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Chinese order
China Eastern Airlines has ordered an Airbus A320 full flight simulator from Thomson Training &Simulation. The Level D device will be delivered in December to the airline's new flight training centre at Pudong, Shanghai. Source: Flight International
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German cadets
FlightSafety International's Academy at Vero Beach, Florida, has graduated the first cadet pilots to have German air transport pilot licence training in the USA under an agreement with RWL/Flightschool. A second class has begun training. Austrian Airlines and Emirates are also training cadets at the Academy. Source: Flight International
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AFEWES Certification
The US Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator has become the first USAF flight simulation facility to be certificated as compliant with the Department of Defense's new High Level Architecture protocol for distributed interactive simulation systems. Source: Flight International
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China Eastern order
China Eastern Airlines has ordered an Airbus A320 full flight simulator from Thomson Training &Simulation. The Level D device will be delivered in December. Source: Flight International
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FAA approves modified Kitty Hawk 727 floors
The US Federal Aviation Administration has approved Kitty Hawk's alternative means of compliance for an airworthiness directive (AD) that imposes severe payloads limits on Boeing 727-200 freighter conversions for use by Pemco World Air Services and Aeronautical Engineers (AEI). The kit, which costs $75,000 and involves side restraints, terminates ...
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BA turbulence
Twenty-nine passengers and crew were treated for shock and injuries, including broken limbs, when a British Airways Boeing 747-400 flying from Brisbane to Singapore encountered clear air turbulence about 1h out of Singapore on 13 April. Five crew and two of the 253 passengers were hospitalised in Singapore. Source: Flight ...
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Boeing flies first MD-10 freighter
The first FedEx McDonnell Douglas DC-10 modified by Boeing to MD-10 specification made its first flight from Long Beach on 14 April. Modifications include a two-crew advanced common flightdeck, based on the MD-11 deck. Passenger versions of the DC-10 are being converted to freighters. Two other MD-10s will join the ...
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Alliances force pace on safety
David Learmount/SANTIAGO DE CHILE Airline alliances are on course to form professional standards councils to ensure that their less safe members meet acceptable performance levels. Prof Graham Hunt, head of the School of Aviation at Massey University, New Zealand, gave the news to delegates at the International Civil Aviation Organisation's ...
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Pilot squabble forces Delta to defer 777s
Lack of progress in negotiations between Delta Air Lines and the Air Line Pilots Association has forced the US major to defer indefinitely deliveries of four Boeing 777-200s. The aircraft, which are part of the airline's firm orders for 13 Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered 777s, had been due for delivery ...
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FAA switches Y2K focus abroad after ATC passes test
The US Federal Aviation Administration is focusing its year 2000 (Y2K) compliance efforts on the international arena after a live test of its renovated air traffic control (ATC) system revealed no date-related problems. The test, conducted in the Denver, Colorado area on 10-11 April, involved all the major elements ...
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China Eastern rolls over MD-82 fleet
China Eastern Airlines has sold its 13 Boeing MD-82s to GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) as part of a deal to lease 10 Airbus A320s. GECAS has arranged to lease six of the MD-82s to Spanair and to sell four to US carrier Spirit Airlines, while the other three aircraft ...
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Air India plans to sell 747-200s in effort to improve revenues
Air India is offering three ageing Boeing 747-200s for sale as the airline attempts to revamp operations and routes to boost revenue. The move means that the airline has backed away from plans to lease two 747-200s to UK aircraft broker Air Charters. Air India had signed a ...
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FAA gives go-ahead for ADS-B trials
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a supplemental type certificate (STC) clearing the trial use of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) systems on four United Parcel Service Boeing 727-100 freighters. The system, developed by the US Cargo Airline Association and avionics specialist II Morrow, uses satellite-based positioning information to ...
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Marketplace
Boeing has delivered the last 737-500 on firm order, leaving just 26 examples of the 737 "Classic" models (-300/400/500) to be delivered this year. The last -500 was handed over to Air France on lease from Pembroke Capital. Boeing has built 387 737-500s since deliveries began in 1990. CityFlyer Express ...
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ESA members to vote on future
Julian Moxon/PARIS The European Space Agency (ESA) intends to "shape the future of the space sector in Europe" at the forthcoming ministerial meeting in Brussels on 11 and 12 May. It has set the Galileo global navigation satellite system as the principal target for its new way of doing business. ...
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USAF writes off cost of stranded DSP19 loss
Tim Furniss/LONDON The US Air Force has written off $682 million following the loss of the Defence Support Programme DSP19 early warning satellite, which was stranded in elliptical orbit on 10 April. The TRW-built satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, into a low earth orbit (LEO), attached to a ...
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Eutelsat success
ILS International Launch Services lifted Eutelsat's W3 digital communications satellite on 12 April aboard an Atlas IIAS booster from launch complex 36's Pad A at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Source: Flight International
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Russian Service Module to roll out this month
The controversial, much delayed, Russian International Space Station (ISS) Service Module will be rolled out by Energia in Moscow on 26 April. Delays to its production have contributed to a two-year hold-up in the ISS programme. Russia says the Service Module will meet its September launch deadline, subject to ...
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Teams start Skynet 5 studies for UK MoD
Matra Marconi Space (MMS) and Lockheed Martin-led teams have been chosen to conduct design studies for the UK Ministry of Defence Skynet 5 military communications satellite. The studies will focus on the procurement of the system through a private finance initiative, which will require the winning team to develop, ...
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F-16 problems prompt rethink on update
Guy Norris/SEATTLE The US Air Force is pushing to accelerate a series of planned engine upgrades to the Pratt & Whitney F100-220 and -220E-powered Lockheed Martin F-16 fleet, following several engine related crashes, the latest in March near Luke AFB, Arizona. The Israeli air force temporarily grounded its F-16s ...