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Lockheed Martin makes final offer to RAAF
LOCKHEED MARTIN has presented its final proposal to replace Royal Australian Air Force C-130s with the new C-130J Hercules and announced its first offset agreements. The proposal is for 12 aircraft to replace RAAF C-130Es, with options taking the potential total to 36, including five aircraft to replace Royal New ...
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Embraer sets date for ALX prototype maiden flight
Embraer will fly the first prototype ALX light-attack aircraft within six months, following the signing on 18 August of the development contract. One of the Brazilian manufacturer's two EMB-312H Super Tucano demonstrators will be fitted with an uprated, 1,190kW (1,600shp), Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 engine for flight-testing ...
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EW deal for Canadians
CAE Aviation has received a C$13.5 million ($10 million) contract to manufacture and install 28 electronic-warfare self-protection suites (EPWS) and 24 forward-dispenser kits (FDK) in Canadian Forces' Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. CAE has already installed the EPWS in two C-130s and the FDK in six aircraft. The programme will take ...
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Canada considers Russian helicopters for sea roles
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA TWO RUSSIAN-BUILT helicopters have unexpectedly emerged as competitors for Canada's pending search-and-rescue (SAR) and maritime-patrol helicopter requirements. Kelowna Flightcraft plans to offer the Mil Mi-17 for the 15-aircraft Canadian SAR Helicopter (CSH) programme, while MacDonald Dettwiler is studying the Kamov Ka-32's suitability for the ...
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Lloyd unveils heliport plans
Australia's Lloyd Helicopters has announced plans to build a commercial heliport in Melbourne, Victoria. The company says that it is negotiating a central site near Melbourne's dock area. Plans call for the heliport to be fully operational in 1996. The project will entail a total investment of around ...
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FM2600 engine well received after Oshkosh show debut
Graham Warwick/Atlanta Switzerland's MDB Flugtechnik reports "enormous interest" in its FM2600 aircraft engine, following the powerplant's debut in a Stoddard-Hamilton GlaStar kitplane at the Oshkosh show in late July. The FM2600 is an all-new, liquid-cooled, four-cylinder engine producing 120kW (161hp) normally aspirated and 150kW turbocharged. MDB ...
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Sault College re-equips with seven aircraft
Canada's Sault College is re-equipping its flight-training department with Zlin 242L aerobatic trainers and will be one of the first North American professional-pilot schools to offer emergency-manoeuvre training. Seven aircraft are being delivered by Zlin Aerospace in Barrie, Ontario to the college, in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario. Sault ...
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Floats for kit RotorWay
Full Lotus has introduced floats for the RotorWay International Exec 90 and 162F kit-built helicopters. To reduce drag, the floats enclose the helicopters' skids. The floats have six separate compartments with the air in each contained by a bladder. Should a compartment suffer a puncture, those compartments adjacent ...
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IATA slams Canadian ATC charges
THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association (IATA) has condemned what it calls unfair and discriminatory overflight charges, to be introduced by Transport Canada in November. Transport Canada is trying to recover two-thirds, or C$165 million ($120 million), of the total annual cost of C$250 million in just one year. ...
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KLM/Garuda intensify co-operation
KLM ROYAL Dutch Airlines and Garuda Indonesia have strengthened their long-established commercial co-operation with a new agreement signed in Jakarta on 23 August, following the conclusion of talks between Garuda's president Soepandi and Pieter Bouw, president of the Dutch carrier. Bouw was in Indonesia as part of a Dutch trade ...
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Is RED the colour of a revolutionary hushkit?
HUSHKITTING NOISY old jet-powered aircraft powered by low- bypass engines, such as the Pratt & Whitney JT8D designed to meet Stage 3 noise regulations has tested the ingenuity of engineers. The few commercial hushkits available are relatively expensive, heavy and degrade engine performance . Former Grumman test pilot ...
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Xiamen plans fleet for overseas travel
Paul Lewis/Xiamen CHINA'S XIAMEN Airlines expects official approval by the end of the year to launch international flights and is planning to acquire a further ten passenger aircraft, including widebody jet-powered airliners. The airline wants to start its first overseas service in 1996, providing it receives ...
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BAe buys Carroll from receivers
British Aerospace has acquired fixed-base operator Farnborough Business Aviation (FBA) from the receivers. Formerly called Carroll Aircraft, the company's base is adjacent to BAe's UK headquarters in Farnborough. Carroll had gone into receivership because of property investment losses by its owners - ironically, near BAe's now closed Hatfield ...
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Israel to equip fighters for tactical awareness
The Israeli air force is to equip all of its fighters with an advanced tactical-awareness system. A request for proposals (RFP) had been expected before the end of August. All major Israeli avionic- system manufacturers will participate in the competition. Details of the RFP are classified, but the ...
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Eurocopter fires opening shots in Spanish campaign
EUROCOPTER HAS fired the opening salvo in the battle to win a Spanish army order for 15 medium-lift transport helicopters. The France-German consortium is offering 100% offset as part of its bid to sell the AS.532 Cougar Mk. 1, which would include construction of 40% of the airframe ...
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Airbus shows DGPS in Africa
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has demonstrated precision approaches and landings with an A340 guided by a differential global-positioning system (DGPS) at Mmabatho in South Africa. The trial took place as South African Airways moved into the final stages of selecting its new long-haul replacement aircraft. Airbus used a Sextant Avionique ...
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Regional winner?
Embraer's first public flight of its EMB-145 was acclaimed by observers. Graham Warwick/SAO PAULO JUDGING BY the reactions of regional-airline executives attending the 18 August roll-out and first public flight of the EMB-145 regional-jet, Embraer has produced a potential winner - if the newly privatised Brazilian ...
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Varig loses out after disastrous yen financing
BRAZILIAN AIRLINE Varig is to dispose of five Boeing 747s because of the cost of its Japanese yen financing, which has left the airline showing losses for the first half of the year. Financial director Carlos Ebner claims that Varig lost almost $71 million on the financing deal ...
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Trunkliner progress
Metal for the first Chinese-built McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90-30 TrunkLiner has been cut by Shanghai Aviation Industrial (SAIC) and sub-assembly manufacturers Xian and Chengdu Aircraft. SAIC will deliver the first of 20 MD-90 twinjets in the first quarter of 1998. MDC is, meanwhile, understood to be close to concluding a ...
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TAC still looks for alliance to build regional aircraft
Paul Lewis/TAIPEI TAIWAN AEROSPACE (TAC) still hopes to participate in an international regional aircraft project, and is continuing to hold discussions with British Aerospace, despite the collapse of its planned RJ aircraft joint venture with Avro. "BAe is still an important player with its RJ, and ...