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GPS approach network completed for AirEvac
Development of a network of 19 global positioning system (GPS) instrument approaches has been completed for Tulsa, Oklahoma-based AirEvac, which operates an emergency medical service (EMS) Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter. The helipad-to-helipad instrument flight rules (IFR) network serving hospitals in eastern Oklahoma was designed by Satellite Technology Implementa-tion (STI), the ...
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Bombardier keeps to delivery target
Bombardier says it is on target to deliver more than 100 business jets in its current fiscal year, which ends on 31 January, 1999. This is an increase from the 89 aircraft delivered in its last financial year. The Canadian company expects to see a further increase in deliveries next ...
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Helicopter Service snaps up work and eyes new markets
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Norway's Helicopter Service has secured three contracts in Australia through its Adelaide-based subsidiary Lloyd Helicopters. The deals have a combined value of NKr300 million ($40 million). Under the terms of the first contract with the Australian Capital Territory in Canberra, Lloyd will supply a Bell 412 ...
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Internet flight tracking prowlers raise hackles at NBAA
Concerns over the publication of business aircraft registration numbers on the Internet have prompted the US Government to intervene, according to the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). "Business aircraft operators, especially those undertaking sensitive missions, are demanding that flight tracking software providers block publication of aircraft registration numbers at ...
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Skunk Works finds Nemesis
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, developer of the Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird, has agreed to sponsor the Nemesis racing aircraft (foreground). Lockheed Martin describes the 520lb (235kg), all-composite Nemisis as "the most successful race aircraft in history", with 41 consecutive International Formula One wins and 14 world records. Team Nemesis, ...
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Raytheon contract
Raytheon Systems has won contracts valued at $125 million to complete interiors on 11 Boeing Business Jets and one corporate Boeing 777, for US and overseas customers. The company, which also claims to have further orders pending, will install the interiors at its Waco, Texas, factory. Source: Flight International
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JET acquires GV
Jet Aviation has added a sixth Gulfstream V to the fleet of business aircraft that it manages on behalf of their owners. The company says this represents 25% of the GVs now flying worldwide. Source: Flight International
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Cessna takes on Hawker with stretched version of Excel
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Cessna Aircraft is expected to unveil details of a stretched version of the Citation Excel corporate jet at the US National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, in October, which will spearhead its attack on Raytheon's Hawker 800XP and provide a cheaper trade-up option for ...
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Lockheed Martin expands with Comsat
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin has boosted its bid to become a turnkey commercial satellite communications service provider by agreeing to acquire Comsat for around $2.7 billion. Comsat is the US member of Intelsat and Inmarsat and the largest provider of space segment capacity for both international satellite communications ...
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Boeing aims to achieve longer 777 ETOPS allowance
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is proposing to raise the standard 180min extended range twin engine operations (ETOPS) restriction to 207min. The objective is to allow Boeing 777s on some transpacific services to take an optimum routeing which would save up to 30min flying time. "It is the operators ...
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PAL collapse causes new chaos
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The almost unprecedented demise of Philippine Airlines (PAL) has left the country's domestic carriers scrambling to find additional capacity to fill the void, while creditors and bargain hunters are beating a path to Manila to pick over the bones of the defunct flag carrier. The decision ...
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Turkey signs up IAI for F-5 upgrade
A consortium led by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) signed a $70 million contract with Turkey on 24 September for the upgrade of 48 Northrop F-5 fighters. IAI, teamed with Elbit and Singapore Aerospace, beat a rival bid from Sagem of France. The upgrade, consisting of cockpit display, navigation and ...
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Focus falls on solo airlines after tie-ups
With British Airways and American Airlines having confirmed their move to counter the Star Alliance - with the five-airline "oneworld" alliance - attention is now turning to potential responses by major airlines which have not yet committed to one of the global blocks. The oneworld link, formally unveiled in ...
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Embraer boss holds back on 70-seater launch
Julian Moxon/HANOVER Embraer president Mauricio Botelho has played down expectations of a quick decision on the launch of a 70-seat regional jet by the Brazilian airframe builder, believing that market conditions in the USA and Asia do not warrant a speedy move. Speaking at the European Regions Airlines ...
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Satellite controls
US industry has attacked moves by Congress to subject the export of communications satellites to the same controls as apply to the sale of weapon systems. The action results from allegations that China may have gained access to technology while launching satellites for US firms. The US Aerospace Industry Association ...
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CAE civil and military sales continue to mount
CAE Electronics has sold an Airbus A320 full flight simulator to Pan Am International Flight Academy. The simulator, with CAE MaxVue Plus visual system, will be delivered in October next year, as part of the Miami-based training centre's aggressive expansion plans. The Canadian manufacturer has also confirmed the sale ...
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E&S wins WAH-64D contract
Graham WARWICK/Washington DC Evans &Sutherland (E&S) has received a $32.2 million contract from Boeing to supply four visual systems for the BritishArmy's WAH-64D Apache attack helicopter training systems. Boeing is building the training systems for its Aviation Training International venture with GKN Westland, which will build and operate the Apache ...
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Canadian company claims first for new European FTD approval
Canadian company Mechtronix Systems is claiming to be the first manufacturer to have a flight training device (FTD) approved under new European regulations. An FTD operated by Atlantic Flight Training in the UK has been approved under the Joint Aviation Authorities' new Flight, Navigation and Procedures Trainer (FNPT2) category. ...
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Cyber reality
CyberEdge Information Services of Sausalito, California, has launched a new study into the visual simulation and virtual reality market, including Europe and Asia for the first time. The company's 1997 study forecast that the market could approach $1 billion in 1998, up from $480 million last year. Source: Flight ...
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Consortia fight for Skynet 5
Lockheed Martin is leading a consortium, which includes British Telecom Defence and British Aerospace Defence Systems, to bid for the contract to build the UK's Skynet 5 military communications satellite system. TRW would provide communications payloads, as major subcontractor. The US company, offering a system based on its A2100 ...