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Cirrus SR20 flies closer towards certification
Cirrus Design flew its production prototype SR20 single-engined light aircraft on 3 June and is now hoping to receive US certification by the end of this year. The second and final prototype (C2), which will be the primary aircraft for testing the fuel, avionics and electrical systems, reached 135kt ...
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Lynton Group bids for Air Hanson
US general aviation company Lynton Group is in talks to acquire UK company Air Hanson. The aircraft charter and maintenance operation is being sold by its parent company, Hanson, as part of a wider restructuring. If successful, the sale will be the third acquisition this year for the Morristown, ...
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Objections threaten Moscow business airport
Plans to build a business airport at Khodynka, near Moscow, have suffered a setback following objections from a government agency and strong public opposition to the project. The airfield, 10km (6 miles) from the Russian capital, is surrounded by aircraft industry enterprises such as Ilyushin, the Sukhoi Design bureau ...
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Not a trace
Trace Worldwide has sold its flight inspection business to its only UK rival, Flight Precision. Trace purchased the business last year as part of its acquisition of Hunting Aviation's Biggin Hill operations. Despite the sale, Trace says that it is discussing a tie-up with Flight Precision to exploit flight inspection ...
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Corporate A319
Airbus Industrie has selected Switzerland's Jet Aviation and Germany's Lufthansa Technik as approved cabin outfitters for the A319CJ corporate aircraft. The European companies will offer a choice of six standard cabin layouts ranging from 10 to 39 seats, with prices starting at about $4 million. Source: Flight International
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IATA approves millennium bug plan
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which estimates that the so-called "millennium bug" will cost the airline industry $1.6 billion, has won approval from airlines for a plan to ensure that airlines, airports, air traffic control providers and manufacturers work together to minimise the effect of ...
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Crisis spreads to China as airlines make losses
The Asian economic downturn has begun to have an impact on the Chinese air transport industry, with the country's 11 largest carriers announcing for the first time a collective loss of ¥1.7 billion ($206 million) in the opening quarter of the financial year. According to the state-run China ...
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US Army to decide soon on Cobra safety issue
The US Army is expected to decide by 19 June whether its 400 Bell Helicopter AH-1S Cobra gunships must be inspected for a safety problem that grounded over 900 UH-1 light utility helicopters in May, according to Brig Gen Robert Armbruster, the US Army Aviation and Missile Command's deputy for ...
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GPA plans to shed GE Capital
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON GPA could re-emerge from the shadow of GE Capital, with plans to buy out of the agreements signed five years ago when the US finance giant stepped in to rescue the Irish leasing company from near collapse. A memorandum of understanding has been agreed between the ...
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EGPWS move leads Korean Air safety drive
Korean Air (KAL) is to begin fitting its entire fleet with enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS), starting in July with the delivery of new Airbus Industrie A330-200/300s and Boeing 777-200/300s. The airline warns, however, that some of its future widebody deliveries may be delayed because of the economic ...
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Mooney rationalisation will centre on longer airframe
Mooney Aircraft is to halt production of its M20J Allegro light aircraft and batch-produce the M20K Encore in a move to rationalise its product line. The Kerrville, Texas-based company is to base production around the longer airframe used for the M20R Ovation and M20M Bravo. Production of the Allegro, ...
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Surprise share plan changes UK's air traffic control chart
David Learmount/LONDON Privatisation of the UK air traffic control (ATC) system has been put back on the political agenda, with the year-old Labour Government mooting the sale of 51% of the Civil Aviation Authority's National Air Traffic Services (NATS). ATC privatisation has been a running issue within UK ...
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Dassault confirms BAe fighter link
Dassault Aviation president Serge Dassault has confirmed that it is to form a joint company with British Aerospace to study future combat aircraft, and that it is also looking at ways of separating its military and civil businesses in preparation for the merger of the defence side with Aerospatiale. ...
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Carriers push Airbus on LCDs
Paul Lewis/SINGAPOREAirbus Industrie is being pressed by major international carriers to offer a choice of new liquid crystal display (LCD) systems in the cockpits of future aircraft, as the consortium narrows the final selection of vendors to Rockwell Collins and Sextant Avionique. The European consortium plans to fit its A320/A330/A340 ...
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F-16 manufacturing time is reduced
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated a significant reduction in manufacturing time for the F-16, using commercial practices. The first of 12 to be produced for Singapore under a commercial lease agreement has been delivered less than 22 months after contract signature. This compares with the normal lead time of 36-42 months, ...
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TTS simulator to RWL
Thomson Simulation & Training has sold a Boeing 737-800 full flight simulator to SBG for use at the RWL German Flight Academy, not to Lufthansa as reported. The device will be delivered to the centre in November. TTS says the order was originally placed with "a competitor", but was moved ...
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Smiths wins Boeing E-6 Mercury upgrade work
Smiths Industries' latest flight management computer (FMC) has been selected as part of a Boeing-proposed cockpit upgrade for the US Navy's E-6 Mercury command and control aircraft. The upgrade would see the cockpit from Boeing's Next Generation 737 installed in the E-6, including the flat-panel displays. A Navy decision ...
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Star Alliance members join forces for spare parts pact
Air Canada, Lufthansa and United Airlines, three founder members of the Star Alliance, have joined forces to buy and sell aircraft materials in the secondary spare parts market. The new joint venture company, AirLiance Materials, is expected to start operations later this year. It has appointed David Sisson as ...
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Life after death
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON When the MD-11 was launched at the end of 1986, the estimated $500 million investment must have looked like money well spent. McDonnell Douglas (MDC) was promising that it could quickly and relatively cheaply bring to the market a new generation long haul aircraft developed from its ...