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Airbus will increase weight and performance of A340-500/600
Airbus Industrie has completed a review of the A340-500/600's baseline specification, resulting in an increase in design weight and boosting range by some 370km (200nm) to meet requirements from potential customers, such as Singapore Airlines. Alan Pardoe, A330/A340 product manager, says that the review was completed in mid-September, ...
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Air Flandre signs first order for EMB-135
Air Flandre has become the launch customer for Embraer's short-fuselage EMB-145 derivative, the EMB-135, with a deal for up to 20 aircraft. The Brazilian manufacturer has also revealed a clutch of EMB-145 orders, including 20 for a US leasing company and ten for British Regional Airlines (BRAL). ...
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P&WC sets sights on Williams-Rolls Royce niche
Pratt &Whitney Canada (P&WC) is studying the market for a small turbofan to compete with the Williams-Rolls FJ44. "We continue to look at small turbofans," says president Gilles Ouimet. "Williams obviously has a market niche. We will see how the market develops." The Canadian company is concerned by ...
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Marketplace
++ BAe Asset Management - Jets has concluded the cash sale of three BAe 146-100s in deals worth a total of $21 million. Jersey European Airways has purchased two -100s off lease. A third -100 has been sold in the US for use as an executive transport. ++ El Al ...
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Pilot reflects on first flight of Raptor
Initial pilot reaction to the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is that is an aircraft "quick in roll and acceleration, yet very stable with excellent control" in formation flying and approach configuration, says chief test pilot Paul Metz. Describing the 58min first flight on 7 September, Metz says that ...
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Long Beach line closures loom
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has indicated that the MD-80 and MD-90 assembly lines in Long Beach, California, will eventually be shut down, with priority given to the MD-95 and an 80-seat regional-jet variant, as well as continued MD-11 freighter production . Although a formal decision on ...
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Aged to perfection?
Dave Higdon/WICHITA Flying from Clark County Airport in southern Indiana to a Kentucky state park a mere 110km (60nm) away hardly seemed a fair way to sample a Raytheon Beech Bonanza B36TC - let alone this loaded, 50th-anniversary edition. Certainly nothing to challenge the six-seat Bonanza's big speed, ...
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Saudi 777 is completed
The first 777-200 for Saudi Arabian Airlines has been completed by Boeing. The first six 777s are due for delivery later this year as part of a 61-aircraft order also involving MD-90s, 747-400s and MD-11s. Deliveries of four MD-11 freighters intended for the airline have been delayed because of a ...
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Boeing points 737 business jet towards fractional owners
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Boeing is discussing its 737-based Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) with operators of corporate-aircraft fractional-ownership programmes. The company says that it wants to enter the fractional-ownership market with an established operator, but to offer part-owners the same level of product support which it will provide for ...
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BAe Aviation Services wins further Airbus A300 conversion work
C-S Aviation Services has doubled its orderbook with British Aerospace Aviation Services (BAeAS) for Airbus A300B4 freighter conversions, with a $150 million contract for 11 firm orders, plus options on a further ten. Filton, UK-based BAeAS now has 21 conversion orders from C-S which will be undertaken on ...
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GII/III hushkit progress
Dallas Airmotive displayed a Gulfstream II fitted with a mock-up of Stage III Technologies' Rolls-Royce Spey Stage 3 hushkit at the NBAA. Flight-testing of the ejector hushkit is to begin in June 1998, leading to certification late in 1998. Ground tests show that the hushkit will meet or exceed Stage ...
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Learjet Japan sale
Bombardier has secured its first private-sector sale of a Learjet in Japan, with Nagoya-based Chunichi Press ordering an extended-range Learjet 31A/ER for delivery in 1998. Singapore-based Global Aviation has ordered two Canadair Challenger 604s. Source: Flight International
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Execaire adds Excels
Canadian Cessna Citation distributor Execaire has in-creased its order for Citation Excel light business jets from three to five, for delivery beginning in 1999. Montreal-based Execaire expects the widebody Excel to be popular in Canada. The company has also bought a CitationJet and a Citation Ultra. ...
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Single track
If the single-engined business jet is such a good idea, why are the big corporate-aircraft manufacturers staying away from it? Certainly, as a group, they have not shied clear of entering a new market when one has been identified before - even if not every manufacturer has entered every new ...
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New Piper unveils turbine mock-up of Meridian
NEWPIPER Aircraft has unveiled a mock-up of its Malibu Meridian six-seat turbine-single, further boosting this burgeoning sector of the aircraft market. The Meridian is based on Piper's Malibu Mirage pressurised piston-single, and is the company's first turboprop since the Cheyenne production line was halted several years ago. The ...
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Four-seat Phoenix rises from the Squalus
Alberta Aerospace plans to develop a four-seat version of the former Promavia Jet Squalus jet trainer. The Calgary-based company is now working to certificate the basic two-seat, side-by-side version, renamed the Phoenix FanJet, for the airline-pilot ab initio training market. The follow-on pressurised four-seater would be marketed as ...
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VisionAire makes plans to follow Vantage
VisionAire is working on plans for a family of small, all-composite, single-engined jet aircraft which would form a follow-on to its Vantage business jet. Tom Stark, president emeritus of VisionAire and senior vice-president of its Future Works subsidiary, says that the initial family of a two-seat trainer and ...
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Gently down stream
As with the engine manufacturers, consolidation among major airframe producers is likely to be followed closely by bold moves to secure dominance in the after sales market. Report by T Wakelee Smith and Jonathan Culley.It may be hard to believe. But with the recent absorption of McDonnell Douglas into ...
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Cessna uprates Caravan and steps up output
Cessna Aircraft has introduced an uprated version of its basic Model 208 Caravan and is to step up production in 1998 to meet increased demand for the single-turboprop utility aircraft. The Caravan 675 uses the more-powerful, 500kW (675shp) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A engine of the larger Model ...
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New Piper considers designing single-engined business jet
Kate Sarsfield/DALLAS New Piper Aircraft is studying the development of a single-engine business jet. The project is a major departure for the Vero Beach, Florida-based manufacturer, which has previously specialised in piston- and turboprop- powered aircraft. "The marketplace of the late 1990s is very receptive to ...