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Military Aircraft Directory: CASA
CASA Manufacturer PWR Max TD Max TR WS FL Max Pay. Max Kts/Mach H Max OC Max Pay. C P Max WLE E ...
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Military Aircraft Directory: Pilatus
PILATUS Manufacturer PWR Max TD Max TR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC Max Pay. C P E PC-12 Passenger ...
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Military Aircraft Directory: Daewoo Heavy Industries
DAEWOO HEAVY INDUSTRIES Manufacturer PWR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC C Max WLE E KTX-1 Trainer turboprop-powered 820kW 10.1 ...
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Military Aircraft Directory: ATR
AVIONS TRANSPORT REGIONAL (ATR) Manufacturer PWR Max TD Max TR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC Max Pay. C P E ...
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Military Aircraft Directory: Fuji Heavy Industries
FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES Manufacturer PWR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach Max OC C T-5 Trainer turboprop-powered 312kW 10.0 8.4 945 193kt 25,000 ...
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Standard maintenance
Winnipeg, Canada-based Standard Aero has become the first authorised maintenance centre with a certified test cell for all models of the Allison 250 turboshaft/ turboprop family. Source: Flight International
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Military Aircraft Directory: Socata
SOCATA Manufacturer PWR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach Max OC Max Pay. C P CR Max PNR TB 30 Epsilon Training 300kW 7.9 7.6 ...
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Military Aircraft Directory: Shinmaywa
SHINMAYWA Manufacturer PWR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach Max OC C P US-1A Special mission - Maritime patrol 2605kW 33.2 33.5 2,300 276kt ...
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Military Aircraft Directory: Lockheed Martin
Manufacturer PWR Max TD Max TR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC Max Pay C P Max WLE E CR Max PNR C-130J ...
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Burbank completes 707 hushkit work and expects STC soon
Burbank Aeronautical (BAC) has completed flight tests of its Stage 3 Boeing 707 hushkit and expects to receive a supplemental type certificate (STC) by late August. Work has now begun on a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-50/61 kit. The STC will be obtained by Quiet Skies, a company established by Burbank ...
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GE 'commits' to re-fanned CF6
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric has completed initial tests on a hybrid wide chord fan for the CF6-80C2 turbofan and says that it is "off and running" with development of the more powerful "G2" version for heavier versions of the Boeing 767-400 and 747-400X. "We've just completed the ...
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Chinese study European overhaul proposals
China Southern Airlines is reviewing plans to invest in an engine test and overhaul facility while it considers separate joint venture proposals from MTU and Sochata. SR Technics, in the meantime, is pursuing a maintenance joint venture with China Eastern Airlines, as Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) and Shandong Airlines ...
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Ayres set to complete Let deal
Ayres, the US cargo and agricultural aircraft manufacturer, expects to complete its acquisition of a 93% controlling stake in Czech aircraft builder Let Kunovice from Aero Holdings by the end of July. "We have signed everything and are only waiting on US Government technicalities," says company president Fred Ayres. The ...
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Boeing alters strut rating of 777-200ER
Boeing has revised the strut limitation of the 777-200ER, allowing powerplant manufacturers to offer a higher level of available engine thrust, giving improved payload performance from hot/ high and restricted runways. US industrial sources say Boeing has raised the engine strut rating from its earlier maximum of 400kN (90,000lb) ...
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WorldNav communications unit to become ACARS successor
Honeywell has launched its own communications management unit (CMU), catching up with competitors AlliedSignal and Rockwell Collins and filling a gap in the company's WorldNav product suite. Honeywell expects the CMU, which complies with the latest ARINC 758 standard, to succeed the current airborne communications addressing and reporting system ...
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BFGoodrich Autoclave
BFGoodrich Aerospace has introduced a $1.7 million autoclave at its plant in Prestwick, Scotland. Measuring 3.6m (12ft) in diameter and 12.2m in length, it will be used for the repair of engine nacelles and thrust reversers. The autoclave uses a gas radiant system for high-pressure bonding of composite materials. It ...
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Extex nozzles
Extex has developed a new turbine nozzle for the Allison 250 turboshaft, with durability improved by a platinum aluminide coating. The platinum provides a ductile transition layer between the aluminide and the Inconel 738 parent material to inhibit crack propagation and "reduce oxidation, sulphidation and erosion", says the company, which ...
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Airbus holds talks with China to develop A310 replacement
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie Asia (AIA) has tabled a series of possible substitute collaborative proposals to the defunct AE31X, including working with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) on a new widebody aircraft to follow on from the Airbus A300/A310. The study project - dubbed the P305 - being ...
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Delta III waits on launch pad for maiden flight
Boeing's first Delta III is pictured on Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, being prepared for its maiden flight scheduled for 3 August, carrying the Hughes HS-601 Galaxy 10 communications satellite. The Delta III, which can place 3,810kg into geostationary transfer orbit, comprises a stretched Delta II first stage ...