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GE90-powered 777 is given ETOPS approval
Boeing has received 180min extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) approval for the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 from the US Federal Aviation Administration. British Airways plans to begin ETOPS service with the 777 in late October, on transatlantic services from London to Boston. ETOPS approval of the "A-market" 777-200 ...
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Kiwi files for Chapter 11 as ValuJet resumes flights
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Kiwi International Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming rising debts and the fall-out from the ValuJet crash and the grounding of Kiwi aircraft. Ironically, the filing took place on 30 September, the day that ValuJet returned to the air and at ...
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Taiwan patriot
Taiwan plans to deploy the first three batteries of modified Raytheon Patriot PAC-2 Plus air-defence missile systems at the end of 1999, says the country's defence minister Chiang Chung-ling. Taiwan also plans to take delivery of its first Stinger-based Boeing Avenger missile system the same year. Source: Flight ...
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E-8 JSTARS needs improvement, say USAF evaluators
Northrop Grumman's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) requires "significant improvements" to meet its performance requirements, says a US Air Force test report. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has approved production of 19 JSTARS aircraft despite an operational-evaluation report, which is critical of the system's capability (Flight ...
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Firm sale
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has finalised its purchase of eight Airbus Industrie A320s and four A321s (Flight International, 19-25 June, P6). The deal calls for the first delivery in January 1998 and includes options for a further 12 aircraft. SALE is expected to make its engine selection shortly, choosing ...
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Honeywell talks to Lockheed Martin about APALS involvement
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HONEYWELL IS IN talks about becoming involved in Lockheed Martin's Autonomous Precision Approach and Landing System (APALS). The US avionics company confirms: "There have been talks, and we are certainly kicking it around." The discussions are led by Honeywell's Business and Aviation Systems ...
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WestJet back
Transport Canada has lifted the impending suspension of WestJet Airlines after the low-cost carrier appointed a person responsible for maintenance, and implemented an approved maintenance system. Calgary-based Westjet grounded its four Boeing 737s in September when Transport Canada found maintenance violations. Source: Flight International
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Racal sells DVORs
Racal has announced orders for its newly launched MkIII Doppler VHF omni-directional ranging (DVOR) equipment with sales of single systems for Kuala Lumpur's Sepang International Airport and another Malaysian customer; Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands; Sïo Paolo and Seira De Mar in Brazil; Praslin in the Seychelles; and ...
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Germany orders seven Super Lynx
The German Government is to buy seven GKN Westland Super Lynx helicopters for the German navy. Final contract signing is expected by the middle of October. The new helicopters will be designated Super Lynx Mk88As, and will serve alongside 17 Sea Lynx Mk 88s. According to the German ...
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In the swim at Ghelendjik
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The already crowded international calendar of air shows has received another addition - and Beriev has rolled out its Be-200 twin-turbofan amphibian from the IAPO factory in Irkutsk, even though the aircraft is probably six months away from a first flight. Originally, the multi-role ...
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Rockwell consolidates Collins avionics business
Rockwell has brought together its Collins avionics and communications businesses into a single business unit, in a re-organisation, which follows the sale of the remainder of the group's aerospace interests to Boeing. The two Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based units, Collins Commercial Avionics and Collins Avionics & Communications, together with ...
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FBS wins UK training
THE FR Aviation, Bristow, Serco (FBS) team has won a ú400 million ($625 million) contract to run the ab initio helicopter flying training for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the next 15 years. Shorts and Bond teamed with Hunting were also competing for the business. The ...
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Phoenix fix boosts GEC plans
Douglas Barrie/LONDON GEC and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) are in talks over potential teaming arrangements covering future unmanned- air-vehicle (UAV) projects. GEC's long-term plans to meet UAV requirements received a fillip with the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) decision to proceed with the ú250 million ($390 ...
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Damage fears resurface with RAF Tornado F3 crash
Douglas Barrie/LONDON The crash of a Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado F3 is again raising concerns as to the extent to, which a group of aircraft was inadvertently seriously damaged by contractor Airwork during maintenance on the aircraft. The Tornado was being flown by British Aerospace ...
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Lyulka Saturn
Lyulka Saturn has developed a thrust-vectoring version of the AL-31F engine that powers the Sukhoi Su-27. Designated AL-37F, a pair of the power plants have been fitted to a modified Su-27M, dubbed the Su-37 by the design bureau. The AL-37F has thrust-vectoring in pitch only, although the bureau ...
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NTSB proposes more 737 rudder system changes
Boeing will have to revise the design of 737 rudder control system components, develop a cockpit display showing rudder position, and establish service life limits for certain rudder control parts if several proposals under study by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are made compulsory. The aim is to ...
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GE expands with overhaul buys in Malaysia/Brazil
General Electric is forging ahead with international expansion of its growing engine overhaul business, with deals agreed in the last few days to take controlling stakes in the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) engine- overhaul unit and Brazil's CELMA repair centre. Under an agreement understood to have been signed between ...
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DASA and Bonn lock horns over Eurofighter cash
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is at loggerheads with the German defence ministry over Euro-fighter funding, as the deadline looms for the presentation to parliament of the 1997 defence budget. There is still no funding allocated to Euro-fighter production investment in the draft budget, with the cash-strapped ministry hoping to ...
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'Mechanical problem' confused crew of crashed Aero Peru 757
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON A possible flight-instrument or air-data-computer problem is likely to be the initial focus of the investigation into the 2 October loss of an Aero Peru Boeing 757, which crashed into the Pacific Ocean killing all 70 people on board. Peruvian transport minister Elsa Carrera de Escalante ...
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V-22 team proposes rate increase
The Bell Boeing joint venture has proposed to the US Department of Defense that it could save $9 billion over the life of the V-22 Osprey programme if it were allowed to accelerate production of the tilt-rotor aircraft. At present, the joint venture will deliver 425 MV-22Bs to ...