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Boeing tests 747-X in UKDefence Agency windtunnel
BOEING IS CARRYING out aerodynamic testing of its proposed 747-500X/600X derivatives at the UK Defence Research Agency's low-speed windtunnel at Farnborough. The tests are primarily aimed at evaluating the performance of the new, larger wing design developed for the 747 growth models. More than 1,000h of wind/tunnel tests have already ...
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Boeing plans tail-strike safeguards for stretched 757
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is developing a series of design changes for the 757-300 to reduce the potentially greater risk of tail-strikes affecting the stretched aircraft. The -300 will be 7m longer than the current -200 production model and is almost exactly the same length as ...
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AI(R) seeks lease financing
PaulLewis/ZHUHAI AERO INTERNATIONAL (Regional) (AI(R)) is asking competing engine manufacturers to provide lease financing for the yet-to-be-launched AIR 70 regional jet, in exchange for being selected to supply the new aircraft's powerplant. The European consortium is asking the three rival engine suppliers to assist with up ...
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ValuJet fire tests begin
Federal air-safety investigators have attempted to re-create the fire which brought down a ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 on 11 May in Florida. Cardboard boxes of oxygen-generating canisters and inflated tyres were loaded into the cargo hold of a fuselage in an attempt to duplicate the accident. Some of the ...
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FSF launches final assault on 'killer' CFIT accident rate
David Learmount/DUBAI THE FLIGHT SAFETY Foundation (FSF) is this week launching the final phase of its attack on the airline industry's worst killer-accident category, controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), insisting that it intends to halve the annual number of CFIT accidents by 1998. Over the last ...
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Collision raises doubts on ATC routeings
Max kingsley-Jones/LONDON David Learmount/DUBAI The mid-air collision near New Delhi, India on 12 November between a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-100B and an Ilyushin Il-76 of Air Kazakhstan has raised concerns over the safety of Delhi's air-traffic-control (ATC) routeing system. It has also heightened concerns over language problems ...
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ModiLuft grounded by Lufthansa action
INDIAN DOMESTIC carrier ModiLuft has been effectively grounded following court action by Lufthansa, which is trying to repossess lease-expired aircraft. The case is the latest in a series of disputes which have arisen between Western aircraft lessors and private Indian carriers which have allegedly failed to meet their financial obligations. ...
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Vanguard retreats
Vanguard Airlines is ending service to four US cities "-in the first step in a process of building a more focused route strategy". The low-fare US carrier is dropping services to Cincinnati, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Seattle because the routes failed to produce acceptable results, says John Tague, Vanguard's ...
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China ties
The Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC), covering the formation of a Sino-UK Aerospace Equipment Working Group. Source: Flight International
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Seoul Air
Korean carrier Seoul Air International has asked us to point out that the decision taken to return three aircraft to UK manufacturer British Aerospace (Flight International, 28 August-3 September) was made by the operator, and not by the lessor as we reported. Source: Flight International
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In-flight Trent 700 failure forces Cathay A330 back to Saigon
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways is investigating the involuntary in-flight shutdown on 11 November of a Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine, which forced the crew of one of its Airbus A330-300s to return to Saigon shortly after take-off. The engine suffered a suspected internal gearbox failure as ...
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Austrian/Swissair take Ukraine stake
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES and Swissair have taken a combined 18% stake in Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), a Kiev-based carrier which serves 12 Western European cities with a fleet of three Boeing 737s. The two carriers have acquired the stake in profitable UIA through a joint holding company, 78%-owned by ...
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Bombardier disputes price of de Havilland
Bombardier is at odds with the Ontario Government over the price it should pay to buy out the Canadian province's 49% share in de Havilland. Bombardier and Ontario jointly spent C$100 million ($74 million) in 1992 to buy Toronto-based de Havilland from Boeing. The company has the option ...
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LOT expands fleet as traffic and profits grow
Andrjez Jeziorski/WARSAW LOT Polish Airlines expects passenger numbers to top 2 million this year, following solid growth so far in 1996, and plans for further expansion of the network in the remainder of the year. The airline's fleet has also been growing, and now numbers four ...
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EU promises finance for new Sabena fleet
THE EUROPEAN Union is to provide financing to Belgian flag carrier Sabena for the purchase of its fleet of 23 Avro RJ85s and RJ100s. An agreement covering payment of a first loan of BFr1.2 billion ($387 million) has been signed by Sabena's chief executive officer Paul Reutlinger and Rudolphe de ...
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Without authority
On the question of the status of the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and of Eurocontrol, the decision to fudge the issue of by making them "official international bodies" but not single European authorities will, like most similar compromises, do more to salve bureaucratic consciences than to solve European problems. ...
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Dutch air force takes delivery of AH-64As
Twelve McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apaches for the Royal Netherlands Air Force were delivered to Gilze Rijen AB, from Hanau in Germany, on 13 November. The helicopters are leased from the USA in preparation for the service entry in 1998 of the AH-64D, 30 of which were ordered in May 1995. ...
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-while US Army pursues anti-satellite weapon
As the US Air Force moves towards fielding an airborne laser designed to destroy theatre ballistic missiles, the US Army is working on a weapon able to knock out enemy reconnaissance and communications satellites. The anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon being developed by Rockwell International's Rocketdyne Division for the US ...
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BAe's Hawk trainer chosen for RAAF's lead-in fighter project
AUSTRALIA HAS named British Aerospace, with its modified Hawk trainer, as the preferred tenderer for its new lead-in fighter (LIF) project . Although details of the final package have yet to be determined, around 32-38 aircraft will be bought. The first 12 will be built in the UK, ...
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First Swiss F-18 flies
A Swiss-built McDonnell Douglas F-18 was flown in October for the first time, from Swiss Aircraft and Systems' factory near Lucerne, where final assembly of the aircraft is being carried out. The Swiss air force is scheduled to take delivery of 34 F-18s between early 1997 and 1999. Two US-built ...