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DASA/DLR move towards ENSS
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) are embarking on a programme to develop key components of a future European Navigation Satellite System (ENSS). The ENSS has now been adopted as one of DASA's lead research projects. Over the next two to three years, the ...
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Australia considers making GPWS compulsory
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has begun industry consultation on proposed new standards for the installation of ground-proximity-warning systems (GPWS) on Australian commercial aircraft. The move to adopt the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) approved standards follows a coroner's re- commendation after the crash of a third-level ...
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Kenya ponders regional revamp
Kenya Airways is evaluating a switch to an-all jet-airliner fleet which could involve its Fokker 50s being replaced by Boeing 737s in the interim, before a longer-term decision is made on a new regional jet. The airline has asked Aircraft Leasing and Management (ALM) of the UK to remarket a ...
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Cargo ban
Chemical oxygen-generators are now banned permanently as cargo on US passenger airlines, according to a new US Department of Transportation ruling. The Federal Aviation Administration had already put a temporary ban on such cargo since it was determined that a fire caused by oxygen generators was the likely cause of ...
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Crash data help
Indian accident investigators have decided to send abroad the flight-data and cockpit- voice recorders (FDR/CVR) from the two aircraft involved in the mid-air collision near New Delhi on 12 November 1996. The CVR and FDR from the Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-100B are to go to London, UK, to be ...
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N250 flight
IPTN's second N250 turboprop prototype had its maiden flight 19 December, eight months behind schedule. The flight lasted 1.5h, during which the Indonesian aircraft reached an altitude of 10,000ft (3,300m). Aircraft PA2 is the first full-size 64- to 68-seat N250-100 prototype to be built. It will be followed by a ...
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US airline fatalities are the worst since 1985
Last year was the worst for air safety in the USA since 1985, according to figures released by the National Transportation Safety Board. During 1996, fatalities in the four US passenger airline accidents totalled 354, and there were eight deaths in two freighter crashes, Some 32 people on the ground ...
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UPS is first to have all-Stage 3 fleet
UPS AIRLINES HAS become the first major North American carrier to operate an entire fleet complying with Stage 3 noise limits, with the re-engineing of the last of its 51 Boeing 727-100QF freighters. The package carrier says that it has complied with Stage 3 regulations three years ahead ...
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German industry sees growth
Germany's beleaguered aerospace business is showing its first signs of growth for five years, according to the year-end report from the BDLI industry association. The "cautious optimism" comes, however, with warnings on the need for greater European integration and the need to fight military-spending cuts. German aerospace sales ...
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Boeing boosts 737 production to match previous all-time high
Production of the Boeing 737 is set to emulate the previously highest-ever rate of 21 aircraft a month by the end of this year, with Boeing having announced a further boost in production of the twinjet. The monthly rate is set to reach the new peak during the ...
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AMR plans regional-jet contest for Bombardier and Embraer
AMR EAGLE is to start a competition later this month between Bombardier and Embraer 50-seat regional jets. The contest will be another clash in what promises to be a long-running battle between the Canadair Regional Jet and Embraer EMB-145 for dominance in the regional-jet field. Any regional-jet purchase ...
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Caravans make Costa Rican journeys
SANSA, the domestic regional-airline division of Costa Rica's LACSA Airlines, has taken delivery of its first four Cessna Grand Caravans. The four aircraft will replace some of the older turboprops in SANSA's fleet. According to the chief executive of LACSA's parent company, El Salvador-based TACA Group, Federico Bloch, the Caravans ...
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City Bird gets its wings
City Bird, Belgium's new international carrier, took delivery on 13 December of its first McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11, leased from MDC. The General Electric CF6-80C2-powered aircraft will be operated in a two-class, 371-seat layout on services from Brussels to various US points, including Miami, New York and San Francisco. The ...
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The reason flat turns won't work
Sir - In reply to the letter "Will we see turns without banking?" from D F Newland (Flight International, 20-26 November, P74), the reasons against flat turns are: the biological control unit (the pilot) would pass out because of the high lateral loading; to maintain equilibrium ...
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Other mid-air collisions
Sir - In the article "Collision raises doubts on ATC routeings" (Flight International, 20-26 November, P8), you say: "The last time a mid-air collision between commercial airliners occurred was 11 August, 1979." I would point out that, in April 1984, a mid-air collision occurred between two Votec Embraer ...
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Argo Systems
Robert van Dijk has joined Boeing subsidiary ARGO Systems as director of business development for MPA programmes. He was formerly marketing manager for defence programmes at Fokker Aircraft of the Netherlands Source: Flight International
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British Airways
British Airways' executive-management team is to be changed, to prepare for the retirement this year of chief operating officer Alistair Cumming. Mike Street, now director of operations will take on Cumming's responsibilities for co-ordinating operations. Charles Gurassa, director of passenger business, becomes director of passenger and cargo business. Kevin Hatton, ...
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British World
British World Airlines (called Silver City Airways when it was launched in 1946) has celebrated 50 years of operations with a presentation to employees who, like the airline, were born in that year. Seen left to right (top row) are Bernie Brown, chief executive Robert Sturman, Jackie Prior, Dave Froydenlund ...
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AOPA
The US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), of Frederick, Maryland, has named vice-president and legislative-action executive director Thomas Chapman senior vice-president for Government and technical affairs. Chapman succeeds Steven Brown, who was recently appointed president of the National Aeronautic Association. Source: Flight International
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KLM
Hans Eric Kuipéri has been appointed general secretary and senior vice-president of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines from 1 January, 1997. He replaces Jenneke Entzinger-Bennink, who will continue to work for the Dutch national carrier part-time as senior advisor corporate development and deputy to the executive vice-president for corporate development and ...