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US Federal Aviation Administration demands EMB-120 ice-detection
The US Federal Aviation Administration has proposed an airworthiness directive (AD) calling for the installation of ice-detection systems on the Embraer EMB-120 regional turboprop. The AD follows the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report into the crash of a Comair EMB-120RT in Michigan on 9 January, which ...
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Telephonics
Samuel Evans has been appointed as vice-president of Washington operations at US information and communications-systems supplier Telephonics of Farmdale, New York. Source: Flight International
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Affordable start
Remarkably, Skyfox has been awarded the first certification for not one, but two aircraft under European/ Australian joint airworthiness regulations for very light aircraft (JAR/VLA). As a result of the certification of the tailwheel CA25 Impala, and its newer derivative, the nosewheel-equipped Skyfox Gazelle, the Queensland-based manufacturer is now promoting ...
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Will A3XX ever get off the ground?
Sir - M Newman, writing about the Airbus Industrie A3XX (Letters, Flight International, 2-8 April, P96), asks: "Will political chicanery and commercial advantage preclude [its] worldwide adoption?" Urging us to "-remember Concorde", he also asks: "-how many of these aircraft were expected to be sold worldwide?" ...
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Leisurely delivery schedule speeded up by Leisure
Leisure International Airways is to accelerate the delivery of its fleet of four Airbus A321-200s. The charter airline, owned by the Unijet travel group, received the first aircraft in May and started commercial services on 12 May. The original plan was to introduce the aircraft at the rate of one ...
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Jakarta ATC System
Hughes Aircraft International Airspace Management Systems has successfully completed factory and site-acceptance testing of the FAT 50 Jakarta automated air-traffic-control (ATC) system now being installed at Sokarno-Hatta International Airport. Successful integration and testing of the US contractors Guardian flight and radar-data processing system and advanced colour controller workstations leaves only ...
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New 737 studies set to be revealed
Boeing plans to reveal that it is studying three new versions of the next-generation 737 at the Paris air show in June. They are the -900X stretch, a commercial version of the Boeing Business Jet, dubbed the -700X, and a Quick Change freighter. The 737-900X, revealed exclusively in ...
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Premier enters Malaysian regional market with 146s
The latest in a long line of new Malaysian start-up carriers, Premier Air, plans to launch charter services in September, equipped with two British Aerospace 146 regional jets. Premier general manager Selva Kumar says that the privately backed airline has already been granted an air-operator's certificate by the ...
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RE220 order
AlliedSignal Aerospace's RE220(RJ) auxiliary power unit (APU) has been selected by Bombardier for the Canadair Regional Jet Series 700 in a deal valued potentially at more than $250 million over the projected life of the programme. The company beat competition from Auxiliary Power International, offering its APS2000. Source: ...
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Bouw goes as profits fall at KLM prompts cost cutting
KLM has launched a cost-reduction plan aimed at saving Dfl1 billion ($528 million) over the next three years. The move comes in the face of the Dutch airline announcing a 57% fall in net profits for 1996 and the resignation of chairman Pieter Bouw. In contrast, European rivals British Airways ...
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Mergers
++ Schlumberger has agreed the sale of its French-based Data Acquisition & Recorders Division (DAR) to Avicore, a UK company formed in 1996 to acquire W Vinten, the reconnaissance and electronic-countermeasures producer. The two operations are of roughly equal size, and together will boast a turnover of around £40 million ...
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SIA results hit by high costs and strong dollar
Rising costs and a strong Singapore dollar which weakened passenger yields undermined Singapore Airlines' (SIA) financial performance for the year ending 31 March. The lacklustre results included only a marginal profit rise of 0.6% and an increase in net profit to $1.032 billion ($714 million) from a revenue of $7.22 ...
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A friend in need
The Society of British Aerospace Companies wants the new UK Government to increase its "seedcorn" funding of the UK aerospace industry fivefold, to some £100 million ($150 million) a year. Over the next five years, that same industry will give the UK Government £100 million a year in repayments of ...
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Israel tests Fulcrums against its own fighters
Pictured above is one of three MAPOMiG-29 Fulcrums test flown by the Israeli air force against its own Lockheed Martin F-16 and McDonnell Douglas fighters. The aircraft were leased from an East European air force. The Fulcrums are thought to be late-production model A versions. Source: Flight International
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Boeing considers 737-700 cockpit for E-3 AWACS-
Boeing is studying the possibility of upgrading US Air Force E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) and other military Boeing 707-based aircraft with the advanced flightdeck developed for the next-generation 737-700. The option is one of 125 proposed upgrades of the E-3 being considered as part of ...
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UKmissile delay
The UK Ministry of Defence has, as expected, delayed a procurement decision on its future active-radar-guided missile for the Eurofighter EF2000, instead awarding two £5 million ($8.1 million) 12-month risk-reduction studies. Hughes and Matra BAe Dynamics will carry out the studies for the beyond- visual-range air-to-air missile. Hughes is offering ...
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Pieces of paper versus experience
Sir - The adverse comment by Thomas Dallas on Capt Raby's concern over the call for increased academic standards among pilots (Letters, Flight International, 7-13 May, P52) misses the point. It still remains true that exposure to the practical is the essence of the competent pilot. It may not be ...
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Pace
UK Cargo and passenger-airline general sales agency organisation Pace Airline Services, of Heathrow has won the British International Freight Association (BIFA) "Freight Service Award". Seen here (left to right) are Mark Reath, commercial manager; Pam Rawlins, sales director; Ann-Marie Geoghan, reservations clerk.; Mac Warner, Pace's founder and managing director; Ron ...
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Dowty
Mike Francis has been appointed president of TI Group member Dowty Aerospace Yakima, of Washington state, which specialises in high-technology hydraulic units and systems. He replaces Bill Wheeler, who is to retire. Francis was most recently managing director of Lucas Aerospace Flight Control Systems, based at Wolverhampton, UK. ...
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All Nippon
Kenzo Yoshikawa has been appointed president and chief executive of All Nippon Airways (ANA) of Japan. He succeeds Seiji Fukatsu, who will resign in June after four years. Yoshikawa is president of ANA Real Estate. Source: Flight International