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Iberia considers defying EC over extra funding injection
Julian Moxon/PARIS SPANISH FLAG CARRIER Iberia may try and circumvent the state-aid rules of the European Commission (EC) by raising up to Ptas130 billion (£630 million) of new capital itself. The carrier says that the money, which would follow a previous cash injection of Ptas120 billion ...
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Litton loses latest round in patent fight
LITTON SAYS THAT IT will "almost certainly" appeal against the surprise decision of a US federal judge to nullify a $1.2 billion patent infringement which it was awarded in a 1993 patent lawsuit against Honeywell. Honeywell vice-president Edward Grayson says that the group is "delighted" with the decision, ...
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Lancair secures ES deal
LANCAIR International has formed a joint venture with a Malaysian partner to certificate and produce the Lancair ES four-seat, all-composite, light aircraft. The fixed-gear ES is now available as a kitplane and the certificated aircraft is expected to be available within 18 months. Lancair says that it was ...
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ATR/BAe ready to tie regional-airliner knot
Kieran Daly/LONDON ATR AND BRITISH Aerospace are on the verge of announcing the long-awaited combination of their regional-airliner activities. Under the deal, BAe's Jetstream operation will merge with the Franco-Italian consortium. Its Avro regional-jet division will also be brought into the deal, possibly through a joint marketing arrangement. ...
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France firm on Rafale cuts
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS FRENCH DEFENCE minister Francois Leotard has dismissed industry opposition to the Government's aim of cutting 2% a year from the costs of the Dassault Rafale combat aircraft as part of its overall drive to curtail defence expenditure (Flight International, 11-17 January). Commenting on the ...
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Hungary unveils Western IFF for MiGs
PICTURED BELOW IS THE ALLIEDSIGNAL Bendix APX-100 (V) identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) equipment fitted to Hungarian air force Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbed, MiG-23 Flogger and Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter combat aircraft. One of the system's two antennae is visible to the rear of the MiG-21Bis cockpit (right). In the case of the MiG-21, the ...
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Russia receives notice of US THAAD tests
The USA has notified Russia that it plans to begin flight-testing of the Lockheed Theatre High-Altitude Air-Defence (THAAD) missile in February. Notification is required, as deployment of the mobile THAAD system would violate the US-Russian Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty. Lockheed Missiles & Space has delivered hardware ...
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AFI draws up plans to revive Prescott Pusher kitplane
THE PRESCOTT PUSHER, a kitplane design from the mid-1980s, is to be certificated and produced under a scheme developed by San Antonio, Texas-based Aviation Franchising International (AFI). Plans call for the four-place, all-metal aircraft to be fabricated overseas, assembled in the USA and sold through franchised dealers. AFI president ...
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Mikoyan conducts 1.42 fast-taxi tests at Zhukovsky
Mikoyan has carried out fast-taxi trials of its prototype 1.42 next-generation counter-air fighter at the Zhukovsky flight-test research institute. According to Russian sources, the trials were undertaken at the end of 1994, but the aircraft has yet to have its debut flight.There are indications that the taxi trials ...
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Weight limits imposed on Eagle trainer
AUSTRALIA'S CIVIL Aviation Authority has imposed a take-off-weight restriction on the Eagle XT-S sports trainer, which effectively limits it to single-seat operation. The aircraft is manufactured in Perth, Western Australia, by Malaysian interests (Flight International, 9-15 March, 1994) The move apparently resulted from an ACAA review of the ...
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Re-engined Il-86s return to agenda
FIVE RUSSIAN airlines have confirmed renewed interest in re-engineing their Ilyushin Il-86s with CFM56 turbofans. According to Il-86 chief designer Igor Katyrev, the five responded to a business proposal from Ilyushin, pointing out the advantages of replacing the Kuznetsov NK-86s with the CFM56s. The Western powerplants, ...
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FAA sets revised rules for ATR flights
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration will allow ATR 42s and 72s to be flown in icing conditions as long as pilots, despatchers and air traffic controllers follow new flight-safety and training procedures. The conditions remain in effect until an improved de-icing boot is certificated for ...
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Japan rolls out FS-X
Paul Lewis/TOKYO THE FIRST prototype of the Mitsubishi FS-X support fighter was rolled out on 12 January amid continuing uncertainty over future defence spending and the number of aircraft to be purchased. The single-engined FS-X is based on the F-16 and has been developed with Lockheed ...
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Lockheed/Martin Marietta overcome anti-trust snag
THE US FEDERAL TRADE Commission (FTC) has accepted a settlement offered by Lockheed and Martin Marietta to overcome anti-trust objections to their merger. Final FTC approval is still pending, but the companies expect their $10 billion alliance to be completed in mid-March. Lockheed Martin will not be required ...
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Russia steps up action on safety regulations
THE RUSSIAN Government is to hold hearings in February on the creation of a new set of airline regulations aimed at bringing urgent improvements to safety levels among the 410 carriers now operating within the country. Gennady Zaitsev, deputy director of the Russian transport ministry's department of air ...
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Russians seek new US routes
TWO RUSSIAN airlines, Transaero and Krasnoyarsk Airlines, have filed applications with the US Department of Transportation (DoT) to start passenger services from Russia to the USA. Three Russian airlines now hold DoT licences to operate to the USA, but only Aeroflot carries passengers. The others, Moscow Airways and ...
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Insurers face record claims bill
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE GROWING COST of passenger-liability claims has begun to raise alarm in insurance markets, following early predictions that 1994 was a record year for airline losses. The total bill for major hull and liability losses on Western-built passenger jets leapt to more than $1.5 ...
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Flutter heads suspect list in BD-10 crash
FLUTTER IS SUSPECTED as the cause of the in-flight break-up of a Bede Jet BD-10 turbojet-powered light aircraft, which killed the pilot (Flight International, 11-17 January). The aircraft was being used for flutter testing in a programme intended to lead to certification of the BD-10 for production by ...
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Creditors baulk at TWA proposals for recovery
TRANS WORLD Airlines (TWA) has run into fierce opposition from some creditors to its restructuring plan, which would see some of the carrier's $1.8 billion debt converted to equity. TWA hopes to reduce its debt by $500-600 million by offering creditors an increased stake in the airline. A ...
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New momentum, but little new in safety summit
A two-day aviation safety .summit held in Washington DC on 9-10 January produced a list of 70 safety recommendations for the US Federal Aviation Administration and the US airline industry. The meeting, attended by 1,000 airline executives, safety officials, pilots and aircraft manufacturers, was held in the wake ...