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A J Walter
UK aircraft-spares supplier and overhauler A J Walter Aviation of Partridge Green, Sussex, has named Sean McKiernan technical director. He was formerly with Maersk Air Engineering. Iain Sturrock becomes commercial director. Until 1996, he was with Jet Aviation in Basle, Switzerland. Source: Flight International
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JSF Alliant ducts
Alliant Techsystems of the USA has been awarded a $6.2 million contract to manufacture the composite inlet ducts for the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) demonstrator aircraft. Source: Flight International
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USAF awards contracts
The US Air Force has awarded contracts for competitive development of sensors for the National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). Hughes Aircraft received $37 million and ITT Aerospace/ Communication was awarded $36 million to develop and design the Cross Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) and Visible/Infrared Imager ...
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Engine fire
NASA has formed an inquiry board to investigate a fire on the A-1 developmental Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) test-stand during a firing which took place at the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, on 27 August. A non-flight SSME was being fired for 710s to test new engine-components at 109% rated ...
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Harris provides Oasis
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $120 million contract to Harris for its Operational & Supportability Implementation System (OASAIS) programme. Harris will mod- ernise 61 of the FAA's automated flight-service stations by installing software which stores weather, flight-planning and aeronautical-database information for general-aviation pilots. ...
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Aviall to stock props
Avcon has received a supplemental type certificate from the US Federal Aviation Administration for its RX/ MOD wingtip fuel tanks for Learjet 35/36 business jets. Source: Flight International
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P&WC delivers engine
Cessna Aircraft has taken delivery of the first Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545A production turbofan. The engine will power Cessna's Citation Excel light-business jet now undergoing ßight testing at Wichita. Source: Flight International
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Innotech contract
Innotech Aviation has been awarded a $1.9 million contract by Poly Technologies to perform airframe inspection and repair on the Chinese company's three Learjet 35 executive jets. Under the terms of the contract, Innotech's sister company, Execaire, will provide aircraft ferrying, flight-planning and support services. Source: ...
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Sonar evaluation
The US Navy has disclosed plans to evaluate the airborne dipping sonar being developed for the Anglo-Italian EH Industries EH101 Merlin anti-submarine-warfare helicopter. US Naval Air Systems Command says that it will pursue foreign comparative testing of the UK system to evaluate its compatibility with the continuing USN airborne low-frequency-sonar ...
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Fiberite acquired
US aerospace-materials group Fiberite has been acquired by Cyctec Industries for $344 million. A bid by Hexcel for the business had foundered over anti-trust concerns, but it has acquired Fiberite's satellite-materials unit and licensing rights for key composite technologies. Source: Flight International
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AMR buys Dalfort
AMR Airline Services has acquired Dalfort Aviation Services, including office space for its growing workforce, a hangar on lease to K-C Aviation and a fixed-based operation (FBO) at Dallas Love Field, Texas. Business-aviation services will move to AMR Combs' existing Love Field FBO. Dalfort's large maintenance hangar is not part ...
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Carlyle's defence buy
US investment company Carlyle Group has made its largest defence acquisition to date, with an $850 million deal to buy the United Defense joint venture. A rival General Dynamics bid faced potential anti-trust issues. Source: Flight International
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Singapore/China sign
Singapore and China have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand air services between the two countries by 43% over the next three years. Source: Flight International
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Turkish Airlines grows
New company MNG Airlines Cargo, set up by Turkish conglomerate MNG Holdings, plans to begin flights in October from Istanbul to Frankfurt, London Stansted and Dubai with a leased Airbus A300C4. The airline says it plans to acquire two more A300s and a Boeing 747 in early 1998. ...
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Azal scoops CL-44.
Azerbaijan Airlines (Azal) has acquired the world's only Canadair CL-44 Conroy. The aircraft was owned by Buffalo Airways, although it has recently been in storage. It was delivered in August for transporting outsize cargo to Baku. The airline already operates Ilyushin Il-76s and Boeing 707s in the cargo role. ...
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Blanc quits over privatisation
Julian Moxon/Paris Christian Blanc has resigned as Air France chairman because the recently elected French Government has refused to press ahead with privatisation of the state-owned airline. Blanc says that he has a "moral contract" with the Government to proceed with privatisation, arguing that it forms ...
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Boeing expects to reap Chinese harvest
China is set to announce sizeable new orders for Boeing 777-200, 757-200 and 737-700/800 passenger aircraft during the state visit to the USA in October of the country's president, Jiang Zemin. Boeing is hoping that Jiang's trip will finally give the green light to a large number of ...
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Condor studies long-range 757
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES German charter airline Condor Flugdienst is studying a longer-range version of the Boeing 757 as well as the recently launched 767-400 as part of a long- term strategy to introduce extended range and higher payload aircraft into its fleet. Condor, which was the ...
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Greyhound abandons low-cost air service
Greyhound Canada is to end its Greyhound Air low-cost airline operation on 21 September, leaving Kelowna Flightcraft, which flies seven Boeing 727-200s for Greyhound, considering its options. Greyhound Air had lost C$28 million ($19 million) since beginning operations in July 1996, despite achieving good load factors, but is ...
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New ICAO protocol tackles cross-border leasing 'nightmare'
David Learmount/London An international "regulatory nightmare" has been resolved by a new International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) protocol on cross-border aircraft leasing. The protocol, Article 83 bis, clears the state of the aircraft's registration to agree transfer of the responsibility for the aircraft's safety oversight to ...