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Long-range rivals compete
Gulfstream has an aircraft; Bombardier has major pieces of one - the long-range business-jet market enters a new phase. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE MAIDEN FLIGHT of the Gulfstream V is less than one month away; the first flight of the Bombardier Global Express is less than a ...
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Turks seek regional-aircraft partners
TURKISH AEROSPACE Industries (TAI) is looking for partners to help it develop a small commuter aircraft to open up regional routes within Turkey. The company is now putting forward the 19-seat HD-19 fly-by-wire widebody commuter to meet a market demand which it believes will be created by the ...
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USA may give F-16A/Bs to Poland
Douglas Barrie/LONDON POLAND MAY be given up to 30 Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs, according to a proposal now under consideration by the US Government. The scheme, if approved, would set a precedent for F-16 sales throughout Eastern Europe. The "no-cost-lease" approach being pushed by Lockheed Martin would ...
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Re-engined SK60 gets airborne
SAAB'S UPGRADED SK60 trainer was flown for the first time on 6 October, powered by two Willams-Rolls FJ44-1Cs. The Swedish air force is to receive 115 of the modified aircraft between 1996 and 1998. Saab is upgrading the first ten, with the bulk of the work to be implemented at ...
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MAS seeks larger slice of maintenance market
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) is re-organising and expanding its capabilities in a bid to obtain a greater share of the worldwide third-party maintenance market. Central to the scheme is the establishment of a 220,000m2 (2.36 million ft2) engine-overhaul centre, known as Aircraft Engine Repair Operations (AERO). The plant, which ...
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Hunting Aviation sees recovery, but business-aircraft unit may go
HUNTING IS BELIEVED to be close to making an announcement over the sale of its UK business-aviation operation, which acts as a fixed-base operator (FBO) in the London area. Speculation over a possible sale was sparked off by comments from chief executive Ken Miller that the group's aviation ...
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Boeing plans commercial Chinook revival in China
BOEING IS negotiating with Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing (HAMC) to restart production of the 234 Commercial Chinook in China. According to local sources, Boeing has proposed establishing a full 234 production line in Harbin, northern China. The deal is understood to include providing plans for HAMC to build its ...
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GEC-Marconi plans test-flight for Super Skyranger
GEC-MARCONI PLANS to test-fly its improved multi-mode Super Skyranger radar by mid-1996, installed in a modified Chengdu F-7M Airguard fighter. The system is a further development of GEC-Marconi's Skyranger ranging radar, already in service on the Chinese F-7. The Super Skyranger is intended as a low-cost direct replacement ...
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Jordanian Air Force will receive ex-USAF F-16A/Bs
THE ROYAL JORDANIAN Air Force (RJAF) is to receive its first squadron of ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters within the next 12 months. An announcement by US President Bill Clinton covering the agreement was expected early in October, but was delayed. Despite this, sources say the ...
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Rafael upgrades Strela missile
ISRAELI WEAPONS-system developer Rafael has produced an upgrade for the Romanian army's Strela surface-to-air missile, providing a night engagement capability and improved target acquisition. The company responded to a Romanian army requirement and, in a relatively short time, developed a mobile target-acquisition and launching system for the Strela, ...
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BE Aerospace posts loss, but forecasts an upturn
CABIN-EQUIPMENT specialist BE Aerospace (BEA) has posted losses for the first half of its financial year, but believes that the worst may be over, with rising revenues and a return to profits predicted for the third quarter. BEA is blaming higher development costs and interest charges for its ...
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BWIA improves as privatisation starts to pay off
BWIA INTERNATIONAL Airways has reported a "dramatically improved" second quarter, following its privatisation in February. The net loss was reduced to less than $1 million, compared with $8.8 million a year ago before privatisation. President Edward Wegel says that the results are "especially gratifying", given that May and ...
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Hexcel and Ciba Geigy finalise composites plan
HEXCEL AND CIBA Geigy have finalised plans to combine their composites operations, to create one of the aerospace industry's largest suppliers of honeycomb, pre-impregnated and fabric composites. The deal, which was first announced in the middle of the year (Flight International, 19-25 July), has now passed anti-trust hurdles ...
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Pakistan nears FC-1 avionics decision
COMPETING WESTERN manufacturers expect Pakistan to select radar, an avionics suite and a systems integrator before the end of the year for its planned FC-1 (MiG-21) fighter now being developed by Chengdu Aircraft. The FC-1 is a successor to the now-defunct Super 7 project, and it is intended ...
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French Government favours building third Paris airport
THE FRENCH Government has come out in favour of a third main airport for the Paris, and on doubling to four the number of runways at Charles de Gaulle Airport. The timescale for the developments will remain unclear until a public inquiry has been held. A noise-reduction programme ...
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Boeing to add pods to KC-135 tanker
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US AIR FORCE HAS awarded Boeing Defense & Space Group a contract which could lead to as many as 96 of its Boeing KC-135 tankers being fitted with wing-mounted "hose-and-drogue" refuelling pods. The company has been awarded a $24 million engineering and ...
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Denver performance
Denver International Airport suffered an air-traffic delay rate of only about 0.4% during its first six months. This compares to a rate of 2.4% for Denver's now-closed Stapleton International during the same period in 1994. Source: Flight International
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McDonnell Douglas wins JDAM bomb competition
THE US AIR FORCE has selected McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) to develop the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and produce guidance kits which convert free-fall bombs into precision-guided weapons. MDA had competed against Lockheed Martin to produce the global-positioning/inertial-navigation guidance kits for as many as 74,000 US Air ...
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Fuel taxes push up costs for US carriers
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US AIRLINES have begun paying an extra $1.5 million each day for fuel since the implementation of an aviation-fuel surcharge on 1 October - even though lawmakers are considering extending a tax deferral which has been in place for the past two years. ...
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HGS brings Horizon new benefits
US REGIONAL Horizon Air has begun "improved" Category I operations into Medford, Oregon, using Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s equipped with the Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS). Operations to the fog-prone airport began after the US Federal Aviation Administration gave Horizon clearance to make the initial approach ...