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Kaman/AlliedSignal complete K-MAX fuel tests
Kaman and AlliedSignal have completed initial fuel pressure tests on the K-MAX fleet and have found no more fuel-pump driveshaft spline failures. Investigation of the fatal crash of a K-MAX in Germany in early September revealed that both the primary and secondary pump splines had failed in the T5317A-1 turboshaft ...
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SMR clears de-icing
B/E Aerospace-owned SMR Technologies has received supplemental type certificates from the US FAA for its Ice Shield pneumatic de-icer systems on the Twin Commander and Cessna 421C Golden Eagle. The system is also cleared for use on the Piper PA-31 and Raytheon Beech King Air 200. Source: Flight International
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Service Centre
Innotech-Execaire Aviation Group's Toronto, Canada, base has been appointed an authorised service centre for the Cessna Citation X. The Montreal-based group has also signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to provide quick turnaround times for removal and reinstallation of R-R engines on business jets. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon teams with Angel on HALO-Proteus
Raytheon has signed a teaming agreement with St Louis-based Angel Technologies to develop stratospheric broadband wireless services, using the High Altitude Long Operation (HALO) aircraft. The prime electronics systems integrator will be Raytheon, with responsibility for the airborne and ground segments of the HALO network. Angel will deliver fixed and ...
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FAA gives Luscombe interim certificate for Spartan 185
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Luscombe Aircraft an airworthiness certificate for its Spartan 185 preproduction model 11E. The ticket falls short of full approval, however, and is "for sales and marketing purposes", says Luscombe. The Oklahoma-based company is still targeting April 1999 as the earliest date for ...
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Executive Jet gets amber light for Middle East venture
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Executive Jet's plan to set up a Middle East version of its NetJets fractional ownership programme is taking shape, following a Saudi Arabian Government decision to approve involvement by the programme's major risk-sharing partner, the Jeddah-based National Company for Air Services (NAS). The company, owned by private investors, ...
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Airbus may ditch A3XX thrust reversers to slow down costs
Andrew Doyle/LONDON Airbus Industrie is discussing with airlines a plan to remove the thrust reversers from its A3XX ultra-high capacity airliner design as part of efforts to further reduce the aircraft's direct operating costs. Airlines have generally reacted favourably towards the idea of dropping the system from the outboard engines ...
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Cathay's effort to revive PAL earns approval from receiver
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE A conditional offer by Cathay Pacific to invest up to $100 million in debt-ridden Philippine Airlines (PAL) has been accepted by PAL's interim rehabilitation receiver committee. The two airlines say they will jointly draft a "rehabilitation plan" for PAL, to be submitted to the Philippines Securities ...
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US forces considers gun-launched UAV
The US Army is considering launching a research study for an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) small enough to be launched from a 155mm artillery piece, while the US Navy and Marine Corps are also studying small tube-launched UAV systems. A basic research effort may be launched by the end of ...
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Dasa reviews Mako after BAe protests
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa)is reviewing its participation in the Mako advanced trainer/light combat aircraft programme after objections were raised to its involvement by British Aerospace. BAe was concerned by a memorandum of understanding signed at the Seoul Air Show in South Korea at the end of October, ...
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MD-11 switch change
Boeing MD-11 operators are to replace or modify two dimmer switches in the cockpit, according to a US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive. The switches must be replaced or modified within a month of inspection. Source: Flight International
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A330s head for Brazil after currency hiccup
Joe Sims/MIAMI TAM expects to take delivery of its first two Airbus A330s by the end of the month after a delay of over a month caused by a currency crisis in Brazil. The carrier, based in Sao Paulo, had been due to receive its first of five Pratt & ...
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Thomson wins RAF Tornado deal
Thomson Training &Simulation has been selected as the preferred bidder to supply Tornado simulator training centres to the Royal Air Force. The centres, which will be owned by the company and leased to the RAF, will be sited at the Tornado bases at Lossiemouth in Scotland and Marham in Norfolk. ...
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Boeing aims to fund F/A-18 active array work for the US Navy
Boeing plans to co-fund initial development of an active-array radar for the F/A-18E/F, in the absence of US Navy funding. The move will bridge the gap until the navy can find funding and "...get the radar into the fleet as early as possible," says Paul Summers, manager F/A-18 new product ...
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Blanc Aero expands Villefranche production
Julian Moxon/PARIS French aeronautical fixtures manufacturer Blanc Aero Industries has extended its factory at Villefranche de Rouergue in the south of France with a Fr50 million ($8.3 million) investment in a new high capacity production unit. Following the take-over by Blanc Aero holding company GFI of UK company ...
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Total tests environmental radar
Total Aircraft Services (TAS) is completing the installation of a novel synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system on a Gulfstream II, which will be available for land use research and environmental resource management from late 1999. The TAS aircraft, expected to undergo initial test flights by the end of this ...
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One Thousand HGS
Sales of the Flight Dynamics Head-Up Guidance System (HGS) have passed 1,000 following an order from Southwest Airlines. Since receiving the first orders for the system in 1987 from Alaska Airlines for its Boeing 727-200 HGS, Flight Dynamics has sold the system to 14 airlines, 30 corporate users, four military ...
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Tupolev carries on with cryogenic fuel research
Tupolev is continuing research on cryogenic fuel tanks for its Tu-204 and Tu-334 twinjet airliners. It is also researching an innovative design of a twin-turboprop Tu-136 transport, with the layout determined by cryogenic fuel considerations. It is planned to conduct aerodynamic tests of the Tu-136 model in the TsAGI ...
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Antenna agreement
Spar Aerospace has signed a long-term agreement with Lockheed Martin for the supply of satellite Ka and Ku band antennas. Source: Flight International
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Troubled Endeavour mission falls under the spotlight
Tim Furniss/LONDON All eyes are on the much-delayed STS88 Endeavour mission on 3 December, the purpose of which is to carry the Unity Node 1 and link it with the Russian Zarya control module, to establish the first part of the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour's mission depends ...