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Rolls-Royce RB.211 engineer Vic Szewczyk and UK Civil Aviation Authority surveyor Peter Leech display UK approval certificates for the RB.211-524G/H-T aero-engine, designed for operation in the Boeing 747-400, following the award of a certificate of type approval which was granted by theUK Civil Aviation Authority in mid-May. ...
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Cool Condor
German charter carrier Condor has selected cockpit sunshades from Lyon, France- based RBE for its Boeing 757-300s. The retractable Kapton sunshades reduce heat, glare and ultra-violet rays and are fitted on the Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 777. Source: Flight International
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FMS/GPS ready
Rockwell-Collins has completed certification flight-testing of its FMS-4200 flight-management system on the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet. The system enables satellite-based non-precision approaches when coupled to Collins' GPS-4000 sensor. The GPS-4000 has been certificated in the Saab 2000, which is equipped with Collins' FMS-4100. Source: Flight International
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Flightspares Lords it
UK spares stockist and distributor Flightspares, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, has linked with the Lord Corporation to provide an after-sales service to operators of the Pilatus Britten-Norman Islander, and the Shorts range of aircraft, including the 330/360 and Skyvan. Brian Studley, Lord senior marketing engineer, says that the new tie-up offers ...
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Flight engineers needed on board
Sir - I agree with Alan Mason on the need for a flight engineer (Flight International, 26 March-1 April) - perhaps not so much for the reasons he gave, but for those of crew resource. - the engineer is responsible to the fleet's chief engineer, not the chief ...
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B-2 to carry JSOW
The US Air Force is to proceed with integration of the Texas Instruments Joint Stand Off Weapon on the Northrop Grumman B-2. Source: Flight International
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Sharper talon
Lockheed Martin has received a US Air Force contract, potentially worth $22 million, to upgrade the communication and navigation systems of 24 MC-130H Combat Talon II special-forces transports to increase interoperability with other US forces. Source: Flight International
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Talking Lauda
Lauda Air has ordered Honeywell's Airline Maintenance and Operations Support System (AMOSS), designed for air-to-ground communications between aircraft and an airline's flight operations and maintenance departments. Source: Flight International
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An-38 delivery
The first production Antonov An-38 regional turboprop is to be delivered to lead customer Vostok Aviation of Khabarovsk in June for operational proving trials. The airline is expected to take a further seven An-38s by the year 2000. The AlliedSignal Engines TPE331-powered aircraft recently received Russian certification. ...
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CFM on Il-76
CFM International's president Gerad Leviac says that the company is working with Ilyushin to re-engine the Il-76 with the CFM56 engine. Leviac says that the plan to re-engine the Il-86 with the CFM56 has foundered on the inability to arrange funding. Source: Flight International
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Quiet Tu-154
Tupolev is offering an upgrade and modernisation programme for its Tu-154. Rybinsk Motors, which makes the D-30KU engine powering the Tu-154M, has developed a modification which it claims reduces fuel consumption by 4-5%. The company is also developing a low-emission combustor, and a Stage 3 hushkit for the engine. Although ...
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New Trent 700 failure
The fifth inflight shutdown - the third within in a two-week period - of a Rolls-Royce Trent 700 occurred to a Dragonair A330-300 en route from Malaysia to Hong Kong on 23 May. The aircraft was diverted to Subic Bay in the Philippines. "From first reports, we have no reason ...
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Huygens milestone
Aerospatiale has delivered the Huygens spacecraft to the European Space Agency for launch with the NASA Cassini Saturn orbiter aboard a Titan 4B booster from Cape Canaveral on 6 October. The Huygens craft is due to land on Saturn's moon, Titan, in 2004. Source: Flight International
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Dive from conflict
The crew's response to the threat of a mid-air collision caused a Nigerian ADC Airlines Boeing 727-200 to dive the aircraft into a lagoon during its descent to Lagos Airport on 7 November 1996, say investigators. Flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders, read by the US National Transportation Safety Board, show that ...
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Indian Air Force chief to evaluate MiG-AT
Indian Air Force chief ACM Satish Kumar is to visit Moscow this month to evaluate the MiG MAPO MiG-AT trainer. The air force has a longstanding requirement for 80 jet trainers, but a decision has been thwarted by lack of funds. The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet and the British Aerospace Hawk ...
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Avitas
Aviation consultancy Avitas, of Washington DC, has named Capt Richard Duxbury as vice-president for flight-operations safety. He will head a group helping airlines set up safety-related projects and audits. He was formerly chief safety captain at Northwest Airlines, in Minneapolis, Minnesota Source: Flight International
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BAe AMT
David Norgart has become sales manager at Virginia-based British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops (AMT), of Chantilly, Virginia, which has worldwide responsibility for selling secondhand BAe turboprops. He comes from turboprop remarketing company San Antonio Jet Centre, which he set up in 1993, after 11 years with Fairchild. ...
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Should licence rules be adapted?
Sir - From studying the European Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) 66 Notice of Proposed Amendment, I would like to put forward a comment. For maintenance engineers who already hold technical qualifications and experience equal to, or greater than, the knowledge required by the Joint Aviation Authorities for the ...
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The pros and cons of retiring at 65
Sir - The US Federal Aviation Administration has tried to increase the retirement age for US airline captains from 60 to 65, but its efforts were rejected by the self-interest of the US Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), which cannot be truly representative of experienced US pilots' views, as a high ...