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Baikal profitable
Flight International would like to make clear that the "Baikal" aviation company listed as going bankrupt in a recent Russian aviation feature did not refer to Baikal Airlines. The reference (Flight International, 15-21 February) was to Baikal Avia in Irkutsk, which was one of several small Russian aviation companies which ...
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European and US fighter builders court Norway
EUROPEAN AND US fighter manufacturers are preparing to make initial offset offers to the Norwegian defence ministry as Oslo takes the initial steps towards acquiring a next-generation fighter. A Lockheed F-16 team was in Norway during the first week of March to discuss offset, and Eurofighter will present ...
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Bosnia C-130 suspected in covert flights row
Tim Ripley/LONDON US AIR FORCE denials that it is responsible for covert supply flights to the Bosnian armed forces have been re-inforced by UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) officials, who suspect that the Bosnian Government is operating its own Lockheed C-130 Hercules. UN observers have reported several ...
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Boeing seeks waiver over head-impact rules
BOEING HAS requested a temporary exemption from US Federal Aviation Administration head-injury criteria (HIC) certification rules for some economy-class seats on the 777 until May 1996. The company, like others, has been struggling for some four years to find ways of meeting the HIC requirements and has experimented ...
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TWA component deal
Trans World Airlines (TWA) has signed a five-year component-maintenance agreement with Rockwell's Collins Commercial Avionics, which is expected to provide 20% savings, or about $100,000 in the first year. TWA will pay a monthly fixed-price per flight-hour, per unit, for avionics repairs. Source: Flight International
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ARIA faces privatisation
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW PRIVATISATION AND fleet renewal remain at the top of the agenda for Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA), says chief executive Vladimir Tikhonov. He adds that the first step in the privatisation process will take place shortly with the issue of shares to airline's staff. Employees ...
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Germany reveals secret Stealth fighter research
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has revealed details of a previously top-secret Stealth aircraft research programme conducted in Germany during the 1980s. The programme, known as Lampyridae (Firefly), or Medium Range Missile Fighter (MRMF), was run from 1981 to 1987 by what was then Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB), ...
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Antonov in dash to assemble new propfan prototype
IN A DESPERATE attempt to keep its An-70 propfan military-transport programme alive, Ukrainian design bureau Antonov is trying to complete a second prototype by the end of this year. This follows the loss of the first prototype in January after it went out of control, collided with the An-72 chase ...
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SAAF grounds Impalas
The South African Air Force (SAAF) has grounded its Aermacchi MB.326 Impala jet trainers and ground-attack aircraft. This follows the discovery of cracks in the horizontal-tail section of an aircraft undergoing a routine major overhaul. Source: Flight International
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Acker takes on BWIA
The US and Caribbean investment team headed by ex-TWA boss Ed Acker has taken control of BWIA International Airlines. It has bought 51% of the stock for $20 million, leaving the Government with 33.5% and the employees with 15.5%. The new management is to acquire Boeing 757s and 767s. ...
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Indian to sell 737s
Indian Airlines says that it is to sell six of its Boeing 737s as part of a fleet-modernisation programme which would see the carrier use the cash to acquire 50-seat turboprops. Indian wants the turboprops to boost the operations of its short-haul division created out of the now-defunct state-owned carrier ...
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Canada reopens landing debate
CANADA is reviewing a C$627 million ($450 million) programme to install microwave-landing systems at some airports. The decision comes in the wake of concerted lobbying by airlines to dump the programme in favour of global positioning. The Government has already spent C$40 million fitting Micronav microwave systems at ...
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GlaStar performs better than predicted
Stoddard-Hamilton's GlaStar kitplane has exceeded performance predictions in its first 50h of flight testing, achieving a 135kt (250km/h) cruise speed and 1,200ft/min (6m/s) sea-level climb rate on a 125hp (95kW) Teledyne Continental engine. The horizontal tail has been extended, rudder enlarged and aileron cusps removed to improve stability. ...
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Don't criticise French 'attitude'
Sir - James Weber reacts to the article "Crash cause may never be known" about the ATR accident (Flight International, Letters, 8-14 February, P41) by stating that "...the French attitude appears to be to let the aircraft continue to crash while it works out what is happening". He ...
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FAA
The US Federal Aviation Administration has given Christopher Hart the new post of assistant administrator for system safety. Hart's job will encompass overall responsibility for safety programmes and he will be FAA Administrator David Hinson's chief advisor for such matters. He comes to the FAA from the National Highway Traffic ...
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EMB-145 assembly advances
ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRST Embraer EMB-145 regional turbofan is continuing towards completion. Various fuselage subassemblies built by Embraer and its partners, Enaer of Chile and Sonaca of Belgium, are in the process of being mated ahead of installation of the first wingset being delivered by Spanish company Gamesa. The EMB-145 ...
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GEC-Marconi RWR to enter service with British Army
A VARIANT of the GEC Marconi AWARE-3 radar- warning receiver (RWR) will enter service with the British Army Air Corps (AAC) this year, following a seven-year development programme. The AAC will introduce the ARI.23491/1 RWR as an operational system during 1995, say industry sources. The 2-18GHz ...
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Evergreen sale
Evergreen International Airlines is to sell its all-cargo routes to China to FedEx, subject to US Department of Transportation approval. FedEx, which will become the only US express-package carrier with rights to serve China, plans to lease two Boeing 747s from Evergreen. Source: Flight International
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ASW and SAR programmes will escape Canada's defence cuts
CANADA IS TO reduce defence spending by 14% over the next three years, but several major procurement programmes, including that for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters, will continues as planned. The cuts are to be achieved by base closures, with the country's naval, air force and ...
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Orient Express growth
The Orient Airlines Assoc-iation has reported an 11% growth in average passenger traffic for its 15 member carriers in 1994. Average passenger-load factors were up by 1% on the previous year, to 69.44%, while freight traffic increased by nearly 17%. Passenger capacity rose by 9.18%. Source: Flight International