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Trent 777 testing resumes after vibration is remedied
CERTIFICATION FLIGHT-testing of the Rolls Royce Trent-powered Boeing 777 has resumed after engineers tackled a rear-bearing vibration problem caused by "distress of the aft-strut fairing and primary nozzle". The test programme has been held up for "about a week", says Boeing, which grounded the aircraft in the first ...
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MDC releases Delta 2 findings
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) says that explosive separation lines on one of the nine solid-rocket boosters, which failed to separate on the Delta 2 launch on 5 August had been exposed to "excessive temperatures". The failure stranded the Koreasat 1 satellite in a lower orbit than planned. The Koreasat ...
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Learjet 45 roll-out heralds renaissance
Guy Norris/WICHITA ANNUAL PRODUCTION of Learjet business-jet models could reach 100 by 1999 as the company plans an all-out attempt to regain its market-leadership position from Cessna. Speaking at the rollout ceremony, of the Model 45 light business jet on 14 September, Learjet president Brian ...
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Weak dollar ravages DASA
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) racked up massive losses in the first half of the year as the weakness of the US dollar against the deutsche mark ravaged its civil-aircraft sales. The German group posted a loss of DM1.6 billion ($1 billion) for the period, ...
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France loans Snecma funds for CFMXXX turbofan work
FRENCH ENGINE manufacturer Snecma is to receive a Fr2 billion ($396 million) reimbursable loan from the French Government to help develop the 135-220kN (30,000-50,000lb)-thrust CFMXX turbofan. The agreement effectively launches the engine, which is needed by Airbus Industrie for growth versions of the A340 and, possibly, the A321. ...
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MAS crash
A Malaysian Airline System (MAS) Fokker 50 overshot the runway while making an emergency landing on 15 September at Tawau Airport in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah, crashing into a row of houses. There were survivors among the 50 passengers and an unknown number of fatalities on the ground. ...
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Associate membership
THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) is having trouble managing its relations with neighbors near and far. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the case of air services. Partly, this is because the European Commission (EC) does not have the authority to control member states' air-services agreements. Partly, also, the EU ...
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Saab signs Hungarian Gripen MoU
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hungary, covering the "evaluation and possible procurement" of the JAS39 Gripen multi-role lightweight fighter. The Swedish sales effort is being couched as part of a wide-ranging industrial co-operation agreement with Hungary. Hungary is due to decide by the ...
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RSAF receives first F-15S
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS OFFICIALLY HANDED OVER the first of its F-15S strike aircraft to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) on 12 September. Saudi Arabia has some 72 aircraft on order, to be delivered at the rate of one a month. The aircraft is shown with the Martin Marietta LANTIRN navigation ...
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Aeroflot DC-10 ready for service
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines expects to start cargo services with a leased McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10-30CF at the end of this month - the first MDC aircraft operated by the Russian carrier. The aircraft will enter service on routes serving Moscow and the Far East when crew training, being undertaken ...
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Uneven distribution
A country-by-country breakdown of the world fleet of turbine business aircraft provides a few surprises for manufacturers looking for expanding markets. Forbes Mutch/LONDON NORTH AMERICA dominates the business aircraft market, both in terms of manufacturing and operation. Fact. South America continues to emerge as the market most ...
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Reaching for the sun
AeroVironment has launched its solar-powered Pathfinder UAV on its highest climb yet. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES AEROVIRONMENT'S PATHFINDER flying wing, was flown to 50,500ft (15,400m) on 11 September, using solar power alone a new-world record. The test flight, at NASA's Dryden Research Center in ...
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Code TAP failure
Delta Air Lines is to end its code-sharing agreement with TAP-Air Portugal on flights between Lisbon and New York, accusing TAP of failing to make sufficient efforts to sell the stipulated 60 seats a day on Delta flights. TAP denies the accusations. Source: Flight International
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Damage limitation
Helicopter safety is about more than not having accidents. David Learmount/LONDON ...
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IAI continues Galaxy search
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) is negotiating with eight manufacturing companies worldwide in an effort to find a partner for its Galaxy executive jet. IAI was teamed with Russian manufacturer Yakovlev, but difficulties at the latter's Saratov production plant forced IAI to look for another partner to produce at ...
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US anti-trust immunity sought
DELTA AIR LINES, Swissair, Austrian Airlines and Sabena have filed for US anti-trust immunity, allowing for closer co-operation between the carriers, once Belgium signs an "open-skies" air-services agreement with the USA. Northwest Airlines and KLM already have anti-trust immunity. Delta now has code-sharing/blocked-space agreements with the three European ...
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Texas
Larry James has been appointed controller of Texas Instruments Defense Systems & Electronics Group, of Dallas, Texas. Steven Roemerman becomes vice-president. James, with Texas since 1968, has served as manager of Texas Instruments financial relations and controller for Texas Instruments, Japan. Roemerman was formerly manager of interdiction weapon systems. ...
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Profits help Kenya Airways towards privatisation
KENYA AIRWAYS HAS taken another step towards its privatisation after producing better-than-expected profits for the latest financial year. The airline revealed a net profit of $17 million on sales of $173 million for its year to March 1995, easily beating earlier forecasts of $14 million. In 1993/4, the ...
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World turbine helicopter accidents and incidents
Compiled by David Learmount/LONDON ACCIDENT DATA have been drawn from Flight International's own research, and extensively from the databases of Airclaims and Lloyds Aviation. Airclaims now researches and publishes the World Airline Accident Summary on behalf of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, and it has an exclusive ...
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Uncomfortable with 777 ETOPS
Sir - The article on the British Airways Boeing 777 General Electric GE90 delivery date and extended twinjet operations (ETOPS) certification (Flight International, 6-12 September, P4) makes me feel uncomfortable. ETOPS, I am told, is a means by which a two-engine aircraft can be flown over water. The ...