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Currency instability: the realities
Sir - While I generally find Flight International to be accurate, I was surprised to read "Dollar distress" (Flight International, 31 May-6 June) concerning the impact of recent worldwide currency movements on the aircraft industry. Your suggestion that aviation companies should "price in a wider mix of yen, deutschmarks or ...
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Inflite: putting the record straight
Sir - The Panorama television programme broadcast by the UK's BBC on 12 June covered the international problem of counterfeit or uncertificated aircraft spares and parts. During the course of the programme , which was instrumental in bringing the activities of a company featured to the attention of ...
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Aiming high
Honeywell is proposing derivatives of the Boeing 777's aircraft information-management system (AIMS) for retrofit to US Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentrys and US Navy Boeing E-6 Mercurys. Use of the AIMS architecture is also being considered by manufacturers working on airframe designs for the US Department of Defense Advanced Short ...
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Cessna on track
Cessna Aircraft will provide the US Air Force with five Citation-based OT-47B Tracker aircraft under a $40 million firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Pentagon. Cessna will integrate APG-66 radars and WF-360TL imaging systems on each aircraft as part of the deal. Source: Flight International
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Guernsey expansion
Anglo Normandy Aeroengineering (ANAE) has opened a new maintenance hanger at Guernsey Airport in the Channel Islands. The company specialises in work on such types as the Shorts 360 and the Pilatus Britten-Norman Trislander, although the new hangar is capable of handling work on aircraft of up to ATR 72 ...
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Atlas adds to 747 freighter fleet
US CARGO AIRLINE Atlas Air has purchased three Boeing 747-200 Combis from Alitalia for conversion to full freighter configuration. The first converted aircraft is expected to enter service in the third quarter of 1995, and all three are to be in service by early 1996. The purchases take ...
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Fokker chooses Collins GPS for JetLine
FOKKER HAS SELECTED Rockwell-Collins' AVSAT-900 flight-management/global-positioning system (FMS/GPS) as standard on its JetLine series of regional aircraft. The Collins system will replace a Honeywell FMS in the Fokker 70 and 100, beginning with 1997 deliveries. Fokker is the launch customer for Collins Commercial Avionics' AVSAT satellite-based avionics. The ...
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First F-5E Tiger IV avionics upgrade tests completed
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has completed the first phase of flight-testing of the F-5E Tiger IV avionics upgrade. The initial 12 flights concentrated on evaluating the air-to-air modes of the Westinghouse APG-66 pulse-Doppler radar, says F-5 demonstration project engineer Tom Cooke. The upgraded aircraft was used to demonstrate a doubling ...
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SR-71 Blackbird is back on song
Guy Norris/PALMDALE LOCKHEED MARTIN is confident that it will be funded to refurbish a third SR-71 Blackbird for the US Air Force in 1996, following the successful reconditioning of the first aircraft, which was formally handed over on 28 June. Lockheed Martin "Skunk Works" SR-71 programme ...
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Medium-range TRIGAT progresses
THE PARTNERS in the multi-national third-generation anti-tank weapon system (TRIGAT) have completed development of the medium-range version of the missile. The final major milestone in the development phase was achieved in mid-June, with warhead-qualification tests involving four successful firings, destroying 1m2 (10.7ft2) targets at almost 2km (1nm) range. ...
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Predator for Bosnia overflights
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense says that the General Atomics Predator unmanned air vehicle (UAV) is being sent to support NATO operations in Bosnia. The Tier II UAV will be based at Gjader Airfield, Albania, for at least 60 days. About 100 US military and contractor personnel will ...
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Bidders line up vertrep deal
KAMAN AEROSPACE, Sikorsky Aircraft and a McDonnell Douglas/Westland team are among those bidding for the US Navy's two-month demonstration of commercially operated helicopters for vertical replenishment (vertrep) of naval vessels. A request for proposals (RFP) was issued by the US Military Sealift Command in May. The USN is ...
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Airlines seek to delay 'Stage 4' noise controls
Kevin O'Toole/GENEVA THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association (IATA) is likely to press for a delay in the implementation of proposed new aircraft noise and emission standards, which it estimates could cost the airline industry as much as $50 billion. Recommendations on new standards are due to ...
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Aviareps enters leasing business
AVIAREPS, THE UK-based airline representation group, has acquired a Boeing 737-300 from GE Capital Aviation Services for use in the Portuguese market where it has no link-up with a local airline. The aircraft, contracted out to tour operators throughout Europe, is based in Portugal and is flown by ...
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ELk flies to Finland
Estonian airline Eesti Lennukompanii (ELk) is scheduled to start a new route in July, offering a twice-weekly service between the capital, Tallinn, and Turku in Finland. The airline is using a Czech-built LET-410. Source: Flight International
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Hong Kong/Australia call a truce
AUSTRALIA AND Hong Kong have called a truce in their dispute over Qantas' fifth-freedom rights beyond Hong Kong to Singapore and Bangkok. The two Governments have now taken the unusual step of agreeing to scrap their air-services agreement ahead of its expiry date, assenting to a six-month truce ...
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Sabena eyes pact with VLM
SABENA HAS STARTED discussions with struggling Antwerp-based regional VLM over a possible collaboration pact. Both airlines deny that a take-over or equity injection is on the agenda. Some observers, however, question the motives of Sabena, suggesting that its co-operation strategy is a ploy to keep the small independent ...
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Wet-leased Tu-134 crashes in Nigerian storm
A HARKA AIR Services Tupolev Tu-134 twinjet wet-leased from the Russian Komiavia group crashed in a rainstorm at Lagos, Nigeria, on 24 June, killing 16 passengers. The aircraft, which was on a scheduled domestic flight from Kaduna, landed at Lagos International Airport in rain and a heavy crosswind, ...
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British World to expand fleet
BRITISH WORLD Airlines is considering expanding its fleet early in 1996, to meet increasing demands in the UK charter market for aircraft in the 130-seat range. The Southend, Essex-based firm is believed to be looking for three aircraft in the Boeing 737-200 class, having had its fleet of ...
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An-70 programme wins support
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT finance for the Ukrainian-developed Antonov An-70 propfan-powered military transport seems likely to materialise following a meeting between Russian prime minister Victor Chernomyrdin, and Konstantin Titov, the governor of Russian province Samara, where a production line is to be based. Russia and Ukraine signed a deal in ...