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DASR protest denied
The US General Accounting Office has turned down Northrop Grumman's protest at the US Air Force's selection of Raytheon to develop and produce the next-generation airport-surveillance radar for the US Federal Aviation Administration and the US military. The losing bidder claims that there were "errors and inconsistencies" in the source-selection ...
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IAI Turkish delight
Israel and Turkey have finally concluded an agreement covering the $600 million upgrade of 54 Turkish air force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom fighter- bombers. The deal was signed on 6 December. The first 34 aircraft will be modified in Israel with Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Lahav division acting as the ...
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Oceanic bidder chosen
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has chosen EDS as its preferred bidder to supply the equipment for the new Oceanic Control Centre at Prestwick, Scotland. Contract negotiations, will now begin, says the CAA. Source: Flight International
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BAE Airbus cargo
C-S Aviation Services has increased its commitment to the British Aerospace Airbus A300B4 freighter-conversion programme, with seven more options added to previously announced orders for three conversions. Delivery will be completed between April 1997 and April 1998. Source: Flight International
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Heavy A321-200 flies
The first increased maximum take-off weight (MTOW) Airbus A321-200 had its first flight on 12 December from Hamburg. The new model has an 89t MTOW and increased fuel capacity, boosting range by about 650km (350nm). Source: Flight International
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Alpi flies again
The RAI, Italy's civil-aviation authority, has removed the temporary grounding order placed on Alpi Eagles because of maintenance record irregularities (Flight International, 11-17 December, P11). The airline resumed operations on 10 December. Source: Flight International
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Boeing looks to increase 777IGW take-off weight
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is discussing a further increase in the 777-200IGW's maximum take-off weight (MTOW) as an interim step towards a new ultra-long-range derivative of the twinjet. The US manufacturer is considering offering a 777-200IGW+ version for entry into commercial service from 1998 onwards, says ...
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'Tailless' aircraft: when is a tail not a tail?
Sir - How can the McDonnell Douglas F-15 shown in the story "MDC pushes tailless F-15" (Flight International, 20-26 November, P5) be "tailless", when it has a "butterfly", or "V" tail? If, as stated, the tail surfaces are removed completely, do we not then have a delta wing, ...
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KLM agrees to buy back Government stake
KLM has agreed to buy back a further part of the Dutch Government's shareholding in the airline, which will reduce the state's stake in its national carrier down to 25%. The cost of the share deal is expected to run to around DFl1 billion ($590 million), which KLM ...
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Russian high-speed research takes off
The joint Russian-US high-speed-research study programme moved into the flight-test stage on 29 November, when the re-activated Tupolev Tu-144LL (RA-77114) supersonic transport departed from Zhukovsky flight-test centre. The aircraft, one of 17 Tu-144s built, was completed in 1981. It was also one of five "D" models which had ...
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First A330-200 enters production
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Components for the first Airbus A330-200 are being fabricated at plants around Europe, with final assembly scheduled to begin at Toulouse in March 1997. The 256-seat, 11,800km (6,400nm)-range derivative was launched in November 1995. Thirty-one orders have been announced to date. The first wingset ...
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American and FedEx finalise DC-10/727 hushkit exchange
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES American Airlines has concluded a long-awaited deal with FedEx, which will see the US package carrier take over at least 14 of American's McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10s in exchange for supplying hushkits for up to 81 Boeing 727-200s. Some 30 of American's 727s ...
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Alpi Eagles grounded over maintenance irregularities
Alpi Eagles has been temporarily grounded by the RAI, Italy's civil-aviation authority, after irregularities were discovered in the regional carrier's maintenance records during a routine aircraft inspection. The RAIfound "informal" aircraft technical logs, where malfunctions were being recorded be- fore being entered into the official log book. The civil-aviation authority ...
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CFM56-7B passes final blade-out examination
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES A full blade-out test was successfully completed on CFM International's CFM56-7B turbofan at Villaroche, France, on 2 December, just six days before the unveiling of the first of the next-generation Boeing 737 series for which the engine is designed. The engine was ...
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Oil leak is blamed for Delta accident
The loss of one of Europe's few remaining airworthy Douglas DC-3s off the Netherlands on 25 September was caused by an engine-oil leak, say Dutch aviation authorities. The DC-3 was owned by the Dutch Dakota Association. The pilot was unable to feather the propeller of the failing engine ...
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Flight engineers call for world drive to improve flight safety
Andrezj Jeziorski/MUNICH The International Flight Engineers Organisation (IFEO) has highlighted six areas in which it considers that action must be taken to counter spiralling air-accident fatalities. At its 1996 general assembly in Munich, the organisation expressed "regret and dismay" at the increasing number of fatalities ...
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Aeroflot and Ilyushin agree Il-96T production deal
Aeroflot and Ilyushin have signed the final contract paving the way for the production of 20 Il-96Ms and Il-96Ts. The $1.5 billion deal, signed on 3 December, will see the Russian-manufactured aircraft fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW2337 turbofans and Western avionics to be integrated by Rockwell-Collins. ...
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EC puts pressure on Belgian CAA
The Belgian civil-aviation authority is coming under pressure from the European Commission (EC) to comply with rules which oblige all member states to accept and revalidate pilot licences wherever they are issued within the European Union. The issue is being pressed by a Belgian national who trained as ...
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Atlantic Coast eyes J41
Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) has reached an "agreement in principle" to acquire 12 Jetstream 41 turbo- props from Aero Inter- national (Regional) (AI(R)), with a book value of $84 million. AI(R) holds no firm orders for the J41, with the last aircraft having been delivered to the Royal Thai Army ...
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New Zealand unites
Air New Zealand and United Airlines have linked up as strategic partners, which will see them initiate codeshare flights between the USA and Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands. Although the tie-up will not affect the level of aircraft capacity on the routes, the two carriers intend to ...