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Boeing probe
The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged bribes used by former Boeing subsidiary, de Havilland Aircraft, to secure a $64 million order for five Dash 8s from BahamasAir in 1991. The allegations came to light earlier this year after Canadian entrepreneur Craig Dobbin filed a $900 million ...
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Europe's defence groups angle for Thomson-CSF
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE, Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and GEC have all been named by Matra president Noel Forgeard as among those keen to join a bid for French electronics giant Thomson-CSF, when it is privatised later this year. The comments follow the news that Matra ...
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Germany boosts KEPD-350 bid commitment
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE GERMAN AIR FORCE is reviewing its commitment to the Matra Apache as the basis for its stand-off-missile requirements, and has informed the UK Ministry of Defence that it is likely to procure a variant of the Daimler-Benz/Bofors KEPD-350 missile now being offered in a ...
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First Extra 400 sold
EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU has secured the first sale for the Extra 400 tourer. The aircraft, now 20h into its flight-test programme, had its show debut in the static park. The Dinslaken-based company says that it has other potential customers awaiting further flight-trial results. The 400 has been successfully tested to 200kt ...
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Russia finds money for Ukrainian ICBMs
THE RUSSIAN Government has issued a decree allocating roubles 17.76 billion ($3.55 million) to finance an agreement reached with Ukraine to acquire ten RS-18 (SS-19 Stilleto) liquid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles from Ukrainian arsenals. In 1994, Russia received 14 "dry" (not filled with fuel) RS-18 missiles from an arsenal ...
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Four put in bids to power AI(R) regional jet
ALLISON SAYS that its planned growth AE3012 turbofan is one of four engines being offered for the 70- to 84-seat regional jet under study by Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)). The BMW Rolls-Royce BR710, General Electric CF34-8C and a new turbofan jointly proposed by Pratt & Whitney Canada and ...
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Hughes and GEC link on AirHawk bid
HUGHES AND GEC are to unveil an agreement covering the latter's participation on the Hughes AirHawk bid for the UK Ministry of Defence's conventional stand-off-missile requirement before the end of May. While GEC is trying to play down the significance of the tie-up, Hughes is understood to view ...
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British Midland reveals Eurostar impact
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH MIDLAND (BM) admits that competition from the Channel Tunnel rail link from London to Paris and Brussels effectively halved its potential profits in 1995, but group chairman Sir Michael Bishop says that the airline has now weathered the worst of the Tunnel's impact. Although the airline managed ...
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China Eastern A340-300s arrive
China Eastern Airlines took delivery of its first of eight A340-300s on 15 May. The Shanghai-based carrier is the first airline in the People's Republic of China to receive the long-haul aircraft. A340 services will be inaugurated in June, between Shanghai and Los Angeles. China Eastern's A340s are configured with ...
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China Airlines signs up for eight more 747s
CHINA AIRLINES (CAL) of Taiwan has placed a $1.4 billion order for up to eight Boeing 747-400s, as part of its continuing fleet-replacement programme. The deal covers the purchase of four more Pratt & Whitney PW4056-powered 747-400s, for delivery between May and December 1997. The carrier ...
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United plans to spend $3 billion on Boeing order
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES UNITED AIRLINES (UAL) is in final negotiations with Boeing for up to 35 aircraft ranging from 757s to 747s and worth around $3 billion. The carrier is also about to open negotiations for the purchase of 30 smaller aircraft. The airline originally hoped ...
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First Emirates 777 emerges
THE FIRST OF SEVEN Boeing 777-200s on order for Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has entered customer-acceptance flight tests. The aircraft is scheduled to be handed over in June, with subsequent deliveries in July and October. Source: Flight International
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Taiwan Aerospace seeks a share in AE-100 project
TAIWAN AEROSPACE (TAC) has said that it wants to take a 5-10% stake in China's proposed AirExpress AE-100 regional-jet programme. Long-running rumours of Taiwanese interest in the planned Chinese programme were confirmed by TAC chairman Jack Sun, when he reportedly expressed a wish to take a small share ...
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Russian Soyuz fails on commercial-satellite mission
Russian Soyuz fails on commercial-satellite mission A SOYUZ U BOOSTER launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 14 May failed to place a Kometa-class reconnaissance satellite into orbit. The spacecraft was due to provide 2m-resolution images of the USA for US Aerial Images, as part of a commercial contract with the ...
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Muddy waters
THE GREATEST problem of aircraft-accident investigation is not the disappearance of the evidence into a Florida swamp or the unreadability of data-recorder tapes. It is the demand by the mass media and its customers for instant answers, and the temptation of those on the periphery of the investigation to give ...
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New Alitalia chief reveals rescue proposals
ALITALIA'S NEW CHIEF executive, Domenico Cempella, has unveiled his long-awaited rescue plan for the ailing airline, including a major package of job losses, a L3 trillion ($1.9 billion) cash injection and an attempt to revamp the group's long-haul services in a separate company. The five-year plan calls for the shedding ...
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Germany buys off-the-shelf DASS
Andrzej Jeziorski/BERLIN THE GERMAN air force is to purchase the defensive-aids subsystem (DASS) for its Eurofighter EF2000s from the EURODASS consortium, despite having pulled out of the programme four years ago. Christian Biener, head of the Eurofighter programme in the German Ministry of Defence, says ...
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Manufacturers must compare
Sir - Comparing notes is certainly a good idea (Letters, Flight International, 10-16 April, P41) - and not just between military and civilian organisations. Manufacturers should surely do the same, especially in matters relating to aircraft structure and integrity. The industry appears not to have learned the lesson ...
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The heavens declare
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is revolutionising astronomy with images of Creation. Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA's HUBBLE SPACE Telescope (HST) is to receive its next space servicing and new instruments during the Space Shuttle STS82/Discovery mission in February 1997. Further missions will extend the life and capability ...
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FAA investigates ValuJet
IN FEBRUARY 1996, the FAA initiated a 120-day Special Emphasis Review because of the low-fare carrier's exceptionally high growth-rate and four safety-related incidents in January and February 1996. On 14 May, FAA administrator David Hinson denied that low-cost airlines, such as ValuJet, are in any way less safe ...