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Auxiliary Power International (APIC)
Auxiliary Power International (APIC) is now wholly-owned by Sundstrand, after the company acquired Labinal's 50% stake in the company late in 1996. APIC, which is to be integrated into Sundstrand's San Diego, California-based Power Systems division, was formed by the US company and France's Labinal in 1989, to produce APUs ...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada
PW901A The two-shaft PW901A is fitted as standard to the Boeing 747-400, and is now Pratt & Whitney Canada's (P&WC)only APU product. A development of this model is expected to be offered for the new-generation airliners being planned by Airbus and Boeing, the A3XX and 747-500/600X respectively. This ...
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Engine tie-up
Pratt & Whitney Canada has signed a joint venture agreement with China National South Aeroengine and Machinery Company on a partnership in small gas turbine engines assembly. Source: Flight International
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HAESL poised to open its doors
Rolls-Royce and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) are planning to open their new joint-venture engine-test and overhaul site at Tseung Kwan O at the end of February. Phase one of the new $120 million Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL) centre is now virtually complete. Its 580kN (130,000lb)-thrust ...
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Thai's R-R Trent woes continue on 777
Thai Airways International has removed a second Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engine from one of its Boeing 777 aircraft in two months, after metal debris was again found on the magnetic chip-detector (MCD). The second unscheduled removal by Thai of a Trent 800 occurred on 25 December, 1996, following ...
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KC-135 Re-engineing
The first of ten re-engined Boeing KC-135 tankers will be delivered to an unidentified non-US customer in February under a $10 million deal announced on 7 January. The original Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojets are being replaced with CFM International CFM-56 turbofans. Source: Flight International
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M88-2 delivered
French engine manufacturer Snecma has delivered the first series-production M88-2 engine destined to power the multi-role Dassault Rafale. The company says that it has orders for a further four engines during 1997, which will be supplied as part of the current 42-engine orderbook. Testing of the M88 continues, with the ...
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Airbus selects two vendors for advanced FMS
Airbus INDUSTRIE has selected Honeywell and Sextant Avionique/Smiths Industries to supply future air navigation system (FANS)-capable flight-management systems (FMS)on its aircraft from 1998. Honeywell plans to gain certification for its upgraded FMSon the A330 and A340 in April 1998, with A319/320/321 approval following six months later. Sextant/Smiths has ...
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An-140 nears completion
Assembly of the first An-140 twin turboprop at Antonov's Kiev, Ukraine, factory is almost completed. The Klimov TV7-powered 50-seater, which is the successor to the ubiquitous An-24, is expected to be rolled out in March. A Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127-powered version has also been proposed. Reports have linked Antonov ...
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Kawasaki in the Trent
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rolls-Royce to take a 6% stake in its Trent 900 programme. The 356kN (80,000lb)-thrust engine is aimed at the yet-to-be-launched Boeing 747X and Airbus A3XX projects. The Japanese company is the first risk-sharing partner to join Rolls-Royce on the project, ...
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European research group will study new blade-tip coatings
A consortium of nine European companies and research centres has launched a four-year project to develop advanced coatings for aero-engine turbine blade-tips. The work is aimed at achieving reduced tip-clearances, to improve engine performance without causing excessive wear in the blades. "When the blade tip rubs against the ...
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Tu-224: different class of aircraft
Sir - In the article "Kato launches Sirocco to lead R-R-powered Tu-204 effort", Dr Ibrahim Kamel, president of the newly formed Sirocco, is quoted as saying that the Tupolev Tu-224 (Western-powered Tu-204) will cost about $36 million. You then say that comparative "sticker" prices for the similarly sized Airbus A321-100 ...
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Fokker will make selection of F28 retrofit engine in February
Plans to launch a re-engineing programme for the Fokker F28 Fellowship are gathering momentum, with a final engine selection expected in February. Programme partners Fokker Services and Perry Group plan a launch decision in April, depending on market response. Lion Boenders, product marketing manager at Woensdrecht, Holland-based Fokker ...
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FAA softens order on Lycoming crankshaft
A PROPOSED airworthiness directive(AD) requiring repetitive inspection, and possible replacement, of crankshafts in certain Textron Lycoming engines has been modified to reduce its potentially serious impact on operators. The AD was prompted by failures of hollow-end crankshafts caused by corrosion-induced cracking. The original notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) ...
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Dragonair APS 3200
Hong Kong-based Dragonair has selected the Auxiliary Power International APS 3200 auxiliary power unit (APU) to equip two new and five optioned Airbus A320-200s. In addition, Dragonair has started to replace the AlliedSignal APU in seven A320s with the APS 3200. The retrofit programme started in November 1996. New deliveries ...
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Airbus V2500 approved
The International Aero Engines (IAE) V2524-powered version of the Airbus A319 has been given European Joint Aviation Authorities certification. United Airlines and International Lease Finance are launch customers for the IAE-powered A319. It has also been certificated with IAE and CFMInternational powerplants by the Interstate Aviation Committee of the CIS. ...
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Mexicana adds 757s
Mexicana has introduced its first Boeing 757s, two Pratt & Whitney PW2040-powered examples leased from International Lease Finance (ILFC)on three-year operating leases. The airline is negotiating with ILFC for the lease of a third aircraft scheduled for delivery later this year. Source: Flight International
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Toyota is cleared to produce piston aero-engine
TOYOTA HAS RECEIVED US Federal Aviation Administration production certification for a piston aero-engine developed jointly with Hamilton Standard. The 270kW (360hp) FV2400-2TC is a twin-turbocharged Vee-8 based on Toyota's Lexus car engine and equipped with a Hamilton Standard full-authority digital engine-control (Flight International, 24-30 April, 1996). US type-certification ...
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Boeing offers airlines 767-400ERX stretch
BOEING IS NOW formally offering the stretched 767-400ERX to airlines. Authority to offer was given at the beginning of January, and the company expects a formal launch early this year, leading to a first flight in 1999 and certification and first delivery in 2000 (Flight International, 18-31 December, 1996, P5). ...
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MEA prepares for A320
MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES (MEA) will take delivery of its first Airbus A320 at the end of January, on lease from International Lease Finance (ILFC). The airline will also lease a second A320, along with two A321s (all powered by International Aero Engines V2500s) in the second quarter of 1997 (Flight ...