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...as Poland forms consortium to focus on offset efforts
POLISH INDUSTRY has formed an aviation consortium to co-ordinate negotiations for an industrial-offset package for the Polish air force's multi-role-fighter requirement. The consortium, established in August, consists of all seven major airframe and engine manufacturers in Poland - PZL's Hydral, Kalisz, Mielec, Rzeszow, Swidnik, Warszawa-Okecie and Warszawa II ...
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Bell rings up sales for 427s during show
BELL HELICOPTER Textron won firm orders for 22 Model 427 light twin-turbine helicopters during the Farnborough air show. Orders for the eight-seat helicopter were placed by 11 Pacific Rim customers, seven European, three Middle Eastern and one from the USA. "These firm orders for a helicopter ...
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Hornet build-up
McDonnell Douglas has flown the fifth F-18E/F. Aircraft E5, a single-seater, is the first of two avionics and weapon-system testbeds in the seven-aircraft flight-test programme. Source: Flight International
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MDHS transfers civil training to UND
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA UND AEROSPACE is to provide all factory-authorised flight and maintenance training for McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems' (MDHS) civil aircraft. UND has ordered an MD500E, MD600N and MD Explorer from MDHS for use in the programme, and the aviation-education arm of the University of North Dakota will ...
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Clinton wants to tax business aviation
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A TAX ON BUSINESS-aircraft operations, proposed by US President Bill Clinton to pay for a national literacy programme, is being described by the US National Air Transportation Association (NATA) as "a serious threat to the viability of corporate aviation". The US National Business Aircraft Association and ...
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Falcon retrofit
The first retrofit of a Dassault Falcon 50 business jet with Rockwell-Collins Pro Line 4 integrated avionics developed for the improved Falcon 50EX is now under way, and is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1996. Rockwell-Collins says that some 160 Falcon 50s, have been targeted for ...
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Cruise missiles miss Iraqi targets
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NEARLY ONE QUARTER of the 44 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles (TLAMs) and Boeing AGM-86C conventional air-launched cruise missiles (CALCMs) launched at Iraqi targets during raids on 3 September failed to strike their intended targets, says the US Department of Defense. Thirty-one Tomahawks and ...
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US GAO fears tanker-aircraft shortfall
ALTHOUGH US military refuelling-aircraft meet current needs, satisfying future requirements may be difficult, concludes a recent US General Accounting Office (GAO) report. The US Department of Defense operates almost 900 tanker aircraft, including 550 Boeing KC-135s and 60 McDonnell Douglas KC-10s, which also have a cargo role. The ...
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MDC reveals KC-17 cargo/tanker details
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has unveiled details of proposed KC-17 cargo/tanker versions of its C-17 transport, which could form the bulk of as many as 50 aircraft predicted as potential foreign military sales. Details of the aircraft configuration were given to senior British Army ...
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C-130 teaming
Lockheed Martin has teamed with France's Sogerma-Socea to offer auxiliary-power-unit/air-conditioning upgrade kits for the C-130/L-100 Hercules and secure satellite-communication equipment for the C-130, C-141 Starlifter and C-5 Galaxy. Source: Flight International
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Faster future
Dornier's aircraft range faces changes. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE 30-SEAT DORNIER 328 turboprop, which was first flown in December 1991, has always been a problem for its manufacturer, Oberpfaffenhofen-based Dornier Luftfahrt. While its performance, compared with that of its rivals, is impressive, the 328's 335kt ...
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FMS certification
The Universal Avionics Systems UNS-1Csp flight-management system (FMS) has received US Federal Aviation Administration certification on Cessna's Citation Ultra business jet. The FMS houses a 12-channel global-positioning system and is an all-digital interface "special-package" version of the UNS-1C FMS. Source: Flight International
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Russia approves the TPE331 for An-38 use
Russia approves the TPE331 for An-38 use THE RUSSIAN Interstate Registry's Aviation Committee has approved the AlliedSignal TPE331-14GR/HR turbo- prop for the Antonov An-38, clearing the way for certification of the 26-passenger twin-turboprop with the US engine in early 1997. The An-38 is undergoing certification test-flights ...
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MDC sets October date for MD-XX
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) hopes to begin offering its MD-XX, the MD-11 tri-jet derivative, to airlines as early as October and "-will launch as soon as possible after that, probably in early 1997", says Walt Orlowski, MDC vice-president and general manager of the programme. ...
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New Pan American poised for take-off
THE NEW PAN American World Airways is awaiting final US Department of Transportation (DoT) approval to start low-cost, long-haul scheduled services. On 20 August, the resurrected Pan Am gained tentative approval, but interested parties were given 15 days to comment on the DoT's decision to let the carrier begin services. ...
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Clinton stakes claim for security money
David Learmount/LONDON MASSIVE FUNDING for higher levels of security at US airports has been demanded by US President Bill Clinton, following initial recommendations from Vice-President Al Gore's Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. The US Federal Aviation Administration has to implement the recommendations. Demanding that Congress ...
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Defence strength lifts BAe
A SOLID performance in the defence sector and increasing demand for Airbus wings helped British Aerospace to a first-half pre-tax profit of £215 million ($333 million), up by 38% on a year ago. The loss-making Commercial Aerospace business continued to be adversely affected by the poor performance of ...
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Alitalia urges Air Europe
ALITALIA IS PUSHING for the charter operations of Air Europe Italy and Eurofly to be merged into a single airline, in an effort to prevent a damaging fare war between the two carriers. The move has been prompted by Eurofly's plans to enter long-range charter markets served by ...
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Saab sounds out potential partners for new regional
Andrzej Jeziorski/LINKOPING SWEDISH REGIONAL-turboprop manufacturer Saab Aircraft is in the early stages of talks to find a partner for a successor programme to its current range, the 35-seat Saab 340 and the 50-seat Saab 2000. According to Saab Aircraft president Hans Kr_ger, the company aims to ...
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BAe's plans for STN Atlas purchase falter
THE GERMAN DEFENCE ministry has blocked an attempt by British Aerospace to form an Anglo-German consortium to buy German defence-electronics company STN Atlas. BAe was hoping to team up with Daimler-Benz Aerospace for a joint bid, until the ministry intervened, saying that it wanted the company to go ...