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Dornier Seastar expects to find Asian backing
DORNIER SEASTAR of Germany is confident of soon finding new partners in Asia to back production of its Seastar CD-2 amphibious aircraft, after a key Malaysian investor pulled out of the joint-venture programme. "We're actively looking for new backers, and have already had inquiries from both inside and ...
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Philippines plans small utility aircraft
PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE Development (PADC) has received an initial allocation of 50 million pesos ($2 million) of Government finance for the development of a small utility transport, says Jesus Garcia, the Secretary of Transportation and Communications. Detailed engineering studies are under way, with design to be finalised during 1996. Construction could ...
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North Weald '95 preview
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON THE THIRD North Weald exhibition, formerly known as the Business and Light Aviation Exhibition (B&LA), will be open from 5-8 September. Sponsored by Flight International, the show will provide an opportunity for manufacturers to assess the present confidence of the general-aviation (GA) industry. ...
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FAA nears decision on lifting ban on over-60s
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration will decide before the end of the year whether to lift the 36-year-old ban which prohibits captains and first officers over the age of 60 from flying large commercial aircraft. As it now stands, FAR Part 135 ...
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IPTN wins approval as N-250 flies
Paul Lewis/BANDUNG IPTN SAYS that it has been given approval by Indonesian President Suharto to begin design of its proposed 100-seat N-2130 regional twinjet, further fuelling IPTN's ambitions for a family of regional aircraft. Suharto has warned of the risks that, "other countries may pass ...
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AkroTech introduces two-seat G-200
AKROTECH AVIATION has introduced a two-seat version of its G-200 aerobatic kitplane. First flight of the Giles G-202 is scheduled for September. The kit price is $54,500, excluding engine and avionics. The aircraft will be suitable for unlimited-class competition aerobatics. Troutdale, Oregon-based AkroTech says that performance differences between the G-200 ...
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1.42 details revealed
FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL has obtained what is believed to be the first released image of actual hardware related to Mikoyan's Article 1.42 fifth-generation fighter programme. The image shows the front-fuselage section of an unidentified large fighter aircraft at the Faustovo Flight Aviation Systems Research Institute near Moscow. ...
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Piper
Werner Hartlieb and Buddy Watson are to take up newly created vice-presidential posts at light-aircraft manufacturer Piper Aircraft of Vero Beach, Florida. Hartlieb, most recently director of marketing and sales, takes responsibility for marketing, sales, engineering, quality assurance and customer services, while Watson will manage Piper's aircraft-manufacturing interests. ...
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Ringing in the new
What does the new Bell 407 offer over its predecessors? Graham Warwick/MONTREAL IF BELL IS renowned for two things in the commercial-helicopter field, they are the Model 206 and the two-blade rotor. These traditional Bell strengths have threatened to become weaknesses, however, as the prolonged ...
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Dunlop
Piet Walton-Knight (left) has been appointed managing director of the Dunlop Aviation division, of Coventry, UK. He has served as managing director of Dunlop Aircraft Tyres and Dunlop Precision Rubber. Andrew Milner (right) becomes managing director of Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, of Birmingham, UK. He was formerly general manager for Anglo-French ...
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Wilcox wins WAAS deal
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has awarded Wilcox Electric a $475 million incentive-fee contract to develop and produce the world's first wide-area augmentation system (WAAS), which makes the global-positioning system (GPS) usable for all phases of civil flight. Award of the contract ...
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Former GPA executives back Pembroke Capital
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A GROUP OF former GPA executives, including part of the team which ran the Irish leasing company's innovative aircraft financing arm in Dublin, are behind the setting up of Pembroke Capital, a new independent financial-services operation. Pembroke was initially established by three senior ...
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Bouncing back
The Oshkosh '95 show provided clues for those on the trail of a GA comeback. Karen Walker/OSHKOSH RECENT INDICATIONS that the US general-aviation (GA) industry is turning the corner out of recession have been reinforced by Oshkosh '95, the annual convention and fly-in of the ...
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USA tests precision approach advance
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A UNIQUE PRECISION-approach aid has been installed at Watertown Airport in Wisconsin and is awaiting approval. Final US Federal Aviation Administration approval of Advanced Navigation & Positioning's (ANPC) transponder landing-system (TLS) is expected in October. The TLS is a low-cost Category I landing system ...
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Other Oshkosh '95 news
LoPresti Aircraft has taken three firm orders for its F22 sport aircraft, which comes in two versions and starts at $129,000. It has verbal commitments for a further four aircraft. The company is deciding where to locate a factory and intends to manufacture complete aircraft by late 1996. General ...
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AN.4 Campana unveiled at Moulins
THE PRE-PRODUCTION VERSION of the Campana AN.4 was shown for the first time at the annual Reseau du Sport de l'Air rally at Moulins, France. A prototype of the aircraft was flown for the first time in 1993. Campana Aviation, of Tarbes in south-west France, has developed the AN.4 as ...
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Russian Aviation Consortium flexes its muscles to push Tu-204 sales
Paul Duffy/SHANNON THE NEWLY formed Russian Aviation Consortium has called for the resignation of transport minister Vitali Yefimov following his opposition to the grant of state funding for Tupolev Tu-204 production. A new plan to fund Tu-204 sales is also proposed. The consortium, which won ...
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IPTN receives European approval for CN-235-110
THE INDUSTRI PESAWAT Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) version of the Airtech CN-235-110, has received its first internationally recognised certification, with the granting of JAR 25 type approval, by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). JAR 25 certification follows a two-year validation programme, designed to boost the Indonesian CN-235's sales ...
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Power struggle
It is a familiar story, but Russian engine makers are suffering from a shortage of funds. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW OF ALL SECTORS IN THE Russian aviation industry, engine manufacturers are receiving probably the sharpest criticism from national media and airline operators for their apparent inability to ...
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Gulfstream mates wing to GV fuselage
GULFSTREAM MATED THE WING and fuselage of the first Gulfstream V long-range business jet on 24 July at its Savannah, Georgia, plant. The wing arrived by rail from supplier Northrop Grumman on 18 July and was mated to the Gulfstream-produced fuselage within a week. The Fokker-built tail will be added ...