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Government fall stirs Indian civil-aviation confusion
India's civil-aviation policy has again been thrown into doubt following the fall of the country's United Front Government, which came only weeks after a ruling that foreign airlines would have to sell any shares held in Indian domestic carriers. India's acting aviation minister, C M Ibrahim, passed the ...
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Buoyant Lucas
Buoyant airliner deliveries and a strong spares market showed through in rising sales and profits at Lucas Aerospace, as the Lucas Varity group presented its first set of annual results after 1996's merger. The aerospace division saw sales grow 8% to £510 million ($829 million) in the new financial year ...
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Undue influence?
MOST MANUFACTURERS must dream of having exclusive supply deals with prestige customers. Most prestige customers probably do not dream of such deals - and they certainly should not. In the long term, these agreements (while undoubtedly attractive for both sides in the short term) could be seriously damaging to the ...
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Cost concerns could cut down ASTOR numbers
Cost concerns could force the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to reduce the number of Airborne Stand-off Radar (ASTOR) aircraft which it plans to procure. A final decision on the £750-800 million ($1.2-1.3 billion) ASTOR procurement was expected early this year, but this has now been delayed until ...
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Rans engineers more speed from S-16
USKITPLANE manufacturer Rans has launched its first foray into the market for high-performance amateur-built aircraft. The S-16 Shekari is a side-by-side two-seater from a company better known for producing aircraft more suited for "low-and-slow" flying. The 60kW (80hp) Rotax 912 is producing speeds of 135kt (225km/h), says Randy ...
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Ballistic drop-tests SR20 parachute
BALLISTIC RECOVERY Systems has completed the first successful high-gross-weight drop tests of its new parachute recovery-system for the Cirrus Design SR20 all-composite, single-engined four-seater aircraft. The drop test from a Fairchild C-123 transport aircraft evaluated the system at 1,600kg, 300kg above the SR20's maximum gross-weight. Drops from 1,000ft ...
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USA launches drive for GA pilot-recruitment
THE US GENERAL-aviation (GA) industry has launched a nationwide television-advertising campaign intended to increase the number of people entering pilot training. The "stop dreaming, start flying" campaign is funded by more than 100 US aviation companies through the GA Team 2000 coalition, which has the goal of increasing student starts ...
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Airbus sets deadline for engine decision on A340-500/600
Airbus Industrie is targeting the end of April for a final decision on a new engine for the A340-500/600 growth derivatives, clearing the way for the programme to be officially launched at the Paris air show in June. The European consortium is in talks with Rolls-Royce and Pratt ...
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Gap widens between Airbus and AVIC on A318/AE100 direction
Clear differences have begun to emerge between Airbus Industrie and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) over the longer-term direction of the proposed A318/AE100 programme, with the European consortium pressing for the development of a smaller, rather than larger, aircraft. Negotiators from Airbus subsidiary joint venture, Airbus Industrie Asia ...
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Aeroflot plans to create a regional-hub network
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines is considering setting up a series of regional hubs in an attempt to break the dominance of Sheremetyevo Airport at Moscow in its network. The widening of its domestic-flights network in Russia and the CIS are two major factors in Aeroflot's strategy to improve efficiency. ...
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Judging of the 1997 Flight...
Judging of the 1997 Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards took place in London last week. Shortlists chosen by the judging panel (from right, Sir Roger Austin, Tony Broderick, Peter Lok and Prof Rigas Doganis), chaired by Flight International Editor in Chief Allan Winn, will be published next week. The Awards ...
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BA is first to pick Roll-Rolls 'hybrid'
British Airways has become the first airline to select the Rolls-Royce RB.211-524HT "hybrid" engine, having signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the UK manufacturer specifying the powerplant for 14 Boeing 747-400s, ordered in September 1996. The engine deal will be worth more than $500 million to R-R, ...
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Il-114 and An-38 are near approval
The CIS is to certificate the Ilyushin Il-114 and the Antonov An-38 by the end of this month. Valentin Sushko, chairman of the CIS Avia Register, has confirmed that certification work has been completed on the aircraft. Both will receive their NLGS 23 approvals later this month. The ...
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Continental will choose DC-10 replacement soon
CONTINENTAL Airlines says that it could enter a long-term sole-supplier pact with Boeing in the process of picking an aircraft to replace the airline's ageing fleet of 27 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 passenger aircraft. Gordon Bethune, Continental's chairman and chief executive, says that he is initially seeking 40 aircraft ...
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UK fails to deliver Boeing/GEC pact
UK Government attempts to massage a critical ú1 billion ($1.64 billion) Royal Air Force procurement programme to acquire a new maritime-patrol aircraft have ended in near farce. The ministerial promise of a "strategic partnership" between competitors Boeing and GEC has failed to materialise. When the Ministry of Defence ...
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Crossair considers launching airline in France
Swissair regional airline Crossair is studying launching a new airline to be located in France. It would be majority-owned by French investors to get round Switzerland's non-membership of the European Union (EU). Crossair says that it will "...decide on our plan of action in late June." It says ...
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MDC revives YC-15 for a technology-test role
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) is to propose the test and development of an autonomous landing system to the US Air Force, using the newly resurrected YC-15 prototype as a technology demonstrator. The autonomous landing system is expected to be one of the first technology-research efforts to be conducted with ...
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Atlantis tool probes CRJ problems
ATLANTISAEROSPACE has launched a troubleshooting tool to help solve elusive problems with complex aircraft systems. The first application of the Canadian company's SpotLight system is to help Bombardier with problems on the Canadair Regional Jet's (CRJ) flight controls, landing gear, doors and ice- and rain-protection systems. Brampton, Ontario-based ...
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Dow-UT manufactures lighter F119 fan-case
A COMPOSITE fan-inlet case for the Pratt & Whitney F119 fighter engine has been developed by Dow-United Technologies Composite Products (Dow-UT). The one-piece component, produced by resin-transfer moulding, is lighter and cheaper than the current fabricated-titanium case, says Wallingford, Connecticut-based Dow-UT. The fan-inlet case is the structural frame ...
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Messier-Bugatti scores brakes-orders success
French aircraft-brake maker Messier-Bugatti has signed orders with seven airlines for its Sepcarb III carbon brakes. China Northwest, Constellation, Croatia Airlines, Iberia, Star Europe, Transasia and Zhejiang Airlines have all, within a month, ordered Sepcarb brakes for Airbus A319s and A320s, on a total of 58 aircraft. ...