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UK EC-120 delivery
McAlpine Helicopters has delivered the first UK registered Eurocopter EC-120 Colibri to an unnamed private customer. The Oxford Airport-based distributor plans to take delivery of three single-engine Colibri's in 1999 and "four in 2000." The high demand for the five-seat, $795,000 light helicopter prompted Eurocopter to step-up production from four ...
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Cirrus selects Garmin as Trimble leaves market
Cirrus Design has selected Garmin International to replace Trimble as avionics supplier for its newly certificated SR20 light aircraft. The last-minute change was forced when Trimble announced in September that it planned to exit the general aviation avionics market. Cirrus, based in Duluth, Minnesota, has selected the company's Trimline ...
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NetJets gears up for charter expansion after FAA approval
Executive Jet's charter arm is gearing up to support the international expansion of the company's NetJets business aircraft fractional ownership programme. Executive Jet Management (EJM) has received Federal Aviation Administration approval to conduct charter operations from the USA to Europe and across the Pacific. EJM says the approvals "-are ...
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Flying wing completes tests
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE Centurion, a 63m (206ft) span flying wing, has completed initial low-altitude flight tests at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB, California. The aircraft has since been disassembled and returned to its designer and manufacturer, AeroVironment of Simi Valley, California. There several of its systems ...
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Galaxy certification on schedule for year end
Galaxy Aerospace is anticipating Israeli certification of the Galaxy business jet by 14 December, with US approval expected a week later. The company hopes to complete natural icing tests - now under way in northern Europe - before certification to enable the basic approval to include flight into known ...
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FAA certifies IL-103
Ilyushin's Il-103 has become the first Russian manufactured aircraft to obtain US FAA certification. Fifteen Il-103s, built by MAPO's Loukhovitsy plant, are flying, two of which have clocked-up around 1,100 flights The five-seat, single-engine, piston-powered aircraft will cost $156,000, says Ilyushin. Source: Flight International
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FBO growth
Mercury Air Group has added a 15th location to its growing US fixed-based operation chain, with the acquisition of independently owned Jackson Air Center, which is based in Jackson, Mississippi. Source: Flight International
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More Australian sales beckon for Exec 162F
RotorWay International is hoping to boost sales of its Exec 162F in Australia following approval of the kit-built helicopter by the country's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). Approval of the Exec 162F in Australia, under rules that are more restrictive than the experimental category regulations applied in the USA, ...
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Boeing to revise twin-aisle development strategy
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing Commercial Airplanes is revising its twin-aisle development strategy because of the collapsing Asian market. The board is due to be briefed on the plan by 18 December. Product development cost cuts ordered as a result of the downturn will affect key programmes, including the ...
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Norman drives BBJ into the bunker
Boeing has lost the services of one of its most famous customers for the Boeing Business Jet following a decision by Australian golf star Greg Norman to cancel his order. The move has caused much embarrassment at Boeing as the golfer, known internationally as the Great White Shark, has been ...
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Embraer cautious on 70-seat regional jet
Embraer says any decision to develop a new 70-seat regional jet will depend on restrictive US airline pilot scope clauses being revised. It believes current operating conditions do not favour committing to such a programme. "The USA is the largest market and at present this market is closed to ...
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Northwest to decide soon on regional jet order
Paul Lewis/SAO JOSE CAMPOS Northwest Airlines is expected to decide soon on a new regional jet, ahead of a critical ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the dispute between Bombardier and Embraer on the use of state subsidies to sell competing aircraft. The US carrier is ...
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TWA twin-source deal surprises market
Trans World Airlines' decision to set up deals with Airbus Industrie and Boeing for competing 100-seaters - totalling 250 aircraft, including options - has raised questions over the US airline's future strategy. The deal remains to be finalised, but TWA has signed letters of intent (LoIs) for 50 717-200s, ...
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Boeing to build next X-aircraft for NASA
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NASA has selected Boeing to build the next X-series experimental vehicle, under its Future-X programme to demonstrate technologies for low-cost access to space. The unpiloted, reusable Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV) - likely to be designated the X-37 - will be released by theSpace Shuttle to demonstrate autonomous ...
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Problems stack up for US aerospace despite boom
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US aerospace industry will post a record $7.4 billion in profits on $140 billion in sales this year, and expects to see sales grow by $4.5 billion next year to $145 billion, according to the Aerospace Industries Association. The US trade group, however, declines ...
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BAe-Dasa merger speculation puts Airbus in limbo
Continued speculation over the expected merger between British Aerospace (BAe) and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) has put talks on the future of Airbus Industrie on hold. This threatens to further delay the creation of a single corporate entity (SCE) to beyond the start of 2000 as France seeks to retain ...
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International Space Station opens for work
The doors of the International Space Station opened for the first time on 10 December after astronauts from the STS88/Endeavour Space Shuttle mission bolted the first two modules together in space. Although the completion of the work marked the start of a new era in space exploration, full operations will ...
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Survivors in A310 crash
A Thai International Airways Airbus A310 crashed while attempting to land at Surat Thani in southern Thailand on 11 December. Early reports suggested there were at least 50 survivors among the 161 crew and passengers. The aircraft is believed to have been delivered new to Thai in 1986 and registered ...
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BAe to manufacture Boeing 777 components
British Aerospace has secured a deal from Boeing to manufacture components for the 777 twinjet as the Airbus partner company realigns its aerostructures business. The Boeing deal follows an earlier contract to produce components for the Next Generation 737 and the 747. BAe's Aerostructures division has received a 10-year ...
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France and Germany to merge research
The French Government research agency Onera and its German counterpart, the DLR, are to integrate their helicopter research activities in a move they say will provide a prototype for a "unique European aeronautics and space research organisation". The two have co-operated since 1992 on helicopter research in support of ...