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Boeing heads shifting industry league
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Boeing has begun to pull away from its nearest competitors in the league table of USaerospace manufacturers over the first half of 1997. Even without the McDonnell Douglas (MDC)merger, Boeing's sales have leapt by close to 60%due to soaring civil-aircraft sales, and the Rockwell ...
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Brazil nears F-5 upgrade launch
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC BRAZIL ISCLOSE to releasing a requests for proposals for a Northrop F-5E/F upgrade programme. Avionics and structural updates for some 50 aircraft will enable the F-5 to be used as an interim air-defence aircraft until the Brazilian air force acquires a new fighter early next ...
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Business jets boost US GA production
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US MANUFACTURERS delivered 16.5% more general-aviation (GA) aircraft in the first half of 1997, compared with the same period of 1996. Billings were up by 60% to almost $2 billion for the first six months, says the US General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), citing a ...
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Business-jet ETOPS: it is better to be safe than to be sorry
Sir - Although I invariably agree with the author's point of view when reading the Flight International Comment page, I feel that, in the article "All at sea" (Flight International, 9-15 July), about extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS), there are some uncharacteristically sweeping statements with which I do not. ...
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Canada plans September SAR helicopter decision
Second-time lucky for the EH101 team? CANADAPLANS to decide in September on the C$600 million ($430 million) purchase of 15 search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters. Bids have been received from Boeing, offering its CH-47 Chinook; Sikorsky, with a variant of its UH-60 Black Hawk called the Maplehawk; Team Cormorant, led by ...
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Century Jet single-turbofan refined
Century Aerospace has refined the design of its planned Century Jet single-turbofan business jet. Changes include a larger wing, which has fuel capacity increased by 135kg; a 130mm fuselage stretch, to enlarge baggage volume by 30%; a circular-section fuselage, expanding cabin width by 150mm; and a lengthened nose, to house ...
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Cessna studies new singles
CESSNA HASBEGUN work on new light-aircraft designs to supersede its piston singles. No decision has been taken on when the Model 172, 182 and 206 will be replaced, but company sources suggest that a design freeze could take place 18 months from now. The US manufacturer restarted piston-single ...
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Coming down to earth
Douglas Barrie/LONDON The procurement plans of the Russian air force lie in tatters, with the aspirations of its financially beseiged leaders now focused on maintaining a modicum of capability rather than on the acquisition of a new, fifth-generation, aircraft, such as MAPO MiG's Article 1.42 fighter. ...
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Crossair's Saab HUGS
Crossair has received certification from the European Joint Aviation Authorities for the Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HUGS) on its Saab 2000 fleet, which will enable Crossair crews to perform landings in poor visibility. Crossair also expects the system to help when operating into short runways at airports such as ...
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Czech Airlines plans to launch charter division in early 1998
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Czech Airlines (CSA) is planning to set up a charter subsidiary which will start operating at the beginning of 1998. According to CSA charter department manager Tomas Jandecka, a business plan is now being prepared which should be finished by the middle of this ...
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Diesels spark off Oshkosh interest
New diesel aero-engines attracted intense interest from Oshkosh visitors, with manufacturers promising substantial reductions in operating costs. Teledyne Continental unveiled details of its CSM 283 diesel engine being developed under NASA's General Aviation Propulsion (GAP) programme, Socata displayed the Morane Renault diesel engine intended to power a light-aircraft family based ...
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EC sets out rules for BA and American alliance
Julian Moxon/Paris The European Commission (EC) competition directorate has laid out its position on granting approval to the planned alliance between American Airlines and British Airways. The paper, in which the EC outlines a series of problems it has with the alliance, repeats the call for ...
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Europa Aviation improves its two-seat kitplane
UK MANUFACTURER Europa Aviation launched an improved version of its two-seat kitplane at Oshkosh. The Europa XS has a cruise speed exceeding 175kt (320km/h), a range of more than 1,600km (865nm), a higher payload and increased cockpit and baggage space. The $24,000 kit is designed to be completed ...
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EVA secures US partner and now looks to Europe
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's EVA Airways has signed an alliance agreement with an unnamed US carrier as it strives for a similar link in Europe. The US deal, disclosed by EVA president Richard Huang and described as a "full alliance", includes an exchange of frequent-flyer programmes. "All ...
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FAA approves composite repairs
Ian Sheppard/LONDON An aircraft-repair technique developed by the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico together with composites specialists from Textron Systems, has gained initial approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration as an alternative to riveted aluminium. The bonded composite "doubler" is the result of a three-year FAA-sponsored ...
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FedEx MD-11 crashes
A FEDEX McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter (N611FE) crashed on 31 July landing at Newark International Airport, New Jersey. The MD-11, en route from Anchorage, Alaska, apparently touched down very hard on landing and then flipped over and burned out. The five crew on board escaped with minor injuries. ...
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Fighting back
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Being married to President Boris Yeltsin's elder daughter certainly gave Valeri Okulov the right connections to become director-general of Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines (ARIA). There was more to his appointment than that, however - he won 98.5% of shareholder support in elections for the post ...
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Funding is released for Brazil's SIVAM
FINANCING for Brazil's SIVAM Amazon-surveillance programme has been released, enabling Raytheon to begin work on the $1.3 billion programme. The US Export Import Bank is providing just over $1 billion of the funds required for the project, with the Swedish export bank Svensk Exportkredit, Raytheon and SIVAM Vendor ...
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GE builds wider R-R/Allison partnership around JSF bid
Guy Norris/Cincinnati General Electric, Allison Engines and its UK parent company Rolls-Royce are planning the formation of a joint military-engine group aimed specifically at the US/UK Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. The proposed group represents a radical extension of the partnership already established to develop a ...
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GE may re-power Gulfstreams
Guy Norris/Lynn General Electric is supporting studies by "several companies" into the potential re-engineing of Gulfstream IIs and IIIs with its CF34-8C, now under development for Bombardier's Canadair CRJ700 regional jet. The Gulfstream re-engineing is one of several possible options for future uses of the engine, ...