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Advanced wing for the Beaver wins approval
A CANADIAN company has received supplemental type-certification for a replacement wing which enables the gross weight of the de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver to be increased. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Advanced Wing Technologies (AWT) says that it already has orders for the C$95,000 ($73,000) modification from operators in Alaska, Australia and Canada. ...
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UK research team floats new helicopter ditching system
A British research project which is investigating improvements to emergency flotation devices has recommended further development of two devices which it believes could prevent helicopters which have ditched in heavy seas from inverting. BMT Fluid Mechanics, with help from GKN Westland Helicopters, has been undertaking the study for ...
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AOPA safety arm funds research
Research into a novel high-lift device is being funded by a ground-breaking grant from the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's (AOPA) Air Safety Foundation. The research grant has been awarded to Wichita State University in Kansas to conduct computational fluid-dynamic analysis and windtunnel testing to validate the "Nahas wing" ...
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Arm sales up for USA
The US Congressional Research Service reports that the value of military export deals totalled $32 billion in 1996, the first yearly increase since 1992. The USA topped the arms-sales league, with exports of $11 billion, compared with $9 billion in 1995. The UK improved from 1995's $1 billion, to $5 ...
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Continental is revealed as EVA's US partner
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI EVA Airways has agreed an alliance with Continental Airlines of the USA. The deal struck between the two carriers, which is expected to be announced on 26 August, will cover a range of activities which includes a frequent-flyer tie-up (Flight International, 6-12 August). The ...
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KLM pursues European plans
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON KLM says that it will continue to press ahead with plans to increase its presence across Europe, having signed its latest partnership deal with Norway's Braathens SAFE- backed with a 30%equity stake. KLM, which took full control of Air UK earlier this year and ...
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Olympic will buy 737-800s
Julian Moxon/paris Olympic Airways is to acquire a fleet of Next Generation Boeing 737s and Airbus A340s. The airline is close to resolving its long-running dispute with the European Commission (EC), which has held up payment of the last two tranches of its state aid. Resolution of the ...
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Successful launch of Long March booster
China Great Wall Industry (CGWIC) successfully launched the second Long March LM3B, its most powerful satellite booster, from Xichang on 19 August, carrying the Space Systems/Loral-built Agila 2 communications satellite into geostationary-transfer orbit (GTO) for Mabuhay Philippine Satellite. The launch of the first LM3B failed on 14 February, ...
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BMW Rolls-Royce presses Bonn to finance Tu-334
Andrzej Jeziorski/MOSCOW German engine manufacturer BMW Rolls-Royce has appealed to the Bonn Government to give financial backing to the Tupolev Tu-334 102-seat regional jet. "We believe that some of the financial assistance and credit which the German Government is giving Russia for commercial projects should be ...
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United buys time for regional-jet deal with Atlantic Coast Airlines
United Airlines has agreed to reimburse the aircraft-lease and flight-crew costs for Atlantic Coast Airlines' (ACA) Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ) until the end of the year, giving the carrier more time to reach an agreement with its pilots . ACA had planned to begin an independent regional-jet ...
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Alcore in Japan
Maryland-based Alcore has licensed its phosphoric-acid anode (PAA-CORE) technology to Showa Aircraft Industry of Japan. PAA-COREis a flexible aluminium honeycomb material with anti- corrosive properties. Source: Flight International
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Boeing studies composite primary-wing technology
Guy Norris/Los Angeles Boeing Commercial Airplane Group is drawing on expertise at the former McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Phantom Works to study composite primary wing structures. Before the recent merger, Boeing and MDC were separately involved in NASA's $130million Advanced Composites Technology (ACT) effort. MDC focused on ...
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Volga-Dnepr signs up for Il-96T
Ilyushin has signed an agreement with Russian cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr covering the sale of four Il-96T freighters, with two options. The aircraft manufacturer's chief designer Igor Katyrev says the agreement does not constitute a firm contract at this stage, although Volga-Dnepr has scheduled the first delivery for 1999. ...
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Transavia
Cor Vrieswijk has been promoted to senior vice-president operations for Dutch-based airline Transavia. He replaces Daan Meyer, who is moving to KLM as head of technical services. Vrieswijk studied at Nijmegen University before joining KLM. In 1996, he was made head of technical services at Transavia. Source: Flight ...
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Beriev prototype crashes at show
Beriev's Be-103 prototype crashed on 18 August during a familiarisation flight over the Zhukovski aerodrome in Moscow just before the start of the show. The twin-engined multi-purpose Be-103 amphibian was first flown on 15 July and had had a further 18 flights during the first month of testing. ...
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MiG-ATgoes to war
MIG MAPO has unveiled the combat-capable variant of its MiG-AT jet trainer at MAKS '97. The MiG-ATC, the second prototype to be built, has already been flown. It is capable of carrying a variety of air-to-air and air-to-surface weaponry including laser-guided bombs. The MiG-AT will be fitted with the Phazotron ...
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MiG-MAPO looks at new fighter
MIG-MAPO is working on single- and twin-engined design proposals for its future lightweight frontal Ìghter (LFI), with a Ìrst ßight of the aircraft projected for around 2005. The Russian concern has previously made only general allusions to its work on a smaller, Ìfth-plus-generation, Ìghter to supersede its moribund Article 1.42, ...
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Myasishchev forms a US joint venture for Gzhel production
The Myasishchev Design Bureau has formed a joint venture with Cartwright Aviation of Virginia, aimed at eventual US production of the M-101T Gzhel light turboprop aircraft. According to the Russian concern, the US Ìrm will assemble M-101Ts for the USmarket from parts made and supplied by the Sokol ...
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UAE considers Panzir
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is in talks with Russian state arms agency Rosvvorouzhenie over the possible purchase of the Panzir point defence short-range air-defence system. The Panzir is a combined missile and gun air defence system offered in both mobile and pallet transportable variants. Source: Flight International