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US helicopter fractionals go for expansion despite slow market
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC North America's pioneering helicopter fractional ownership companies, Associated Aircraft Group (AAG) and HeliFlite Shares, plan to expand operations despite slower than expected development of the new market sector. Sikorsky-owned AAG expects to add a second helicopter to its scheme by the middle of the year. The ...
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Flight Options adds Falcon 50
US business jet fractional ownership company Flight Options is adding Dassault Falcon 50s to its fleet this month. Three of the mid-size aircraft will enter service initially, but Cleveland, Ohio-based Flight Options plans to add 15 secondhand aircraft to its line-up by the end of the year. The first Falcon ...
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WestJet looks to replace 737-200s
WestJet Airlines is talking to Airbus Industrie, Boeing and leasing companies about replacing its 14 Boeing 737-200s from next year, as it expands services to eastern Canada. The Calgary-based low-cost carrier is evaluating 100-130-seat twinjets, including the Boeing 737-600/700 and the Airbus A318/A319. A decision is expected during the ...
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Kaman flies Australian navy machine
Kaman flew the initial multi-mission SH-2G(A) of an 11-aircraft order for the Royal Australian Navy on 6 January for the first time. The airframes are rebuilt US Navy SH-2s retrofitted with General Electric T700 engines and composite main rotor blades. Deliveries are to start early next year. New mission avionics ...
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Ansett plans major regional merger
Ansett Australia is planning to merge its three regional subsidiaries - Kendell Airlines, Skywest Airlines and Aeropelican Air Services - into a single carrier. It will take over a significant chunk of the mainline airline's regional operation, based around British Aerospace 146s. Ansett has also replaced senior management and ...
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BA 767s lead the field in bids for RAF strategic tanker deal
Max Kingsley-Jones & Stewart Penney/LONDON Three of the four teams invited to tender bids for the UK Royal Air Force's Future Strategic Tanker (FSTA) competition are basing their proposals around British Airways Boeing 767s. Secondhand McDonnell Douglas DC-10s have also emerged as candidates, as well as Airbus widebodies. The ...
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BA studies CityFlyer transfer in Gatwick route shake-up
Chris Jasper/LONDON Andrew Doyle/MUNICH British Airways is considering a radical restructuring of its London Gatwick-based operations that would see all routes of less than 800km (430nm) - or around 35% of services - transferred to its CityFlyer subsidiary. The move, among several under consideration, aims to exploit the lower ...
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Test school appeals
Officials from the US National Test Pilot School (NTPS) in Mojave, California, held talks with State Department officials in Washington on 7 January in attempts to overturn a decision that has effectively closed the school - the world's largest for civilian test pilots. The school is seeking a licence ...
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Century moves to Fort Worth Alliance Airport
Century Aerospace, which is developing the CA-100 entry-level business jet, is to relocate to Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, from its base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company says the Fort Worth location offers access to a pool of experienced aerospace employees. Bell Agusta and Galaxy Aerospace are ...
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Found gets go-ahead to build Bush Hawk
Found Aircraft Canada is bringing the Bush Hawk utility aircraft back into production after receiving a production certificate from Transport Canada. Found has moved into a new plant at Perry Sound Airport, near Toronto, and plans to fly the first production aircraft next month. The Bush Hawk is a ...
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Bombardier puts out Global Express work
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCBombardier has subcontracted some Global Express interior completions in a bid to overcome delays in delivering the ultra-long-range business jets. Cambridge, UK-based Marshall Aerospace and The Jet Center of Van Nuys, California, will each complete four aircraft next year. Bombardier's own completion facilities are at full capacity, with ...
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Stretching the limits
US restrictions are hampering the Australian Defence Force's electronic warfare plans Peter La Franchi/CANBERRAUS policy on technology release has become a sticking point in an Australian Defence Force (ADF) project to develop an integrated family of electronic warfare self-protection (EWSP) systems for its combat and support aircraft. The Australian Department ...
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Blinding with science
Lasers have proved their ability to defeat infrared-guided missiles - but the war between aircraft and missiles continues Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC In October, at the White Sands Missile Test Range in New Mexico, a US Air Force Boeing F-15 fired two air-to-air missiles at a stationary cable car - and ...
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Kitted for flight
UK kit-maker Europa Aircraft is revolutionising personal aircraft Kate Sarsfield/KIRKBYMOORSIDE In little over a decade, Europa has evolved from an airline pilot's ambitious dream and has become arguably the most successful kit aircraft manufacturer in the world. In its short history, the internationally acclaimed aerospace company has chalked up more ...
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Shaping up
Competitive pressure is pushing Boeing's product development group to the fore Guy Norris/SEATTLE As it enters the 21st century, Boeing faces its toughest challenge. After dominating global commercial aviation for over 40 years, it ended the 1990s under threat on all fronts from Airbus Industrie. Boeing's product development (PD) group ...
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Y2K glitch knocks out satellite spying system
A classified US satellite-based intelligence system was knocked out at the start of the year by what the US Department of Defense (DoD) describes as a "significant problem" caused by the Y2K computer bug. The National Reconnaissance Organisation (NRO) - which controls US spy satellites - was unable to ...
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Shadow wins US Army tactical UAV fly-off
AAI has been selected by the US Army to supply its tactical unmanned air vehicle (TUAV) following a fly-off involving four systems. The initial contract for four low rate initial production TUAVs is worth $41 million. Cockeysville, Maryland-based AAI's Shadow 200 was selected over the Alliant Techsystems Outrider, General Atomics' ...
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Hellfire scores in Israeli/Italian test
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Taman division and Italy's Agusta have conducted a demonstration firing of a Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire missile from an Agusta A129 attack helicopter. The A129 was fitted with Taman's advanced Night Targeting System (NTS-A). During the firings on an Israeli range, the missile scored hits ...
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SH-60R first flight
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems flew the US Navy's upgraded Sikorsky SH-60R Seahawk for the first time on 22 December. The remanufactured Seahawk helicopter will test the Lockheed Martin-developed common cockpit and updated mission system. A second prototype is to fly in March and a go-ahead to remanufacture and upgrade 243 ...
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Italian navy EH101 flies
Agusta has flown the first EH Industries EH101 helicopter for the Italian navy. The machine is due for delivery in July. Italy has ordered EH101s in three configurations: eight will be anti-submarine warfare machines, four will be utility transports and a similar number will be for early warning and surveillance ...