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Raytheon marks Bonanza's 50th anniversary
Raytheon Aircraft has completed a customised Beech Bonanza to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its piston single, which has been in continuous production since 1947 - with total sales nearing 17,400 aircraft. The Bonanza B36TC has a special interior and extensive options, including AlliedSignal Bendix/King KFC-150 autopilot, KLN-90B global-positioning system ...
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Irish Police receive Defender
Pilatus Britten-Norman (PBN) has delivered the first production version of the BN2T-4S Defender 4000 to the Irish Police. The aircraft is an enlarged variant of the BN2T turbine Islander/Defender, offering increased range, higher payload and a larger cabin area. PBN is scheduled to deliver its second Rolls-Royce Allison 250-B17F-powered Defender ...
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Eurocopter leads rush into Russian helicopter market
Andrzej Jeziorski/MOSCOW Eurocopter has signed a further contract with the Russian emergencies ministry EMERCOM for one twin-turboshaft BK117, while USrival Bell is examining possible co-operative agreements to break into the Russian market. The Franco-German company already has a toe-hold in Russia with EMERCOM's current fleet of ...
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Atlantic investors plan fixed-based expansion
USAVIATION-SERVICE company Atlantic Aviation has agreed to be acquired by the Legg Mason investment fund in a move designed to provide the backing for ambitious expansion plans. The company, which employs about 500 people at five US fixed-base operations (FBOs) and a business-aircraft maintenance and modification base at ...
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Hartzell issues propeller order
Hartzell Propeller has issued a service bulletin requiring repetitive inspection of propellers fitted to "hundreds" of Beech, Cessna, Navion, Piper and Twin Commander aircraft manufactured in the 1950s and 1960s. The bulletin affects two- and three-bladed steel-hub units. Hartzell says that service bulletin 217 is a result of ...
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Israviation is faced with receivership
Troubled business aircraft manufacturer Israviation may be placed in receivership following the decision by its main Swiss investor to pull out of the ST-50 five-seat pusher-turboprop executive jet programme. According to Israviation president Stephane Juffa, the unnamed investor's decision to withdraw was "because of the situation in northern ...
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Lufthansa offers interiors for Airbus and Boeing business jets
Andrzej Jeziorski/MunichGraham Warwick/Atlanta Lufthansa Technik (LHT) is offering modular interior packages for both the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), a derivative of the Boeing 737-700, and the Airbus A319 Corporate Jet, which will allow an aircraft operator to mix and match an individual aircraft for a variety of roles. ...
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New Swiss centre
Signature Flight Support and Zimex Aviation officially inaugurated their joint business-aviation centre and flight-support operation at Zurich Airport, Switzerland on 22 August. The centre, which includes a 2,415m2 (26,000ft2) maintenance hangar, is intended to offer support for every type of business aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Vantage debut
VisionAire plans to display the proof-of-concept prototype of its Vantage single-turbofan business jet at the US National Business Aviation Association show in Dallas, Texas, on 22-25 September. Some 55 flights, totalling 100h, have been completed at Scaled Composites in Mojave, California. The aircraft is to be based from October at ...
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UK begins search for Royal replacements
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released an invitation to tender for two helicopters for the Royal Flight. The leased aircraft will replace two Westland Wessex which have been in service for more than 30 years. Tenders have been issued to UK-based helicopter operators, including Air Hanson, ...
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USNavy sinks Adour plan
Plans to transfer assembly of Rolls-Royce Turboméca Adour 871 (F405) engines to R-R's US subsidiary Allison Engine have been suspended after the US Navy killed the effort by calling it "unnecessarily risky". The decision comes as a blow to Allison, which has been working on the transfer plan ...
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Boeing fights to stay on schedule
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES Boeing is temporarily transferring "several hundred" assembly workers from the 767 line to the adjacent 747 line as part of an effort to stave off impending delivery delays, which may result in the late handover of at least one of each model this year. ...
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LTU issues challenge to German Britannia
LTUTouristik, a conglomerate of tour operators belonging to the LTU Group, has issued a legal challenge to the establishment of Britannia Airways' new German subsidiary. LTU has taken out an injunction in a Hamburg court against Britannia's Munich-based partner, tour operator Frosch Touristik International (FTI), after the company ...
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easyJet considers new 737 and A320 in fleet-expansion plans
easyJet has expanded its plans for the acquisition of new Boeing 737s, and is now considering the Next Generation -700, as well as an offer of A320s from Airbus. The company is in final negotiations and says that a firm order should be placed soon. The Luton, UK-based ...
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Japan Airlines sells DC-10-40 fleet to Omega-led consortium
Paul Lewis/SINGAPOREMax Kingsley-Jones/LONDON An Omega Air-led consortium has reached an agreement to purchase Japan Airlines' (JAL) entire fleet of 20 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40s, for sale or lease and possible conversion into freighters. NI Aircraft Leasing, a subsidiary of Japan's Nissho Iwai, has acquired the rights to ...
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Klimov holds MiG-29 engine talks in Iran
Russian engine design bureau Klimov is in negotiations with Iran for a licence-production agreement for its RD-33 engine, which powers the MAPO MIG MiG-29 Fulcrum. Senior officials from MAPO MIG, of which Klimov now forms a part, confirm that "an RD-33 engine licence-manufacturing agreement in Iran" is being ...
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Power is restored to Mir-Kristall module
Electrical power has been restored to the Kristall module aboard the Mir space station following a successful internal spacewalk by cosmonauts on 22 August. Anatoli Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov reconnected the electrical cables leading from the solar panels of the crippled, depressurised Spektr module to the main power system on ...
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World 'ignores' life-saving equipment
The Korean Air (KAL) Boeing 747-300 fatal crash at Guam on 6 August has highlighted the need for use of minimum safe-altitude warning (MSAW) systems at airports worldwide, says the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF). There was a fault in the Guam MSAW software when KAL's 747 hit a ...
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SASCommuter confirms selection of 15 Dash-8 400s
SASCOMMUTER confirms that it plans to sign a $350 million deal for 15 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400 turboprops, plus 18 options, representing the largest single order to date for the Canadian manufacturer's new high-speed 70-seat aircraft. The Dash 8-400 selection will fill a gap between the mainline ...
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Swissair and Lufthansa study 747 replacements
Airbus could land two more prestige customers for its A340-600 later this year, as Swissair and Lufthansa examine the aircraft to replace their Boeing 747 "Classic" ßeets. Swissair says that it expects to make a decision on the long-term future of its 747-300 ßeet by the year-end. The Ìve aircraft ...