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Avensa chooses hushkit for 737s
VENEZUELAN CARRIER Avensa has ordered a newly certificated Boeing 737-100/200 Stage 3 hushkit developed by Florida-based AvAero which allows it to operate to much higher maximum gross take-off weights (MGTOW) without turbine nozzle modifications. AvAero has received a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate allowing users of ...
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Dash 8 stretch launched
BOMBARDIER HAS launched the stretched de Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprop, following an order for 12 aircraft from Great China Airlines of Taiwan. A formal announcement is expected at the show. The Taiwanese domestic carrier is understood to be one of several launch customers for the 70-seat ...
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Competition hots up for Air Macau deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE COMPETITION between Airbus Industrie and Boeing to place aircraft with start-up carrier Air Macau has intensified, with a final decision expected shortly from the airline's board of directors. Air Macau has an immediate requirement for four leased aircraft and wants to put the ...
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Eurojet-powered Eurofighter gets airborne
The first Eurofighter 2000 prototype to be fitted with Eurojet EJ200 turbofan engines was flown on 4 June from Eurofighter industrial partner Alenia's Caselle flight-test centre. The flight of the DA 3 lasted for 50min, with the aircraft and engines handling as predicted. The first two prototypes are fitted with ...
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Snecma reveals turbofan details
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH ENGINE manufacturer Snecma has unveiled the initial configuration of the new 135-220kN (30,000-50,000lb) CFMXX turbofan it wants to develop with CFM International partner General Electric. The engine is unlikely to be launched officially at the show, however, with GE chairman (emeritus) Brian Rowe saying. "We ...
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GE90 test delay could hold up 777
Guy Norris/Los Angeles BOEING AND General Electric are believed to be making contingency plans, for a possible delay in the certification and delivery of the first GE90-powered 777 following a fan-balance problem experienced during ground tests. Test flying of the two GE90-powered Boeing 777 test ...
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Rosati Looks East
Veteran Pratt & Whitney engine executive, Robert Rosati, twice former president of International Aero Engines, has become senior vice-president, international. He will be responsible for the company's programmes in Eastern Europe, Russia and other CIS countries. Rosati will also continue to serve as P&W's primary liaison with the Airbus Industrie ...
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The truth about Y-12 engines
Sir - There seems to be a persistent misunderstanding about the origins of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engines which power the Harbin Y-12 (Flight International, 12-18 April, P10). All engines used in the Y-12, produced both for the export or the Chinese markets, were (and continue ...
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Nose to nose
The Paris show is the first major event for over a decade to feature aircraft from both Boeing and Airbus Industrie Kieran Daly/LONDON The significance of symbolic moments should not be exaggerated, but Paris '95 serves as well as any event to mark the start of ...
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Power play
Civil-engine discussion at Le Bourget will be overshadowed by the big-twin power struggle. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Big engines, mergers and the first hints of new orders will dominate the chalet gossip at Paris this year. The top end of the power battle will be represented ...
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St Bernard2
St Bernard Composites (SBCL) is attending the Paris air show for the first time this year, and will display a full-size model of its Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engine fan-case module. SBCL designs and manufactures advanced composites, metal-bonded components and structures for the aerospace, defence and diagnostic imaging industries. Products include ...
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BMW R-R to carry out emission research
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BMW ROLLS-ROYCE has launched a research programme to demonstrate new engine technology which the company says could offer a dramatic reduction in nitrogen oxide (Nox) emissions. The project, which concentrates on the development of a new "staged" combustion chamber, is being undertaken in conjunction ...
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100th manned mission nears
THE 100th US MANNED space flight will begin with the launch of Space Shuttle STS70/Discovery on 8 June. The mission will carry a five-person crew on a routine satellite-deployment mission. The STS70 will feature the first flight of a Space Shuttle main engine (SSME) equipped with a high-pressure, ...
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Polished performance
The North American version of a Polish trainer is likely to find favour in the USA. John Wiley/Atlanta Polish manufacturer PZL of Warsaw and US company Cadmus, of Northfield, Illinois, have teamed up to build, certificate and market the Koliber II light-trainer aircraft. On the ...
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Impulse future threatened by Pacific administration
THE FUTURE OF Impulse Airlines, the fast growing Australian regional carrier, has been called into doubt following the appointment of an administrator at its aircraft sales and maintenance subsidiary, Pacific Aviation. Impulse managing director Gerry McGowan purchased Pacific from Ansett Transport Industries in 1994, to service his fleet ...
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Germany floats idea of European engine consortium idea floated
Andrjez Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ is negotiating the sale of up to 51% of its MTU engine subsidiary to German rival BMW Rolls-Royce, and is hoping to use the merger as the core of a future European consortium including Snecma of France (Flight International, 31 May-8 June). ...
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Boeing 777-300 launch at Paris
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS TO launch the stretched 777-300 at the Paris air show later this month on the back of firm orders for around 30 aircraft from Asian and Middle Eastern airlines. Launch customers are expected to include All Nippon Airways ...
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Sukhoi reveals latest thrust-vectoring Su-35 revealed
Douglas Barrie/LONDON SUKHOI'S LATEST pre-production Su-35 has been fitted with thrust-vectoring nozzles, and it is believed to be undertaking flight tests at the Zhukovsky flight-test research centre near Moscow. First pictures of the advanced Flanker derivative show two axisymmetric nozzles fitted to the aircraft. Senior ...
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Pratt & Whitney PW4084
THE BOEING 777 Pratt & Whitney PW4084 was granted US Federal Aviation Administration approval on 30 May to fly 180min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) at service entry. The "ETOPS-out-of-the-box" initiative was a key target for Boeing from the start, and was achieved just a week before the start ...
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Pratt & Whitney
Jon Wohler is to be executive vice-president of the technical organisation of engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, of Hartford, Connecticut. Wohler, who has been president of Norden Systems, succeeds Karl Thomas, who is to retire. Source: Flight International