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C-295 avionics
CASA has selected Sextant Avionique's Topdeck avionics for its new C-295 light tactical transport aircraft. Topdeck consists of four liquid crystal displays and control units, an integrated standby instrument, flight management system module, two multifunction control and display units and two attitude and heading reference systems. The new avionics suite ...
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Marconi drone
Marconi Flight Systems has rolled out the first MQM-107E subscale aerial target, the first of 100 production target drones for the US forces, with options for a total of 208. Marconi will produce two variants of the high subsonic speed system, one for use by the US Army, for ground-to-ground ...
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ASPJ tests begin
Lockheed Martin has begun testing the first South Korean F-16 to be equipped with the ITT/Northrop Grumman ALQ-165 Airborne Self-Protection Jammer (ASPJ). After anechoic chamber testing, the aircraft will be ferried to Edwards AFB, California, for several months of flight testing. The remaining F-16s scheduled for the ASPJ upgrade will ...
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Marketplace
Augsburg Airways has moved on plans to order Bombardier Dash 8Q-400s, with a deal for five aircraft, including two options (Flight International, 17-23 February). Deliveries will take place in mid-2000. Alitalia regional subsidiary Alitalia Express has ordered three ATR 72-500s for delivery between July and December, to replace ...
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Mergers
US handling specialist Ogden Aviation has taken a non-controlling stake in Lebanese cargo carrier Trans Mediterranean Air- ways. Ogden will use the stake - acquired in conjunction with Sovereign Air Services - to expand activities in the Middle East. Ogden has also acquired Flight Services Group of the USA, a ...
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Routes
Belgian low-cost, long-haul airline City Bird and Congolese national carrier LAC have signed an agreement to co-operate on the Kinshasa-Brussels route. Initially, City Bird will serve the route once a week with a Boeing 767-300ER. This may soon be stepped up to a twice-weekly service to meet demand. The Belgian ...
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Satellite lost after gas escape
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA's Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) satellite was lost on 8 March, four days after launch. The spacecraft entered orbit safely aboard an Orbital Sciences (OSC) Pegasus booster after an air launch on 4 March, but soon went into a 60rpm spin. The $73 million WIRE, ...
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The need for MEADS
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Andy Nativi/ROME Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Scepticism and budget cuts threaten an international missile projectUS defence officials hope that "critical" negotiations over the next two months will allow the USA, Germany and Italy to continue joint development of the Medium Extended Air Defence System (MEADS). But a backlash has ...
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'Irregularities' ground flying college
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) grounded China Southern's flying college near Perth, Western Australia, on 27 February, following the resignation of the college's chief pilot/chief flying instructor (CFI). The safety authority says that, although the college had nominated a new CFI, the authority had delayed its approval of ...
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FAA rules out 737 rudder malfunction crash link
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Recent Boeing 737 rudder malfunctions are not being linked to rudder control unit failures suspected of causing fatal 737 crashes in 1991 and 1994, senior US Federal Aviation Administration officials say (Flight International, 3-9 March, P13). Preliminary rulings refer to a MetroJet Boeing 737-200 incident on ...
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Air 2000 delays A330s in favour of 767s
Air 2000 has completed integrating the Leisure International Airways (LIA) fleet following last year's merger. The airline's two ex-LIA Boeing 767-300ERs (above), leased from International Lease Finance, will be joined this month by the first of two similar aircraft leased from GE Capital Aviation Services. Air 2000 has dropped plans ...
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CFMI prepares for massive slowdown in engine orders
Guy Norris/CINCINNATI CFM International is predicting a significant slow-down in new orders for 1999 and 2000 , to levels possibly 50% below last year's intake. At the same time, the General Electric/Snecma joint venture is having to achieve record production levels to meet the demand from massive orders ...
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Safety boards act on cockpit recorder safety
Canadian and US safety boards are recommending changes to cockpit voice and flight data recorders (CVRs and FDRs) to prevent power interruptions which have complicated recent accident investigations. Canadian investigators say their efforts to determine the cause of last September's Swissair Boeing MD-11 crash have been compromised by missing ...
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European Air Express launched with Fokker 50s
A former shareholder in Debonair Germany has setup an airline to operate on the Mönchengladbach-Munich route using 48-seat turboprops. UK-based Debonair pulled out of the German domestic market in December after signing a wet-lease deal with Lufthansa. European Air Express (EAE) is operating twice-daily flights using two Fokker 50s ...
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Y2K live test set for US airspace systems
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The first live test of changes made to the US national airspace system to overcome year 2000 (Y2K) computer problems has been scheduled for the early hours of 10 April, centred on Denver, Colorado. The Federal Aviation Administration says it is on course to complete ...
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ICAO leads way with enhanced proximity warning proposals
David Learmount/AMSTERDAM In a visible break with tradition, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is set to make mandatory the use of flight data analysis (FDA) and enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS) even though they have not yet been declared requirements in any member state. Previously, the organisation ...
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Gandalf targets Linate traffic with 328JET fleet
Italian new entrant Gandalf Airlines is to launch operations from Bergamo at the end of this month and will take delivery of four Fairchild Dornier 328JETs between September and December. Initial flights will be operated to Munich and Stuttgart in Germany, using two 328 turboprops dry-leased from the manufacturer, ...
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Indonesia pushes for transport safety board
Andrzej Jeziorski/JAKARTA The head of Indonesia's Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission is pushing for the formation of a body, modelled on the US National Transportation Safety Board, to take control of air safety issues by 2004. The move is being pursued in the wake of the much-criticised investigation into ...
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Expanding Jersey to order new aircraft
Jersey European Airways (JEA) has finalised negotiations with Bombardier for its major fleet re-equipment. The UK regional airline's chief executive, Barry Perrott, is expected to announce the order in London on 17 March. The deal, thought to be worth over $250million, is expected to total at least 15 aircraft, ...
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Emissions reduction
The International Civil Aviation Organisation has adopted a recommendation from its Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) to reduce NOx emissions by 16% for engines designed after 2003. The CAEP is studying noise limits more stringent than Stage 3, and the development of new emissions parameters covering climb and cruise. ...