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Airline chiefs to be told likely causes of next accident
David Learmount/LONDON The UK's airline bosses are to be told by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) what is the most likely cause of their companies' next fatal accident. The unprecedented safety warning - to come at a meeting scheduled for 19 March - is aimed at ensuring the airlines ...
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Russian-powered Atlas III booster delivered to Cape Canaveral
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Atlas III booster to launch pad 36B at Cape Canaveral, Florida in preparation for the launch of Telstar 7 in mid-June by International Launch Services. The Atlas IIIA model is powered by the Russian RD-180engine developed with Pratt & Whitney. An uprated Atlas Atlas ...
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Fairchild and ATR close in on joint venture decision
Jens Flottau/MUNICH Andrew Doyle/BERLIN The chief executives of Fairchild Aerospace and ATR partners Aerospatiale and Alenia are expected to meet on 22 March to discuss joint-venture plans amid signs that the US company may be willing to make major concessions to secure a regional aircraft tie-up. Meanwhile, it ...
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BASE enters BA franchise deal
Dutch regional carrier BASE Airlines has linked with British Airways to operate franchise services from its base in Eindhoven. BASE becomes the tenth BA franchisee, and brings seven new routes to its European network. BASE provides links from Eindhoven and Rotterdam to Birmingham, Manchester, Zurich and London Gatwick. London ...
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South Africa defines SAA sale timetable
The South African Government has finalised the timetable for the partial privatisation of South African Airways (SAA), with the carrier due to be corporatised by the end of March. An airline investor will be chosen by late June. Public enterprise minister Stella Sigcau says potential equity partners will be ...
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AMR Combs and Signature talk about combining FBO chains
Teams from AMR Combs and Signature Flight Support have started talks on combining their fixed-base operation (FBO) chains after Signature parent company BBA Group completed its $170 million acquisition of the former AMR subsidiary. A decision on how the combined chain will be branded is expected by the end ...
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Rockwell focuses on enhanced weather AWAREness for pilots
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES An enhanced weather briefing and reporting tool for general aviation (GA) pilots is to be demonstrated to US flight schools and fixed base operators in California, Iowa and Maryland. The Advanced Weather and Reporting Enhancements (AWARE) tool is being developed by the Rockwell Science Centre, Rockwell ...
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Accidents put brake on 407
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCCertification authorities in Canada and the USA have issued a priority airworthiness directive (AD) requiring Bell 407 operators to install a left pedal stop and limit never-exceed speed (Vne) in a bid to prevent the tail rotor cutting through the tailboom. This move to make mandatory an earlier ...
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German firm begins A320 shuttle service
Car manufacturer DaimlerChrysler has begun operating an Airbus A320 corporate shuttle between its headquarters cities of Stuttgart, Germany, and Detroit, Michigan. Operated by DaimlerChrysler Pentastar Aviation, the A320 is flying four scheduled round trips a week between Stuttgart International and Oakland County International airports. The aircraft, dubbed the Transatlantic ...
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Found after 30 years - the new Bush Hawk wins certification
A Canadian light utility aircraft is back in production after 30 years, following Transport Canada certification of Found Aircraft's Bush Hawk, an updated version of its original FBA-2C. Deliveries will begin in April, against initial orders for 11 aircraft. First deliveries of the all-metal five-seater will be to Reliance Airways ...
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Helicopter flat-panel displays get video and maps
Rogerson Kratos is upgrading its helicopter flat-panel display systems to handle video and moving maps. The improvements are being developed for the Bell 412 and will be incorporated later in the 427. Video input capability will allow the company's integrated instrument display systems (IIDS) to handle forward-looking infrared images, ...
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Maverick Air completes initial Twinjet 1500 wing icing tests
Maverick Air has completed initial testing of wing ice protection for its six-seat Twinjet 1500 business kit-build aircraft, formally known as the Twinjet 1200. The wing section was tested in an icing windtunnel to stimulate in-flight icing conditions. Penrose, Colorado-based Maverick began developing the Twinjet-1500 in 1997. It plans to ...
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Fractional gateway
Executive Jet is testing an airline-style pilot gateway system that will enable crews of Cessna Citation V Ultras and Raytheon Hawker 1000s in its Netjets fractional ownership programme to begin and end their tours of duty in Orlando or Las Vegas, as well as the company's Columbus, Ohio, operations centre. ...
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Italian Merger
Italian business aircraft operator Eurofly has merged with CAF, the former flight department of car manufacturer Fiat. The new Turin Airport-based company, which will operate under the Eurofly name, will own and manage a fleet of 18 business jets from its bases in Milan, Florence, Bologne and Treviso. Source: ...
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Dassault shelves supersonic jet
Julian Moxon/PARIS The lack of a suitable powerplant has forced Dassault Aviation to put its supersonic business jet (SSBJ) programme on hold. The move follows an intense effort with engine manufacturers to solve the fundamental technical problem of how to develop an engine that would meet Stage 3 ...
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Mil begins Mi-24M flight tests
Mil has begun full-scale flight tests of a modernised Mi-24 Hind helicopter. A first flight of 25min on 4 March was preceded by two brief hovers in February from the company's base near Moscow. The most notable features of the Mi-24M are the new main and tail rotors, lighter ...
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Kentron studies sea and ground variants of stand-off weapon
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Denel's Kentron division is exploring ground and sea launched variants of its low-observable Multi-Purpose Stand-Off Weapon(MUPSOW). The company also confirms that it is working on a submunition system for the missile, and expects an initial production order from the South African Air Force (SAAF) to support ...
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Northrop launches F/A-18 radar drive
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Northrop Grumman has begun flight testing a "fourth generation" active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar as it prepares to bid to develop an active-array radar for the Boeing F/A-18E/F. The technology demonstration, in the company's BAC One-Eleven avionics flying testbed, is in support of its ...
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Italian air force reforms command structure
The Italian air force has formally activated its new command structure, which regroups all operational forces in three new major commands. The revised structure comprises an air forces command (CSA) and logistics and training commands. Operational activity is entrusted to a separate air forces operation command The operational units ...
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Elusive image
Tim Furniss/LONDON Images of the earth's entire magnetosphere will be obtained for the first time next yearA new NASA spacecraft will next year capture the first image of the earth's entire magnetosphere - the region surrounding the planet in which the behaviour of charged particles is dominated by the world's ...