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AeroPeru suspends flights while debt renegotiations take place
Troubled Peruvian carrier AeroPeru has suspended flights for 60 days while it attempts to renegotiate its $174 million debts. Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori says his government, which holds a 20% stake in the carrier, may bail it out if the debt is restructured, while the carrier's legal advisor Raul ...
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SR Technics targets Thai joint venture
SR Technics of Switzerland is talking to Thai Airways International about creating an aircraft maintenance joint venture, and hopes to wrap up a deal by the end of the year. This would be a major step towards globalising SAirGroup's overhaul business, following similar moves by its rivals, including Lufthansa ...
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Bombardier signs UK training deal
Bombardier has signed a 10-year, £101 million ($161 million) contract to provide primary flying training for the UK Royal Air Force. Under the UK's Private Finance Initiative, the company will provide a fleet of about 100 Grob 115E light aircraft (to be known as the Tutor in RAF service) ...
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CASA chosen for final assembly of Airbus Military transporter
Julian Moxon/TOULOUSECASA of Spain has been nominated to carry out final assembly of the seven-nation A400M transporter if Airbus Military Company (AMC) secures an order from European governments to develop and build the aircraft. The assembly decision is part of a series of workshare agreements surrounding the A400M, formerly the ...
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Boeing tests BK27 as sidearm for Joint Strike Fighter
Firing tests of the 27mm cannon that Boeing is proposing for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) were scheduled to begin in the USA by 12 March. The gun is based on the BK27 cannon developed by Germany's Mauser for the Eurofighter Typhoon. The cannon is being offered to both ...
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CFMI proposes engine refit for JSTARS
CFM International (CFMI) plans to submit proposals to the US Air Force by the end of this month for the re-engining of its 15 Boeing E-8 joint surveillance and target attack radar system (JSTARS) ground surveillance radar aircraft.The bid will include the first proposed use of the CFM56-3 on a ...
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Agni ready
India will launch a new ballistic missile "at an appropriate time", said defence minister George Fernandes, speaking at the Pokhran nuclear test site on 7 March. The minister rejected suggestions that a recent planned Agni II test had been cancelled because of US pressure, and denied that a test of ...
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737 wiring checks
Compulsory inspections for chafed fuel float switch wiring in the centre fuel tank of US-registered Boeing 737-100s through to -500s have been ordered by the US Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA says that wire chafing caused by vibration could provide an ignition source inside the fuel tank. Source: Flight ...
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US safety record
Last year was the first since the National Transportation Safety Board began keeping records there were no US Part 121 or Part 135 scheduled airline fatal accidents. There were also no major non-fatal accidents and no hull losses. Source: Flight International
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Light support
Racal has delivered the first of eight Lightweight Mission Support Systems for use by Royal Air Force British Aerospace Nimrod, Boeing E-3D and fast jet mission planners. The system allows aircrew to manage information such as battle plans and distribute mission data. Source: Flight International
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Italian range
The Italian air force has selected BGT's range independent Flight Profile Recorder air combat training and debriefing system, becoming the sixth NATO country to order the equipment. The order includes 40 airborne instrumentation pods with an option for a further 18, 10 ground stations and an option for a datalink. ...
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Predator Feed
Boeing has tested combined operations with an E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar system (JSTARS) battlefield surveillance aircraft and a Predator unmanned air vehicle (UAV) using the company's Aviation Information Service antenna. The system fed the video information from the UAV via a satellite to the E-8 to enhance JSTARS ...
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Escape route
Reducing the number of cabin exits to accelerate emergency passenger evacuation sounds like a contradiction in terms. That is, however, what Airbus Industrie is arguing as it tries to persuade European and US regulators to change the certification rules which affect the exit layout for its stretched A340, the -600 ...
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Tailboom launch
Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters is the launch customer for performance-enhancing tailboom strakes, developed by Boundary Layer Research for the Bell 206 series. The Las Vegas, Nevada-based air tour operator has ordered 22 shipsets for delivery as soon as they are certificated. Flight tests have begun on the 206BJetRanger and 206L ...
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Bristow venture
Bristow Helicopters has formed a joint venture with the Turkmenistan civil aviation authority, Turkmenhovayollary, to supply an integrated aviation and logistical support service to the region's oil and gas industries. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon first
Hainan Airlines has purchased a Beechjet 400A and a Hawker 800XP for charter operations, the first business jets Raytheon Aircraft has sold into China. The Beechjet entered service in February and the Hawker will follow later this year. A Hawker 800XP operated by Macau-based Jet Asia is due to enter ...
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UK contract
Space Innovation of the UK - a subsidiary of US-based SpaceDev - has been awarded a contract from Australia to build the FedSat spacecraft bus. The 58kg (130lb) FedSat is scheduled to be launched in 2001. Source: Flight International
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Astrotech expansion
Astrotech, the Spacehab-owned commercial spacecraft processing facility at Titusville, Florida, which supports Kennedy and Cape Canaveral launch operations, will double its payload capacity in anticipation of the increase in Florida's spaceport business. Astrotech processes about $1.2 billion-worth of spacecraft hardware a year. Source: Flight International
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Landsat Delivered
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania has delivered the Landsat 7 remote sensing spacecraft to NASA for launch aboard a Delta II from Vandenberg AFB, California, on 15 April. The primary Landsat 7 payload is the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus, built by Raytheon. Source: Flight International
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Bond contract
Bond Helicopters has won a £10 million ($16 million) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to provide helicopter support to the Royal Navy, using two Eurocopter SA365s. The helicopters, based at Plymouth Roborough Airport, will be used in Fleet Operational Support Trials (FOST), and will be military registered, but ...