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AI(R)/Romaero agree
Aero International (Regional) and Romaero have concluded a co-operation agreement as offset for the Romanian airline Tarom taking delivery of up to nine ATR 42-500s. Romaero will build rear fuselages for the Galaxy Aerospace Galaxy business jet in a subcontract from Aerospatiale affiliate Sogerma. Source: Flight International
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Northwest Airlines confirms Airbus A319 order
Northwest Airlines has confirmed the commitment it signed in June with Airbus Industrie at the Paris air show for its A319, with a firm order for 50 aircraft, plus options for a further 100 A319s and A320s. The 124-seat A319s will be used for growth, rather than to ...
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New Piper considers designing single-engined business jet
Kate Sarsfield/DALLAS New Piper Aircraft is studying the development of a single-engine business jet. The project is a major departure for the Vero Beach, Florida-based manufacturer, which has previously specialised in piston- and turboprop- powered aircraft. "The marketplace of the late 1990s is very receptive to ...
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BFGoodrich emerges as buyer in on-and-off Rohr take-over
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The mystery of Rohr's "on-again, off-again" merger talks was resolved in late September when BFGoodrich agreed to acquire the nacelle specialist for $792 million in stock and $424 million in assumed debt. The deal, expected to be completed early in 1998, will almost ...
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USA and Japan miss deadline
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO US and Japanese negotiators meeting in Tokyo failed to reach a new bilateral air-services agreement by the 30 September deadline set in July. The US delegation says that sufficient progress has been made for talks to continue, however, and another round is due for the week ...
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3D Systems unveils advanced stereolithography processor
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Rapid-prototyping-and-manufacturing specialist 3D Systems has revealed the latest version of its SLA-5000 stereolithography device. Stereolithography is a process used to produce plastic prototype parts for the analysis, verification and testing of designs, as well as for conceptual models. In some cases, the parts ...
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BAe will keep Raytheon Hawker work at Chester
British Aerospace has confirmed that it will not now move Raytheon Hawker production work to Prestwick in Scotland, despite the need to free capacity at its site in Chester, England, for Airbus Industrie work. BAe, which had been studying the move for some time, says the scheme would ...
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Hummingbird tests hover capability
Aero Design and Development (AD&D) of Israel is continuing to expand the operating envelope of its Hummingbird manned vertical- take-off and landing platform, which hovered for a few minutes for the first time recently. The craft is designed to carry its pilot for about 45min at altitudes of up to ...
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Japan approves hypersonic cash
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO An aircraft-industry panel advising Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has approved a budget request for fiscal 1998 which includes ´3.2 billion ($26 million) for continued research and development on a Mach 5 engine known as HYPR. In 1996, the ministry spent ´3.75 billion ...
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Concorde versus Boeing 747
Sir-The figures given in your data tables for large airliners (Flight International, 3-9 September) provide an interesting comparison between these two aircraft. While the Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde can carry its maximum payload of 11,340kg a distance of 3,800km, the Boeing 747-400 carries 59,650kg for 13,180km - a performance 18 ...
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Why do authorities fear democracy?
Sir-Bob Crowe (Letters, Flight International, 10-16 September) puts forward a very reasonable case for the lessening of the authoritarian stance of the UK Civil Aviation Authority when it comes down to rule-making and the stand it takes on such items as single-engined commercial freighters and other matters. The ...
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Emery
International freight carrier Emery Worldwide, of Palo Alto, California, has appointed Lawrence Cummings division operations manager for the UK, Ireland and southern Africa, reporting to David Harrison, manager of the London-based UK division. Cummings, formerly managing director international road-transportation company Interoute, succeeds Brian East, who becomes customer-services manager and aviation ...
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Smiths
Smiths Industries Aerospace has appointed Paul Edwards vice-president of business development for its civil-systems division, based in Clearwater, Florida. He was previously director of strategic planning, and joined the company in 1994. Smiths has also named David Montgomery director of manufacturing operations at Clearwater, responsible for assembly, test, production control, ...
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Airbus and Boeing begin tussle for corporate-jet supremacy
Airbus Industrie has signed the first customers for its A319CJ (corporate jet) as orders for the rival Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) continue to swell. Boeing announced at the show that it holds 25 orders for its aircraft, which combines the fuselage of the 737-700 with the strengthened wing ...
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Bombardier ponders super mid-size launch
Bombardier will decide within a year whether to launch development of a "super mid-size" business jet to fill the gap between the mid-sized Learjet 60 and large Canadair Challenger 604, says business-aircraft division president Michael Graff. Market research and engineering analysis are "well advanced", he adds. If Bombardier ...
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Cessna uprates Caravan and steps up output
Cessna Aircraft has introduced an uprated version of its basic Model 208 Caravan and is to step up production in 1998 to meet increased demand for the single-turboprop utility aircraft. The Caravan 675 uses the more-powerful, 500kW (675shp) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A engine of the larger Model ...
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Century books orders for jet single
Century Aerospace began taking orders for its Century Jet single-turbofan business aircraft at the show, and was confident of meeting its target of an initial 20 sales by the end of the week. The first 20 buyers were offered $100,000 off the $1.95 million list price, and a ...
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Dassault Aviation plans supersonic business jet
Dassault Aviation is considering development of a supersonic jet (SSJ) business jet, six years after rival aircraft manufacturers Gulfstream Aerospace and Sukhoi aborted the last project aimed at the supersonic corporate-jet sector. "The time is now right to talk about a Falcon SST - the so-called global twins ...
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Busy K-C Aviation fails to complete Global Express deal
K-C Aviation says that its business-aircraft completion bookings are "at an all time high" and the Dallas-based firm is being forced to turn some refurbishment work away. It is, however, making little progress in its bid to undertake completion work on the Bombardier Global Express. K-C president John ...