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Reims may return to light singles
REIMS AVIATION president Jean-Paul Pellessier says that he will decide on whether to resume licence production of Cessna piston-singles "within a few weeks", following the US manufacturer's decision to re-start production of such types at the beginning of 1997. "I am very enthusiastic about it, but there are ...
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Certification delayed for Cessna Citation X
Graham Warwick/WICHITA CERTIFICATION OF the Cessna Citation X high-speed business jet has been pushed back from August to November, but the manufacturer still plans to deliver the first customer aircraft in April 1996. Flight-test hold-ups will delay delivery of the first two Citation X demonstrators to late November or ...
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Caravan delivery
Cessna delivered the first two of FedEx's order for 50 additional Caravan utility turboprops on 30 January. The 1994 order will be completed in May 1996. Source: Flight International
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Saab is latest to sponsor Awards
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS joined the growing list of leading aviation companies now backing the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards '95. The Swedish airliner manufacturer becomes the tenth sponsor to lend support to this year's Awards, which will be presented during a gala dinner at the Paris air show ...
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MDC and JAA in MD-90 confrontation
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) and the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) are at loggerheads over changes to the MD-90 stall-recognition and recovery system which the JAA wants before granting European certification. The MD-90, like the MD-80, has a stick-shaker to warn the crew of ...
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Sikorsky tries out variable tilt-rotor
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES SIKORSKY HAS tested a scaled version of a variable-diameter tilt-rotor (VDTR). The configuration is "extremely stable" in hover, says the company. The VDTR differs from the traditional tilt-rotor concept in that the rotor blades can be extended during hover and then retracted to ...
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Sikorsky tries out variable tilt-rotor
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES SIKORSKY HAS tested a scaled version of a variable-diameter tilt-rotor (VDTR). The configuration is "extremely stable" in hover, says the company. The VDTR differs from the traditional tilt-rotor concept in that the rotor blades can be extended during hover and then retracted ...
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Engine family enters market
MICHAEL ZOCHE Antriebstechnik of Munich is preparing to begin production of its family of radial aero-diesel engines, with the first flight on an aircraft due to take place within six months. Launch customer is Westinghouse Airships (WAI), which will fly the eight-cylinder, 220kW (300hp) ZO 02A engine on ...
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UAE weighs up its counter to Kilos
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE UNITED ARAB Emirates (UAE) has modified the mission requirement for its planned fleet of maritime-patrol aircraft to include an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability. Competing manufacturers were briefed to supply four aircraft configured primarily for anti-surface-vessel (ASV) strike, armed with McDonnell Douglas AGM-84 Harpoon ...
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UAE weighs up its counter to Kilos
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE UNITED ARAB Emirates (UAE), has modified the mission requirement for its planned fleet of maritime-patrol aircraft, to include, an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability. Competing manufacturers were briefed to supply four aircraft configured primarily for anti-surface-vessel (ASV) strike, armed with McDonnell Douglas AGM-84 ...
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Second production Citation X flies
A SECOND PRODUCTION aircraft has joined Cessna's flight-test programme for the Citation X high-speed business-jet. By the end of January, the Wichita, US, manufacturer had logged some 535h on 355 flights of the prototype and first two production aircraft. The second production Citation X was flown for the ...
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Second production Citation X flies
A SECOND PRODUCTION aircraft has joined Cessna's flight-test programme for the Citation X high-speed business-jet. By the end of January, the Wichita, US, manufacturer had logged some 535h on 355 flights of the prototype and first two production aircraft. The second production Citation X was flown for the ...
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Falcon sales boost Dassault
DASSAULT AVIATION has clocked up ten orders for its Falcon 900EX business jet since its launch in October 1994. The company hopes to fly the aircraft at the Paris air show in June. Delivery to first customer Sony is due in April 1996. "It's started well, and we ...
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Falcon sales boost Dassault
DASSAULT AVIATION, has clocked up ten orders for its Falcon 900EX business jet, since its launch in October 1994. The company hopes to fly the aircraft at the Paris air show in June. Delivery to first customer Sony is due in April 1996. "It's started well, and we ...
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Pilot worries force FAA action over runway aid
Kieran Daly/LONDON A KEY ELEMENT of the USA's airport-capacity enhancement programme is being held up following unexpected difficulties in using it operationally. The precision runway monitor (PRM) has an electronically scanned (E-scan) radar, with a high update-rate, to permit independent approaches to closely spaced parallel runways. ...
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Pilot worries force FAA action over runway aid
Kieran Daly/LONDON A KEY ELEMENT of the USA's airport-capacity enhancement programme is being held up following unexpected difficulties in using it operationally. The precision runway monitor (PRM), has an electronically scanned (E-scan) radar, with a high update rate, to permit independent approaches to closely spaced, ...
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Hiller acquires Soloy STC
HILLER AIRCRAFT has acquired the supplemental type certificate (STC) from Soloy to retrofit turbine engines into the Hiller UH-12E and Bell 47. The STC will be a "perfect complement" to Hiller's planned re-introduction of the UH-12E, says Jeffrey Hiller, leader of the investment consortium which bought back the ...
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Hiller acquires Soloy STC
HILLER AIRCRAFT has acquired the supplemental type certificate (STC) from Soloy to retrofit turbine engines into the Hiller UH-12E and Bell 47. The STC will be a "perfect complement" to Hiller's planned re-introduction of the UH-12E, says Jeffrey Hiller, leader of the investment consortium, which bought back the ...
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Bell launches Model 407
BELL HELICOPTER Textron has launched its Model 407, with orders for more than 40 of the new light-turbine helicopters. As expected, the single-turbine 407 and twin-turbine 407T are based on the current Model 206, with the four-blade-rotor dynamic system from the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. Launch customer is Niagara Helicopters. ...