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GE Engine Services makes first foray into China
GE Engine Services has announced the establish- ment of its first overhaul facility in China as the initial step in its plans to establish a support structure for Chinese airlines. Located in Fujian Province, GE On-Wing Support (Xiamen) will form part of the US company's GE On-Wing Support network, ...
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Eagle flies with massive Embraer order
Karen Walker A massive $2 billion order for 75 firm and 75 option Embraer ERJ-135 regional jets was announced yesterday by US carrier American Eagle. Bill Kostel, director of fleet planning at American Eagle, a regional subsidiary of American Airlines, said he expects deliveries of the 37-seat -135 ...
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Full speed ahead for new AlliedSignal turbofan
AlliedSignal has launched full-scale development of a new turbofan engine family for the regional and business jet markets. First customer announcements for the AS900, says AlliedSignal, should come in the fourth quarter of 1998, with certification expected in the first half of 2001 and initial deliveries following later in ...
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Chek Lap Kok inquiry highlights computer fiasco
Surprise details have begun to emerge from a public inquiry set up to investigate the controversial opening of Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok. A select committee set up by the Legislative Council to probe the handling of the airport yesterday heard director of civil aviation Richard ...
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Service centre
Lucas Aerospace has appointed API Technologies as an authorised service centre for its products. API Technologies, the component overhaul division of Memphis, Tennessee-based Aircraft Parts International (API) will overhaul starter-generators for regional airlines and corporate operators. API is a subsidiary of Westport, Connecticut-based First Aviation Services. Source: ...
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Spaceport Florida develops quick reaction launch pad
An old launch pad at Cape Canaveral is being converted for "quick reaction" commercial launches, says Spaceport Florida Authority (SFA) in Hall 2. SFA already operates a converted launch pad, No 46 at Canaveral, which made its debut in January with the launch of the Lunar Prospector aboard an ...
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Franco-Italian team to produce nacelles
Potential European alliances are big news in aviation but two companies, one French and one Italian, have jumped the gun and stolen some of the expected thunder from their larger brethren. Hurel-Dubois from France and Italian company Aermacchi have set up a new joint venture company to produce engine ...
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Europeans back studies of navigation system
Steve Nichols A number of European companies are supporting research into the next generation of navigation, communications and air traffic systems. The North European CNS/ATM Applications (NEAP) project, which is supported by SAS, Lufthansa, Luftfartsverket, DFS and SLV, is investigating and testing a range of future applications. ...
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Export Gripen to undergo UK air refuelling trials
Tim Ripley Sweden's Gripen is to be refuelled in flight for the first time in the autumn when the fourth generation combat aircraft undergoes trials from the UK's Boscombe Down aviation test centre. The trials are part of the ongoing effort by Saab and British Aerospace to field ...
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BMW R-R celebrates new engine's first flight
The first flight of a new engine is always a good excuse for some serious celebrating and this is certainly the case with BMW Rolls-Royce, where the champagne corks are popping to mark the successful first flight of their BR715 engines on Boeing's 717-200. The BR715 is the second ...
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Carbon addition doubles brake overhaul interval
By adding just 1.5kg of carbon to each aircraft brake, Messier-Bugatti has managed to achieve a 50% increase in the number of cycles between overhauls. The company's latest carbon brake, Sepcarb III PLUS, reduces airline operating costs and it's been ordered by a variety of airlines operating the Airbus ...
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Earth-bound demo gives Hawkeye a lift
Geoff Thomas Northrop Grumman is hoping to woo customers for its E-2C Hawkeye 2000 airborne early earning and control (AEW&C) system - particularly Greece - by entertaining them in a caravan. An unlikely scenario maybe, but this is not just any old caravan. It's a huge trailer which ...
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Ericsson seeks international customers for Erieye system
Geoff Thomas Swedish company Ericsson Microwave Systems has two of its Erieye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) systems at Farnborough '98, one on view in the static park and one in the flying display. The company hopes to attract customers from around the world, primarily those who ...
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Standard Aero wins US forces engine overhaul contract
Canadian company Standard Aero has been awarded a contract to provide engine repair and overhaul for the 330 C-12 Beechcraft KingAir 200s operated by US tri-services throughout the world. It has also won a contract to service propellers in use by the Canadian Armed Forces. The company also performs ...
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Soim trainer programme gets funding boost
The Romanian air force's IAR-99 Soim trainer programme has received further government funding of $21 million. A joint project between the aircraft's original maker, Avioane Craiova, and Israeli company Elbit Systems, will see them working together to upgrade the Soim to become a lead-in trainer for the air force's ...
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Hainan Airlines expands portfolio
Hainan Airlines is to become the first Chinese carrier to own shares in an airport with its purchase of a 25% stake in the new Haikou Meilan International Airport. The domestic carrier will take the stake in the new international airport at Hainan province's capital, Haikou, with an initial ...
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GLS to debut on Continental flight
Steve Nichols Honeywell will claim a world first later this month when a Continental Airlines MD-83 flight becomes the first revenue service to land using a GPS landing system (GLS). On 21 September, the aircraft will fly two approaches into New York Newark and Minneapolis-St Paul using the ...
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Hush kit specialists keep older types in air
Mark Hannant With the 1999 deadline for Stage 3 noise level reductions bearing down on the industry, it is no surprise to see hush kits on prominent display at the show. In the case of both Boeing 707s and BAe 1-11s, the statutory requirements will put out of ...
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Leach International power assemblies for tiltrotor
Paul Derby Bell Helicopter Textron has selected Leach International to provide seven electrical power distribution assemblies (EDPAs) for the 609 civil tiltrotor. Leach has also been handed a second boost for its European arm with another EDPA order, this time from Saab. The assemblies will be used on ...
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Libyan leader opposes compromise plan for Pan Am bomb suspects
The lawyer for families of victims of the Lockerbie bombing fears the Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's opposition to a compromise plan could be a "major stumbling block" to a trial. Colonel Gaddafi has attacked a proposal by the United Kingdom and the United States to try two Libyan suspects ...