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Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines
First flight of the PW4090-powered version of the Boeing 777-200IGW is expected to take place by the end of October. The PW4090 is the first growth version of the baseline PW4084, and was certificated by the US Federal Aviation Administration in June 1996, rated at 400kN. Initial deliveries of PW4090-powered ...
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Povazske Strojarne Aero Engine Division
Povazske Strojarne Aero Engine Division manufactures the DV-2, a small military turbofan designed to replace the Al-25TL as the power plant for the Aero Vodochody L-59 trainer. The engine, which has a fan diameter of 645mm, has also been selected to power the Yakovlev/Aermacchi Yak-130 advanced jet trainer. ...
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Microprobes to Mars
Two 2kg microprobes will be flown as part of the second NASA New Millennium mission in 1998, riding piggyback on the Mars Surveyor Lander. They will penetrate the surface on impact and return some basic data, validating technologies which can be applied to later missions to Mars in ...
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SimuFlite
SimuFlite Training International has promoted Jimmy Staggs from senior manager, training services, to director, training services. Staggs has been with the company since 1985, serving previously as Citation programme manager, oversees instructor training, quality assurance and scheduling. Thomas Stelter from senior manager, engineering and technical operations to director, engineering. Stelter, ...
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Re-site the wings on the A3XX
Sir - I support Noel Falconer's plea (Flight International, 18 - 24 September, P49) for a revised wing location for the new Airbus A3XX proposal. I have given lectures to branches of the Royal Aeronautical Society, in which I presented a design for a shoulder-wing, 600-1,000 seat Global ...
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NASA picks contractors for GA engine R&D
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NASA's Lewis Research Center has selected Williams International and Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) to develop powerplant technology for next-generation light aircraft. Williams International and NASA will share equally the cost of developing an advanced turbine engine as part of NASA's General Aviation Propulsion ...
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Recorder retrieval: technology exists
Sir - In response to the letter "Make recorders easier to recover" (Flight International, 11-17 September, P60), I would point out that there have been automatically deployable flight-data/cockpit-voice recorders on the market for more than 25 years. They have been fitted to every type of airframe - from ...
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Hong Kong's CAA is independent
Sir - While acknowledging the past help and advice received over the years from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, I should like to make it absolutely clear that the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department is by no means an offshoot of the UK CAA as reported (Flight International, 11-17 September). ...
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Experience in Indonesia is well worth while
Sir - In his letter "Looking at the priorities" (Flight International, 14-20 August, P40) Frans Verheijen aired his opinion on the Indonesian N250 project. It appears that Mr Verheijen now has a well-paid job in his native country (the Netherlands), thanks to invaluable experience gained in Indonesia, but ...
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ASTAAS closes down
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has shut down ASTA Aircraft Services (ASTAAS) after failing to find a buyer for the loss-making maintenance operation. ASTAAS, which employed around 450 people, was one of two units left over after the 1995 privatisation of the ASTA aerospace business in 1995. The other unit, ...
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Loral acquires AT&T Skynet Services
LORAL SPACE & Communications has agreed to buy AT&T's Skynet Satellite Services business for $712.5 million (£475 million) in cash. The deal includes AT&T's network of Telstar C- and Ku-band communications-satellites, and is Loral's first acquisition since the company disposed of its aerospace and defence businesses to Lockheed ...
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Hawaiian offer
Hawaiian Airlines reports that its August share offer has been fully taken up by investors, raising more than $39 million. President Bruce Noble says that the infusion of new cash is "the last element needed to complete the rebirth" of the 67-year-old airline. Source: Flight International
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Sabre sale
American Airlines parent AMR has set terms for the flotation of a stake in its Sabre computer-reservation-system subsidiary, which prices the sale at up to around $460 million. The public offering has been tentatively scheduled for October. Source: Flight International
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Daimler shuffle
The Daimler-Benz group is expected to announce a corporate reorganisation which could see control of subsidiaries centralised at its Stuttgart headquarters in Germany. Under such a scheme Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) would lose its independent board. According to unconfirmed reports in the press, another option would be to shift all responsibilities ...
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Airport growth
World airport passenger traffic grew 6.6% over the first half of the year, helped by the booming North American market, where numbers grew by more than 7%. Atlanta Hartsfield, boosted by the Georgia city's hosting of the Olympic Games in the summer, was the fastest- growing of all the major ...
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Aviall
Aviall has completed the divestment of non-core operations with the sale of its fastener-distribution business to Maple Leaf Aerospace. Aviall has progressively sold off its engine overhaul businesses to focus on parts distribution and inventory locator services. The unit is expected to become part of Maple Leaf's Tri-Star Aerospace manufacturing ...
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Samsung moves slowly over Fokker relaunch
Samsung Aerospace says that it needs to clear several major hurdles before it will be in position to reach an agreement with the receivers of Fokker and relaunch the bankrupt Dutch aircraft manufacturer. According to officials close to the negotiations, the continuing talks centre on reaching a series ...
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South African Airways puts 777 order on hold and considers options
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS (SAA) says that it has put its Boeing 777 contract on hold and is reviewing the order, which could see it reduced in size or switched to a lease rather than a purchase. SAA placed orders in December 1995 for four 777-200s and one Boeing ...
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Lufthansa airmotive
Lufthansa Technik is considering taking a majority stake in Airmotive Ireland, the Aer Lingus-owned engine-overhaul plant near Dublin. Aer Lingus admits that the transaction is "under review", but says that the deal requires boardroom approval from both companies. Source: Flight International
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Northrop Grumman gets E-8C approval
PRODUCTION OF 19 Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack RadarSystem (JSTARS) aircraft has been approved by the US Department of Defense (DoD), despite a last-minute bid by the Congressional General Accounting Office (GAO) to block full-rate production. Defence undersecretary Paul Kaminski approved production on 26 September, despite ...