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P&W and MTU name engine project chiefs
PRATT & WHITNEY and MTU have named former PW4084 programme manager Tom Davenport as head of the new Mid Thrust Family Engine (MTFE) project, marking the formal start of the joint initiative. MTU's Rainer Schwab has also been named deputy manager of the project, which aims to design ...
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Luxair kills Sabena's Luxembourg pilot-pool plan
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS LUXEMBOURG'S LUXAIR . has rejected a pioneering proposal by Belgian national airline Sabena to form a joint pool of aircraft and pilots across the border in lower-cost Luxembourg. Luxair says that the proposed co-operation, possibly involving an equity stake, would "...involve operational and ...
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Eastern Europeans move closer to NATO
THE CZECH REPUBLIC, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have taken a step toward NATO integration by agreeing to a US Department of Defense (DoD) proposal to unify their respective air-defence and air-traffic-control systems. As an incentive, the USA is offering $25 million over a two-year period in aid to ...
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Avionics deal signed
Daimler Benz Aerospace and Rockwell-Collins have signed a joint -venture deal to develop, produce and market satellite navigation and advanced avionics equipment. The venture will be responsible for marketing. Source: Flight International
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JAST revision hardens ASTOVL project option
Guy Norris/SAN FRANCISO THE US NAVY/US Air Force Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme is being revised radically to allow two finalists to build a total of four demonstrator aircraft. Two will be configured for advanced short take-off and vertical landing (ASTOVL). The changes will bolster ...
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Pilots to influence flight-time limits?
Sir - On flight-time limitations, you say ("Duty bound", Flight International, 14-20 December, P32) that: "The International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) is convinced that the proposed European rules are dangerous..." It is entirely legitimate that professional bodies should say and do whatever they can to further ...
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DRA goes low-level
The UK's Defence Research Agency has begun studies into a next-generation low-level automated flight-control avionics package likely to be earmarked for the RAF's conceptual follow-on to its Panavia Tornado GR1/4 strike aircraft, the Future Offensive Aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Comparison means objectivity
Sir - The letters from Capt John Lewis and D R MacDonald (Flight International, 21 December-3 January, P46) include some emotive comments and inaccuracies. Safety is Airbus Industrie's top priority - as I am sure that it is with other manufacturers - and we welcome objective discussion on ...
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Snecma to lead CFM56-XX development programme
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH ENGINE manufacturer Snecma and its CFM International partner General Electric expect to agree by the end of the year to launch the CFM56-XX turbofan for the growth Airbus A340 variant and other Airbus and Boeing derivatives. New Snecma president Bernard Dufour has made ...
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Expressly Alabama
Alabama Express Airways is to provide daily short-haul flights within Alabama, USA, using five British Aerospace Jetstream 31s. The new regional carrier will be based in Tuskegee, Alabama, but will centre operations on Montgomery and Mobile until Tuskegee's municipal airport is expanded. Source: Flight International
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Honeycomb delivery
Texas Almet has agreed to distribute Hexcel honeycomb products in North America. The company's decision to provide the service, which will be known as Express Honey-comb, follows "extremely positive" regional tests of the concept. Hexcel is now attempting to emerge from Chapter 11 protection. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon delivers first U-125A
The first of up to 27 Raytheon Aircraft U-125As earmarked for the search-and-rescue role has been delivered to Japan, where mission-system performance testing is now being carried out by Fuji Heavy Industries. Fuji is Japan's prime-subcontractor on the programme. The formal handover of the first aircraft to the Japan Air ...
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EUROSAM on target with Aster
The EUROSAM consortium has carried out a launch-and-intercept trial with its Aster 15 missile against a simulated supersonic sea-skimming missile. The montage image of the interception shows the relatively high parabola flown by the missile in successfully engaging the target. The weapon, now in development, is scheduled to enter on ...
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Intercontinental
Colombia's director of civil aviation, Alvaro Rad Gomez, has said that the Intercontinental de Aviacion McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 which crashed on 11 January appears to have exploded at 14,000ft (4,250m) during its descent for Cartagena, Colombia. Two minutes after the crew had radioed to clear its descent, the 28-year-old DC-9 ...
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Snecma-Mikoyan deal
French engine manufacturer Snecma is hoping to conclude a licence-production agreement with Mikoyan in the next few weeks, according to Snecma chairman Bernard Dufour. The two companies have been involved in prolonged negotiations about a licensing agreement covering the Snecma-Turbomeca Larzac 04-R20 engine for Mikoyan's MiG-AT jet trainer. ...
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Thrust reverser delivered to Rolls-Royce
THE FIRST THRUST reverser for the BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 engine has been sent by manufacturer Hurel-Dubois to R-R's engine-test site at Hucknall, UK. The system includes a Hurel-Dubois reverser design which combines target-type and pivoting-door reversers. Hurel- Dubois has responsibility for the design, development, supply and subsequent in-service support of ...
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EC.135 heads for Heli-Expo
FRANCO-GERMAN MANUFACTURER Eurocopter is to display the third pre-production EC.135 powered by Turbom‚ca Arrius 2B turboshafts at the forthcoming Heli-Expo '95 show in Las Vegas. Eurocopter has flown the type for more than 150h, achieving a service ceiling of 20,000ft (6,100m), cruising at up to 140kt (260km/h), diving at 160kt, ...
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Picking up the pieces
The UK Government and British Aerospace are in the final stages of concluding a contract covering the repair and return to service of Panavia Tornado F3 air-defence fighters structurally damaged by maintenance firm Airwork. The Ministry of Defence is declining to give a value for the contract, stating that it ...
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Rolls-Royce cuts
Rolls-Royce is to shed 600 jobs from the aerospace engineering operation at East Kilbride, UK, leaving 1,000 workers. The site will focus on repair, as design work moves to the firm's Derby and Bristol, UK sites. Source: Flight International