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Airbus expects more United orders
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE says that it believes it is "very well placed" to win further orders for narrowbody aircraft from United Airlines following the airline's choice of the 126-seat A319 to replace its Boeing 737-200s. The consortium beat tough competition from Boeing, offering its next-generation 737, to further consolidate ...
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American breaks new ground with warning system
AMERICAN AIRLINES, which suffered a Boeing 757 controlled-flight-into-terrain accident in December 1995 near Cali, Colombia, is the launch customer for AlliedSignal Aerospace's new enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS). The system is expected to be awarded US Federal Aviation Administration certification in October. The US carrier has placed a $20 million ...
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Lightweight helmet unveiled for F-22
HELMET INTEGRATED SYSTEMS HAS unveiled a new lightweight helmet developed for the US Air Force's Lockheed/Boeing F-22 fighter. The UK company has been working on the Alpha HGU-86/P for several years following award of a contract from Boeing. The helmet is undergoing integration trials with USAF fighter-aircraft oxygen-mask systems. The ...
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GPS retrofit
Rockwell's Collins Commercial Avionics is to supply its Multi-Mode Global Navigation Landing Unit for retrofit into Airbus A300 B2 and B4 fleets. Deliveries to Airbus will begin later this year, with certification expected early in 1997. Up to 100 aircraft will receive the Collins system, which is a combined global-positioning ...
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Trent 900 launch
Rolls-Royce has formally launched its Trent 900 project, to produce a 356kN (80,000lb)-class turbofan which could power future versions of the Boeing 747, and Airbus Industrie's proposed A3XX. The first Trent 900 core engine will be run in January 1998, and the first full development engine in September 1998. The ...
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ValuJet take-off
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration reinstated ValuJet's air-carrier operating privileges on 29 August, allowing the grounded US low-cost carrier to resume flight operations as early as 4 September. ValuJet successfully completed a series of "proving runs" for FAA inspectors in late August, and the US Department of Transportation ...
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FLS launches cargo-conversion project
FLS Aerospace has received its first contract for the conversion of a Boeing 727 to cargo configuration, launching its participation in this market. The Stansted, UK-based aircraft-maintenance company has received a contract from Dublin-based aircraft-management/leasing company European Capital/ Naabi, for the conversion of an ex-Continental Airlines Boeing 727-200 ...
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Regional converts EMB-145 options
Regional Airlines has converted options on two Embraer EMB-145 regional jets into firm orders, and taken options on an additional five aircraft - the deal brings firm orders for the type to 26. Certification is scheduled for later this year. The French carrier, which already has three EMB-145s on firm ...
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A bridge too far?
EUROPE'S AEROSPACE leaders face a critical set of challenges as they try to establish a structure for their industry in the 21st century. Unusually for a major industry, there is already a very good (US) road map showing them how their restructuring should be achieved - but it appears that ...
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Russian directory
A new, official directory, covering the civil aviation industry in Russia and the CIS, is to be launched at the Farnborough air show. The directory, which is a joint venture between Flight International and CIS Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK), gives a wealth of contact details for airlines, airports, official bodies ...
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U-2 is among ASTOR bids for the RAF
AT LEAST FOUR separate bids are expected to be lodged at the UK Ministry of Defence to meet the Royal Air Force's UK Airborne Stand Off Radar (ASTOR) requirement. Teams led by Raytheon E-Systems and Lockheed Martin have recently concluded MoD-funded project-definition studies and will submit costed ...
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Dowty rings up orders
Dowty Aerospace has won two contracts worth a combined $25 million, covering the supply of engine rings for CFM International CFM56, General Electric CF-6 and Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines. The first is a four-year contract from Norsk Jetmotor, a CFM56 subcontractor, for the production of rolled rings for low-pressure ...
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ATA retrenches
American Trans Air (ATA) will stop offering flights from Boston soon, in the face of stiff competition. As a result, the US carrier is cancelling leases on five Boeing 757-200s, which will be returned to lessors by the end of November. It is phasing out scheduled services between Boston and ...
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New Munich Airport is 'too small'
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA IS WARNING that it will soon encounter shortages of terminal capacity at Munich Airport, just a year after declaring its intention to turn the new airport into a major hub. "We have one problem in Munich: the airport is too small," says Christoph ...
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Rapid launch
NASA's Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer was launched into a 3,150 x 4,180km, 83¡, orbit by an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL booster on 21 August. It was the third successful flight (out of five attempts) of the air-launched XL booster. The original Pegasus booster had eight flights, with six fully successful ...
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Aerospace top 100 notes
THE RANKING of Top 100 world aerospace companies has been compiled by Booz-Allen & Hamilton, the international consultancy, in conjunction with Flight International. Inevitably, some companies which would have appeared among the Top 100 have been omitted for lack of sufficient data. Some of these have been listed separately under ...
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Does the RAF need the Harrier?
Sir - The British Aerospace Harrier, featured in the UK BBC national television programme Defence of the realm on 22 August, has been part of the Royal Air Force inventory for 30 years or more. The question which must surely be asked is why the RAF has operated ...
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Transcaribe accident
The de Havilland Canada Twin Otter which crashed at Playa del Carmen, Yucatan, Mexico (Flight International, 14-20 August, P14), was owned by TransCaribe Airlines, not by AeroCaribe as reported. Source: Flight International
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CSC
COMPUTER SCIENCES Corporation (CSC) provides clients with a range of information-technology services. These cover systems development and integration; business re-engineering and management consultancy; and systems operations and outsourcing. The company has been quietly operating behind the scenes, supporting the international aerospace industry, for nearly four decades. Current clients ...
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The answers to RNZAF dilemma
The answers to RNZAF dilemma Sir - Having read the article on Royal New Zealand Air Force training "Forward thrust" (Flight International, 24-30 July, P27), I have to say that RNZAF training is going nowhere fast. Your article reflects an appalling state of affairs. Air Vice-Marshal ...