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EW deal for Canadians
CAE Aviation has received a C$13.5 million ($10 million) contract to manufacture and install 28 electronic-warfare self-protection suites (EPWS) and 24 forward-dispenser kits (FDK) in Canadian Forces' Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. CAE has already installed the EPWS in two C-130s and the FDK in six aircraft. The programme will take ...
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BAe buys Carroll from receivers
British Aerospace has acquired fixed-base operator Farnborough Business Aviation (FBA) from the receivers. Formerly called Carroll Aircraft, the company's base is adjacent to BAe's UK headquarters in Farnborough. Carroll had gone into receivership because of property investment losses by its owners - ironically, near BAe's now closed Hatfield ...
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IATA slams Canadian ATC charges
THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association (IATA) has condemned what it calls unfair and discriminatory overflight charges, to be introduced by Transport Canada in November. Transport Canada is trying to recover two-thirds, or C$165 million ($120 million), of the total annual cost of C$250 million in just one year. ...
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Raduga applies stealth technology to missile design
RUSSIAN AIR-TO-surface missile bureau Raduga has admitted that it is working on the application of stealth to advanced missile design. The bureau is holding discussions with an unidentified Chinese partner over making certain of these technologies available to Beijing. Valentin Troitsky, deputy head of the bureau, ...
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African aviation
The African aviation industry has been preaching about regional co-operation for years: it could soon happen. Kevin O'Toole/Johannesburg In the middle of August the African aviation community met in Johannesburg to discuss its future. There was nothing new about the issues. The industry, like much else within the ...
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African dilemma
MANY AFRICAN airlines and their state owners - like their counterparts in the rest of the world - are being pressured towards privatisation. Those African airlines are not, however, like their European counterparts; nor is the environment in which they fly like Europe. The most pressing questions they face are ...
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FM2600 engine well received after Oshkosh show debut
Graham Warwick/Atlanta Switzerland's MDB Flugtechnik reports "enormous interest" in its FM2600 aircraft engine, following the powerplant's debut in a Stoddard-Hamilton GlaStar kitplane at the Oshkosh show in late July. The FM2600 is an all-new, liquid-cooled, four-cylinder engine producing 120kW (161hp) normally aspirated and 150kW turbocharged. MDB ...
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R-R-powered Tu-204 heads for sales break
THE AVIASTAR production plant is in advanced negotiations for the sale of 60 Rolls-Royce-powered Tupolev Tu-204s to a Russian leasing company. In a separate move, Tupolev says that it is close to clinching an agreement on a potential sale of a further ten aircraft. Negotiations between Aviastar, R-R, ...
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Piper sings a new tune
Piper's emergence from Chapter II heralds a rebirth of general aviation. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC PIPER AIRCRAFT'S recent emergence from Chapter 11 has coincided with a renaissance of the US general-aviation business brought about largely by a watering-down of product-liability legislation. Under the leadership ...
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European signs One-Eleven hushkit deal with Quiet Nacelle
Andrew Doyle/LONDON EUROPEAN AVIATION, parent of European Aviation Air Charter (EAAC), has signed an agreement with Quiet Nacelle for the hushkitting of the UK charter carrier's fleet of British Aerospace One-Eleven-500s. The deal marks the first available Stage 3 hushkit for the aircraft. The modification ...
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Beavering away
British Columbia-based Viking Air has delivered its 30th de Havilland DHC-2 Turbo Beaver conversion. The aircraft has a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 turboprop and increased gross weight, resulting in a 25% increase in usable load, says Viking. Source: Flight International
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FlightSafety approval
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has approved training conducted at the FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida, for a UK basic commercial-pilot's licence, flying-instructor course and instrument rating (IR). Except for the IR, CAA flight tests will be conducted in the USA. Source: Flight International
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CIS airlines seek state support
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW THE CIS INTERSTATE Aviation Committee (MAK) is to campaign for state support in an effort to protect domestic airlines from the rising threat to their survival. Speaking to the heads of the regulatory aviation bodies of the CIS republics at a meeting in ...
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FAA hits Japan Air Lines repair shops
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has barred Japan Airlines (JAL) from performing maintenance work on US-registered aircraft because repair stations at Narita and Haneda airports conducted unauthorised repairs. William White, the FAA's deputy director of flight standards, says that no aircraft are grounded because of the action. White ...
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Aeroplex approval
Aeroplex of Central Europe Aircraft Technology Center (ACE) has won JAR 145 approval from Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). Budapest based Aeroplex, a maintenance joint venture between Malev Hungarian Airlines and Lockheed Martin Aircraft Service (LMAS) of the USA. Source: Flight International
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TWA to lease more MD-80s
TRANS WORLD Airlines (TWA) is leasing three new McDonnell Douglas MD-83s from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services as part of its fleet-modernisation programme. TWA, which has one of the oldest fleets among US majors, will take delivery direct from the manufacturer, starting this month. The MD-83s will be the ...
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Flap asymmetry suspected in fatal Peregrine PJ-2 crash
FLAP ASYMMETRY, the suspected cause of the 4 August fatal crash, of the Peregrine PJ-2 two-seat jet-powered light aircraft, has occurred twice before on the Bede BD-10, on which the PJ-2 is based. Neither incident resulted in the loss of the aircraft. Minden, Nevada-based Peregrine Flight International ...
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Textron piston production to grow
Ramon Lopez/WILLIAMSPORT TEXTRON LYCOMING production of piston engines following Cessna Aircraft's decision to revive its single-engined general-aviation (GA), and Piper Aircraft's emergence from four years of bankruptcy protection. Cessna, a sister company within the Textron group, decided to re-introduce the 172, 182, 206 and Turbo ...
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Starships will be crash-tested
TWO STARSHIP airframes donated by Raytheon Aircraft to NASA's Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments (AGATE) programme will be used for nondestructive testing and crash-simulation tests (Flight International, 17-23 May). Raytheon has donated two of the three Starship certification prototypes, having first removed the engines, avionics and systems. Initial ...
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Jet Aviation
Business aviation service company, Jet Aviation, has appointed Walter Berchthold vice-president for aircraft maintenance, at its West Palm Beach Florida headquarters. He was formerly maintenance planning manager at Jet Aviation, Geneva, Switzerland. Source: Flight International