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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 ...
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Raytheon remarkets 1900Ds to help out Mesa
Raytheon Aircraft has agreed to remarket 15 Beech 1900D turboprops operated by cash-strapped Mesa Air Group. The airline will receive an immediate $5 million payment for the aircraft. Raytheon will also reduce the terms of the purchase of the last of the aircraft acquired by Mesa. Raytheon is putting ...
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Meridian on course for 2000 certification
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC New Piper Aircraft flew the single-turboprop Malibu Meridian for the first time on 21 August, 10 days ahead of schedule. The Vero Beach, Florida-based manufacturer says there were "no major problems" on the maiden flight of the turboprop derivative of its Malibu Mirage high-performance piston single. ...
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Myanma Airways hit by second fatal F27 crash this year
A missing Myanma Airways Fokker F27 Mk600, which is presumed to have gone down on 24 August among forested mountains in northern Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), had still not been found three days later as Flight International went to press. There were 29 passengers and four crew on ...
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New software will advise flight planners on integrity of GPS
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocontrol has developed an internet tool for helping pilots assess the availability of global positioning system (GPS) satellites for European operations. The Augur system will provide all of the information needed to advise on GPS integrity, and, says Eurocontrol, will help aircraft operators to use GPS ...
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Restored French budget revives Rafale hopes
France's defence budget has been restored to the level called for in the 1997-2002 spending plan, raising hopes that the long-awaited multi-year procurement funding for Dassault Aviation's Rafale fighter will finally be released. The extra money - around Fr4 billion ($660 million) - has come from unspent equipment funds ...
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Found finds first customers for new Bush Hawk
Found Aircraft Canada is assembling the first pre-production Bush Hawk light utility aircraft, with a maiden flight expected by early October. The aircraft will be used to certificate modifications to the original 1960s vintage Found FBA-2C design, which will be incorporated into new production aircraft. Found hopes to begin deliveries ...
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Europe: few direct answers
Will Europe's aviation industry be ready for the year 2000? The honest answer is that nobody yet knows. To date, companies have largely been preoccupied with their own internal compliance issues, but the wider debate over how the issue will affect the industry as a whole has only just begun. ...
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Brussels has the last word
Europe's privately owned and publicly quoted airlines must be wondering what they have to do to make a dent in the European Commission's stance on state aid. Their jubilation at the European Court of Justice's annulment of the FFr20 billion (US$3.3 billion) aid package to Air France on 25 June ...
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Recipe for reform
Romania's national airline still hopes to attract a western partner, if only the economy would improve. Take one battered old airport, add a few old Russian aircraft, and then throw in years of political instability. Stir with economic collapse, simmer for nine years, and serve with a garnish of ...
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Squirrel Lease
The UK's Kent Air Ambulance is due to resume operations on 2 September, flying a Eurocopter AS355F1 Twin Squirrel helicopter, leased by Medical Aviation Services, to replace a similar model to the one that crashed in late July, killing the pilot and crew. The decision follows a recent incident in ...
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Weighing in
US holding company The Aviation Group of Dallas, Texas, is to acquire General Electrodynamics, the Texas-based manufacturer of scales used for weighing aircraft during maintenance and repair procedures. The holding company will pay $1.6 million for the business, which achieved revenues exceeding $5 million in 1997. The Aviation Group acquired ...
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One Eleven Stage 3 hushkit begins flight testing
Ian Sheppard/LONDON European Aviation and Quiet Technologies have completed initial flight tests of a proof of concept BAC One-Eleven Stage 3 hushkit prototype, and are satisfied that the aircraft will meet Stage 3 noise limits. The companies are to continue with development, having also shown that the fuel ...
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Orenda gets OE-600A approval
Orenda Recip has received Canadian approval to begin production of its 450kW (600hp) OE-600A vee-8 piston aero engine. Certification of the first re-engineing programme using the powerplant is expected before year-end, with others pending. The Canadian company plans to produce engines at a new plant set to open at ...
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Wilksch completes 90kW diesel flights
Wilksch Airmotive has completed initial development testing of a new two-stroke diesel engine for light aircraft. The UK company says that it plans to unveil details of the new powerplant in the middle of September. Mark Wilksch, founder of the Milton Keynes-based company, says that the first flight of ...
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Ilyushin prepares for Il-96T US approval
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Ilyushin expects the freighter version of the Pratt & Whitney PW2337-powered Il-96, the -96T, to receive US Federal Aviation Administration certification by October, but the US engine manufacturer is less optimistic. The Il-96T recently received Russian/CIS certification for operation by CIS airlines, but deliveries cannot begin ...
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New Piper test demand for complete range of aircraft
Dave Higdon/VERO BEACH New Piper Aircraft is examining market needs for a complete family of piston, turboprop and jet-powered aircraft. "We want New Piper to grow, and our product line to expand into a full family of aircraft," says chairman Chuck Suma. The Vero Beach, Florida-based company is also keen ...