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Propeller failure blamed for fatal Brasilia crash
Graham Warwick/Atlanta Propeller-blade failure is the suspected cause of the 21 August crash of an Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia near Carrollton, Georgia, USA, which killed the captain and four passengers. Evidence of a blade-spar fatigue-fracture has been found. Blade failure has also been ...
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Boeing lands EAGLE tracker deal
BOEING HAS WON a $43.5 million US Air Force contract to develop and demonstrate an infra-red (IR) sensor suite for the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) which will be used to detect and track theatre ballistic missiles (TBMs). Testing will take place in 1998. The contract ...
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Fokker 70 order
KLM has ordered four Fokker 70 regional twinjets to replace its four F-28s. They will be operated by the Dutch flag carrier's subsidiary KLM Cityhopper, on three-year operating leases. Source: Flight International
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Toyota admits to Vee-8 development
TOYOTA HAS finally acknowledged that it is developing an aero-engine based on the Vee-8 used in the Lexus automobile. US certification is being pursued jointly with Hamilton Standard, which is supplying the engine controls and propeller, and is expected by the end of 1995. The aero-engine is a compact 4litre, ...
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TWA comes out of Chapter 11
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES (TWA) emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 23 August, having reduced its debt by $500 million and increased its creditors' stake in the carrier from 55% to 65%. TWA filed for Chapter 11 on 30 June with $1.7 billion in debt carried over from its previous ...
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Horizon presses DASA to launch stretched 328
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA HORIZON AIR IS pressuring Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) to launch a stretched variant of the Dornier 328 regional turboprop. The Alaska Air Group subsidiary, which operates both the 328 and the de Havilland Dash 8, has made standardising on one large-turboprop type a priority, and is pushing ...
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Bell/Boeing discuss helicopter merger
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING AND Textron are believed to be studying a merger of the two companies' respective military-helicopter businesses. The proposed teaming, which would herald the long-awaited restructuring of the US helicopter industry, would be based largely on the structure developed for the development and ...
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AlliedSignal buys inertial business
ALLIEDSIGNAL Aerospace has acquired Northrop Grumman's Precision Products business in Norwood, Massachusetts. The former Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Division makes tactical and strategic gyroscopes and related navigation, guidance and control systems. These include "strapdown" mid-course guidance systems for the US Navy's Harpoon anti-ship missile and Stand-off Land Attack ...
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Il-86 re-engineing near
The launch of the long-awaited project to re-engine Ilyushin Il-86s with CFM International CFM56 engines may have moved a step closer, with a deal having been reached with one Il-86 operator. "By the end of this show, or shortly after, we will meet the launching terms," says CFM shareholder GE. ...
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Airbus chief attacks JAA on grandfather rights
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE chief executive Jean Pierson has extended his attack on the attitude of the European Joint Airworthiness Authority (JAA) to certification "grandfather rights" by writing to the governments of the Airbus partner countries. In a letter sent on 18 August to the aviation and trade ministers of ...
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African dilemma
MANY AFRICAN airlines and their state owners - like their counterparts in the rest of the world - are being pressured towards privatisation. Those African airlines are not, however, like their European counterparts; nor is the environment in which they fly like Europe. The most pressing questions they face are ...
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Three-dimensional images give first look at F-22's weapons bays
The Lockheed Martin-Boeing team developing the F-22 fighter for the US Air Force has released the first three-dimensional images of the aircraft's main and side weapons bays. Left: the main weapons bay, with six AIM-120C AMRAAMs, although it can also accommodate the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and the AIM-9 ...
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The Gordon-Bennett Race...
The Gordon-Bennett Race After an interval of seven years, the classic Gordon-Bennett race, in which speed is the only consideration, is to be resumed at Etampes near Paris. The speed course this year is somewhat longer than that for the event which was held in 1913, being 300 kilometres (186 ...
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K-C Aviation
John Rahilly has been promoted to president of Kimberly-Clark Aviation in Dallas, Texas. He replaces Richard Emery who retired at the end of July after 18 years with the company. Rahilly was previously K-C Aviation's vice-president of marketing and sales. Source: Flight International
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Nikolai Kuznetsov
Russian aircraft-engine designer Nikolai Kuznetsov has died, aged 85. Kuznetsov set up the Kuznetsov design bureau in the 1940s, providing engines for aircraft such as the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tu-144, and the Ilyushin Il-62. His last project was the NK-93 engine, intended for the Ilyushin Il-96 and Tupolev Tu-204. ...
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ABH
Airlines of Britain Holdings (ABH), the parent company of British Midland, Manx Airlines and Loganair, has appointed Stewart John as a non-executive director. He is the first non-executive board appointee who does not represent any of the Group's shareholders. He is currently vice-president of the Royal Aeronautical Society and president ...
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Fokker 70s: ten in service,...
Fokker 70s: ten in service, 42 on order Source: Flight International
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Boeing 747s: nearly 1,000 of...
Boeing 747s: nearly 1,000 of the type in service Source: Flight International
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Flight International 30 August...
Flight International 30 August - 5 September 1995 Source: Flight International