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US Border Patrol will introduce LHTEC T800
THE LONG-AWAITED entry into service of the LHTEC T800 turbo-shaft is expected in July, when the US Border Patrol is scheduled to take delivery of its first re-engine Bell UH-1H Huey. LHTEC, a joint venture between Allison Engine and AlliedSignal Engines, revealed at the Paris air show that ...
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Boeing reveals more of JAST idea
BOEING HAS revealed more details of its Joint Advanced Technology Strike (JAST) concept, including new configuration studies unveiled at the Paris air show. The more striking external-design features of Boeing's compact JAST design include a sharply swept-back delta planform, an elevated cockpit, twin outward-canted vertical tails and ...
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First customer close for An-38
VOSTOK AIRLINES of Khabarovsk, Russia is expected to be named as the first customer, for the Antonov An-38 regional airliner. The 27-seat An-38 will be delivered to Vostok in October 1996. The twin-turboprop was developed by Ukraine's Antonov design bureau from the earlier An-28, but includes extensive Western-supplied ...
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Avensa chooses hushkit for 737s
VENEZUELAN CARRIER Avensa has ordered a newly certificated Boeing 737-100/200 Stage 3 hushkit developed by Florida-based AvAero which allows it to operate to much higher maximum gross take-off weights (MGTOW) without turbine nozzle modifications. AvAero has received a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate allowing users of ...
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Dash 8 stretch launched
BOMBARDIER HAS launched the stretched de Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprop, following an order for 12 aircraft from Great China Airlines of Taiwan. A formal announcement is expected at the show. The Taiwanese domestic carrier is understood to be one of several launch customers for the 70-seat ...
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Competition hots up for Air Macau deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE COMPETITION between Airbus Industrie and Boeing to place aircraft with start-up carrier Air Macau has intensified, with a final decision expected shortly from the airline's board of directors. Air Macau has an immediate requirement for four leased aircraft and wants to put the ...
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Cessna and AlliedSignal sign avionics deal for piston singles
CESSNA AIRCRAFT AND AlliedSignal have signed an exclusive agreement covering the supply of avionics for the new-build piston singles being planned by the Wichita-based manufacturer. Cessna will offer several different packages of equipment being supplied by AlliedSignal General Aviation Avionics. The avionics deal covers the 172 Skyhawk, the ...
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MDHS reveals Combat Explorer revealed
A COMBAT VERSION of the McDonnell Douglas Explorer commercial helicopter has been unveiled at the Paris air show. The aircraft could be available as early as 1997, says the company. "This is a reverse of the normal situation," says McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS). "For the first time, ...
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Texas Instruments concludes talks with Shorts for CASOM bid
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (TI) and Shorts Missile Systems have successfully completed talks to mount a joint bid for the UK Staff Requirement (Air) 1236 Conventionally Armed Stand-Off Missile (CASOM) programme. A formal announcement could be made before the end of the show. The CASOM bids are due at the ...
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EC sets open-skies schedule
Julian Moxon/BRUSSELS THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) wants to achieve a full open-skies air-transport agreement with the USA within five years, and will ask European transport ministers at the end of this month for a mandate to carry out negotiations. In a 20-page draft proposal to ...
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GIVs offered to replace US forces' Rivet Joints
GULFSTREAM Aerospace, is proposing that the Pentagon replace its' aging fleet of Rivet Joint RC-135 electronic-intelligence-gathering aircraft, with militarised Gulf- stream IV-SP business jets. Although Rivet Joint RC-135s (specially configured Boeing 707s) performed well during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 in Iraq, they are expensive to operate, ...
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CASA helped into profit in 1994 by export deliveries
SPANISH AEROSPACE group CASA shows a sharp rise in profits for 1994, helped by 20 export deliveries for its turboprop patrol and transport aircraft. CASA ended the year showing net profits of Ptas3.4 billion ($28 million), virtually a threefold rise on its performance a year ago. The group, ...
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Code Share Approved
The US Department of Transportation has approved a code sharing deal, between American Airlines, American Eagle affiliate airlines and Canadian Airlines International. The authority began on 1 June. Source: Flight International
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Chinese airlines sign MDC deal
CHINA EASTERN and China Northern Airlines have signed a $700 million provisional agreement with McDonnell Douglas (MDC), increasing the number of Long Beach-built MD-90-30 TrunkLiners ordered to 20. Under a revised deal signed in 1994, China had intended ordering 14 MD-90s and six MD-82s from McDonnell Douglas' Long ...
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Avro tackles RJ100 London City Airport weight limit
AVRO INTERNATIONAL Aerospace is working to boost the RJ100's payload capacity for operations at London City Airport, by introducing a new 33° flap setting for take-off, and reducing airframe weight. The work is being carried out to enable Crossair to operate its recently ordered RJ100s into the airport ...
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Jeppesen launches on-line dispatch aid
JEPPESEN HAS launched a new OnSight integrated operations- management and flight-dispatch system for airline and fleet-operators. The OnSight delivers on-line flight-management and dispatch information in near-real time, via Unix-compatible workstations. The Denver, USA-based international aviation-information services company says that the OnSight is offered as a modular system, including ...
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ARIA starts up at Shannon
AEROFLOT RUSSIA-International Airlines (ARIA) has begun operation of its hub at Shannon, Ireland. Aircraft from Moscow, St Petersburg, Minsk and Minerahne Voda were flown into the Irish airport, to connect with an onward Ilyushin Il-62 service to New York, Chicago and Miami. Services from several other cities and airlines are ...
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Aero Vodochody stays cautiously optimistic
CZECH AIRCRAFT manufacturer Aero Vodochody warns that its finances remain weak after posting further losses for 1994, but believes that recovery is now in prospect. Following the collapse of Communism, Vodochody's aircraft output plummeted from more than 240 units, to a low point of two in 1992. ...
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Russian consortium proposal approved
RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT manufacturers and airlines are to go ahead with their plans to form a joint financial and industrial group, following president Boris Yeltsin's approval of their proposals. The group, called the Russian Aviation Consortium, is intended to play a major role in financing the development of the ...
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Eurojet-powered Eurofighter gets airborne
The first Eurofighter 2000 prototype to be fitted with Eurojet EJ200 turbofan engines was flown on 4 June from Eurofighter industrial partner Alenia's Caselle flight-test centre. The flight of the DA 3 lasted for 50min, with the aircraft and engines handling as predicted. The first two prototypes are fitted with ...