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EVA Air signs intent for A340-500/600
Airbus Industrie has moved a step closer to a full programme launch of its A340-500/600 growth versions after signing a letter of intent with Taiwan's EVA Air for up to 12 aircraft. The breakthrough for Airbus and Rolls-Royce, whose Trent 500 engine will power the new derivatives, may ...
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Receivers at Fokker balk at airline claims
Dutch receivers in charge of settling claims against defunct regional-aircraft manufacturer Fokker have revealed a total of NFl 26 billion ($13.4 billion) in claims against the remaining assets of the company. Reed Aerospace's on-line service Air Transport Intelligence has established that claims accepted to date amount to NFl ...
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Portugal wants 'free' F-16s to upgrade
Portugal is negotiating to acquire 25 ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs to be upgraded and operated alongside its 20 new-build aircraft. Funds are short, and Portugal is hoping to get the used airframes free of charge so that it can afford to upgrade at least some of them to ...
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Bombardier finalises pilot-training deal
Bombardier has signed a 20-year, C$2.8 billion ($2 billion) contract to provide pilot training for the Canadian Forces, under its privately financed NATO Flying Training in Canada programme. Negotiations continue with Denmark, Norway and the UK to join the programme. The Canadian company will arrange capital financing to ...
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Taiwan 757 order
Taiwan's Far Eastern Air Transport is to finalise an order for up to 12 new Boeing narrowbodies. The carrier has signed a letter of intent for five 757-200s for delivery in 1999, with options on another five aircraft. It will also buy two MD-83s. Source: Flight International
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BAe holds Astor team talks as NATO rejects JSTARS bid
British Aerospace is in talks with Northrop Grumman over teaming on the latter's controversial bid to meet the UK's £750 million ($1.2 billion) airborne stand-off radar (ASTOR) requirement with a variant of its Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS). The UK contest has assumed greater importance for ...
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Brazil fails with first attempt to launch satellite
Brazil's first attempt to launch a nationally built satellite on an indigenous launcher ended in failure on 2 November. The South American nation was seeking to become the ninth country in the world to have succeeded in the dual task. The $6.5 million, Veiculo Lancador de Satelites (VLS), ...
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Saab sacks sales team in marketing shake-up
Saab Aircraft is to close its international sales and marketing bureau at Windsor, in the UK, as the company cuts back its sales and marketing operation and moves towards a more lease-management orientated role. The closure, which will take place at the end of November, follows the Swedish ...
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Lockheed Martin completes paintless aircraft evaluation
Lockheed Martin has completed flight tests on the benefits of using appliqué film as an alternative to paint on aircraft. The US company coated the upper fuselage and wing surfaces of a US Air Force F-16 with the pressure-sensitive, adhesive applique. The aircraft exceeded 5g and a speed of Mach ...
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New airport screener picks out guns but ignores coins and keys
A team led by the US Air Force's Phillips Laboratory at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, is developing a walk-through security device able to indicate when a metallic object is a security risk, such as a firearm, rather than a harmless object such as a key or a coin. ...
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A320 EGPWS approved
AlliedSignal has received a type certificate for the use of its Enhanced Ground-Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) on the Airbus A320 family, the system's first European approval. Source: Flight International
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Regional-aircraft risks
November 3 should have been a defining date for regional-jet manufacturers. Most feared that Boeing would announce plans to develop an 80-seat derivative of the MD-95 as part of a wider declaration on the future of the aircraft it had acquired with the purchase of McDonnell Douglas. In the event, ...
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Success of Ariane 5 buoys Europe despite low orbit
The long-awaited launch of the Ariane 502 test-flight, from the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, on 30 October - 16 months after the failure of the first launch - has boosted the morale of the European space industry, despite the slightly premature shutdown of the first-stage engine, which resulted ...
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Airtran to move
AirTran Airlines is to shift its corporate headquarters from Atlanta, Georgia, to Orlando, Florida, early in 1998, while maintaining other airline operations at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport. The move is subject to completion of the pending merger between ValuJet Airlines and AirTran Airways, expected by the end of this month, ...
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MAPO Mig-AT2 flies
The second prototype MIG MAPO MiG-AT advanced trainer joined the flight test programme in late October. The aircraft is designated MiG-AT2 and has modified avionics with more Russian-produced components. The MiG-AT2 is described as trainer/attack aircraft and can carry weapons. MAPO maintains that up to ten MiG-AT aircraft will be ...
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CMC in NovAtel link
Canadian Marconi (CMC) and NovAtel have joined forces to develop a new generation of global-positioning-system receivers for airborne and ground use. CMC will use NovAtel technology. in high-performance GPS receivers for applications including precision approach and collision avoidance. Source: Flight International
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S-92 Hoist
Lucas Aerospace is to supply the rescue hoist for Sikorsky's S-92 helicopter. The design will allow a rescue mission to continue (should the cable need to be cut) by retrieving the cable end from inside the hoist housing and attaching a quick-splice hook. Source: Flight International
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NMF wing panels
NMF Canada has announced a $2.7 million expansion of its Mirabel plant, following a $12 million wing panel production contract from Israel Aircraft Industries. It is adding a second paint booth, a shot-peening area and new wing and structures machining equipment, partly financed by a $660,000 loan from Québec's Aerospace ...
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Sira CCD study
Sira Elecro-Optics has been awarded a contract by the UK Defence and Evaluation Research Agency to evaluate the use of p-type as opposed to the usual n-type semiconductors for storing charge in charge-coupled devices (CCDs) for space applications. In theory, p-type doping should harden the crystal lattice to radiation (proton) ...