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Taiwan calls a halt to IDF production
TAIWAN Aero Industry Development Center has halted production of its Indigenous Defence Fighter and recalled the 40 delivered to the air force because of concerns about its fuel system. Chiang Chung-Ling, Taiwan's defence minister, told the country's parliament that production of the aircraft had been stopped. The halt ...
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Community takes Shorts 360 from Liberty
UK START-UP CARRIER COMMUNITY Express Airlines has taken delivery of its first Shorts 360-300 aircraft from Liberty Express in the USA. Community Express, which has financial backing from Mesa Air Group of the USA, entered the aircraft into service three times a day between Birmingham and London on 23 October. ...
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Italy boosts aerospace-spending boost
ITALY'S STRUGGLING aerospace industry stands to receive L3,850 billion ($2.4 billion)-worth of state funding over the next five years under plans now being discussed in the Italian parliament. The funding aims to support Italian participation on a range of international aircraft engine programmes and systems, including the Future ...
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India funds upgrade
The Indian defence ministry has approved an initial $33.3 million to allow MAPO-MiG to begin upgrade work on the Indian air force's Mikoyan MiG-21Bis Fishbeds. The upgrade will be carried out by Hindustan Aeronautics in Bangalore. Source: Flight International
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Boeing/GE propose new icing test waiver on GE90
BOEING AND GENERAL Electric are proposing a revised plan to test the effectiveness of modified acoustic panels on the GE90 engine which suffered ice-impact damage during a crucial natural-icing flight-test on 9 October. The icing test is the last significant hurdle to be overcome before the GE90-powered 777 ...
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Air UK Leisure narrows choice
AIR UK LEISURE has narrowed its choice of a new aircraft to replace seven Boeing 737-400s. It will choose between the Airbus A320/321 and the 737-800. The charter operator has asked several leasing companies to submit tenders by the end of November for six new aircraft. Managing director Jeremy ...
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Island of change
The growth of civil aviation in Taiwan has been phenomenal - and expansion looks like continuing. Brent Hannon/TAIPEI SINCE DEREGULATION in 1987, the growth of aviation inside Taiwan has been rapid. By historical coincidence, the opening of the skies came in the same year that the Taiwanese were ...
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MDC will hire more staff
McDONNELL Douglas (MDC) is immediately "ramping up its resources" as a result of the ValuJet order and will add up to 450 design and development staff by mid-1996, says MD-95 deputy programme manager, Jerry Callaghan. A further 1,500 assembly line jobs will also be created, starting in 1996 ...
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Smoothing the flow
The approach of stricter noise-control legislation means good business for engine hushkitters. Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE CONCEPT OF hushkitting has been around for almost as long as the civil jet-engine itself. Recent legislation, however, has forced airlines to reconsider this relatively primitive approach to reducing the noise emitted by ...
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A dying breed
VALUJET EFFECTIVELY (and finally) launched the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-95 on 19 October, with an order for 50. The deal will be seen by some as the launch of the last of the old-style regional jets, but its pricing appears to be all too modern. Either way, ValuJet's order will ...
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Heading goes in here in here
Sir - In the article "Raytheon's first" (Flight International, 4-10 October, P42), your writer comments that the Premier I is "not a Beech nor a Hawker" and quotes Roy Norris as saying that "...the cabin cross-section is...close to that of a Hawker 800". The very clear Hawker (or, ...
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CL-44: putting the record straight
Sir - In your Aging Airliner Census (Flight International, 4-10 October, P49), you do not mention the Canadair CL-44 turboprop freighter. There are still five in active service in the USA, one with Buffalo and four with Tradewinds (formerly Bluebell), now trading under US Federal Aviation Regulations Part 121. We ...
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Indirect routing should be cheaper
Sir - Mr Jeandrain's letter (Flight International, 4-10 October, P69) leaves me confused. He tells us that ticket prices are on the decline, then he says that it is cheaper to fly indirectly to one's destination. Finally, he concludes that it is all happening because of government subsidies. ...
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FAA
Steven Brown senior vice-president for Government and technical affairs at the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has been appointed vice-chairman of the US Federal Aviation Administration's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee. He will hold the position for 1995-6 and will become chairman for 1996-7, succeeding Sarah MacLeod of the Aeronautical ...
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Jet Aviation
Jack Brooks, has become sales manager for maintenance and modifications, at service company Jet Aviation of West Palm Beach, Florida. He was most recently manager of corporate sales for aircraft maintenance and modifications at Page Avjet. Source: Flight International
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AOPA
Stacy Hamm has been named regional representative for Arizona, Utah and Nevada by the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), of Frederick, Maryland. Hamm, who replaces Carl Smith, was formerly an aviation-insurance agent and is a member of the Arizona Aviation Safety Advisory Group. ...
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Air Jamaica
National carrier Air Jamaica has appointed Tony Cowles general manager for the UK and Europe. He was most recently general manager for the UK and Europe with Caribbean carrier BWIA International. Source: Flight International
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Mesaba
Carl Pohlad becomes chairman of Mesaba Holdings, parent of Northwest Airlink carrier Mesaba Airlines; Bryan Bedford is named president and chief executive; John Fredericksen is appointed vice-president for finance and general counsel; and William Dolan becomes secretary. Newly elected to the Mesaba Holdings board are Northwest Airlines managers Richard Hirst, ...