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Boeing benefits from Garuda restructure
GARUDA INDONESIA is to buy up to six Boeing 777-200s, as part of a $1.6 billion deal to restructure its outstanding orders (Flight International, 19-25 June). Under an agreement with Boeing, the Indonesian flag carrier has traded in orders for five General Electric CF6-80-powered 747-400s for six ...
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IPTN sets target for N270's first flight
INDUSTRI PESAWAT Nusantara Terbang (IPTN) hopes to fly the first of three stretched N270 prototypes, designed specifically for use in the North American market, by late 1998. Louis Harrington, president of IPTN's American Regional Aircraft Industry (AMRAI) joint venture says that a 12-month flight-test and certification programme ...
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IPTN takes delivery of its first Bell 430
BELL HELICOPTER Textron has delivered the first Bell 430 eight-seat intermediate twin helicopter to launch customer Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) of Indonesia. At the same time, the US helicopter company has agreed to extend its existing production arrangement with IPTN to include the manufacture of the ...
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Tiger upgrade study attracts interest
THAILAND'S STUDY of a second-phase avionics and structural upgrade of its fleet of 36 Northrop Grumman F-5E/F Tiger II fighters is attracting strong international interest. The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) is understood to be holding initial discussions with several competing integrators, system vendors and airframe companies ...
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Fokker looks for east Asian joint venture
FOKKER SERVICES of the Netherlands, a division of Fokker Aviation, the company born out of the bankruptcy of Fokker Aircraft in March this year, is seeking a joint venture with an East Asian maintenance company or airline to meet the service requirements of operators in the region. Erik ...
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Indonesia completes hawk deal
INDONESIA HAS concluded a deal to purchase a second batch of 16 British Aerospace Hawk 200 light-strike aircraft. The Indonesian air force is understood to have signed a follow-on order with BAe for 16 single-seat Hawk 200s. The aircraft were covered by options from an earlier 1992 ...
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Indonesian navy is offered Super Lynx
GKN WESTLAND Helicopters is offering the Super Lynx helicopter to the Indonesian Navy as a possible replacement for its Westland Wasps. According to Westland international sales manager Des Hassan, the Indonesian Government has not yet issued an official requirement for replacements, but says that "-we expect a formal ...
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Satellite navigation
A multi-national study team has been formed by Indonesia to look at the resources required to develop satellite navigation in South-East Asia. Called the Aeronautic Navigation Satellite System, the programme includes the investigation of requirements to provide Category III precision approaches to International Civil Aviation Organisation standards. The study team ...
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Fokker studies F28 re-engineing proposal
FOKKER AVIATION is studying a possible re-engineing programme for ageing F28s, replacing the type's Rolls-Royce Speys with General Electric CF34s or with R-R Tays. Over 200 F28s are still flying and at least one operator, Scandinavian Airlines System, has already invested in Fokker 70-style cabin upgrades for ...
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Britannia takes first 767-300ERs
UK CHARTER CARRIER BRITANNIA AIRWAYS has taken delivery of its first three General Electric CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 767-300ERs, which received instant 180min extended-range twin-engined operations approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Delivery of a fourth aircraft, which was due shortly, has been delayed until 1997. The 328-seat 767-300ERs, which join ...
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Amman bound
Israeli airline El Al began scheduled flights to Jordan on 23 June. The airline will operate a Boeing 737 five times a week on a route opened up by the Middle East peace talks. The Royal Jordanian subsidiary Royal Wings began its service on the route in April, operating five ...
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Trent surge halts 777 ETOPS test effort
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE ROLLS-ROYCE Trent 800-powered Boeing 777 extended-range twinjet-operations (ETOPS) test effort has been "-put on hold" until the engine maker completes investigations into the cause of a surge which caused a take-off of the test aircraft to be aborted on 16 June. ...
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Brevel in payload trials
THE FRANCO/GERMAN Eurodrone Brevel unmanned air vehicle has undergone its first test flight with a fully equipped payload, in preparation for the beginning of system trials in July. Eurodrone says that the Brevel is still on target for its planned 1998 in-service date. Only three systems have ...
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Saab prepares 2000 AEWC windtunnel tests
Andrzej Jeziorski/LINKOPING SAAB AIRCRAFT is about to begin windtunnel tests of an airborne early-warning and control (AEWC) version of its high-speed Saab 2000 turboprop. The aircraft offers better performance and superior command and control capability to that of the current Saab 340 AEW aircraft, the ...
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Compass founder plans a comeback
THE BOSS OF failed Australian low-cost operator Compass Airlines says that he is to launch a new carrier following a successful Federal Court battle with rival Qantas over rights to terminal space at key domestic airports. Bryan Grey says that he plans to have a new airline, ...
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F-22 flight-control laws tested in F-16
USING A SPECIALLY configured Lockheed Martin F-16, pilots recently completed tests on the first block of flight-control laws for the Lockheed Martin-Boeing F-22 which is now 11 months away from its first flight. The flight-control laws for the F-22 were programmed in the Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test ...
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Training problem forces Kiwi to ground four 727s
KIWI INTERNATIONAL is working with the US Federal Aviation Administration to resolve pilot-training issues which have led to the grounding of four of its 15 Boeing 727s, and a 25% reduction in flights. Founded in 1992, the New York (Newark)-based low-cost carrier has undergone management shake-ups, and ran ...
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Hinson defends ValuJet grounding
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US FEDERAL AVIATION Administrator David Hinson has responded to allegations that the ValuJet grounding was politically motivated by saying that the decision was made before a meeting at which senior White House officials were briefed. Hinson made the claim during a Congressional hearing ...
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Turkey could join Europe's anti-tank missile project
TURKEY IS EMERGING as a potential partner in the European Long-Range (LR) Trigat anti-tank-missile programme to fill the hole left when the UK decided not to procure the missile as part of its attack-helicopter purchase. Initially, Turkish interest is understood to be in a vehicle-mounted variant of ...
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UK charter operator Excalibur finally folds
UK CHARTER OPERATOR Excalibur Airways, pilloried in the UK media for two weeks over a series of embarrassing delays, went into liquidation on 26 June. The decision is blamed partly on the "sensationalised media coverage", which followed a scare among passengers over technical problems on a leased McDonnell ...