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Cirrus on tour
Cirrus Design has begun a 20-city US demonstration tour with the SR20 light aircraft. The prototype has been flown for 200h since its first flight in March, and a second SR20 will be flown later this year. Certification is planned for early 1997. Source: Flight International
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Anglo-Tunisian venture to develop cargo trade
Gunter Endres/LONDON THE ANGLO-TUNISIAN all-cargo airline, North African Airlines (NAA), has received the first scheduled air-cargo licence in Tunisia. In partnership with the Tunisian Government, which has granted the airline important fiscal advantages, including waiving corporation tax for ten years, it has been charged with the ...
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Europe searches for unity
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON EUROPE'S AEROSPACE industry signaled a new sense of urgency in its long-term efforts to restructure, as politicians and corporate heads gathered in London for the launch of the Association of Aerospace Industries (EAAI) on 29 September. The EAAI, essentially a replacement for the ...
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Hong Kong and USA agree bilateral treaty
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE HONG KONG AND the USA have finally reached an agreement on a new bilateral air-services treaty, which will extend beyond the colony's 1997 hand-over date to China and promises to open up new routes in Asia and North America. The deal comes at ...
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Sabena pursues share in proposed Zairean airline
BELGIAN AIRLINE Sabena has confirmed its interest in taking a majority share in a new Zairean airline scheduled to take over from the defunct Air Zaire. Sabena has sent a letter of intent to Kinshasa (Flight International, 20-26 September, P14). The African Government had proposed that ...
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Atlantique wins trophy
A French navy crew from 23F Flotilla flying a Dassault Atlantique ATL2 has won this year's International Maritime Patrol Aircraft Symposium contest. Aircrews from the USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Norway and France took part in the contest, which was held at the US Navy's Brunswick naval base in Maine. ...
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Ethiopian Airlines signs understanding for Fokker 50s
NATIONAL FLAG carrier Ethiopian Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding for the acquisition of five Fokker 50 turboprops to replace its two 46-seat ATR 42-300s and some 18-seat de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters. Delivery of the new aircraft, which will be acquired on a ten-year finance ...
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Keep Eagle clears F-15E for higher plane
THE US AIR FORCE has lifted the 20¡ angle-of-attack (AoA) limit which was placed on McDonnell Douglas F-15Es with conformal fuel tanks after an Edwards AFB, California-based team successfully evaluated performance-handling improvements tested in the "Keep Eagle" programme. The USAF test team says that the improved F-15E ...
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B-1 conventional weapons plan remains on service target
THE US AIR FORCE Rockwell B-1B bomber is on schedule for clearance to carry cluster weapons from mid-1996 onwards, as the 419th flight-test squadron moves to complete Phase 1 of the three-part conventional mission upgrade programme. Two dedicated B-1Bs are operated from Edwards AFB, California, as part ...
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Northrop Grumman enters DoD UAV battle Pentagon contest
Northrop Grumman is to take part in the Pentagon's competition for a joint tactical manoeuvre unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Maneuver UAV will provide an intelligence-gathering capability at up to 32km (17nm) range with electro-optical and forward-looking infra-red sensors. The Pentagon could buy as many as 100 ...
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Singapore to acquire Sharpshooter pods
Douglas Barrie/LONDON The Singaporean air force is on the brink of awarding a deal to Lockheed Martin for up to 30 Sharpshooter laser designator pods. The selection of the US system follows a prolonged procurement battle against UK and Israeli rivals. The Singaporeans and Lockheed ...
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Frontier lease
Frontier Airlines, the new Denver-based low-fare US entrant, is to lease two Boeing 737-300s from GE Capital Aviation Services. Frontier recently closed a public offering, which yielded sufficient financing to lease up to four Boeing 737-300s. The aircraft, which will go into service in November will join Frontier's present fleet ...
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Slovakia in MiG-29 deal
RUSSIA AND SLOVAKIA have concluded an agreement covering the delivery of a further seven Mikoyan MiG-29 single-seat fighters and one MiG-29UB two-seat trainer as part of a debt write-off package. The aircraft will be ferried to Slovakian airfields by December. The Slovakian air force took delivery of five ...
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MDC presses for AH-64D release for Malaysia bid
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is pressing the US State and Defense departments to release the AH-64D Apache for sale to Malaysia to meet the country's pending requirement for an attack helicopter. The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has already asked for a technical briefing and information on the helicopter ...
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First flight of NH90 nears
NH INDUSTRIES plans to fly the first prototype NH90 before the end of 1995. The aircraft is the first of five test helicopters in the four-nation programme for a miltary-utility helicopter. The PT1 was assembled in Marignane, in southern France. Source: Flight International
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BAe aims Gripen at Saudi Arabia
Douglas Barrie/LINKOPING SAUDI ARABIA HAS emerged as a key target of the British Aerospace/Saab joint venture marketing the JAS-39 Gripen fighter. BAe has briefed Saudi Arabia on an export derivative of the Gripen to meet its Northrop F-5 replacement programme. BAe has teamed ...
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Digital upgrade
AlliedSignal Aerospace is to replace analogue control-units in TFE731 turbofans with digital-electronic engine controls under its maintenance service plan, which covers about half the 6,000-plus TFE731s in service. Replacement units will be available to all TFE731s users in late 1996. The engine is widely used on business jets. ...
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Stowaway benefits
Bombardier Aviation Services is to sell and install Raisbeck Engineering's aft-fuselage stowage locker for the Learjet 30-series business jet at its network of Learjet service centres. The $75,000 locker increases cargo capacity and stability and reduces drag. Four Learjet 35/36 lockers have been installed and a Learjet 31/31A unit will ...
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Midway Beech 1900DS
Great Lakes Aviation subsidiary, Midway Connection, has taken delivery of two Raytheon Aircraft Beech 1900D regional airliners for use in a new code-sharing arrangement with Midway Airlines. The two aircraft will fly from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, to Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Source: Flight ...
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CF34 variant launched
The new, 3B1 variant of the General Electric CF34 turbofan, has been launched by Austrian operator, Tyrolean Airways. The Innsbruck-based carrier selected the engine to power four Canadair Regional Jets, the first of which will be delivered in December 1995. The -3B1 has a redesigned first-stage compressor blisk and more ...