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AWACS 767 tests are completed early
Boeing has completed flight-testing of the first 767 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft three weeks ahead of schedule, logging 130 flights and 383 flight hours. The aircraft is now undergoing an instrument refurbishment in Seattle, before it is flown to Wichita, Kansas, where flight-test equipment will be removed. ...
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Success forces BASIS growth
An Inter-airline safety information exchange (SIE) between users of the British Airways Safety Information System (BASIS) has been so successful that BA may have to subcontract its administration, says the BASIS chief Capt Mike Holtom. The BASIS is an airline-operated personal-computer (PC) database system for recording safety incidents ...
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Boeing opens the subcontractor door wider for Northrop Grumman
Boeing has decided to subcontract production of passenger and cargo doors for its 737, 757 and 767 airliners, despite union efforts to persuade the company to retain the work in-house. The manufacturer says that the move is a cost-cutting measure. Its introduction follows a two-year study. Northrop Grumman ...
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AEA NASA success
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama has selected AEA Technology's CFX 4 computational dynamics tool to enable it to study complex fluid-flow problems. NASA used CFX 4 to study the problem of propellant "sloshing" in the fuel tanks of space vehicles during flight, as part of its evaluation of ...
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CTW tests variable-speed refuelling drogues
A variable-speed drogue designed to allow air-to-air refuelling of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft from the same unit has undergone initial flight tests in California, USA. The Chico-based Conversion Tank Works (CTW) of Aero Union is developing the multi-role drogue for several applications, including a forthcoming requirement from Lockheed ...
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R-R and SIA approach deal on NGV venture
Rolls-Royce is close to reaching an agreement with Singapore Airlines (SIA) on establishing a joint-venture company to repair and overhaul nozzle guide vanes (NGVs) for Trent turbofan engines. It is understood that the two sides hope to sign a final agreement by the end of this month. The ...
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Resolving African ATS difficulties
Sir - The editorial "Outside control" (Flight International, 8-14 January) raises important issues. Contrary to some assertions, the situation in large areas of the African continent is mainly stable, with air-traffic services (ATS) being provided to a satisfactory level for today's operations. There remain, however, flight ...
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Attitudes need to be shaken up
Sir - I refer to the article "UK CAA insists on stick-shaker for Falcon 2000" (Flight International, 22-28 January). I am particularly concerned with David Antrobus' attitude that "-The CAA [UK Civil Aviation Authority] is in the JAA [European Joint Aviation Authorities] 'club' and in principle it should ...
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Russian Aerospace '97
Russian Aerospace '97 20-22 May, Moscow. Organised by Flight International and Aviaexport. Contact: Kim Daniels, First Conferences, 85 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5AR, UK; tel: +44 (171) 404 7722; fax: +44 (171) 404 7733; email: confdesk@firstconf.com Source: Flight International
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Turnkey Newscopter
Robinson Helicopter is to market a version of the four-seat R44 equipped with the FLIR Systems UltraMedia RS stabilised camera. The equipment, including a microwave link, will be fitted on the R44 production line. Source: Flight International
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747 wiring checks
Precautionary checks are to be carried out on Boeing 747 100/200 wiring conduits to see if there is any chafing on wiring leading to fuel-boost pumps, says a US Federal Aviation Administration alert services bulletin. The bulletin specifies checks within 120 days. The agency confirms that the measure is a ...
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MDC Long Beach shuffle continues
A major management shake-up at McDonnell Douglas' (MDC) Long Beach site in California has seen Walt Orlowski promoted to president of Douglas Aircraft (DAC), replacing Mike Sears, who has been recalled to St Louis, where he has become president of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace. Orlowski was senior vice-president of ...
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UK slashes FLA numbers
The Royal Air Force is planning to cut its European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) military-transport requirement to only 25 aircraft - half the initial Ministry of Defence (MoD) commitment that up to 50 aircraft could be ordered. The proposed cut, confirmed by the MoD, is the result of ...
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Lufthansa revamps its management
Lufthansa is restructuring its passenger operations from 1 April, in a move to cut management costs. Subject to supervisory board approval, the company is to incorporate marketing, network management, operations, cockpit and, cabin crew and ground stations into an independent passenger division, effectively separating the running of the ...
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AI(R) founders will have to bid for Air Jet work
The three founders of Europe's Aero International (Regional)(AIR(R)) will, in principle, have to bid for work on the proposed new Air Jet regional programme alongside other potential risk-sharing partners, says chief executive Patrick Gavin. He says that Aerospatiale, Alenia and British Aerospace were invited to the bidding conference ...
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FAA warns on third-party 727 freighter conversions
The US Federal Aviation Administration has asked air-cargo carriers to suggest how best to limit operations of their Boeing 727 freighters, converted by third parties. The aviation agency says that restrictions will be issued because the 727 modifications "-contain design features which apparently do not comply with the Federal Aviation ...
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Japanese firms are cool on Airbus A3XX co-operation plans
Japanese aerospace manufacturers are unenthusiastic about the idea of co-operating with Airbus Industrie to develop the consortium's proposed A3XX high-capacity airliner, despite Boeing's recent decision to shelve its rival 747-500/500X . Airbus has been signalling renewed interest in enlisting Japanese support for the A3XX, this time during a ...
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R-R studies Trent shrink for A340-600/767-X
Rolls-Royce is considering refocusing its development efforts on a new 245-290kN (55,000-65,000lb)-thrust member of its Trent turbofan family, following Boeing's recent decision to cancel the 747-X project, say senior executives at the UK company. R-R's managing director Aerospace Group, Colin Green, confirms that the new derivative, which is ...
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Affordable utility
When Australian manufacturer Gippsland Aeronautics (GA) sought a viable new project, the direction it took seemed an obvious one. The company's highly successful GA-200 two-seat agricultural aircraft was already surprising operators with its performance at 1,800kg gross weight, powered by only a 185kW (250hp) engine driving a fixed pitch propeller. ...
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Fighting fit
AN Unmatched combat radius and a capability for deep penetration against heavily defended targets has established the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) General Dynamics (now Lockheed Fort Worth) F-111 fleet as Australia's prime strategic deterrent, and one well-matched to its defence scenarios. With over 25 years of F-111 ...