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Fairchild Dornier creates new identity for corporate 328JET
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Fairchild Dornier has renamed its corporate version of the 328JET business jet the Envoy 3, and set up a separate corporate sales department, headed by a former Gulfstream executive, in an effort to boost sales in this burgeoning market sector. The company is also planning to become involved ...
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Japan opens Haneda Airport to GA traffic
Japan's Haneda Airport has re-opened to general aviation traffic, following a 25-year absence, although severe restrictions will apply. The Japan Civil Aviation Board, which operates the Tokyo-based airport, is allowing only four movements each day, which must be taken after 2100. Foreign-registered aircraft are required to land at an ...
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Pilot training alliance
A three-way alliance between UK and US-based training organisations is to offer a pilot training service, from ab initio to type-rated airline pilot standard, to the European Joint Aviation Requirements or US Federal Aviation Administration flightcrew licensing syllabus. The UK's Oxford Air Training School and America's UND Aerospace will carry ...
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Sheffield base
London Executive Aviation is scheduled to open a base at the new Sheffield City Airport in northern England. The charter broker will operate a range of business jets from the site. Source: Flight International
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Orenda Recip receives FAA certification for Vee-8 OE-600
Orenda Recip has been awarded US Federal Aviation Administration certification for its OE-600 piston engine, four years after the Ontario, Canada-based manufacturer acquired the Dick McCoon "Thunder" engine programme. The company has orders for 150 engines and options on a further 30 to date, which includes re-engineing de Havilland ...
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Soloy plans Pathfinder push
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Soloy plans to start a worldwide marketing campaign for its Pathfinder 21 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan twin engined conversion in about September following a successful first flight on 30 April. The Pathfinder 21 is fitted with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6D-114A turboprops powering a single propeller ...
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USA clears singles for instrument flight rules
Commercial single-engine operations under instrument flight rules (SEIFR) have been ruled permissible by the US Federal Aviation Administration, along with a rule which clarifies the aircraft engine requirements. The National Air Transportation Association (NATA), welcoming the long-expected judgement, says that the clarification enables operators to convert aircraft to conform ...
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Boeing refines 777-200X design to tempt launch customers
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing has reaffirmed its commitment to launching the planned 777-200X/300X derivatives and is undertaking a fresh examination of a range of payload/range performance enhancements to the design. "The programme is still proceeding and there are some opportunities to make improvements to the 777-200X/300X that we are ...
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Justice Department stipulates conditions for American/BA link
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has recommended that the proposed alliance between American Airlines and British Airways is not approved unless sufficient slots are made available at London Heathrow to allow additional carriers to provide substantial new service to the USA. American welcomed the DoJ's statement, arguing that ...
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Hunting closure
Hunting is to close its Aircraft Engineering Centre at East Midlands Airport in the UK. Its primary business is the maintenance, repair and painting of aircraft such as the British Aerospace 146, Boeing 737 and Lockheed Electra. The closure follows abortive attempts to sell the centre as a going concern, ...
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ATR forecasts revival in turboprop market
ATR is predicting a revival in regional turboprop sales within the next few years, as aircraft come up for replacement. "There is no way all the 30-seaters will be replaced with jets," believes Antoine Bouissou, president of the US arm, ATR Marketing. He calculates that some 450 30-seat turboprops ...
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Cathay takes first 777-300
Cathay Pacific received the first 777-300 on 21 May, one of seven Rolls-Royce Trent 892-powered aircraft it has on order. The 777 has been awarded 180min extended twin-engine operations by the US Federal Aviation Administration. European clearance is due in August. Delivery of the first of six Thai Airways ...
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Westland prepares compound helicopter demonstrator
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC GKN Westland hopes to launch an advanced compound helicopter (ACH) technology demonstration programme by the end of the year. The aircraft, based on a Westland Lynx, will be equipped with wings and modified Rolls-Royce Turboméca RTM322 engines to demonstrate lift and thrust compounding. A compound helicopter uses ...
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Motorola drops Celestri for Teledesic project
Motorola has abandoned plans to develop its Celestri "Internet-in-the-sky" satellite system and has signed a $750 million deal to take a stake in the rival Teledesic network. The move will result in Motorola securing a 26% share of the Teledesic system, which is already backed by Microsoft's Bill Gates, ...
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NH90 participants thrash out production deal
Julian Moxon/PARIS Final agreement on workshare and production of the NATO NH90 transport helicopter came a step nearer at Berlin's ILA '98, with the removal of a major stumbling block to the project. Senior national defence officials from France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands thrashed out a deal ...
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A319M5 takes on 717 in tussle for Northwest 100-seat deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Airbus Industrie is pitching its proposed A319M5 head-on against the Boeing 717 in the campaign to sell Northwest Airlines up to 100 of the 100-seaters to replace its McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. The US carrier, which is also planning a 30-seater order, could purchase a total of ...
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Dassault details supersonic jet
Julian Moxon/PARIS Dassault Aviation has revealed key details of its planned supersonic business jet (SSBJ), which it says could be flying "by 2004". The manufacturer is still hesitant about the size of the potential market for SSBJs, but Dassault Aviation vice-president Bruno Revellin Falcoz insisted when a model of the ...
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A3XX escape system testing begins
BFGoodrich, in conjunction with Airbus Industrie, has began testing an evacuation slide/raft demonstrator for the double-deck A3XX. Airbus is proposing an 18-exit design for the basic 560-seat A3XX-100, eight of which will be on the upper deck. As the internal stairways can not be used for evacuation, up to 250 ...
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Airbus plans laminar flow tests in bid to bring down fuel costs
Max Kingsley-Jones/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie will launch a laminar flow technology flight test later this year as part of its probe into the potential cost and emission reductions resulting from a lessening in aircraft skin drag. The consortium is modifying the tailfin of the prototype A320-100 for tests due to begin ...
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Sfim uses GPS to calibrate aircraft approach paths
Julian Moxon/PARIS French avionics specialist Sfim has developed a new low cost system to replace the optical equipment used for tracking aircraft flying runway approaches when calibrating runway landing equipment. Its Traki trajectography kit uses the satellite global positioning system (GPS) instead of a ground- based theodolite to ...