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Airbus flight-tests longer range A340
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE HAS flown the first high gross-weight version of the four-engine A340-300. Delivery of the first of 17 aircraft ordered by Singapore Airlines (SIA) is due in April 1996. Maximum take-off weight of the modified aircraft, termed the A340-300E by SIA, is increased to 271t from the ...
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Safety board seeks FAA AD for CF6 fatigue-crack inspections
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON, DC THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called for an airworthiness directive (AD) to be issued requiring fatigue-crack checks on General Electric CF6 engine high-pressure compressor (HPC) spools. The US Federal Aviation Administration says that an AD is imminent - only ...
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US airlines on track to meet Stage 3 noise targets
US AIRLINES REMAIN on track in replacing Stage 2 aircraft with quieter Stage 3 machines, says the US Federal Aviation Administration. By the end of 1994, the number of Stage 3-compliant aircraft in the US fleet rose from 3,943 to 4,427, while the number of active Stage 2 ...
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Pilots attack draft for centralised JAA
David Learmount/LONDON AN UNRELEASED DRAFT convention attempting to define the role and legal status of a fully unified European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) has been attacked by the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) for leaving essential points "shrouded in mystery". IFALPA has written to ...
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The race is on to hit BA 777 delivery date
BOEING IS confident that it can deliver the first General Electric GE90-powered 777 to British Airways on schedule, on 28 September, despite the grounding of a flight-test aircraft for compressor-blade repairs. Certification flight-testing continues with the first GE90-powered 777, and ground runs have begun on the first production ...
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Boeing drops Japanese from regional-jet talks
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE BOEING HAS DROPPED Japan from its proposed partnership with China and South Korea to develop a new 100-seat passenger aircraft, in the face of intense competition from European manufacturers. Boeing is understood to have abandoned hopes of including Japanese industry in the programme, as ...
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MDC delays MD-95 engine selection
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MCDONNELL Douglas (MDC) has not renewed its exclusivity agreement with BMW Rolls Royce, leaving the choice of power plant open for the yet-to-be launched MD-95 twinjet. The way is now open for the MTU/Pratt & Whitney Mid-Thrust Family Engine (MTFE). An agreement between MDC ...
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NFT AMRAAM deal
Norway's Norsk Forsvarsteknologi (NFT) has signed a deal with Hughes and Raytheon to market upgrades to the Hawk medium-range surface-to-air missile using the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). NFT will provide the air-defence operations centre for the upgrade, developed for Norway. Source: Flight International
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KHI and IHI in engine talks
KAWASAKI HEAVY Industries (KHI) is negotiating with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) and General Electric for a in the production share of the planned CF34-8C turbine engine. According to KHI, discussions centre mainly on production of the auxiliary gearbox and do not include Kawasaki taking a stake in the ...
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NASA engine-thrust landing successful
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA NASA HAS successfully landed a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 using only engine-thrust for flight control. The propulsion-controlled aircraft (PCA) tests at Edwards AFB, California on 29 August follow similar flights in April 1993 with a McDonnell Douglas F-15. Further PCA tests are planned using a McDonnell Douglas ...
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Airlines are checking Hamilton propellers propeller checks follow EMB-120 crash
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA AIRLINES ARE inspecting Hamilton Standard propellers on several regional-turboprop types after the 21 August fatal crash of an Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia following blade failure (Flight International, 30 August-5 September, P12). On 25 August, the US Federal Aviation Administration ordered the ...
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Smiths and Collins link up to offer CNS/ATM upgrade
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON SMITHS INDUSTRIES IS licensing its flight-management-system (FMS) software to Rockwell-Collins, allowing the firms to offer an integrated cockpit-upgrade which could be fitted as standard across an airline fleet. By combining the Smiths FMS, already fitted on Boeing 737s, with Collins AVSAT satellite-based avionics ...
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Economic warfare
THE TERRITORIES of the former Warsaw Pact are threatening to become a battlefield once again. This time however, it is going to be a dog fight for market share, rather than a Cold War confrontation. US and European combat-aircraft manufacturers, are excited by new market prospects, in the ...
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Israel/Turkey agree on F-4 improvement
ISRAEL AND TURKEY have finally signed a framework agreement covering a $600 million upgrade programme for the latter's McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantoms. The upgrade programme will be led by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and covers the upgrade of 54 Turkish air force F-4s. The agreement was signed in ...
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USA tempts Poles and Czechs with F-16 upgrade work offer
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE USA WILL offer the Czech Republic and Poland industrial participation in Lockheed Martin F-16 mid-life update (MLU) projects to try to deflect criticism that buying the US fighter could be damaging to the domestic-aerospace industries of the two eastern European countries. According to ...
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UK industry pays £2.5 million for Red Arrows tour
UK DEFENCE AND aerospace companies have committed to provide £2.5 million ($4 million) to support the Royal Air Force Red Arrows display team's winter tour to South Africa and Malaysia. This is the first time that industry has provided financial support for a Red Arrows tour. So far, ...
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Share dividend
With relatively little fanfare, the laboratory directors of the USA's five aerospace giants have signed a landmark agreement giving each easy access to the others' laboratories - not for industrial espionage, but for research and development testing when time-critical projects overload one company's laboratory capacity. It began as ...
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USAfrica returns
USAfrica plans to resume operations later this year, flying Boeing 747-200s or McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s from New York Newark to South Africa via Dakar, Senegal. Launched in June 1994, flying McDonnell Douglas MD-11s from Washington Dulles, USAfrica suspended operations in February 1995 when it ran out of money. The company ...
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Cityhopper fleet
KLM Cityhopper will be replacing its four aging Fokker F28-4000 Fellowships with an equal number of new Fokker 70s from January 1996. A special-purpose company, to be owned by an independent foundation, will be set up to lease the 80-seat aircraft to Cityhopper for an initial period of three years. ...
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Lockheed U-2R crashes at Fairford
A Lockheed U-2R reconnaissance aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from RAF Fairford on 29 August. The pilot ejected, but later died from his injuries. The aircraft may have been intended to carry out last-minute reconnaissance of potential targets in Bosnia in the run-up to NATO air strikes launched on the ...