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NTSB starts work on Boeing 737 wake-vortex testing
THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is conducting wake-vortex flight-tests as part of its continuing probe of the fatal crash of a Boeing 737 on 8 September 1994, outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The USAir aircraft had passed through an area where a wake vortex created by a Boeing ...
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Malaysians to upgrade C-130Hs
THE MALAYSIAN air force is planning to upgrade its fleet of Lockheed C-130H Hercules transport aircraft with new cockpit avionics and an integrated self-defence countermeasures system. Rockwell-Collins, is understood to have been selected to equip the aircraft, with its flat-panel EFIS-90 electronic flight-instrumentation system, a new digital tactical ...
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Two new orders for Fokker 70
A new customer and an existing operator have placed orders for four Fokker 70 regional jets. Vietnam Airlines has confirmed a previously unannounced order for two aircraft as a first step in replacing its 12 Tupolev Tu-134s. Based at Hanoi, the Fokker 70s will be operated in a 79-seat single-class ...
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Independents jockey for position in India
THE LOW PRICE OF FIVE 20-year old Boeing 737-200s being offered for sale by Government-owned Indian Airlines has elicited bids from two independent rivals - NEPC Airlines and Sahara India Airlines. The five aircraft are expected to fetch up to $40 million. NEPC and Sahara have ambitions to ...
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'Big three' plan for FANS as cost benefits emerge
THE BIG THREE aircraft manufacturers estimate that up to 2,500 of today's jet-powered airliners could potentially be equipped with Future Air Navigation System (FANS) datalinks, although they warn that the speed of implementation will hinge on proof of clear cost gains for airline customers. Boeing has led ...
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French slash military spending
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS DELIVERIES OF Dassault Aviation's Rafale combat aircraft, the Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter and the NH90 troop transport and anti-submarine-warfare helicopter are to be delayed as part of cuts in French military spending over the next five years. On 21 September, the Government unveiled ...
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Czechs freeze MiG-21 modifications
THE CZECH DEFENCE ministry has frozen the upgrading of three Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbed prototypes, and has established a joint team with US Government specialists to study the acquisition of Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs. The decision was announced, at the end of September by Czech Defence Minister Vilem Holan, following ...
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ATN confusion mars FANS
CONFUSION OVER the cost, time scale and benefits of the aeronautical telecommunications network (ATN) which will be at the heart of the full-up FANS system is causing concern as the system may be usurped in the near term by the less capable systems based on the 622 standard. ...
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Lufthansa fares cuts upset Deutsche BA
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DEUTSCHE BA IS considering complaining to the European Commission over Lufthansa's decision to slash fares on domestic routes. The move comes after the German flag carrier announced that it is replacing its low-priced Express concept with a new domestic service, introducing a fares ...
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Laker to cross the Atlantic again
SIR FREDDIE LAKER is to re-enter the transatlantic airline business in a venture backed by Texas oil millionaire Oscar Wyatt. The UK businessman plans to launch Laker Airways on routes from Florida to the UK before the end of this year. Laker has yet to ...
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Damaged RAF Tornados centrepiece of upgrade plan
THE ROYAL Air Force is considering using Tornado F3s, damaged in a modification programme by private contractor Airwork, as the basis of an upgrade programme to fill the gap left by the late entry into service of the four-nation Eurofighter. Some 16 of the damaged aircraft are ...
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Uncommon sense
IT MAKES FOR GREAT copy, but does it really make sense for two great business-jet manufacturers to distract attendees with an old-fashioned slinging match at their industry's most important annual event? The Gulfstream V and the Bombardier Global Express, when they enter service, will be far more ...
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BA 777 delivery date uncertain
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE SCHEDULE FOR delivery, of the first General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 to British Airways, continues to hang in the balance, with the engine undergoing a new series of icing tests in the USA and facing the possibility of further hurdles being ...
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Malfunctions delay Ariane 5
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE EUROPEAN SPACE Agency (ESA) and French space agency CNES say that the maiden flight of the Ariane 5 has been delayed from January, to "late April 1996". The latest delay puts the launcher a year behind its original schedule. The Ariane 501 ...
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Corporate war flares up over business jets
Graham Warwick/LAS VEGAS RIVALRY BETWEEN Bombardier and Gulfstream for the long-range business-jet market erupted into open warfare at the US National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) convention in Las Vegas on 26-28 September, with the companies trading claims in advertisements and briefings. Gulfstream, provoked by unfavourable ...
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B-1 flight envelope restricted after flare strike
THE US AIR FORCE has restricted the peacetime flight envelope for the firing of countermeasure flares from the Rockwell B-1B bomber, because of tail strikes. In one case described at the Society of Experimental Test Pilots meeting in California on 28 September, the flare impacted the vertical ...
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Cargo, for cargo's sake
When aviation officials from the US and Japan sit down to negotiate the air services agreement between the two countries at the end of September, it will be the first time that the US negotiates cargo service rights as a stand-alone issue. More than anything, this is the ...
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Aircraft news
Dutch airline Transavia has ordered eight new Boeing 737-800s, with an option for another 12. Egyptair has ordered three Boeing 737-200s as part of its fleet modernisation programme. SAS has placed orders for two additional MD-90s and will take delivery of its first six in the second half ...
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Appointments
Abacus Distribution Systems has appointed Seiji Fukatsu as its new chairman. He is also president and chief executive officer of All Nippon Airways. John Watson has been appointed city manager, Philadelphia, for United Airlines. He was previously general manager sales, UK and Europe. European ground handling ...
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Airports
The CAAC is seeking foreign cooperation to develop 32 airports over the next five years, in particular funds for four new airports serving Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Haikou and Guilin. The reconstruction of Siauliai's Zokniai Airport has started after US$4.5 million was made available by the Lithuanian government. ...