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Is cross-crew qualification delivering its promises? David Learmount/LONDONPaul Phelan/CAIRNS AS AIRLINES AND regulators start to gain experience with cross-crew qualification (CCQ) training and mixed-fleet flying (MFF), its potential is becoming clearer. Cathay Pacific Airways, with its unique Airbus Industrie A330/A340 MFF operation, now has 55 complete ...
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BAe's asset management effort reaps return with more deals
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE says that its aggressive drive to limit losses from the group's extensive turboprop leasebook is beginning to produce results, with a series of new deals including the first sales of Jetstream J31s. BAe Asset Management Turboprops (AMT) announced plans to step up ...
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Lucent to test smart helicopter quieting
Use of smart materials to reduce helicopter rotor noise is to be studied by Lucent Technologies and Sikorsky Aircraft, under a three-year, $13 million contract sponsored by the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Lucent is a new subsidiary of US telecommunications giant AT&T, and its Bell Laboratories research-and-development ...
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A coming of age
The powerful Trent 800 is carving out a big slice of the engine market for Rolls-Royce. Guy Norris/LOS A little over a year from now the world's longest jet airliner is due to fly from Everett, Washington. Powering the first flight of the Boeing 777-300 will be Rolls-Royce ...
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Air New Zealand poised to take a 50% stake in Ansett airline group
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) has finally concluded an agreement to take over TNT's 50% stake in the Ansett airline group, ending a round of negotiations which has dragged on for nearly 12 months. ANZ will pay A$325 million ($257 million) for the stake, ...
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ATN team to be led by AlliedSignal project
ATN SYSTEMS, the industry consortium created to develop the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN), has picked an AlliedSignal-led team to develop the network "router". The team will provide the avionics and ground system equipment needed to support routing and operation of data communications services over the ATN. Working ...
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BA optimistic on open-skies
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways chief executive Bob Ayling is hopeful that the US/UK open-skies negotiations will be back on track by the end of September, despite the breakdown in the latest round of talks. Doubts were raised over the state of relations between the two sides ...
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Boeing launches 757 stretch
BOEING IS going ahead with its long-awaited 757-300 stretch variant after negotiating "a proposal" for up to 24 aircraft with the German charter airline, Condor Flugdienst. The deal covers firm orders worth $875 million for 12 aircraft (formerly designated the -300X) and 12 options. Boeing says: "The order ...
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Orders boost Douglas
TWIN AND TRI-JET orders, worth potentially up to $710 million, have been revealed by McDonnell Douglas (MDC). The announcements were timed for Farnborough as part of MDC president Harry Stonecipher's continuing crusade to rebuild confidence in MDC's Douglas Aircraft division. Some $365 million of the package is made ...
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Samsung makes offer for Fokker
SAMSUNG OF South Korea has made an offer to receivers to purchase the bankrupt Dutch aerospace manufacturer Fokker. Industry sources say that South Korean interest has firmed up in recent weeks, and a tentative offer has been made. Russian manufacturer Yakovlev is also continuing to discuss a possible ...
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Boeing reveals details of '747-look' -700X
FIRST DETAILS of Boeing's proposed 747-700X design reveal a "747-look" concept with the first change in the fuselage cross-section since the baseline 747 was designed in the 1960s (Flight International, 4-10 September). Boeing Commercial Airplane Group president Ron Woodard says: "The design of our 747-600X will allow for ...
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AI(R) and Bombardier vie for regional-jet market
THE BATTLE TO dominate the regional-jet market is set to intensify, with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and Bombardier preparing to launch new 70-seat aircraft within the next nine months. AI(R) has unveiled plans to begin full-scale development of its proposed AI(R) 70 twinjet by mid-1997. The first prototype, ...
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Purification unit
Meggitt Aerospace Components has designed what it says will be the lightest ozone converter for cabin air purification in Boeing 747 aircraft. The 4.5kg unit incorporates design modifications to improve air flow and is fully interchangeable with all current 747 converters. Source: Flight Daily ...
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Rallying call for more R&D investment
Meggitt chief executive Mike Stacey sounded an optimistic note on the state of the industry at a breakfast briefing yesterday but added a cautionary caveat on the state of research and development by UK aerospace companies. Stacey pointed out that the £10 million ($15.6 million) investment which his company ...
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In top position
Trimble, the world's largest Global Positioning Systems (GPS) company, is pulling the wraps off a range of products designed for the avionics industry here at Farnborough. Trimble (H4/H6/1) has been a world leader in the GPS avionics industry for more than a decade, and has more FAA certified GPS ...
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Every picture tells a story
Messier-Dowty's chalet is doubling as an art gallery thanks to the Guild of Aviation Artists, whose paintings have pride of place on the walls. The Messier-Dowty link is that all 20 aircraft depicted are fitted with the company's landing gear. Messier-Dowty chairman and chief executive officer ...
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Torque control helps cut turboprop cabin noise
American firm Lord has developed an improved torque constraint system for turboprop applications. The system can be seen on the stand in Hall 1/C22. "The new technology uses fluid to provide improved isolation from vibration, and yet reduce the weight of the rod-ends while lengthening their life from ...
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BAe Nimrod 200 looks to set new MPA benchmark
A new battle lies ahead for British Aerospace's (BAe) Nimrod 2000 to win up to $13 billion in exports, with a top secret US Air Force sensor platform being seen as an early prospect. BAe won a $3 billion contract in the summer to rebuild the Royal Air Force's ...
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Network uses
The SITA Group - which owns the world's largest international communications network - is demonstrating several applications of AeroNet in collaboration with some of its major customers and partners from the aerospace industry, including Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Rolls-Royce. AeroNet is a high-performance, secure community Internet (intranet) with global ...
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Quick cover-up belies A-330 TIFF
Rumours of a three-way bust-up between Airbus, Malaysian Airlines System (MAS) and leasing company ILFC were reinforced on Wednesday afternoon when the A-330 reappeared at Farnborough following a trip to Toulouse for a hasty paint job. When it opened Wednesday's show along with its four-engined big brother the A-340, ...