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Mount cook sale
Air New Zealand has sold the general aviation operations of its Mount Cook Group subsidiary to Tourism Holdings. The tour operator will take over Mount Cook's fleet of general aviationaircraft and helicopters, used for ski and scenic flights. The Group is retaining ownership of its regional and charter operations Mount ...
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Quiet raytheon
Raytheon Aircraft is to install Ultra Electronics' UltraQuiet active noise control system as standard in Beech King Air 350s, under an agreement with Elliott Aviation, which offers the system for retrofit. Raytheon says the loudspeaker-based system will reduce cabin noise to under 80dB(A). Source: Flight International
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Ultrasport weighs in at 270kg
Ultralight American Sportscopters (NZ)in NewZealand has has unveiled its new Ultrasport 496. The US-designed helicopter has an all-composite fuselage, giving an empty weight of just 270kg. It also features a parachute, which can support the lightweight airframe and two occupants. A flight test programme will start this month, with plans ...
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Improved King Airs
The US Army has equipped 125 Raytheon C-12s (military King Air 200s) with Raisbeck Engineering's ram air recovery system and dual aft body strakes, to reduce engine foreign object damage. The changes also increase torque and improve stability, while reducing aft fuselage fatigue. Source: Flight International
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Vulcan Air resurrects Partenavia P.68 line
Italian Aircraft manufacturer Air Samanta is to start a new general aviation production line following its acquisition of Aerocosmos, which holds the type certificate for the twin-engined Partenavia P.68/P.68TC. The acquisition, priced at L1.4 billion ($780,000), also includes the former production plant in Milan and aircraft spares. Vulcan, which ...
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EBAA presses for ICAO change
Kate Sarsfield/Brussels The European Business Aircraft Association (EBAA) is pushing for corporate aviation to be included by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)as part of the air transport sector, in an attempt to raise the status of business flying and aid the fight for greater airport access. The ...
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Delayed UK en route centre is set for clearance
David Learmount/LONDON Lockheed Martin is expected to gain clearance this week to hand over operating software for the UK's long-delayed new en route air traffic control centre (NERC) at Swanwick, near Southampton. This would enable a speedy contract completion for the Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (SCATCC), says ...
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LTU drops long range services for winter season
LTU is planning to drop some of its long range services to the USA and Asia during its next winter season because of a fall-off in loads. The German charter airline says it will stop operating to Los Angeles, Denver and Phoenix, as well as Bangkok, although this service ...
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Frankfurt DGPS trials
The German civil aviation authority is about to evaluate a new differential global positioning system (DGPS) ground station at Frankfurt, which is being installed by Daimler-Benz Aerospace. Source: Flight International
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Flight Dynamics confirms ERJ-145
Flight Dynamics has formally announced its selection by Embraer as sole source supplier of head-up-displays for the ERJ-145 regional jet after a long running technical selection battle with GEC-Marconi and Sextant Avionique. The announcement follows the earlier selection of the Flight Dynamics head-up guidance (HGS) system by Luxembourg-based Luxair. ...
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Qantas lines up Asian 747s to counter -400IGW launch delay
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Qantas board is to decide shortly on a deal to purchase three surplus 747-400s from Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Asiana, in lieu of Boeing's failure so far to give a firm commitment to launch development of an increased growth weight (IGW) version of the aircraft. ...
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Japan strike chaos
Japanese air travel was hit last week when pilot unions at three main airlines - Japan Airlines (JAL), All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Air System (JAS) - called strikes over wage negotiations. Some 50 international ANA flights were affected, while 60% of JAS domestic flights were hit. JAL managers ...
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Boeing takes another charge as deliveries slip
Boeing has failed to meet its first quarter delivery target as it attempted to resolve Next Generation 737 production delays, and has been forced to take a further $350 million provision on the programme. The charge comes on top of an earlier $700 million provision against cost overruns on ...
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UK considers Harrier upgrade demonstrator
The UK Ministry of Defence is considering a technology demonstrator programme to modify a British Aerospace Sea Harrier F/A2 with an upgraded Rolls-Royce Pegasus. A fleet retrofit could follow successful trials, and the MoD has previously said that including the Royal Air Force's Harrier GR7s in such programmes would be ...
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Rockwell Collins wins competition for Chinook partial glass cockpit
Boeing Helicopters has selected Rockwell Collins to develop and produce a partial glass cockpit for the US Army's CH-47 Improved Cargo Helicopter (ICH). Rockwell Collins, which previously provided advanced avionics for 11 MH-47D Chinook helicopters, was selected as Boeing's avionics subcontractor in preference to Honeywell and Canadian Marconi. Honeywell ...
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UK procurement chief outlines broad ambitions for UAVs
Ramon Lopez/Bristol UK chief of defence procurement, Sir Robert Walmsley, has spelled out the UK Ministry of Defence's increasing interest in use of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). "UAVs are capable of providing support to the warfighter or even becoming a replacement for the warfighter and have gained the ...
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Industry funding will pay for LAAS system
Industry will fund development of the global positioning system (GPS) local area augmentation system (LAAS), the US Federal Aviation Administration has decided. LAAS is a ground-based system which checks and corrects GPS signals, allowing precision approach and landing. Teams certificating next-generation landing systems will get FAA help, which ...
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Embraer converts RJ-145 to -135 prototype
The prototype ERJ-135 is being created by the conversion of an ERJ-145 Embraer has begun modification of an RJ-145 prototype at its Sao Jose dos Campos plant to create the first ERJ-135 37-seater. The first ERJ-145 prototype (PT-ZJA), which originally launched flight testing of the regional ...
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FAA voices fears over efforts to fix millennium software bug
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The US Federal Aviation Administration is concerned that the international aviation community will not be ready in time for the Year 2000 (Y2K) date change, while it has speeded up efforts to put its own house in order to combat the millennium software bug. The ...
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Yugoslav upgrade
Yugoslav Airlines is to upgrade its Boeing 727s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9s with Canadian Marconi CMA-900 global positioning flight management systems, to meet new European area navigation requirements. Source: Flight International