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Historic manufacturers return
Two famous names from German aviation history staged a comeback at the Aero '97 show, with the presentation of new prototypes from Zeppelin and Junkers. The general-aviation show, in Friedrichshafen, Germany, from 23-27 April, featured the public debut of the Zeppelin New Technology (NT) airship, the LZ N07. ...
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Diamond reveals four-seat Katana
Austrian manufacturer Diamond Aircraft Industries has displayed a mock-up of a four-seat addition to its Katana aircraft family for the first time. The DA 40 Katana is set for its maiden flight by July, and Diamond hopes to certificate it to European JAR 23 standards by the end ...
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Wankel examines multi-fuel engine
German engine manufacturer Wankel Rotary is studying the development of a multi-fuel rotary engine for aircraft and helicopter applications. Wankel says that the variable installation position (VIP) engine will be able to run on avgas, kerosene, diesel, natural gas, methanol or hydrogen, and will offer substantial weight savings ...
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Operators alerted on Cessna-twin fire risk
OPERATORS OF CESSNA turbocharged piston-twins have been urged to inspect the exhaust systems, while the US Federal Aviation Administration considers action to prevent leaks which could cause in-flight fires. The Cessna Pilots Association (CPA) has advised operators of 300- and 400-series turbocharged twins to inspect the exhaust systems ...
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FAA re-issues Teledyne crankshaft AD
A PROPOSED airworthiness directive (AD) requiring replacement of the crankshafts in some 10,000 Teledyne Continental 360-and 520-series piston engines has resurfaced, with the US Federal Aviation Administration citing an abnormally high failure rate. The original July 1993 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) was strenuously opposed by the US ...
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Third Global Express joins flight-test programme
BOMBARDIER HAS flown the third Global Express long-range business jet. Aircraft 9003 was flown for the first time on 22 April, from the de Havilland final-assembly plant in Toronto, Canada. It is scheduled to join the first two Global Expresses at Bombardier's Wichita, Kansas, fiight-test centre in early May. ...
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Orenda picks engine site in Nova Scotia
Orenda Aerospace has selected Truro, Nova Scotia, as the site for an engine manufacturing and aircraft remanufacturing plant. The Canadian company which will produce the OE-600-series vee-8 piston engine will be known as Orenda Recip, and it will be the first private aerospace company at Debert Airport, a former Canadian ...
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New Delhi collision is blamed on Kazakhs
Lawyers for Saudi Arabian Airlines have testified to the Indian Court of Inquiry that the Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 crew descended through their cleared altitude, causing the 12 November 1996 fatal collision with the Saudi Boeing 747-100 near New Delhi, India. Saudi Arabian claims that its crew carried ...
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Germany risks further EF2000 delays
Concern is growing among Germany's Eurofighter partners over the country's continuing inability to approve EF2000 production investment, with the threat of further programme delays now looming. The UK, with the support of Italy and Spain, has been pressing Germany to approve next phase of the EF2000 programme for ...
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MDC tests plans to reduce cost of F-15
McDONNELLDOUGLAS (MDC) has taken delivery of an F-15E to use as a testbed to demonstrate new avionics technology for the F-15 and other MDC aircraft. The company plans to flight-test improvements to reduce the cost of new F-15s and to upgrade existing aircraft. The first project will be ...
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UAVs and air expeditionary force top USAF priorities
Increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the adoption of an Air Expeditionary Force Concept (AEFC) are among the priorities for the US Air Force for the millennium, according to Gen Ronald Fogelman, the United States Air Force Chief of Staff. Speaking at the USAF's 50th anniversary ...
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US Air Force support grows for STOVLJSF
THE US AIR FORCE and Navy are considering switching at least some of their planned orders for Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) to the short take-off/vertical landing (STOVL) variant intended for the US Marine Corps and UK Royal Navy. The move could result in around half of the almost-3,000 JSFs planned ...
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Bank loan allows Mil to resume Night Havoc testing
The Mil design bureau has been able to resume flight tests of its Mi-28N all-weather/ night-attack variant of the basic Mi-28 Havoc, with funding for the development being provided through a bank loan. The Mi-28N was flown for the first time in November 1995, but testing was halted ...
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Israelis impressed by MiG-29 combat trials
The Israeli air force has borrowed three MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter aircraft from an unidentified eastern European state. Israel test-flew the aircraft against its Lockheed Martin F-16 and McDonnell Doulgas F-15s. The aircraft , flown out from an Israeli air force base in the Negev desert, were evaluated over ...
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NH Industries gets plans ready for NH90 production
NH Industries (NHI) will meet armaments directors from partner countries of the four -nation NH90 transport-helicopter programme during the Paris air show in June to begin negotiations on tooling and production for up to 240 helicopters. "We're preparing our proposals now," says NHI president Jean-Pierre Barthelemy. "We have ...
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Hercules crash mystifies investigators
The crash of a US Air Force Reserve Lockheed Martin HC-130P into the Pacific Ocean on 22 November 1996 was caused by fuel starvation, but the official investigation could not determine why all four engines had shut down. One of 11 crew members survived when the aircraft crashed ...
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JPATS contract
Raytheon Aircraft has selected FlightSafety Services to develop the ground-based training system (GBTS) for the US Air Force/Navy Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS). The company cites "superior systems engineering and software management" as reasons for selecting FlightSafety over Hughes Training for the $500 million contract. The GBTS is to ...
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Philippines details fighter and weapons requirement
The Philippine air force has issued its first request for proposals (RFP) for 24 new multi-role fighter aircraft and six air-defence radars to manufacturers , initiating a 15-year, 164.5 billion peso ($6.23 billion) defence-modernisation programme. The RFP has been sent to six competing European, Israeli, Russian and US ...
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RAAF shortlists Rafael Python 4 and ASRAAM
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has short-listed the Rafael Python 4 and the Matra BAe Dynamics Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) for its next-generation within-visual-range air-to-air missile requirement, ruling out consideration of the Hughes Evolved Sidewinder (AIM-9X) and the Bodensee Geratetechnik IRIS-T. The US Navy, which ...
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Yakovlev begins high angle-of-attack trials with Yak-130D
Yakovlev has begun high angle-of-attack (AoA) trials with the prototype of its Yak-130D advanced jet trainer, with the company confident that it has been able to resolve earlier problems with the aircraft's winglets. Andrei Sinitsin, chief test pilot at Yakovlev, says: "A big part of the test programme ...