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Investigators query Garuda DC-10 abort
INVESTIGATORS of the Garuda Indonesia Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 fatal runway overrun (Flight International, 19-25 June) are examining the captain's decision to abort the take-off following a No 3 engine failure, say sources close to the accident inquiry. The aircraft had been rotated for take-off. At that stage, ...
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Brunei FANS-1 upgrade is first on 'Classic' 747
Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE Brunei royal family has ordered the world's first Future Air Navigation System-1 (FANS-1) upgrade for a "Classic" Boeing 747. Work on the modification, which is being performed by Lufthansa Technik, is under way. The aircraft, a 747SP, is being fitted with ...
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Rivals set to benefit from ValuJet suspension of operations
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON VALUJET HAS built its main hub at Atlanta Harts-field, and at its peak, the airline represented about 8% of the passenger traffic at the airport, ranking it second only to Delta Air Lines. With ValuJet flights unavailable, "price-sensitive" customers from Atlanta have been ...
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Global Express on schedule
BOMBARDIER IS completing preparation of its first Global Express long-range business jet. The aircraft, now with its BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 engines, is on schedule for its maiden flight in September after roll-out in late August. Source: Flight International
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Out with the light blue
AMERICA WEST IS repainting its fleet in its recently unveiled new colour-scheme. As illustrated here on one of its Airbus Industrie A320s, the airline has replaced its light-blue pin-stripe livery with a design of white and dark blue, incorporating bold "billboard" lettering. America West operates more than 90 aircraft, including ...
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EC135 certificated
THE EUROCOPTER EC135 light twin-engined helicopter has been granted visual-flight-rules day/night certification by Germany's Luftfahrt-Bundesamt, in accordance with European Joint Aviation Rules Part 27 requirements. The approval covers the Turbom,ca Arrius-2B- and Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B-powered versions of the seven- to eight-seat EC135, and follows a 1,000h flight-test programme ...
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BAC Express takes Fokker F27
BAC EXPRESS AIRLINES HAS introduced a Fokker F27 into its fleet, because of its need for larger freight capacity following the winning of a new Royal Mail contract in Edinburgh. The Gatwick, UK-based airline received its Fokker F27 Mk500 in May 1996, and will start freight services this month, from ...
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Jordanian formality
The US Government has formally told the US Congress that it intends to supply Jordan with its first squadron of ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters. Officials say that the long-discussed military-assistance deal, involving 12 F-16As and four F-16Bs, is expected to go through by the end of July. ...
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Egyptian success
Egypt has selected the General Electric F110-100B engine for 21 Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds ordered as part of its Peace Vector V air-force-modernisation effort. To complete the $85 million engine deal, GE is re-opening its F100-100 line at Strother, Kansas, which has been mothballed for two years. First deliveries are due ...
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JSF tests
The McDonnell Douglas, Northrop Grumman and British Aerospace Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team, have completed 7,500h of tests to validate its near-tailless design. Tests proved that the fighter's "up-and-away" maximum turn performance is up to 40% better than that of a conventional aircraft because of its contoured fore-body and lack ...
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Baltic finnish
Lithuanian Airlines has become the last Baltic airline to establish an alliance, signing a marketing deal with Finnair for flights between Vilnius and Helsinki and beyond. Unlike the recent agreements between Latvia's Air Baltic and Scandinavian Airlines System, and Estonian Air and Maersk Air, no equity stake is involved. The ...
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CAL buys domestic
Swire Pacific says that it has completed the $8 billion share deals, which will give Chinese investment groups a large stake in its Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair subsidiaries. Swire loses an overall majority in Cathay, with China's Citic increasing its holding to 25%, while China National Aviation will take ...
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Fokker 60 delivery
Fokker Aircraft has delivered the first two of four Fokker 60 Utility aircraft to the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The Utility received its Netherlands civil-aviation-authority type certificate on the same day. Hopes for export sales of the aircraft depend on Fokker finding a buyer. The Fokker 60 can transport ...
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GAMCO deal
Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (GAMCO) has awarded General Electric Engine Services a $60 million five-year contract to maintain CFM56s for Gulf Air's Airbus A320-200s and A340-300s. Source: Flight International
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767 precautions
A high-capacity flight-data recorder is being fitted to the Martinair Holland Boeing 767-300ER which suffered total electronic flight-instrument system failure and partial flight-controls loss on 28 May (Flight International, 5-11 June, P8) before the aircraft may return to service, says the US National Transportation Safety Board. Investigator Robert Hancock says ...
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Fatal training
An Iran Air Boeing 727-200 (EP-IRU) on a crew training flight crashed just after take-off from Rasht, Iran, on the south-western shores of the Caspian Sea, killing four of the seven crew, confirms insurance loss-adjuster Air-claims. The 21-year-old aircraft, one of five 727-200s and two 727-100s in Iran Air's fleet, ...
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Botswana buys CF-5S
Botswana continues its arms build-up with the purchase from Canada of 13 Northrop CF-5A/Ds for $50 million. Bristol Aerospace, appointed in 1994 to market Canada's 60 surviving CF-5s, will deliver ten upgraded single-seat CF-5As and three two-seat CF-5Ds to Botswana between the third quarter of 1996 and mid-1997. They are ...
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P-3 FLIR upgrade
The US Navy wants to replace with new staring-array infra-red and long-range visible-light imaging systems the AAS-36 forward-looking infra-red (FLIR) and AVX-1 electro-optical sensors used on the Lockheed Martin P-3C maritime-patrol aircraft. A combined sensor may be procured, to minimise the weight, power, cooling and installation requirements. Source: ...
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V-22 production
The US Navy has awarded Bell-Boeing a $1.4 billion contract to begin low-rate initial production of the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft for the US Marine Corps. The award covers the first lot of four V-22s and holds options for the second and third production lots of five and seven aircraft, ...
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Ready-made UK site is available
Sir - I refer to the report of the UK Transport Select Committee on the provision of future runway capacity in south-east England. There is already a high-standard, under-utilised, 2,750m (9,000ft) runway not much more than a couple of circuits away from the proposed Thames Estuary site. ...