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Smart wing
Northrop Grumman has received $8 million from the US Air Force under a Smart Materials and Structures Demonstration Smart Wing 2 programme designed to apply the advanced technologies to unmanned aircraft. The contract provides for design, development and test of a Smart Wing model using new technologies. ...
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ARIA's domestic routes
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has revealed plans to re-establish many domestic routes and services to former Soviet republics. Leonid Mokhov, deputy head of marketing, says that the airline planned to double the number of passengers carried on domestic and regional routes, to 260,000 this year. "This market is very ...
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UK-Hong Kong bilateral
The UK Government and Hong Kong have signed a bilateral air-services agreement, providing a legal framework for continued flights by British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways and Virgin Atlantic. The bilateral is the first to be signed by Hong Kong since the handover of rule to China. Negotiating air services to ...
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CC-130 avionics upgrade is ready for flight tests
FLIGHT-TESTING of the first Canadian Forces Lockheed Martin CC-130 fitted with an updated avionics suite is due to begin in September, says Edmonton-based prime contractor, CAE Aviation. Although running several months late, mainly because of the greater-than-expected complexity of developing the upgrade, CAE is confident that all 32 ...
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Flight deck symposium
The first airlines to be involved in the experimental phase of the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) "flight safety buddy" system could be paired-up within a year says IATA director general, Pierre Jeanniot. The "buddy" concept is a major plank of IATA's seven-point safety strategy to halve the ...
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Quiet Wing tests 727 winglet modification
A winglet modification for the Boeing 727, promising performance improvement and noise reduction, is expected to receive supplemental type certification approval as early as October. The upgrade, known as the Quiet Wing system, is mid-way through flight tests at Moses Lake, Washington, on a 727-100 on loan from ...
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Orenda Vee-8 flies on King Air
Stevens Aviation has flown a Raytheon Beech King Air C90B re-engined with Orenda Vee-8 piston engines. The aircraft, powered by two 445kW (600hp) OE-600s, is being flight tested from Spokane, Washington. Its climb rate is twice that of the original Pratt &Whitney Canada PT6-powered aircraft, says Orenda. The engine company ...
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Bombardier builds improved UAV
BOMBARDIER PLANS a September maiden flight of its CL-327 rotary-wing unmanned air-vehicle (UAV), the production version of its vertical take-off and landing CL-227. The Canadian company decided a year ago to launch limited production in a bid to stimulate demand for its much-tested UAV. The production CL-327 has ...
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Kelowna restarts on stretched 580 and wins military business
Kelowna FlightCraft has restarted its stretched Convair 580 programme, dubbed the 5800, with plans to convert an extra three aircraft. The British Colombia-based company also had news at the show of upgrade work on Lockheed T-33 jet trainers and the Kazan Mi-17 helicopter. The Convair 5800 stretch programme ...
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Canada eyes next helicopter contest after SAR selection
CANADA IS EXPECTED to release a request for proposals for 32-35 naval helicopters soon after announcing the selection of a new search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopter in September or October. The choice of machine to meet the 15-aircraft Canadian SAR Helicopter (CSH) requirement is expected to influence the Canadian Forces' ...
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Olympic deal swells A340 orderbook
Max Kingsley-Jones/London Olympic Airways has followed on the heels of Air Canada in deciding to replace its Boeing 747 "Classics" with Airbus A340s, and will take delivery of the first of up to six -300s in 1998. The airline, which has signed a contract for two ...
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Airbus poised to fly first long-range A330-200.
General Electric has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval for the latest version of the Airbus A330's CF6-80E1 engine, the 312kN (70,000lb)-thrust A4, following a 17-month certification programme. The engine is the launch powerplant on the new long-range A330-200 derivative, which is scheduled to have its maiden flight on 13 ...
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Sirocco's Tu-204-120 flies Irish tests
Sirocco Aerospace International, the operation set up by Egyptian conglomerate Kato Aromatic to lease the Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120, brought the first of its aircraft to Ireland for testing in late July. The aircraft underwent four days of certification testing for Category 2 instrument-landing-system approaches and landings. Source: ...
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GE fits new combustors to CF6-80C2 powerplants
General Electric (GE) is being forced to fit new combustors to a batch of 213 CF6-80C2 engines, which have been found to be defective. According to Lufthansa Technik (LHT), which is offering on-location exchanges of the combustors to affected airlines, GE has found that the splash plates (which ...
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Chinese safety scrutinised after China Northern MD-82 overrun
Paul Lewis/Singapore Chinese air safety is coming under renewed scrutiny after a China Northern Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 was badly damaged during an aborted take-off from Dalian Airport in the north of China. The aircraft suffered about $10.5 million worth of damage after overrunning the end ...
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Crossair fleet evaluation forces rethink on telephones
Crossair has terminated plans for a major in-flight telephone order as the regional airline reconsiders its long-term fleet strategy. The airline, which flies a mix of Saab 340s, 2000s, Aero International (Regional) Avro RJ85s/ 100s and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-80s, had been poised to conclude a deal with ...
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Finnair and Lufthansa break six-year link
Finnair and Lufthansa have formally severed their six year link, with co-operation due to be broken off at the end of October. The two airlines have been co-operating on services between Finland and Germany since 1991, but the relationship cooled after Lufthansa formed a strategic alliance with Finnair's ...
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French first-class airline prepares to launch
A new French airline claiming to offer "affordable full first-class service to every passenger" is scheduled to be launched in September. Operating from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, Fairlines will fly initially on routes within Europe, serving the major cities. The airline plans to start flying in November ...
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Fine Air cargo DC-8 crashes soon after take-off from Miami
A FINE AIR McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 freighter (N27UA) with four people on board crashed on 7 August while attempting to take off from Miami International Airport. The four people, including three flightcrew and a security guard, are believed to have been killed. The DC-8, which was being operated ...
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Gulf between France and USA over open skies grows wider
Julian Moxon/PARIS Differences between France and the USA over an open-skies agreement have widened following US insistence that Air France's proposed alliances with Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines will not be approved until a bilateral between the two countries is concluded. The French Government has ...