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Thailand forces aim to dispose of surplus helicopters
Thailand's cash-strapped armed forces and police are trying to dispose of surplus utility transport and VIP helicopters in an effort to generate revenue badly needed revenue for new aircraft and to maintain the airworthiness of other fleet types. The Royal Thai Air Force has put its two surviving Royal ...
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B/E Aerospace de-icers are approved
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a supplemental type certificate to B/E Aerospace for a novel pneumatic de-icer for the Piper Navajo and Beech King Air 200. Ice Shield was developed by SMR Technologies of Fenwick, West Virginia, which B/E acquired in early August. It complements SMR's Ice ...
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Quadrant exhibition puts 50 years in the frame
Rachel Clark Fifty years of Farnborough are commemorated in the Flight Collection photography exhibition in the Historic Aircraft Park. Photographs dating back to the first Farnborough airshow in 1948 are among the collection. Kim Hearn, head of Quadrant Picture Library Flight Collection, says: "We were chosen to ...
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Netjets Europe set to expand with Falcon 2000 purchase
Executive Jet is set to announce a major new order during the show for the Dassault Falcon 2000 business jet for its Netjets Europe fractional ownership programme. The deal will mark the second Falcon 2000 order in 10 months for Executive Jet and its first acquisition since July, when ...
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Cirrus gets closer to SR20 certification
Cirrus Design has appointed Wings Aloft as the first service centre for its single-engined SR20. The Seattle-based company will serve Cirrus' growing number of customers in the north-west region of the USA. The Duluth, Minnesota-based manufacturer plans to set up a network of service centres around the USA and, later, ...
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Cubana Tu-154 overrun kills 77
At least 68 people on board a Cubana Tupolev Tu-154M, and nine on the ground, were killed on 29 August when the crew appears to have made a late take-off abort and the aircraft overran the Quito, Ecuador, runway onto a football field. The civil aviation authorities have said that ...
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Agusta and Bell to team on 139 and 609
Paul Derby Italian manufacturer Agusta took the wraps off its new medium-twin helicopter yesterday and at the same time announced a major international partnership with Bell Helicopter Textron. Bell and Agusta are to team up to manufacture and market not just the new AB139, but also the 609 ...
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Bankruptcy may arrest Japan's civil EH101
EH Industries has delivered the first EH101 to Japan, but the helicopter's entry into service with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police is facing delay as the result of the planned take-over of local trading house, Okura, which imported the helicopter. The General Electric CT7-6-powered helicopter has been delivered to Kawasaki ...
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New amphibian inspired by yacht design ideas
Mike Martin A fresh concept in amphibious aircraft will be unveiled at Farnborough '98. The six-seat Centaur is said by its designer to have resolved key issues associated with amphibians. "The evolution of amphibians over the last 30 to 50 years has tended to show certain drawbacks," ...
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Turboprop and jet lease fleets all set to merge
Karen Walker British Aerospace Asset Management has completed its three-year strategy programme to stabilise its turboprop portfolio and will now move forward rapidly to merge the company's turboprop and jet operations. Stephen O'Sullivan, the company's executive vice-president, turboprops, says that by the end of 1998 his group will ...
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Anglo-French joint venture to tackle fighter technology
Tim Ripley British and French fighter manufacturers have formed a joint venture company to develop the technology for the next generation of European combat aircraft. European Aerosystems brings together British Aerospace and Dassault Aviation in a formal arrangement, which builds on the November 1995 memorandum of understanding between ...
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Gulfstream grows with acquisition of K-C Aviation
Gulfstream Aerospace has completed the purchase of K-C Aviation for $250 million. The acquisition allows the company to expand its aircraft completions, maintenance and parts business, and establishes Gulfstream as a major player in the aircraft engine service market. K-C has facilities in Texas, Wisconsin and Massachusetts, which ...
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BAe puts futuristic spin on village life
Sally Shore Dome that's set to travel the world The largest aviation exhibition staged in Europe is guaranteed to pull in the crowds at this year's Farnborough show. British Aerospace has transformed 11,000m2 of airfield into a futuristic high-tec Partnership Village designed to deliver the ...
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Sikorsky targets firefighting role
The forest fires sweeping across California in the run-up to Farnborough are proof of the increasing market for an effective aerial firefighting capability. Sikorsky says its Firehawk helicopter, destined for the US Army National Guard, has completed 23h of water drop exercises over the summer, using simulated firelines at ...
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Firefighters ready for any emergency
Alex Gallemore It's all hands on deck for the 50 members of the aviation fire crew at this year's airshow. Since October last year fire teams and event organisers have been arranging extra firefighting equipment and crews to be on stand-by for Farnborough '98. Aviation firemen have ...
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MDP vigilant for security breaches
With the recent terrorist bombings in Africa and Omagh, security at Farnborough '98 will be as tight as ever. Some 170 officers from the Military of Defence Police (MDP) will be on duty at this year's show and the main goal will be to ensure that everything runs smoothly. ...
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Saab restructures as manufacturing winds down
Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab is making significant changes to the structure of its commercial aerospace activities as it prepares to close its turboprop production lines in late 1999. Saab Aircraft Customer Support, Saab Aircraft Finance Group and Saab Collaborative Programs, which were previously subsidiaries of Saab AB group, have ...
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Water bomber sales still fail to ignite
One of the few Bombardier Aerospace products not on show at Farnborough is the Canadair CL-415 water bomber. The year which saw out-of-control fires from Indonesia through southern Europe to Florida should have been the year that really made the name of the remarkable aircraft. Yet it did quite ...
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Charter acquisition
Averitt Aviation has acquired executive air charters B&C and Aero Charter for an undisclosed sum. The sale includes the Nashville, Tennessee-based companies' combined fleet of 10 aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Ice shield approval
B/E-SMR Technologies, the recently acquired Florida-based unit of B/E Aerospace, has received supplemental-type certificates (STCs) for its newly developed Ice Shield pneumatic de-icing system on the Piper Navajo series and Raytheon Aircraft Beech King Air 200. The system incorporates new edge sealing and tapered-edge design technology . Source: Flight ...