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Cammacorp
Cammacorp was set up in 1979 to oversee the CFM International CFM56 retrofit programme for the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-8 Series 60, and the company no longer exists. Other partners in the programme were MDC, CFMI, and Grumman Aerospace, the latter being responsible for the manufacture of the engine pods, ...
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Canadair (bombardier)
CRJ-X CRJ-X is the designation given to Canadair's planned 70-seat growth derivative of its 50-seat Regional Jet (CRJ). The basic Regional Jet entered service in 1992. The 50-seat Regional Jet, which was given its go-ahead in March 1989, is essentially a stretched development of the Challenger ...
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Fokker Aircraft
F28 Fokker Aviation is studying a possible re-engineing programme for ageing F28s, replacing the type's existing Rolls-Royce Speys with General Electric CF34s or with R-R Tays. More than 200 F28s are still flying and at least one operator, Scandinavia's SAS, has already invested in Fokker 70-style cabin upgrades ...
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Airliners of the World
Airbus and Boeing vie for victory in the high-capacity market. After a string of new airliner model go-aheads last year, 1996 has seen the launch of only one new model - the 757-300 - as the major manufacturers concentrated on the definition of new high-capacity models. ...
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Italy is close to helicopter selection
The Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police are soon to decide whether to buy the Agusta A109 Koala or a licence-built version of the McDonnell Douglas MD500 helicopter, to replace its fleet of Agusta-Bell 206s. At one stage, it looked as though Agusta would have to build the MD500N, after ...
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Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 earns wings
Lockheed Martin attached the Boeing-supplied wing to the fuselage of the first F-22 in late November. The wing, flown from Seattle to the Marietta, Georgia, final-assembly line, proved to be a "slip fit", says Lockheed Martin. The empennage and engine inlets remain to be installed and the aircraft is expected ...
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P&W wins huge Asiana deal to power A330s and 777s
The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine family has been selected by Asiana Airlines of South Korea to power its future fleet of 48 Boeing 777s and Airbus A330s. Asiana opted for the PW4000 series after a campaign which largely revolved around price and the competing engine manufacturers' willingness ...
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Hopes fade for Fokker rescue
The wings have fallen off the Fokker/Samsung deal Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Fokker's administrators have called a halt to the Samsung rescue plan and admit that the chances of saving the bankrupt Dutch manufacturer are now "extremely small". The decision was taken after the South Korean ...
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Accidents force Czech air force to increase training
Czech's raise flight training hours The Czech air force is to increase flight training from 50h to 60h for front-line pilots, in the wake of several recent accidents. The increase in flying hours has been ordered by Miloslav Vyborny, the Czech Republic defence minister. The air ...
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Excel APU selected
Cessna Aircraft has selected AlliedSignal's new-generation RE100 auxiliary power-unit (APU) as an option for its Excel business jet. The 100kW (135shp) APU takes up 10% less volume than earlier-generation business-aircraft power units, and can be started and operated above 30,000ft (9,100m). The APU weighs almost 36kg - around ...
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Bellanca SkyRocket back on launch pad
AviaBellanca Aircraft hopes to certificate and manufacture a six-seat light aircraft first flown more than 20 years ago, but never produced. The single example of the Bellanca-designed SkyRocket II is expected to be flown this month, having been in storage since 1982. Reston, Virginia-based AviaBellanca plans to produce ...
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Malaysians plan to start manufacturing Eagle
Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM) will begin manufacturing its Eagle X-TS all-composite sports trainer at its Batu Berendam plant in Malacca, in February 1997. This decision follows the 13 November lifting of certification weight restrictions by Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), which is responsible for oversight ...
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MDH cuts helicopter prices to boost sales
McDonnell Douglas Helicopters (MDH) is to introduce aggressive price cuts to stimulate sales of its MD600N and MD902 after admitting that its prices "have been too high". The price of the eight-seat MD600N, which is expected to receive US Federal Aviation Administration certification by early December, is ...
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P&WC details tilt-rotor engine
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Pratt & Whitney Canada plans to certificate its PT6C-67A turboshaft in mid-2000 for the Bell Boeing 609 civil tilt-rotor, first deliveries of which are scheduled for 2001. "The main differences between this engine and other PT6 series will be in the oil system ...
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Atlantic sells Caravan conversions
Atlantic Aero has received certification for modifications developed to convert the Cessna Caravan single-turboprop utility aircraft from cargo to passenger configuration. The modifications are available in kit form, or can be installed by the Greensboro, North Carolina-based company. The basic passenger conversion kit allows the Caravan to be ...
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Robin updates its Regent four-seater in bid to bolster sales
Julian Moxon/Paris French light aircraft manufacturer Avions Pierre Robin is working on an improved version of its DR400 Regent four-seater in a bid to strengthen sales of the type. "We want to continue making these aircraft," says Robin president Jean-Paul Pellissier of the all-wood DR400. "It ...
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Trimble/AirCell top avionics news at NBAA show
Trimble Navigation launched the TrimConnect 3100 flight-telephone system for corporate aircraft at the US National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) convention in Orlando, Florida, in late November. The system is the first product for which AirCell's US telecommunications network is used, which employs cellular-telephone technology. Trimble says that the ...
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Iran and China negotiate FB-7/F-8IIM fighter deal
Iran is considering the purchase of the Chinese Xian FB-7 strike aircraft, the Shenyang F-8IIM and Chengdu F-7 fighters, as part of a multi-billion dollar arms deal it is negotiating with Beijing. Talks between Beijing and Tehran to cement the $4.5 billion deal have been progressing for several ...
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Tu-144 TEST
The Tupolev Tu-144LL (RA-77114), reactivated for joint US-Russian supersonic test flights, was scheduled to have its first flight on 29 November from the Zhukovsky flight test centre near Moscow. The aircraft (RA-77114) has been restored to flying condition after some ten years in storage. The aircraft will undertake around six ...