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Jet expands
Jet Aviation is expanding its West Palm Beach, Florida, maintenance facility with two hangars capable of housing large business jets. Source: Flight International
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CD-ROM parts
Galaxy Aerospace has begun shipping a CD-ROM-based maintenance manual for Astra-series business jets. Developed in conjunction with specialist Jana, the CD-ROM includes a search engine and hyperlinks allowing users to jump between maintenance manuals, illustrated parts catalogue and wiring diagrams. Source: Flight International
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Robinson clipper
Robinson Helicopters has delivered four R44 Clippers to the State of Alaska Department of Public Safety. The four-seat piston-engined Clipper, so called because of its ability to land on water, will be deployed on fishery and wildlife patrols and will complement the department's single two-seat R22 Mariner helicopter. Source: Flight ...
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Police patrol
American Eurocopter has delivered a third AS350B2 AStar to the Ohio State Highway Patrol for traffic enforcement, emergency transport and surveillance. The single-turbine helicopter was purchased with forfeited funds from drug couriers. Source: Flight International
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Mangusta equipment
Israel Aircraft Industries' Tamam division will supply the electro-optic night targeting and electronic warfare systems to Agusta for its A129 Mangusta, which is short-listed by Turkey for its attack helicopter requirement. The helicopter will be able to use Hellfire and TOW anti-tank missiles. Tamam confirms that the Israel-equipped A129 is ...
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Fairchild wraps up 328JET testing and confirms stretch plans
Andrew Doyle/OBERPFAFFENHOFEN Fairchild Aerospace has almost completed flight-testing its 328JET30-seater and expects to receive certification from the European Joint Aviation Authorities and the US Federal Aviation Administration by 1 July. First deliveries to US carrier Skyways will take place that month. Meanwhile, the US company claims to have ...
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Boeing maintains 717 campaign
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Boeing aims to boost sales of its 717 regional jet by taking a role in maintenance support and certificating a "Lite" version that could cut airport and navigation charges for airlines. The move comes as Greek flag carrier Olympic signs as the type's first European airline operator. Its ...
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FAA cracks the whip on US Classic 737 bulkheads
The US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered US operators to inspect 500 of their Classic Boeing 737s for fatigue cracks in aft pressure bulkheads. An airworthiness directive (AD) requires operators of early model 737s to perform either electronic or visual inspections. The emergency order stems from the discovery of ...
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Airbus' Japan sales drive pays off with Mitsubishi contract
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has secured its first airframe components subcontract on an Airbus Industrie programme as the European manufacturer steps up its sales efforts in Japan. The contract, awarded to Mitsubishi via Airbus partner British Aerospace, covers production of an A319/A320 wing root component, the shroud ...
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Delta-ALPA skirmish may start scope clause battle
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Delta Air Lines and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) have locked legal horns over the use of Comair regional jets on the new Boston-Washington DC shuttle in what could be the opening shots of a much wider battle over pilot scope clauses. ALPA is ...
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Air Europe A320s arrive for Alitalia challenge
Marco Messalla/ROME Italy's Air Europe has received the first two of five leased Airbus A320s for its new north-south domestic network in competition with Alitalia. One more A320 will be delivered in time for the 8 May start of scheduled services from Milan's Malpensa Airport to Catania and Palermo, ...
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Korean MD-11 crashed 'out of control'
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE David Learmount/LONDON The crew of the Korean Air (KAL) Boeing MD-11 freighter that crashed in China on 15 April appears to have lost control of the aircraft during climb-out from Shanghai. Evidence suggests a stall after the aircraft reached 4,600ft (1,400m), says a preliminary report from the ...
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Airlines move back to Libya
Alan George/BRUSSELS Airlines have moved quickly to resume flights to Libya after the suspension of UN aviation and other sanctions following the North African country's surrender of the Pan Am 747 Lockerbie bombing suspects. EgyptAir has started two flights a week from Cairo to Tripoli and two weekly round ...
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New MD-11 AD
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued four extra emergency airworthiness directives (AD) aimed at preventing wire-related fires on the Boeing MD-11. Source: Flight International
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Late deliveries frustrate Arianespace
The trend of delays in the delivery of satellites, which caused scheduling difficulties for commercial launch companies last year, continues to frustrate Arianespace. The first Ariane 5 commercial mission - flight V-119/504 - will not be launched until at least late July because the AsiaStar prime satellite payload is ...
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Launch Services wins $24m West Indian contract
Russian commercial launch company Launch Services, which markets launches of the Cosmos 3M and Start 1 boosters, has been awarded a $24 million contract by the West Indian Space company to launch three Israeli-built satellites. The 300kg (660lb), high-resolution remote-sensing Eros satellites will be boosted into orbit by Start ...
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Kistler investment
Taiwan could invest $50 million in the Kistler K-1 low-cost re-usable satellite launcher in return for technology transfer. Kistler needs to raise another $200 million for the project and aims for a maiden test flight from Woomera, Australia, next year, a year later than planned. Source: Flight International
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Russia completes ISS Service Module
Tim Furniss/LONDON Russia's International Space Station (ISS) Service Module was rolled out at RSC Energia's factory in Moscow on 26 April for its shipment to the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Module is most likely to be launched in November, almost two years behind schedule. Russia says it is aiming for ...
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WAEA aims for DVD specification
The World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) aims to have a final specification for digital versatile disk (DVD) by the end of the third quarter, paving the way for the technology to be introduced in flight. DVD is the latest consumer technology to have captured the imagination of the in-flight ...
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US Airways joins the P@ssport providers
Emma Kelly/LONDON Sony Trans Com has secured a third customer for its P@ssport interactive in-flight entertainment system, with US Airways ordering the equipment for an initial seven Airbus A330-300s. The P@ssport order could increase, as the carrier holds options on a further 30 A330s. The first A330, which will ...