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    Boeing floats short 777 with longest range yet

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Paul Lewis and Guy Norris/ SEATTLE BOEING IS considering launching a short-bodied ultra-long-range variant of the 777, which would be capable of carrying around 250 passengers on routes up to 16,650km (9,000nm). Airlines are already being briefed on the aircraft The 777-100X or "Shrink" as ...

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    Falcon Confirmation

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    AlliedSignal has officially confirmed the selection of the TFE731-40 for the Dassault Falcon 50EX business jet. The 19kN (4,250lb)-thrust engine will have a periodic inspection interval of 2,500h and a compressor-zone inspection interval of 5,000h - a 75% improvement over current intervals. Source: Flight International

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    Kestrel Roll-Out

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Kestrel Aircraft has rolled out the prototype of its Model KL-1A piston-single aircraft. The Oklahoma based company has started taxi tests with the aircraft and plans to conduct its maiden flight by the end of this month. The four-seat aircraft is the first of five variants in the four- to ...

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    Go-ahead for Caravan conversion fully funded

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    SOLOY HAS TAKEN delivery of the Cessna 208 Grand Caravan, which will serve as the prototype for its Dual Pac-re-engineing programme. The Olympia, Washington based company also says that it now has sufficient funding for the project, courtesy of local businessman Keith McCaw. Soloy's plan is ...

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    Volvo remains pessimistic on engine markets

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    VOLVO AERO HAS cautioned that commercial-engine markets are unlikely to recover until 1996 at the earliest, as jet-airliner production rates begin to pick up from their present trough. President Arne Wittlov warns that airliner output, now languishing at half of the 1991 peak of 844 aircraft, is unlikely ...

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    Thomson-CSF recovers from heavy bank losses

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS THOMSON-CSF BELIEVES that it is now over the worst of the heavy losses it has sustained from its holding in the crisis-torn Credit Lyonnais bank. The optimism raises prospects of privatisation of the state-controlled electronics group. Alain Gomez, Thomson-CSF chairman, ...

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    AS-15B Kent spotted at Engels AFB

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST unclassified picture of the Russian RKV-500B (AS-15B Kent) strategic cruise missile shows the weapon close to the wing of the Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack long-range bomber, for which it forms the primary offensive armament. The missile pictured at Engels AFB, differs from the AS-15 ...

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    Eurofighter MoU signing delayed

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Douglas Barrie/LONDON Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN FINANCIAL objections over costing the Eurofighter programme have wrecked plans to sign a critical memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 19 May. UK Minister for Defence Procurement Roger Freeman is due to visit his German counterpart, Jorg Schonbohm, on 19 ...

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    Hunter under siege by US Navy opponents

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    THE TRW/ISRAEL Aircraft Industries (IAI) Hunter joint tactical unmanned air vehicle (JT-UAV) is coming under fire from US Navy opponents who favour deployment of the General Atomics Predator UAV on USN warships. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has tentatively scheduled October for a fly-off between the two UAVs, in which ...

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    Belgian limits spark EC warning

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    BELGIUM AND Switzerland have clashed with the European Commission (EC) over services between their countries, even before the Swissair/Sabena alliance gets under way. European competition commissioner Karel Van Miert is warning Switzerland that approval of the deal will require it to obey EC competition rules. The ...

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    Israeli Inroads In India

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Elisra and Elta are competing to provide electronic-warfare equipment for Indian air force Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbeds and Sepecat Jaguars. The Indian air force also wants to equip some of its fighter fleet with an advanced rangeless debriefing system. Again, two Israeli companies, this time Rada and BVR, are competing on ...

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    Nice Airport eyes airline share

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    NICE COTE D'AZUR Airport is a potential shareholder in a proposed airline to be based in the city. Despite being intensively marketed over the past two years and becoming the third-busiest airport in France, it still has no resident carrier. The envisaged airline, to be formed ...

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    Volga-Dnepr pushes An-124 co-operation

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Kieran Daly/LONDON VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines is leading a renewed effort to co-ordinate the investment by operators of the Antonov An-124 Ruslan outsized freighter in technical improvements to the aircraft. The carrier hosted an April meeting of An-124 operators and suppliers in Ulyanovsk, where it proposed a ...

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    Fokker plans new Indian link

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    FOKKER IS CONSIDERING closer co-operation with aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), including an extension to the components work already undertaken by the Indian company for the Fokker 50. The Dutch concern is targeting India for sales of the turboprop Fokker 50 and the Fokker 70 and 100 regional ...

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    Bernard walk-out shocks Air Inter

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    AIR INTER PRESIDENT Michel Bernard resigned on 12 May, after an eighteen-month tenure. His move came shortly after the carrier's last, protected route was opened to competition and followed a series of strikes. Restrictions on the last of the four, most profitable routes in France, were lifted by ...

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    China provides cash for Israeli cruise missile work

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Douglas Barrie/LONDON CHINA IS FUNDING development of an air-launched conventional cruise missile in Israel, with a range of over 400km (220nm). The weapon is a derivative of an existing Israeli unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The missile work is being carried out by TAAS, formerly Israel ...

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    McDonnell Douglas to develop Delta 3 satellite launcher

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL Douglas (MDC) is to develop the Delta 3 launcher in a bid to break into the market to launch large communications satellites. The decision comes on the back of a Hughes Space and Communications launch contract, potentially worth $1.5 billion. The contract ...

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    Trade commission hops into line on 'Kangaroo' route

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    BRITISH AIRWAYS and Qantas Airways have finally won clearance to link services between Australia and Europe, after a change of heart by Australian competition watchdog the Trade Practices Commission (TPC). The airlines have had to agree to a cap on economy fares, however. The two carriers are ...

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    Matra to decide on F-16 Mica bid

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    NORWAY AND THE Netherlands are waiting to find out whether Matra will offer the Mica medium-range air-to-air missile to meet the countries' requirements for a beyond-visual-range weapon to arm updated Lockheed Martin F-16s. Senior air-force officials from the two countries have expressed doubts that the French missile ...

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    USA warns of Pakistan missile plan

    1995-05-17T00:00:00Z

    THE US AUTHORITIES are warning that Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) is trying to acquire sensitive equipment and materials for the production of ballistic missiles. Suparco has approached companies in several European countries with a shopping list, which includes composites, specialist alloys and a range ...