ2 flight tests
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Cessna has begun flight testing the prototype Citation CJ2 light business jet. The company says it has more than 100 firm orders for the stretched, uprated CitationJet derivative. The Wichita, Kansas-based manufacturer plans an "aggressive" certification schedule for the CJ2, with US approval expected by ...
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Cirrus SR20 stays on course for delivery
Cirrus Design has flown the second production SR20 light aircraft. The first aircraft crashed during a test flight on 23 March, killing the pilot. Duluth, Minnesota-based Cirrus plans tests to confirm that the production SR20 matches the certification prototypes. The aircraft will also be used as a maintenance testbed. ...
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De Crane Holdings scoops up Precision Pattern
DeCrane Aircraft Holdings, a major supplier of business aircraft cabin management and avionics components, has purchased aircraft interior and furniture maker Precision Pattern (PPI). The cost of the deal has not been disclosed. With sales of more than $250 million, DeCrane Aircraft Holdings supplies cabin management equipment and avionics ...
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Honeywell puts Primus Epic on the Horizon
Honeywell has integrated the first third-party module into its Primus Epic avionics system for the Raytheon Hawker Horizon business jet. The Epic system will be responsible for utilities control, requiring Honeywell to integrate modules supplied by vendors into the modular avionics unit (MAU) which forms the heart of its ...
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Executive Jet makes room at European operations centre
Executive Jet has expanded its NetJets Europe operations and customer service centre, to accommodate expected growth in its fractional ownership programme on the continent. The 9,333m2 (100,500ft2) Oei-ras, Portugal, base is quadruple the size of the previous operations centre. "We expect to double our NetJets Europe aircraft inventory in ...
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Head-up approval
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics' head-up guidance system (HGS) has received US certification on the Boeing Business Jet, allowing Category IIIa landings. The HGS is standard equipment on the jet. The head-up display has also been certificated on the 737-800, following approval on the 737-700 in November. Certification on the 737-600 ...
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B-2 bombs on target, says USAF
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Six US Air Force Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bombers have dropped more than 454,000kg (1,000,000lb) of global positioning system (GPS) -guided bombs on Yugoslav targets with no collateral damage, according to USAF Brig Gen Leroy Barnidge, commander of the 509th Bomber Wing at Whiteman AFB, Missouri. ...
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USA takes up Sextant state support issue with EU
The USA IS to seek "consultations" with the European Union (EU) over the French Government's funding support of Sextant Avionique for development of a new flight management system (FMS) for Airbus aircraft. If the talks fail to resolve the dispute, the US Government plans to ask the World Trade ...
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SAir reconsiders TAP stake after pilot rise
SAirGroup is reconsidering whether to go ahead with its planned purchase of a 20% stake in TAP Air Portugal after a tribunal court recommended that the Portuguese national airline's pilots be awarded a 95% pay increase. The Swiss company is also negotiating to take a large minority stake in privately ...
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Airbus cost-cutting stalled by SCE crawl
Andrew Doyle/TOULOUSEAirbus Industrie's efforts to drive down production costs are being hampered by the failure of the partner companies to agree on restructuring the business into a single corporate entity (SCE). Though the consortium made record sales of $13.3 billion last year, huge amounts of cash are being tied up ...
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Star lines up recruits as Singapore delays entry into alliance
Chris Jasper/SYDNEYAir China, Mexicana, British Midland and Emirates are all being lined up for possible membership of the Star Alliance, while Singapore Airlines (SIA) has delayed signing up to the global grouping until at least October. Thai Airways International president Thamnoon Wanglee, speaking exclusively to Flight International, detailed Star's recruitment ...
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Armed reconnaissance role for Harriers
The UK's Royal Air Force has deployed a specialist reconnaissance interpretation centre (RIC) to Gioia del Colle AB in Italy, its base for Operation Allied Force. Activation of the RIC allows the 12 RAF British Aerospace Harrier GR7s based at Gioia del Colle to fly armed reconnaissance patrols over Kosovo ...
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Hungarian bases
Eight NATO tankers have deployed to Ferihegy near Budapest, Hungary, after the opening of the new alliance member's airfields to aircraft participating in Operation Allied Force. A request has been made to base NATO fighters in Hungary, and 24 Boeing F/A-18s are expected to arrive at Taszár air base within ...
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Kosovo highlights
NATO intensifies its air campaign, flying 600-plus sorties a day. Some aircraft have started to operate at lower levels. Serb air defences evident with numerous SAM launches and AAA activity. Short helicopter flights observed. NATO accused of killing civilians in mistakenly destroying two civilian buses. The alliance admits ...
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US Eximbank moves to repossess PAL 747s
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The US Eximbank, a major creditor of Philippine Airlines (PAL), has initiated moves to repossess the airline's four Boeing 747-400s on which it holds liens. The move puts PAL in danger of collapse unless the government backs down on its earlier promises of non-intervention and bails ...
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FAA appointment
Carl Burleson, the US Federal Aviation Administration representative at the US Embassy in London, has been selected by FAA administrator Jane Garvey as the regulator's next chief of staff, reports Flight International sister on-line service Air Transport Intelligence. Source: Flight International
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Hyper-X test on track for July
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The first hypersonic X-43A test vehicle, designed to demonstrate the use of an airframe-integrated scramjet (supersonic ramjet), is expected to be delivered to NASA in July. The 3.6m (11ft)-long X-43A forms the core of NASA's Hyper-X programme. This is aimed at proving the use of air-breathing ...
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Airlines push Airbus to speed up plans for A3XX freighter
Andrew Doyle/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie is accelerating development of the freighter version of its proposed A3XX ultra-high capacity airliner, in response to strong demand from potential operators. The consortium has also revised the design of the cargo variant, to carry an increased payload of 150t over 10,545km (5,700nm) following ...
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Internet at work
Internet ordering has spread to aircraft parts Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCOIf current industry trends hold, the Internet will become a major factor in aircraft parts sales and inventory management. That is the consensus of parts suppliers and re-sellers, many of which have web sites on line or in the planning stage. ...