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Crash data help
Indian accident investigators have decided to send abroad the flight-data and cockpit- voice recorders (FDR/CVR) from the two aircraft involved in the mid-air collision near New Delhi on 12 November 1996. The CVR and FDR from the Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-100B are to go to London, UK, to be ...
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N250 flight
IPTN's second N250 turboprop prototype had its maiden flight 19 December, eight months behind schedule. The flight lasted 1.5h, during which the Indonesian aircraft reached an altitude of 10,000ft (3,300m). Aircraft PA2 is the first full-size 64- to 68-seat N250-100 prototype to be built. It will be followed by a ...
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US airline fatalities are the worst since 1985
Last year was the worst for air safety in the USA since 1985, according to figures released by the National Transportation Safety Board. During 1996, fatalities in the four US passenger airline accidents totalled 354, and there were eight deaths in two freighter crashes, Some 32 people on the ground ...
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UPS is first to have all-Stage 3 fleet
UPS AIRLINES HAS become the first major North American carrier to operate an entire fleet complying with Stage 3 noise limits, with the re-engineing of the last of its 51 Boeing 727-100QF freighters. The package carrier says that it has complied with Stage 3 regulations three years ahead ...
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German industry sees growth
Germany's beleaguered aerospace business is showing its first signs of growth for five years, according to the year-end report from the BDLI industry association. The "cautious optimism" comes, however, with warnings on the need for greater European integration and the need to fight military-spending cuts. German aerospace sales ...
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Boeing boosts 737 production to match previous all-time high
Production of the Boeing 737 is set to emulate the previously highest-ever rate of 21 aircraft a month by the end of this year, with Boeing having announced a further boost in production of the twinjet. The monthly rate is set to reach the new peak during the ...
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AMR plans regional-jet contest for Bombardier and Embraer
AMR EAGLE is to start a competition later this month between Bombardier and Embraer 50-seat regional jets. The contest will be another clash in what promises to be a long-running battle between the Canadair Regional Jet and Embraer EMB-145 for dominance in the regional-jet field. Any regional-jet purchase ...
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Caravans make Costa Rican journeys
SANSA, the domestic regional-airline division of Costa Rica's LACSA Airlines, has taken delivery of its first four Cessna Grand Caravans. The four aircraft will replace some of the older turboprops in SANSA's fleet. According to the chief executive of LACSA's parent company, El Salvador-based TACA Group, Federico Bloch, the Caravans ...
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City Bird gets its wings
City Bird, Belgium's new international carrier, took delivery on 13 December of its first McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11, leased from MDC. The General Electric CF6-80C2-powered aircraft will be operated in a two-class, 371-seat layout on services from Brussels to various US points, including Miami, New York and San Francisco. The ...
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PATS fuel tanks extend 767 range
JET AVIATION HAS completed modification of the first Boeing 767 to be fitted with auxiliary fuel tanks. The 15,000litre auxiliary fuel-system, produced by PATS, was installed in a corporate-configured 767-200ER completed at Jet Aviation's Basle, Switzerland, modification centre. The aircraft's owner has not been identified, but is believed ...
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First MD-95 empennage shipped to Douglas
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) at Salt Lake City, Utah, has completed the first empennage subassembly for the MD-95 100-seat regional twinjet. The empennage has been shipped to the Douglas Aircraft factory at Long Beach, California, where it will be mated with the aircraft's horizontal stabiliser. Final assembly of the first MD-95 ...
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Cegelec lights Bosnia
The Airports division of France's Cegelec Projects has supplied 236 airfield light fittings to Banju Luka Airport in Bosnia. The equipment was ordered by a UK Government agency, and delivered using Royal Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130 transport aircraft based at RAF Lyneham in the UK. Source: ...
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Concurrent inks Lockheed Martin computer deal
CONCURRENT Computer has allied with Lockheed Martin to produce rugged versions of its PowerMAXION real-time computer for military applications. Lockheed Martin plans to use the PowerMAXION in systems for sensor fusion, situational awareness, route replanning and battle management. An early application will be the US Army's Rotorcraft Pilot's ...
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Comparison system detects database differences
XIONIX SIMULATION has delivered a navigation-database comparison system to British Airways. The system allows BA to compare navigation databases to identify differences and isolate errors. It is in use at the carrier's operations centre at Heathrow. BA is using the comparison system to increase the integrity of navigation ...
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Deja vu with age-60-years ruling
Sir - A US Federal Appeals Court panel will rule shortly on whether the US Federal Aviation Administration can continue to bar pilots of 60 years old from commanding US passenger aircraft. The general consensus seems to be that the "Age 60" rule is not based so much on medical ...
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Flying lab benches
Spectrum Astro is building three MightySat Phase 2 small satellites for the US Air Force Phillips Laboratory, which is managing its own version of NASA's New Millennium project . The work resumed in March 1996 after a suspension following the withdrawal of a bid protest by CTA Space Systems. The ...
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Sabena
Valere Croes has been appointed president of Belgian national airline Sabena. He succeeds Jan Huyghebaert, who is to retire. Croes is also president of ASLK Bank and a member of the board of Société Générale, Metropolitan Bank, Tractebel and Fortis. He has been a member of the board of Sabena ...
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FSI's Boeing 777 receives Level C approval
FLIGHTSAFETY International's (FSI) first Boeing 777 full-flight simulator has received Level C training approval. The FSI-built simulator is now in service at the company's Seattle training centre. A second 777 full-flight simulator is now being built by FSI's Simulation Systems division for delivery to Malaysian Airlines in the second quarter ...
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What's on
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 RAeS Events January: D F McIntyre Lecture: Prestwick Airport Reborn 13 January; Gordon ...
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Airbus Industrie and Wicat join in A310/A300-600 training upgrade
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE IS improving pilot training for the A300-600 and A310-300, with the help of Wicat Systems, to match that available for the A320, A330 and A340. Wicat is supplying new computer-based training (CBT) courseware and is developing a "free-play" trainer for the A310/A300-600 flight-management and -guidance system (FMGS), similar ...