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AS350 transatlantic crossing attempt fails
THE ATTEMPT by a Eurocopter AS350B3 civil-helicopter crew to fly non-stop from New York to Paris has failed because of a faulty fuel-tank weld. The two French pilots, trying to follow the path of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, had to abandon the effort in mid-journey when a fuel ...
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Corporate shuttle
British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops has leased a Jetstream 31 to Nashville, Tennessee-based Corporate Flight Management. The aircraft has a ten-seat corporate-shuttle interior and will be used for on-demand charter work. Corporate Flight Management is a subsidiary of Nashville-based Corporate Express Airlines. Medical Air Services Association, of Roanoke, Texas, ...
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US National Oceanic and Atmospheric receives GIV
The US NATIONAL Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has begun operating a specially configured Gulfstream IV-SP. The heavily modified business aircraft is being used for high-altitude, atmospheric data collection, to improve hurricane forecasting. Raytheon E-Systems installed an electrical-power management system and atmospheric sensor arrays, while the ...
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BAeFT and Manx Airlines sponsor pilot-training scheme
British Aerospace Flight Training (BAeFT) has signed a deal with UK regional carrier Manx Airlines for a three-way-sponsored ab initio pilot-training scheme operated by British Aerospace Flight Training (BAeFT). The partnership airline selection scheme (PASS) is also interesting several other airlines, says BAeFT's marketing director Capt Chris Long. ...
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Pawan aims for link in north-east India
Pawan Hans Helicopters is in talks with the Indian Government to link remote north-eastern states with a helicopter service. The proposal includes purchasing new helicopters and taking over emergency air-services from the Indian air force in the north-eastern state of Arunanchal Pradesh. The proposed service, initiated ...
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'White Shark' snaps up 737BJ
AUSTRALIAN GOLFER Greg Norman has ordered a $36 million Boeing 737-based business jet, and signed a seven-year deal to promote Boeing Business Jets, a joint venture formed by Boeing and engine manufacturer General Electric in 1996. Norman's Great White Shark Enterprises company will receive its aircraft, which has ...
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Sino Swearingen upgrades SJ30-2's turbofans
SINOSWEARINGEN Aircraft (SSAC) has grounded its prototype SJ30-2 light business jet for installation of the uprated Williams Rolls-Royce FJ44-2 turbofans planned for the production aircraft. The company has completed some 100h of flight testing of the prototype, following its modification to represent the stretched SJ30-2. The original FJ44-1 ...
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Chinese safety
Improvements in China's air safety record have been recognised in the 1997 Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards, with the "Personality of the Year" category being won by Shen Yuankang, the Civil Aviation of China's vice-minister of general administration. The winners for all 12 categories in the Awards scheme were announced ...
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Boeing's next-generation 737 has European debut at Le Bourget
Boeing has brought the fifth Boeing 737-700 to Le Bourget - the European debut for the next-generation 737 family. The 737, which is destined to be delivered to Germania in 1998, is painted in a special colour scheme for the show, and is configured with examples of the new cabin ...
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Jet Airways investors take first steps towrds share sale
Domestic Indian carrier Jet Airways has held talks with shareholders Gulf Air and Kuwait Airlines about divesting their stakes in the airline, following the Indian Government's decision to change rules on foreign ownership. Gulf and Kuwait invested around $8 million in the carrier when it started five years ...
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UK challenges on single-engined ban
The UK Civil Aviation Authority may attempt to rush through Parliament an amendment to the Air Navigation Order prohibiting the use of single-engined aircraft at night for commercial-transport operations. The decision hangs on a court case being brought by UK-based Martini Airfreight Services after its operations using a chartered Norwegian-registered ...
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Matra seeks to broaden European space alliance
Matra-Marconi Space and proposed partner Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) want to widen pan-European space-industry co-operation to encompass alliances with France's Aerospatiale and Alenia of Italy. The planned Matra-Marconi/ Dasa joint venture is keen to expand existing bilateral collaboration with state-run companies Aerospatiale and Alenia to compete more effectively against ...
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ATC restructuring
The German Air Navigation Services (DFS) has been given the go-ahead to a plan which will concentrate German air trafÌc control (ATC) in three centres. The DFScentre in Berlin will be integrated into the Bremen centre, and the roles of the Düsseldorf and Frankfurt centres will be taken over by ...
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Airbus makes Trent 500 deal with Rolls-Royce
Airbus Industrie has struck a non-exclusive deal with Rolls-Royce for the supply of its Trent 500 engines. The agreement ends Airbus's search for a powerplant supplier for the A340-500 and -600 ultra long-range/stretch versions of the A340. It is believed that Airbus continues to keep the ...
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United tests weather display on a DC-10
United Airlines is flight-testing an advanced cockpit weather information (CWIN) system on a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10 under a contract from the NASA Langley Research Center. The six-month, in-service evaluation will "-determine the cost savings from use of the system", says MDC, which is leading the CWIN consortium. ...
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Microvision/Saab eye helmet display technology advance
US display-technology company Microvision has signed an agreement with Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab, covering joint research into advanced display systems, including Microvision's virtual-retinal-display (VRD) technology. VRD technology allows electronic images and information to be projected on to the retina of the viewer's eye using a low-power, fast-scanning, beam ...
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Aerospatiale combines with Onera to tackle structural flexing
Aerospatiale and the French research agency Onera have developed an active-control technique to overcome problems of structural flexing in airframes. With the adoption of fly-by-wire technology, there are opportunities to optimise the control laws which translate pilot inputs into aircraft dynamics, which in turn determine aircraft performance, passenger ...
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NASA Ames to lead capacity-expansion effort
NASA Ames Research Center in California is to lead a $450 million programme aimed at tripling the all-weather capacity of the US aviation system within the next decade. NASA's new Aviation System Capacity programme will integrate three existing research programmes (into terminal-area productivity, advanced air-transportation technology and short-haul ...
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Considering a 'paper' aircraft
Sir - McDonnell Douglas claims that its blended-wing-body large aircraft will be cheaper to buy and operate. This is a "paper" aeroplane which has not yet been extensively tested in a windtunnel. Its true performance and operating cost have yet to be established. Additionally, this design would pose ...
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Reed Aerospace poised to launch 24h information service
Reed Aerospace, publisher of Flight International and Airline Business, is to launch the world's first round-the-clock air transport-dedicated newswire as part of a major new electronic information service. An initial team of eight journalists worldwide is being recruited to provide the first-hand news that will make up the ...