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Quiet revolution
A bit of peace and quiet can be a difficult commodity to supply on a turboprop Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE DRIVE TO establish latest-generation cabin noise suppression technology on turboprop-powered regional aircraft is likely to spark a fierce battle between manufacturers clamouring to offer airlines new levels of ...
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Challenger 604 approval expected before time
CANADIAN certification of the Canadair Challenger 604 business jet is expected on 15 September, more than a month earlier than scheduled, and the first aircraft will be delivered at the end of September, Bombardier says. US certification is expected by the end of October, four weeks ahead of schedule, and ...
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Success story
The story behind SIA's, phenomenal success. Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has traditionally employed a policy of thinking big. The approach, harnessed with sound financial management and backed by strong governmental support, has resulted in SIA developing into one of the world's most successful international ...
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Visions of splendour
The Air Cruiser concept itself may not become the airliner of the future, but Ogle Design hopes that many of its ideas will be aboard. TOM KAREN of Ogle Design has a mission - to make air travel more enjoyable for the mass of ordinary travelers. "If you ...
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US Navy plans to modify Osprey V-22 radar design
THE US NAVY has directed the development of specific terrain-following/terrain-avoidance radar-design changes and related modifications needed to create the CV-22 special-operations variant of the Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. A contract to be awarded in 1996 will pay for the conversion of one engineering and manufacturing development ...
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Air France and BA aim to please passengers
TWO OF EUROPE'S largest airlines have committed huge sums of money to woo the high-yield passengers with new concepts in first-class cabins. Air France launched its new L'Espace service on long-haul routes to the Americas and Asia on 11 September, while British Airways is expected to reveal its ...
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United 777s: heavy but happy
Guy Norris/Los Angeles UNITED AIRLINES admits that its first Boeing 777s is overweight, but is still satisfied with the aircraft's performance. New 16G crash-worthy seating is the largest single contributor to the higher-than-expected operating empty weight (OEW) of the initial aircraft, says the carrier. In United's ...
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Swissair in preliminary negotiations on Austrian stake
SWISSAIR PRESIDENT Otto Loepfe says that preliminary talks have taken place over taking an increased stake in Austrian Airlines. Loepfe says that he has already held discussions with Austria's new finance minister, Andreas Staribacher, but that he is still waiting for "a concrete reaction" from the Austrian Government, ...
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Oriental headache
Western manufacturers seem to be tripping over themselves in their eagerness to sign collaborative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing new airliners. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements, as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If ...
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How cabin-noise suppression works
There are three principal sources of noise in the cabin of a typical twin-engine turboprop aircraft. The first is a result of engine vibration transmitted through the wing structure, which causes the cabin walls to vibrate. Secondly, cabin noise is generated by the propeller slip-stream, coming into contact with the ...
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FAA in the hot seat
The controversy over the FAA's 16G seat-certification rule continues to rumble on. It was introduced in FAR 25.562 Amendment 25-64 as long ago as 1988 and adopted in March 1992 under technical standard order (TSO) C127 for all new commercial aircraft. The major bone of contention is the ...
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KLM
Jan Meurer has been named vice-president for operations at Dutch national carrier KLM, replacing Henny Essenbert, who becomes group managing director for Air UK. Enno Osinga succeeds Meurer as vice-president for customer service at KLM Cargo. He was formerly manager of cabin- crew divisions and deputy to the manager of ...
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Martinair orders zonal dryers
MARTINAIR HOLLAND has become the launch customer for CTT Systems' zonal drying system (Flight International, 10-16 August 1994). They will be fitted to the Dutch charter carrier's fleet of six Boeing 767-300s. The sixth aircraft will have the system factory-installed by Boeing before delivery in November. Nykoping, Sweden-based ...
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Cabin safety research to be 'more systematic'
EUROPEAN AND NORTH American aviation authorities, have made an unprecedented joint invitation to the air-transport industry, to take part in a review of progress in cabin-safety research. The subject retains a high political profile, particularly since, during the last five years, all the authorities involved have postponed decisions ...
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Pilots attack draft for centralised JAA
David Learmount/LONDON AN UNRELEASED DRAFT convention attempting to define the role and legal status of a fully unified European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) has been attacked by the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) for leaving essential points "shrouded in mystery". IFALPA has written to ...
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Smiths and Collins link up to offer CNS/ATM upgrade
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON SMITHS INDUSTRIES IS licensing its flight-management-system (FMS) software to Rockwell-Collins, allowing the firms to offer an integrated cockpit-upgrade which could be fitted as standard across an airline fleet. By combining the Smiths FMS, already fitted on Boeing 737s, with Collins AVSAT satellite-based avionics ...
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Avro emerges the winner in Sabena regional contest
SABENA HAS SELECTED the Avro RJ85 to replace its regional-jet fleet, in a 23-aircraft order, which marks another major coup for the UK manufacturer among Europe's flag carriers. The first four aircraft will be delivered at the end of the year, with the remainder arriving by the end ...
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Boeing homes in on carbon- composite production costs
Guy Norris/Los Angeles BOEING IS gearing up to attack the cost of manufacturing carbonfibre-composite structures as part of a new phase of NASA's Advanced Composites Technology (ACT) programme. "The biggest thing we need to do is to reduce manufacturing costs," says Boeing director of aircraft-structures ...
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TCTI buys trainer from ATS
Quebec-based ATS Aerospace will supply a multi-function air-traffic-control (ATC) trainer to the Transport Canada Training Institute (TCTI), which is to become the training arm of Nav Canada, the soon-to-be-formed privatised air-navigation-services corporation. The combined two-dimensional tower/radar trainer, supporting 52 desktop workstations, will provide the transition from basic ATC ...