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DHFS gets twin sim
The UK Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) has taken delivery of a Frasca built Bell 412 flight training device for multi-engine training. The device is fitted with a full flight package, complete aircraft systems modelling and a Frasca FVS-200 visual display. Source: Flight International
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Iberia's engine choice
Iberia has decided to stick with the CFM International CFM56 for its recent order for up to 76 more Airbus A320-family aircraft. The airline concluded the order in February for 50 firm orders and 26 options (nine A319s, 36 A320s and 31 A321s), and decided to hold a new engine ...
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An-70 bid for FLA nears an end
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Julian Moxon/PARIS European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) partners are to meet early next month to discuss the outcome of a critical study into considering the Antonov An-70 as an FLA candidate. The study, which is widely expected to reject the An-70 as a serious contender, is almost ...
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ESA identifies cause of Ariane 5 roll as new launches approach
Tim Furniss/LONDON The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that roughness inside the first stage engine nozzle was to blame for the roll that endangered the success of the second Ariane 5 launch in October 1997. A solution is in prospect as Arianespace prepares the launcher for fully commercial ...
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New Atlas
ILS International Launch Services has unveiled an upgraded version of its Atlas 2AR, now rebranded under the Atlas III name. The basic Atlas IIIA uses a Russian RD-180 for the first stage, plus a single RL-10A second stage, while the uprated version, dubbed the Atlas IIIB, will use two RL-10As. ...
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Boeing enters UPS bidding with 767 'Special Freighter'
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELS A "special Freighter"(SF) conversion of the 767-200, along with the MD-10, is being offered by Boeing to UPS for its ongoing McDonnell Douglas DC-8 replacement competition. Boeing is offering these aircraft against freighter conversions of the Airbus Industrie A300B4 and Lockheed L-1011 TriStar for the ...
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French cargo carrier secures Brasilias to start freighter operations
Start-up French cargo airline Air Open Sky is preparing to begin operating the first of three Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias which have been configured for quick change (QC) passenger-to-freighter operations. The airline planned to start flying the Brasilias late in 1997 but hit delays due to problems in securing the ...
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IAI closes on partners for FedEx Airtruck project
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is in talks with potential partners in Europe and Asia over its Airtruck project for a small turboprop cargo aircraft, and is expected to decide within the next few weeks whether it is able to present formal proposals to customer FedEx. FedEx has a requirement ...
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Thai/Garuda firm up fleet plans as Qantas eyes up Asian 747s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Paul Phelan/CAIRNSThai Airways International has been given approval to take delivery of 17 new aircraft over the next three years, despite Thailand's economic difficulties. Financial problems elsewhere are forcing Garuda Indonesia to seek an early return of six leased Boeing MD-11s, while Qantas is seeking to acquire surplus ...
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Carriers form a queue to take advantage of North Korea FIR
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Eight Asian, North US and Russian airlines have signalled their intent to launch up to 16 flights a day through North Korea's Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR), once it opens to international traffic on 23 April. Following the successful conclusion of week long flight trials in ...
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TWA offers stay of execution for MD-80 production line
Trans World Airlines is negotiating with Boeing for up to 24 new MD-83s, which could keep the endangered Long Beach production line open until 2000. The line was scheduled to shut down in mid-1999 with the delivery of the last MD-83 to TWA. All eight of the current backlog ...
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Sabbath flights issue is high on El Al privatisation agenda
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV As the Israeli Government attempts again to thrash out agreement on privatising national carrier El Al, the thorny political issue of whether to end its costly ban on Sabbath flights remains high on the agenda. A decision on the long delayed privatisation was due to take ...
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AlliedSignal EGPWS
AlliedSignal estimates that the potential world market for its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) is worth some $1 billion, covering 40,000 civil and military aircraft. AlliedSignal, which holds the only US Federal Aviation Administration licence for the EGPWS, got a boost late last year when the US airline industry ...
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European mergers take shape
Julian Moxon/PARIS Battle lines are hardening between the groups competing for the lead in Europe's defence electronics and space restructuring, with a new ownership structure laid down for the French grouping being built around Thomson-CSF, and confirmation from Italy's Alenia that it is close to choosing a space partner. ...
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Drawing a line
In the next few days, a US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) delegation will walk into an ICAO conference chamber and prepare to put their arguments over a key element of the Future Air Navigation System (FANS). The case that they plan to make may look like genuine concern with smooth ...
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Romania gets Shadow 600
AAI has delivered six Shadow 600 unmanned air vehicles and their associated ground control station to Romania. The $20 million contract was the first to be financed by the US Government's new Defence Export Loan Guarantee programme. AAI has sold Shadow 600 systems to another, undisclosed, country, believed to ...
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German MoD pushes ambitious helicopter and missile wish list
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH The German defence ministry has prepared a lengthy procurement wish-list for the 1999 budget, including key helicopter and missile programmes, but it threatens to overload the parliamentary defence committee's ability to pass all the items this session. According to sources in Bonn, it seems likely that ...
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Three way battle gets under way for Ethiopian Fishbed upgrade
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) , Elbit and MAPO MIG are involved in a three way battle for a $100 million contract to upgrade Ethiopia's Mikoyan MiG-21Bis Fishbed fighter aircraft. The two Israeli companies are offering upgrades based mostly on Israeli developed avionics.The Lahav division of IAI has recently completed ...
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Fortis pushes Il-76 to air force customers
UK aircraft broker Fortis Aviation has signed a broad agreement with the Tashkent Aircraft Production Factory (TAPO) to market the Ilyushin Il-76 to air force customers worldwide. Jack Cunningham, managing director of the Stansted, UK-based company, says that the "-relationship is with the factory", not the Ilyushin design bureau. ...
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Sogerma breakthrough
French maintenance company Sogerma has signed a contract with the Colombian air force for major checks on a pair of Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules transports. The work will be carried out at Sogerma's Bordeaux factory. Source: Flight International