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Cobham acquires
Cobham, the acquisitive UK aerospace group, has continued its growth with an agreement to buy Westwind Air Bearings for £75 million ($116 million). Westwind, based in Poole, Dorset, has been growing strongly and is forecasting operating profits of £8 million on rising sales of £25.8 million for 1995. Cobham, formally ...
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P&W targets UAE development offsets
PRATT & WHITNEY (P&W) is to establish an advanced-technology development centre in Abu Dhabi to support its bid to supply engines for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) fighter programme. P&W's F100-229 engine is being offered on the Lockheed Martin F-16C/D and McDonnell Douglas F-15E in competition with the General Electric ...
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Projects face guillotine in French revolution
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE NEW HEAD OF the French armed forces has warned industry that forthcoming cuts in the defence budget will entail the cancellation of several major programmes. Gen. Jean-Philippe Douin admits that "painful choices" will have to be made by French president Jacques Chirac, ...
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Board approves DASA cuts
Julian Moxon/PARIS GERMAN UNIONS have reacted angrily as Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) received approval from its parent company to press ahead with plans to cut almost 9,000 jobs under the Dolores (dollar-low rescue) plan. DASA says that it remains "open to negotiations", but that the target of ...
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Globespan buys Excalibur
UK CHARTER CARRIER Excalibur Airways has been sold to a Scottish long-haul tour-operator, Globespan, virtually completing the recent spate of vertical integration taking place within the industry. No price is given for the sale of the East Midlands-based airline, which was owned by its five directors, together with ...
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Indian centre
Switzerland's Jet Aviation has agreed to help India's Eastern Airways design, build, equip and operate a general-aviation centre in Calcutta, providing assistance with corporate-aircraft handling, management and maintenance, and charter and air-taxi operations. Source: Flight International
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Olympic air system tested
Karen Walker/ATLANTA A REQUEST FOR proposals (RFP) has been issued to US helicopter operators interested in bidding for a contract to provide a premium short-haul transportation service in Atlanta, Georgia, during the 1996 Olympic Games. The RFP follows the successful initial trial of the planned ...
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Middle East orders for Beech King Air
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has sold three Beech King Air twin-turboprops to Middle East customers. Two King Air 350s have been ordered by the United Arab Emirates' Amiri Flight, for delivery early in 1996. The aircraft will be configured for communication and VIP-transport duties, with eight-seat interiors. The Amiri Flight ...
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US manufacturers stay on top of orders league
In the third quarter of 1995, US aircraft manufacturers received net orders for 74 large commercial jet transports out of a total of 86 placed worldwide, according to the US Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). By comparison, US aircraft makers secured net orders for 79 aircraft out of a total of ...
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SOHO hitch
The launch of the European Space Agency's Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS from Cape Canaveral on 23 November, was delayed by a fault in the launcher's booster-engine precision regulator, which will have to be removed and replaced. A new launch date was announced for early ...
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IAI to pick Galaxy fuselage maker before 1996
Ramon Lopez/NEW YORK ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) is expected to select by the end of the year the new fuselage and empennage subcontractor for production versions of its Astra Galaxy Mach 0.85 wide body twin-engine business jet. The company held a bidder's conference in October, ...
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FAA issues an AD for GE CF6 turbofans
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has ordered repetitive ultrasonic and electro-magnetic testing of General Electric CF6 engine high-pressure compressor (HPC) spools (Flight International 25-31 October). The Airworthiness Directive (AD) guards against fatigue cracking caused by hard-alpha inclusions (titanium-alloy impurities caused during manufacture) and dwell-time fatigue, a type of ...
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Open skies hit Alitalia
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA ALITALIA IS FACING heavy competition on its prime domestic trunk route between Rome and Milan, following Milan-Linate Airport's award of additional slots to two new rival airlines. The Italian flag carrier's woes are compounded, by its perpetual fight for financial stability, made harder ...
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India's Jet Airways centres expansion on Calcutta hub
INDEPENDENT INDIAN operator Jet Airways is planning to establish Calcutta as its third hub as part of a continuing expansion programme. Chief executive Nikos Kardassis says that a clear upward trend in business travel between Bangalore and Calcutta, encouraged by West Bengal Government initiatives which have attracted large-scale ...
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JAL's rating dips below 'A' grade
JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) has lost its A-grade long-term credit rating following concerns over the speed of the group's recovery and the weakness of its balance sheet. Standard & Poor's (S&P) rating agency warns that JAL's recovery is likely to be "more gradual than anticipated". It highlights the pending ...
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Harris/Concurrent seek synergies ahead of merger
CONCURRENT Computer and Harris Computer Systems, which are due to complete their merger in 1996, have formed technical teams to evaluate their competing real-time computers, with the aim of combining the best features of both in a joint next-generation product. The merger will create a company with the ...
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MAS chairman confirms big-twin plans
Paul Lewis/KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) chairman Tajudin Ramli has confirmed plans to order new long-range widebody aircraft, worth $4 billion, by the end of the year, although he appears to rule out a decision in time for the Malaysian air show in early December. ...
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CAE simulates updated P-3
CANADA'S CAE Electronics has been awarded a C$13.5 million ($10 million) contract to supply simulation systems for the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) Lockheed Martin AP-3C Orion update programme. The contract is for three integrated subsystems (ISS) which simulate the AP-3C's updated mission systems, including electronic-surveillance, radar and ...
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SimuFlite adds Challenger 601
SIMUFLITE TRAINING International has put its first Bombardier Canadair Challenger 601-3A/3R simulator into service. The CAE-built device is SimuFlite's fifteenth business-jet simulator, but is its first to be approved to US Federal Aviation Administration Level D, as well as to international Level 2 training standards. Two ...
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Netherlands research simulator operational
THE NETHERLANDS National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) has inaugurated the National Simulation Facility (NSF), a research flight-simulator which initially simulates the Lockheed Martin F-16A fighter in mid-life-update (MLU) configuration. The Amsterdam-based NSF includes a 5m-diameter dome visual-display system mounted on a six-axis motion system. The dome is removable, to ...