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BR710 gets US ticket
BMW Rolls-Royce has received US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the BR710-48 engine powering the Gulfstream V long-range business jet. European Joint Aviation Authorities approval was granted on 14 August. The 65kN (14,750lb)-thrust BR710-48 is undergoing flight testing on four GVs, and the first flight of the BR710-powered ...
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Beriev introduces Be-103 prototype
The first prototype Beriev Be-103 amphibian was scheduled for its debut at an air show in Gelendzhik, Russia, in late September. The five-passenger piston twin has been manufactured at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft factory in Siberia, better known for producing the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter. Komsomolsk-on-Amur plans to build two ...
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JAL returns to Thomson Training fold with 767 machine
JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) has ordered a Boeing 767-300 full-flight simulator from Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS). The Level D machine will be delivered to JAL's Haneda Airport, Tokyo, training centre in late 1997, along with a desktop flight-management-system trainer produced by TTS. The sales, is welcome news for ...
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Military coup
Reflectone has received a five-year, $5 million (£3.5 million) US Navy contract, to operate and maintain Boeing CH-46 and Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter simulators, at three Marine Corps bases and a five-year $2 million US Air Force contract, to continue providing academic and simulator training for Grumman EF-111 crews, at Cannon ...
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Chinese training
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has begun training Chinese air-traffic controllers at its Daytona Beach, Florida, campus following a successful pilot programme sponsored by Delta Airlines. English-language and technical training for more than 100 controllers is being sponsored by FedEx, United and other US airlines in return for over-flight rights. ...
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Thai orbit
Orbit Flight Training has reached an agreement to operate the new Aero International (Regional) and Thai Airways International's ATR simulator training centre in Bangkok, Thailand. The centre is scheduled to open at the end of 1996 equipped with a single ATR 42/72 full flight simulator, supplied by Orbit's parent, Thomson ...
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IDF simulator bound for Taichung
Aero Industry Development Centre (AIDC) of Taiwan is scheduled to deliver its first Ching-Kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF) simulator to the Taiwan air force in early 1997. The simulator is understood to incorporate a 7.3m (24ft) partial dome system, a 180¡x60¡ display and ESIG-3000 image generator from Evans & Sutherland. ...
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FSI gets UK approval
FLIGHTSAFETY International's (FSI) Vero Beach, Florida-based Flight Academy has received UK Civil Aviation Authority approval of its fully integrated pilot-training programme based on Civil Aviation Publication (CAP) 509. The move allows FSI to expand its existing CAA-approval for training modules into an ab initio programme. UK flight schools ...
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MDC angles for F-15E service extension
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) says that a soon-to-be-completed study for the US Air Force will show that the F-15E Strike Eagle's service life, which is certified for 8,000 flight hours, can be extended to 12,000h. A second evaluation is expected to show that the F-15C/D's life can also be lengthened. Retirement ...
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BGT scores two successes with IRIS-T missile seeker test engagements
GERMAN MISSILE house Bodenseewerk Geratetechnik has carried out two test engagements of its IRIS-T imaging-infra-red (IIR) seeker and guidance system at high off bore-sight angles of engagement. In both cases, the target drone was hit. The IRIS-T IIR seeker and guidance subsystems were married to an AIM-9 Sidewinder ...
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IPTN teams with Hawker on RAAF Caribou replacement
IPTN HAS signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hawker Pacific, Honeywell, and its Canberra-based Australian representative Aerospace Technical Services (ATS), to work on the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) de Havilland Caribou replacement, Project Air 5109. The Indonesian manufacturer will be offering an upgraded version of its ...
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Myanmar leases A320s in face of US trade-sanctions threat
Myanmar Airways International is to acquire Airbus A320s on lease, in the face of threatened US Government trade sanctions being imposed against Myanmar's Yangon regime. The three-year-old joint venture (with Singapore) carrier is understood to be finalising a five-year operating lease with Airbus Industrie for two International Aero ...
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Ansett report slams 'business before safety' attitude
AUSTRALIA'S Civil Aviation Authority has been accused of putting commercial considerations before airline safety in a Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI) accident report. BASI has slammed "organisational factors" in Ansett Airlines and the (then) CAA in its report of an Ansett Boeing 747-300 landing accident at Sydney on 10 ...
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Codeshare deals
Reno Air has signed a code-share agreement, with regional carrier American Eagle, providing connecting Saab 340 service, beginning 15 October between Los Angeles and ten destinations, in California and Nevada. Continental Airlines has also begun code-sharing with Airlines of Britain Group carrier Business Air on flights between New York Newark ...
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Yangon domestic
Myanmar's latest start-up carrier, Yangon Airways, plans to begin domestic services shortly. The airline has concluded a ten-year operating lease for two ATR 72s, the first of which is due for delivery in early October. Source: Flight International
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Plans to prolong F28's life gather momentum
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A group of US engineering consultants is discussing the possibility of re-engineing the Fokker F28, to extend the twinjet's operational life with a quieter and more fuel-efficient turbofan. The modification is being offered as an interim solution to meeting stricter airport noise regulations, until new 70-seat ...
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Airline news
British Airways is adding Barcelona, Helsinki, Lisbon and Glasgow to its London/ Gatwick network. GB Airways will operate on behalf of BA from Gatwick to Faro, Malaga and Oporto. BA is also extending its non-smoking trials from January 1997 to cover 90 per cent of its system-wide seats, ...
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Appointments
Singapore Airlines has appointed managing director Dr Cheong Choong Kong as deputy chairman and chief executive officer. Edmund Cheng, Lim Chee Onn and Tjong Yik Min are to join SIA's board, while Lim Chin Beng and Ngiam Tong Dow are to retire from the board. Air France's director ...
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Suppliers
Dallas Airmotive is expanding in Europe with the acquisition of the engine services division of Anglo American Airmotive. The newly formed alliance between GE Aircraft Engines and Pratt & Whitney is to develop the first member of its GP7000 family of engines, the GP7176, for the proposed B747-500X/-600X ...