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Recovered TWA No 2 engine has turbine blades missing
INVESTIGATORS working on the Trans World Airlines (TWA) Boeing 747-100 crash off Long Island, New York, in July are still searching for conclusive evidence of what triggered the explosions, which destroyed the aircraft. The badly damaged No 2 engine has now been recovered, however, and is understood to have three ...
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Giant Boeing order paves the way for first United 747-600X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES UNITED AIRLINES has radically revised its large Boeing order, shifting the emphasis away from more 777s to 747-400s and, at the same time, paving the way for its first 747-600Xs. Negotiations for the long-anticipated order were originally based around an additional 17 777s, ...
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Pratt & Whitney
Stephen Finger has been named senior vice-president for operational military-engine programmes at West Palm Beach, Florida-based Pratt & Whitney's Government Engine & Space Propulsion unit. He was previously senior vice-president of propulsion systems for the PW2000, JT8D and V2500 programmes and is a former director of engineering on the F100 ...
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AAR
AAR Engine Group, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, has named James Vincent senior vice-president and general manager for AAR Engine Sales & Leasing. He was most recently vice-president and general manager for the Pratt & Whitney product line at AAR Aircraft Turbine Center. Source: Flight International
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Flight sponsor
Pratt & Whitney is to sponsor Linda Finch's World Flight 1997 attempt to recreate Amelia Earhart's 1937 flight around the world. Finch will fly in a restored Lockheed Electra 10E powered by P&W Wasp radial piston engines. Source: Flight International
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Trent 900 partners
Rolls-Royce has asked Kawasaki Heavy Industries to join its planned new Trent 900 engine programme to power the proposed Boeing 747-500/600X growth aircraft. The Japanese manufacturer maintains a close re- lationship with R-R and has a 3% risk-and-revenue sharing interest in existing Trent 700/800 engines. Snecma, a partner with General ...
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TWA 757 services
TWA put the first of 20 new 180-seat Boeing 757s into service on 1 August, operating between St Louis, Missouri and Orange County, California. The aircraft is one of three 757s which TWA will take in 1996 on ten-year leases from International Lease Finance (ILFC). Seven more ILFC 757s, plus ...
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Yunnan's Rolls
Yunnan Airlines of China has taken delivery of its first Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Boeing 767-300, becoming only the second operator of the R-R-powered aircraft, after British Airways. The Kunming-based regional carrier ordered three aircraft in January 1995 in exchange for an earlier order for 757s. The second 767, is scheduled for ...
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Alfa purchase gives Fiat control of Italy's aero-engine business
Julian Moxon/PARIS FIAT HAS acquired the bulk of Alfa Romeo Avio, in a move, which consolidates virtually all of Italy's aero-engine industry within the giant automotive group. The move follows a decision by Italian state-owned aerospace group Finmeccanica to sell its 77.5% stake in the Alfa ...
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PW4090 flight-test programme starts on first Boeing 777
PRATT & Whitney's 400kN (90,000lb)-thrust PW4090 engine has entered a five-month flight-test programme on the first Boeing 777 aircraft, WA001. The engine will power 777-200IGW versions on order from Korean Air and United Airlines, the first of which will enter service in March 1997. The engine is an ...
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Civil and military helicopter directory
Douglas Barrie, Max Kingsley-Jones and Jennifer Pite/LONDON DESPITE THE recent gloom in the civil-helicopter business, the manufacturers are now more confident that a recovery is within sight, and have been bullishly developing new models. In 1995, US-manufactured new civil helicopter shipments totalled 314, a slight improvement ...
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Oxford gives operators a Neu-SIGHT into corrosion
Andrew Doyle/LONDON AN INSPECTION tool using neutron radiography will allow non-destructive testing for corrosion in aircraft structures to be carried out more quickly and effectively than with X-ray or ultrasonic techniques, according to developer Oxford Instruments. The tool, called the Neu-SIGHT, uses a high-intensity beam ...
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FAA moves ahead with local-area GPS teams
FOUR TEAMS HAVE received contracts to support US Federal Aviation Administration development of the local-area augmentation system (LAAS) which is needed to provide Category II/III precision-approach capability using the global-positioning system (GPS). The delayed contracts awarded to Harris, PRC, Raytheon and Wilcox pre-qualify the teams to bid on task orders ...
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NTSB urges increase in inspections of JT8D fan-hubs
INCREASED inspection of Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200-series fan hubs has been urged by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), following July's uncontained failure of an engine on a Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-88. Two passengers were killed and four injured when the left-engine hub disintegrated, sending debris ...
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Delta orders Nordam hushkits for 737s
DELTA AIR LINES has finalised its Boeing 737 hushkit plans, placing an order with Nordam for Stage 3 sets for up to 55 aircraft, which will enable its entire 737-200 fleet to be equipped. The airline has placed a firm contract with Nordam for 25 hushkit sets, plus ...
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Boeing settles baseline for 747-500X/600X designs-
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BOEING HAS INCREASED the range of its 747-600X and reduced the size of the -500X following consultations with its airline working group. The revised configurations are now being offered as the baseline aircraft to potential customers. The move follows the US manufacturer's recent ...
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Aviastar Asia opens up for Tu-204 business
AVIASTAR ASIA (AAC), a new joint venture involving Russian aircraft-production company Aviastar and several South-East Asian financial institutions, opened its office in Taipei on 24 July. The consortium will provide leasing, financial and technical support for the Tupolev Tu-204, which is assembled in Ulyanovsk. AAC is planning to ...
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GATX investment partnership orders 737s and 757s
AN INVESTMENT partnership formed by GATX Capital has placed $1.2 billion-worth of orders and options for up to 23 Boeing 737-800s and 757-200s. GATX Capital's Air Group will manage the partnership, which includes Heller Financial and Kanematsu. Additional partners will be named at a later date, says ...
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Tracor
John Johnson has been promoted to vice-president of engineering at aerial-target company Tracor Flight Systems, of Austin, Texas. Johnson, formerly director of engineering, was previously engineering project manager for Honeywell's Defense Avionics Systems division. Source: Flight International
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Catia upgrade
ICE has released upgraded Assembly Manager Version 4 software to enable Dassault CATIA computer-aided-design package users to develop three-dimensional assemblies and mock-ups without the need for an external database. The UK company says that its customers, which include GE Aircraft Engines and Lockheed Martin, asked for the upgrade. ...