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Embraer gears up for the massive regionsl jet production boost
Guy Norris/Palm Springs Embraer plans to deliver more than 470 RJ-135/145s over the next five years as it rushes to boost regional jet production to 12 a month by May 2000. The company, however, is still not convinced that it wants to enter the 70-seater market. The Brazilian manufacturer revealed ...
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AAR supports A300F
AAR Cargo Systems is to supply British Aerospace Aviation Services with additional cargo loading services to support its expanding Airbus A300B4 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme. Orders now stand at 32 systems. Source: Flight International
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ATP tracks TFEs
Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) and AlliedSignal have introduced the Maintenance Director electronic record- keeping software, which tracks the maintenance status of the engine manufacturer's TFE-series turbofans. Source: Flight International
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Ice Shield protects
B/EAerospace subsidiary SMR Technologies has won certification of its Ice Shield pneumatic de-icing system on the Cessna 421 and Rockwell Twin Commander, as part of a plan to offer systems for most popular general aviation aircraft types. Source: Flight International
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Midwest fits NOFOD
Midwest Express has picked TDG Aerospace's NOFOD overwing heater system for its Boeing MD-80s, to eliminate inspection of the upper surface for clear ice. American, Alaska, Delta and US Airways use the system. Source: Flight International
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F-22 boom costs cut
GenCorp Aerojet has won Boeing contracts worth $25 million to supply eight ship-sets of forward tailbooms for initial production F-22 fighters, and to cut the cost of producing the electron-beam- welded titanium booms. Source: Flight International
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Russian rocket firm
The Russian Space Agency plans to set up a Russian Rocket Engine public company to cover all rocket manufacturing entities into one organisation to help promote the technology worldwide. Source: Flight International
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Lufthansa Interiors
Lufthansa Technik has been appointed, to complete and maintain its Boeing Business Jet ordered by Michael Chowdry, chief executive of US cargo airline Atlas Air. The Hamburg, Germany-based company, will customise the aircraft with its XXL class Executive Jet cabin. Source: Flight International
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Alliant panels
Alliant Techsystems is to produce fibre-placed composite skin panels for the Bell 609 under contract to Aerostructures, the risk-sharing supplier of the fuselage for the civil tilt-rotor. Bell has orders so far for 70 aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Quiet cabin
Ultra Electronics has received certification for its UltraQuiet active noise and vibration control system for the Bombardier Challenger 604. The company claims the system reduce average cabin noise levels by 2dB. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon purchase
Raytheon Systems has purchased The Network Connection's AirView Integrated Business and Entertainment System for installation in the Boeing Business Jet demonstrator. Source: Flight International
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Sabena buy
Sabena has bought 10 aircraft from New Piper Aircraft to replace the ab initio fleet at its Scottsdale, Arizona, training centre. Delivery of five Archer III primary trainers, three Saratoga IIHP instrument trainers and two Seneca V multi-engine trainers will begin next January. Source: Flight International
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Upgrade offer
AlliedSignal is offering to upgrade TFE731-3 turbofans powering the Learjet 55 to improve reliability and durability. Meanwhile, operators of Dassault Falcon 50s, Raytheon Hawkers and other 731-3-powered types can now pay for a similar upgrade under AlliedSignal's hourly rate maintenance plan. Source: Flight International
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Loadmaster tests
Light Helicopter Turbine Engine (LHTEC) has successfully completed the first series of engine tests on its CTP800-4T turboprop propulsion system for the Ayres Loadmaster. The joint AlliedSignal/Rolls-Royce engine, rated at 2,000kW (2,700shp) has completed 40h of testing, during which it reached a maximum power setting of 1,000kW. Clearance for full ...
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SIA profits down
Singapore Airlines (SIA) blamed the Asian economic downturn for its poor financial performance for the first half of its 1998 financial year with operating profits plummeting 44% to S$246 million ($x million), a drop of S$195 million on 1997 first half figures. Revenues were down $87 million at $3.43 billion. ...
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Cargo boosts ANA
All Nippon Airways has boosted its net profit by 68% for the first six months of the year, ending 30 September, partially on the back of increased cargo volume. The Japanese carrier reported an interim net profit of YEN10 billion ($85 million) off marginally higher revenue of ´468 billion. Cargo ...
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Derco F-5 support
Northrop Grumman has selected Derco Aerospace to take over the manufacture and supply of parts and assemblies for the F-5, RF-5 and the T-38 Talon trainer. Derco will supply kits to support F-5/T-38 overhaul and upgrade programmes. Source: Flight International
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Cirrus prepares to clear final SR-20 certification hurdles
Cirrus Design is scurrying to find a new avionics vendor and perform tests on a final seat design before clearing the last certification hurdles for its SR-20 business aircraft. The first customer deliveries are scheduled to start in December. The Cirrus SR-20 received US Federal Aviation Administration type approval ...
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Delays put back first Lancair Columbia delivery
Lancair now plans to deliver the first Columbia 300 four-seater in February 1999 and hopes to have completed the handover of the 200th aircraft by early in 2001. The February delivery date is almost five months behind the company's original schedule, which slipped after design changes were made to improve ...
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VisionAire revises Spirit design
VisionAire has made major alterations to its ambitious Spirit VA-12B "personal jet" sports aircraft and has begun construction of a prototype at its Chesterfield site in Missouri. "It should be flying within 18 months," says Tom Stark, senior vice-president of the company's Future Works advanced development division. The ...