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GE formalises remote monitoring venture
Ian Sheppard/LONDON General Electric and Harris have formed a joint venture to develop remote data monitoring for engines, following a successful two-year pilot project involving Canada 3000 aircraft. GE Harris Aviation Information Solutions, based in Melbourne, Florida, is to produce and market information network products and decision support ...
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Voice/Data first
Following a successful flight certification programme on a Lufthansa Boeing MD-11, the US Federal Aviation Administration has approved the AlliedSignal/Rohde & Schwarz XK516 radio - the first commercial production high frequency (HF) radio certificated for both voice and data messages. Source: Flight International
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Pratt & Whitney begins UMC acquisition talks
Pratt & Whitney has opened negotiations to purchase Indonesia's Universal Maintenance Centre (UMC) from IPTN to complement its joint venture with Singapore Airlines (SIA) and join the US manufacturer's planned global engine overhaul and maintenance network. Cash-strapped IPTN is looking to sell its Bandung-based subsidiary as part of a ...
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Rhetoric or reality ?
Douglas Barrie/LONDONIn the wake of two axe-wielding exercises led by the Conservative Government, half-heartedly wrapped in the guise of redefining the strategic role of the UK's armed services, there was concern among the forces that the new Labour Government's defence review would deliver only more of the same. In the ...
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Dragonair forges independence
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Dragonair has taken a further step towards independence from Cathay Pacific Airways with the purchase of an Airbus A320 full flight simulator from CAE Electronics. The Hong Kong-based airline, which has also taken an option with CAE for an Airbus A330 simulator, will open its own ...
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FSI spreads business fleet to reach customers
FlightSafety International (FSI) plans to disperse its business aircraft simulator fleet more widely to improve service to corporate customers - a break with the past, when the company located its training centres near manufacturers' factories. FSI is the factory-authorised provider of initial customer training for most major business aircraft ...
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SimuFlite CFIT course
SimuFlite Training has introduced an optional course on controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) to review CFIT accidents and demonstrate the use of the US Flight Safety Foundation's recommended checklist. Source: Flight International
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Western Michigan University jets ahead with plans to acquire 737-400 simulator
Western Michigan University plans to acquire a Boeing 737-400 flight simulator and to offer a jet orientation course as part of its ab initio airline pilot training programme. Based at Battle Creek, Michigan, the University's International Pilot Training Center is training cadets for Aer Lingus and British Airways. Eight ...
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Japan launches its first Mars probe
Tim Furniss/LONDON Japan launched its first Mars probe on 4 July. The Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences' (ISAS) $80 million Planet B spacecraft, renamed Nozomi, was launched into a highly elliptical Earth orbit on the second flight of the agency's 31m-high, M-5 solid propellant booster, from Kagoshima. ...
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Mir faces more uncertainty despite cash pledge
The Russian Government has agreed to release funds allowing the launch of three crews to the Mir space station before its controlled re-entry in July 1999. Russian space chiefs, however, are aware that similar assurances have been made before without the money materialising. The Russian space agency has been ...
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X-33 thermal system test completed
NASA has completed a series of six flights using a Boeing F-15 especially adapted to test thermal protection system materials destined to be used on the X-33 reusable space vehicle. The aircraft reached an altitude of 36,000ft (11,000m) at speeds of up to Mach 1.4 from NASA's Dryden Flight ...
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AlliedSignal dispute Beriev Be-200 claims
AlliedSignal has refuted claims by Beriev that it is responsible for new delays to the maiden flight of its Be-200 twin-turbofan amphibian. The Russian company had alleged that non-arrival of avionics from AlliedSignal, coupled with funding shortages, had stopped the aircraft making its first flight. The absence of the ...
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Alitalia profits grow
Alitalia's dramatic recovery continues, with early returns suggesting that group pre-tax profits are on course for L200 billion ($110 million), against little more than break-even a year ago. The results, which are ahead of analyst expectations, show a 6% growth in airline sales and a near doubling of operating margins. ...
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Eurowings sales up
German regional carrier Eurowings saw sales leap by over 20% last year to hit DM586 million ($322 million). Passenger numbers increased by nearly one-third. A similar rise is in prospect this year, with a sales target of DM720 million. Growth comes on the back of a steady expansion of the ...
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Mooney expands
Mooney has expanded the upgrade activity of its factory service centre at Kerrville, Texas, to retrofit features from its current production models, such as a new interior and ice protection, into older Mooney piston singles. Source: Flight International
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Gulfstream Century
Gulfstream Aerospace has booked its 100th sale of the Gulfstream V long-range business jet. Almost 20 GVs are now in service. Bombardier has 80 firm orders for its Global Express, which will enter service by year-end. Source: Flight International
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Messier Services
Messier-Dowty and Messier Bugatti have teamed to form a new Snecma subsidiary, Messier Services, to offer global support for landing gear and brakes maintenance. Source: Flight International
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It's good to talk
The colour purple typifies both the style and content of the UK's Strategic Defence Review, with Purple commands (joint posts covering two or more elements of the armed services), very much to the fore. Perhaps prophetically, purple is also not far removed from the colour of blood; metaphorically, at ...
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Iberia TCAS 2000
Iberia has selected Honeywell's TCAS 2000 traffic alert and collision avoidance system for around 150 aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Clearing turbulence
Northwest Airlines is to market the "Turbulence Plot" system that its crews use to avoid areas of high turbulence risk. Source: Flight International