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IAI aims to step up
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has sold five Astra SPX twin-engined executive jets since February, and hopes to sell a total of 15 aircraft in 1998 and about 24 aircraft annually in subsequent years, according to Motti Boness, IAI's civil-aircraft division manager. Boness has attributed the rise in sales to the ...
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Fleet addition
Zurich-based Jet Aviation has taken delivery of its first Canadair Challenger 604 twinjet, to add to its fleet of 45 aircraft of various types. The General Electric CF34-3B1-powered aircraft will form part of Jet's charter-management business. Source: Flight International
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Design changes delay Premier I
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC RAYTHEONAIRCRAFT has pushed back the first flight, certification and delivery of its Premier I entry-level business jet to incorporate design changes required to ensure that the aircraft meets its performance guarantees. The first flight of the Premier I was planned for December 1997, ...
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AlliedSignal plans to boost production of TFE731
Production of AlliedSignal's new TFE731-20/40/60 turbofan family is expected to grow to more than 200 engines in 1998 on the back of increased business-aircraft sales, says the company. The increase follows the entry into service of the TFE731-60 on the Dassault Falcon 900EX and the -40 on the ...
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Cleveland FBO added to Phillips 66 ranking
The Business Aircraft Center, based at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, has joined fuel-supplier Phillips 66's fixed-base-operation (FBO) network, with the highly rated Aviation Performance Center designation. Services available include aircraft management and charter, maintenance and a flight school. The FBO was acquired in June 1996 and substantially upgraded. ...
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Boeing/MDC merger is set to start on 4 August
Boeing plans to start its merger with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) from 4 August after constructing a last-minute deal to gain approval from the European Commission(EC). The EC Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert announced approval in principle for the deal on 23 July, proclaiming victory after having secured a series of ...
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Dassault merger in doubt as France keeps Aerospatiale
The French Government has thrown cold water on the privatisation of its biggest aerospace company, Aerospatiale, raising further questions about the planned merger with privately owned Dassault Aviation. Defence minister Alain Richard has made it clear that Aerospatiale will remain in state hands, and that Dassault Aviation will ...
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Air Canada may reveal 747 Classic replacement in August
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Air Canada is expected to place an order by mid-August for up to 20 widebodied aircraft to replace its fleet of Boeing 747-100/-200 "Classics". The airline requires aircraft to replace its older 747s on transatlantic services, and has been evaluating the Airbus A340 and ...
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Beriev to develop cheaper Be-103
Beriev is looking at developing a cheaper version of its new Be-103 six-seat amphibian for Russian operators using a single 268kW (360hp)Voronezh OKBM M-14 engine mounted on a vertical pylon above the fuselage. The Russian manufacturer successfully flew the first Be-103 on 15 July powered by two 155kW Teledyne Continental ...
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European safety groups band together to help other nations
Julian Moxon/Paris Regulation and safety organisations in France, Germany and the UK are forming a new group to offer assistance to countries wishing to improve operational safety standards. India, Mexico and the Philippines have already signed up. The UK Civil Aviation Authority's international services branch, France's ...
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FAA details free-flight plan
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC DETAILS OF a two-year, 2,000-aircraft, demonstration of the technologies required for the free-flight concept have been released by the US Federal Aviation Administration. Almost $400 million in funding required to stage the trial has yet to be approved by Congress, however. Free flight ...
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Turboprop Piper
New Piper Aircraft plans to launch a turboprop version of the Malibu Mirage piston single at the US National Business Aviation Association show in Dallas, Texas, in September. The US manufacturer says that the aircraft will be powered by a Pratt & Whitney PT6 variant, and that deliveries are due ...
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Japanese negotiate with Rolls-Royce for Trent 500 engine role
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) are negotiating with Rolls-Royce to take a share in the development and production of the new Trent 500 engine for the planned Airbus A340-500/600. The two Japanese manufacturers are discussing using the Trent 500 programme ...
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UK general-aviation firms head for new owners
Andrew Chuter/LONDON Two of the UK's leading general-aviation concerns are changing hands as the "for-sale" sign goes up at Magec Aviation and the CSE Group is acquired by a new owner. GEC is to sell its London Luton Airport-based Magec Aviation corporate-aviation business as part of ...
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Laser tests show wake-vortex surprises
David Learmount/MALVERN analysis of an aircraft wake-vortex study has encouraged the UK Civil Aviation Authority to consider sponsoring more detailed work on the subject. A sample analysis of extensive, but complex, data gathered by the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), using laser-radar technology, has shown that ...
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Australian Army CDRs
Canberra-based Aerospace Technical Services has been named preferred bidder on a A$7.5 million ($5.5 million) contract to design and install crash-data recorders (CDRs) in the Australian army's helicopters. A total of 128 aircraft will be modified. Each system has a cockpit-voice recorder, flight-data recorder and crash-position indicator. Source: ...
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Paintless-aircraft testing gathers pace
Graham Warwick/PATUXENT RIVER FLIGHT TESTING OF a McDonnell Douglas (MDC)F-18 coated with plastic film, instead of paint, is to be extended for a second year, and will include at least two deployments to evaluate the material's suitability for use on carrier-based aircraft. The US Navy F-18 is being ...
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Peace in our time
The European Commission (EC) has apparently emerged from its skirmish with Boeing with the deal it wanted. Boeing will have its merger with McDonnell Douglas (MDC), but with strings attached, and there will apparently be no trade war. Now that the drama is over, it is worth asking exactly what ...
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Veteran flight
NASA is considering a suggestion that veteran astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, in 1962, fly on a Space Shuttle mission to study and compare the effects of spaceflight on a 76-year old. Glenn, a US senator, undergoes regular medical tests by NASA. ...
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Satellite planned
The former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan plans to operate a communications satellite in 2000. The satellite will be launched on a Proton booster. Source: Flight International