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Bombardier aims to fly by wire
Graham Warwick/MONTREAL Bombardier is close to selecting a partner for a programme to demonstrate fly-by-wire flight-control technology for use in future business and regional aircraft. Four unidentified companies have been shortlisted for the role of prime vendor in the Canadian company's four-year active-control-technology (ACT) demonstration programme. ...
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Galaxy is the star as IAI rolls out business jet
Allan Winn/TEL AVIV GALAXY AEROSPACE rolled out its "super mid-size" Galaxy business jet on 4 September with the promise of orders and commitments covering the first two years' worth of production. The Israel Aircraft Industries/ Pritzker joint venture aims to fly the first aircraft in December, with Israeli ...
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Court sends receiver to run Israviation
Israviation has halted work on the ST-50 pusher-turboprop business aircraft, after an Israeli court appointed a receiver to manage the manufacturer's plant in northern Israel. Efforts are being made to find a new investor to replace the undisclosed Swiss company whose decision to pull out of the programme ...
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Jetcruzer 500P first flight is completed
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures' (AASI) Jetcruzer 500P business turboprop had its maiden fight on 22 August. The 500P, which is an upgraded, higher-speed version of the Jetcruzer 450, had a 45min flight from the US manufacturer's base at Long Beach, California. AASI plans to synchronise amended US Federal ...
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Aviall to stock props
Dallas, Texas-based aviation-parts distributor Aviall has signed a deal with McCauley Propeller Systems to stock and sell McCauley propellers around the world. Cessna Parts Distribution will retain sales responsibility for its network of Cessna Service Centers and join Aviall in supplying McCauley Service Centers. Source: Flight International
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Learjet 45
Bombardier Aerospace has received US Federal Aviation Authority provisional type certification for its $8 million Learjet 45 business jet. According to the Canadian manufacturer, final certification for the nine-seat, AlliedSignal TFE731-20 powered aircraft is expected "in the coming weeks". Source: Flight International
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Robin relaunches the R118 with four-seat upgrade
French general-aviation manufacturer Avions Pierre Robin is re-introducing an upgraded version of its four-seat R118 Aiglon, 17 years after production was halted. Dubbed the Aiglon II, the light aircraft will have minor modifications over the earlier design, although these have yet to be disclosed. Like its predecessor, the ...
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AlliedSignal solves problem of 'lean blowout'
The US Federal Aviation Administration has certificated new engine-control software for the AlliedSignal TFE731-60 which has been developed to correct an auto-ignition, or "lean blowout"-problem identified during early operations on the Dassault Falcon 900EX. Problems were first reported when Falcon 900EX operators experienced difficulty starting the -60 engine ...
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AI(R) holds talks on 70-seater plans
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R) is in last-minute talks with potential partners on its planned Airjet family of regional jets as it nears a decision on whether to go ahead with the 70-seat aircraft. Embraer, Saab and Aerostructures are all competing to supply the wing, although the US firm ...
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Kuwait is cleared to buy Longbow Apache
Kuwait is hoping to buy Boeing/McDonnell Douglas AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopters in a move which could sink efforts by Sikorsky Aircraft to provide the Gulf state with an armed version of the UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter. The US Department of Defense has formally notified Congress that Kuwait ...
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Boeing looks again at plans for NLA
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has restarted efforts which could lead to the rebirth of the New Large Airplane (NLA) concept, dropped in 1995 in favour of plans to develop the stretched, re-winged 747-500X/600X. One of the initiatives is aimed at creating "faster, cheaper", processes which would ...
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Airbus and Boeing benefit as ILFC orders new aircraft
International Lease Finance (ILFC) has placed orders for 126 new aircraft, shared almost equally between the Airbus Industrie consortium and Boeing. The orders from the world's largest aircraft-leasing company are for 61 Boeings, worth $4.5 billion, and 65 Airbuses, worth around $3.9 billion. ILFC has 112 airline customers ...
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MD-17 certification
Boeing has received an Organizational Designated Airworthiness Representative delegation from the Federal Aviation Administration as part of steps towards commercial type certification of the MD-17, a civil version of the C-17. This allows authorised employees to inspect parts on behalf of the FAA. Source: Flight International
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BA aims to fly Qantas 747-400s in stopover periods
British Airways is seeking clearance from the UK Civil Aviation Authority to allow its pilots and cabin crews to operate Qantas Boeing 747-400s on routes from London Heathrow Airport for an unlimited period. An application to the CAA from BA says that the approval is "-initially to facilitate ...
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Europe aims to keep pressure on USA over subsidies issue
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The European aerospace industry is considering calling for the cancellation of the 1992 transatlantic agreement on aircraft subsidies as one of its options to keep up pressure on the USA in the wake of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas (MDC) merger, say sources in Brussels. The ...
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STAe thinks again on AE31X
Paul Lewis/BEIJING Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) is having second thoughts about participating in the planned joint Sino-European AE31X aircraft programme because of financial and workshare uncertainties. According to industry sources, STAe has in recent weeks voiced reservations to partners Airbus Industries Asia (AIA) and Aviation Industries ...
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Boeing may install new cockpit on 767-400ER
Boeing is considering the introduction of a new cockpit on the recently launched 767-400ER, in a move which could result in existing versions of the 767, the 757 and, eventually, the 747-400, being updated. Air Transport Intelligence, the new Reed Aerospace on-line news service, says that a decision ...
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AlliedSignal reveals China manufacturing plans
AlliedSignal Aerospace is aiming to finalise the first of three planned manufacturing joint ventures with Chinese industry by October, strengthening its bid to participate in the Sino-European Airbus/Avic/Singapore Technologies AE31X programme. The first joint venture involves a partnership with China Aero Technology Import & Export (CATIC) to produce ...
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FADEC is replaced on Eurofighter engine
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Initial production-standard Eurojet EJ200 engines installed on the Italian DA3 Eurofighter EF2000 prototype have been fitted with a new full-authority digital engine-control (FADEC) system after the original unit was found to be overweight and unreliable. The engines are undergoing ground runs in Turin before ...
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Aid for Concorde
British Airways Engineering is testing an artificial-intelligence maintenance aid with the Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde's Rolls-Royce Olympus engines. Source: Flight International