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3X Jet patents dissimilar-engine twinjet concept
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A US patent HAS been granted to 3X Jet for an unconventional propulsion-system concept for twin-engine aircraft. The configuration uses two different-sized jet engines mounted on the aircraft centreline and is claimed to offer reduced operating cost, improved climb performance and range, and increased cruise-altitude ...
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Talk this way
A Swedish-led technology could provide a key element of the Future Air Navigation System. Kieran Daly/LONDON THE GLOBAL-NAVIGATION satellite-system-synchronised, self-organising, time-division, multiple-access (STDMA) data- link really needs a much better name. It is one thing for the dedicated souls serving on the International Civil Aviation ...
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BA set to buy FANS-1 for 747-400s
BRITISH AIRWAYS IS expected to order Future Air Navigation System-1 (FANS-1) avionics for its Boeing 747-400 fleet, following an agreement with Russia over the opening up of new over-flight routes. A board-level decision by BA is due this month. The first two new routes over Russia will enable ...
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AI(R) poised to challenge Regional Jet
Julian Moxon andGilbert Sedbon/TOULOUSE AERO INTERNATIONAL (Regional) (AI(R)) is studying a new 70-seat regional jet to take on competition from Canadair's planned stretched 64-seat version of the Regional Jet. The study was announced by AI(R), chief executive Henri-Paul Puel, as he unveiled an order for ...
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Beyond the basics
Aptitude is not enough to win airline sponsorship for today's ab initio pilot-training courses. David Learmount/LONDON IT IS ALREADY axiomatic in the airline industry that today's airline pilots are expected not only to retain traditional piloting and airmanship skills (despite practising them less on the modern flight ...
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Twenty years young
The Concorde is set to remain in airline service for up to another 20 years. Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE BRITISH AEROSPACE/Aerospatiale Concorde is a unique airliner in many ways, not least because it has been in revenue service for two decades and there is still no new aircraft ...
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MTU remains shy of BMW R-R merger as hurdles fally
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace's (DASA's) aero-engine subsidiary MTU Munchen has dampened speculation that it is to be merged with BMW Rolls-Royce. Although the move has not been entirely ruled out, the company says that it is unlikely. Links will be tightened through parts-manufacturing contracts, says ...
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America West
America West Airlines, of Phoenix, Arizona, has named Stephen Johnson senior vice-president of legal affairs. Johnson, who has been with America West since 1995, was formerly senior vice-president and general counsel for Irish leasing company GPA Group of Shannon. Bernard Han becomes vice-president of financial planning and analysis. He was ...
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In-trail-climb testing inadequate
Sir - In the article "New members join in-trail-climb club" (Flight International, 6-12 December, 1995, P16), Ken Peppard of the US Federal Aviation Administration is quoted as saying that "...pilots, controller and ARINC operators feel comfortable with the procedure". The US Airline Pilots' Association (ALPA) believes this to be an ...
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FAA plans to extend turboprop icing rules
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is introducing new flight-operations rules in icing conditions for a range of turboprop regional airliners. The agency has not, however, demanded any design changes similar to those already required for the ATR 42 and 72. The aviation ...
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Regional dilemma
Fokker's troubles are only one symptom of turbulent times in the regional-aircraft market. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE THESE ARE interesting times in the regional-aircraft market. Even without the crisis at Fokker, manufacturers were facing some fundamental questions about exactly where their market niche lies. ...
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Flight Dynamics HGS successful in Cat III
BOMBARDIER DASH 8s of US-based regional carrier Horizon Air, equipped with the Flight Dynamics-made head-up guidance system (HGS), were used for 20 successful landings in Category III conditions at Portland Airport, Oregon, on 11 January. Visibility in the area was down to around 300m (980ft) in thick ...
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Jet Aviation starts innovative version of jetshare scheme
Julian Moxon/GENEVA BUSINESS-AVIATION service provider Jet Aviation has launched its own version of a corporate-jet shared-ownership scheme, aiming to get around some of the problems which have plagued others attempting to enter the field in Europe. The Netherlands-registered Corpavia Club provides members with a part ...
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Exim approves Aeroflot financing
AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN International Airlines (ARIA) is to receive $1 billion financing from the US Export Import Bank (Exim) to help purchase 20 Westernised Ilyushin Il-96M/Ts. The financing covers the US content in the aircraft, including engines and avionics, and will be guaranteed by the Russian Government and by pledges on the ...
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Lufthansa returns Business Air stake after one year
LUFTHANSA HAS AGREED to sell back its 38% stake in UK regional carrier Business Air, less than a year after it acquired the holding. Long-standing partner Crossair is also divesting its 38% stake. Business Air's founding chairman, Ian Woodley, says that he wanted to buy back the shares ...
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Vietnam delivery
Vietnam Airlines has taken delivery of the first of three additional leased Boeing 767-300ERs from General Electric Capital Aviation Services. The final two aircraft will be delivered by mid-February. The 767s have been dry-leased to the Vietnamese national carrier for five years. Source: Flight International
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Delta substitutes 767s for its long-haul L-1011s
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA DELTA AIRLINES is to replace Lockheed L-1011s used on transatlantic services with additional Boeing 767-300ERs. The airline has also cancelled all its outstanding orders and options on Boeing 737-300s. The carrier says that its capital expenditures "...do not materially increase, but delivery schedules and aircraft types ...
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Pan Am plans to rise from the ashes
MARTIN SHUGRUE, the ex-chief operating officer of Pan American World Airways, plans to relaunch the airline. Shugrue and former US Undersecretary of Commerce, for Travel and Tourism Charles Cobb have lined up $30 million in start-up capital from a consortium of investors. The airline, the world's most illustrious ...
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Loss of confidence threatens Canadian
COST-CUTTING labour agreements signed in 1995 by Canadian Airlines International are in jeopardy, with the carrier's largest union demanding the resignation of chief executive Kevin Jenkins. David Park, president of the 5,300-strong machinists union, claims that members have lost confidence in Jenkins. Park says that a large number ...
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Spot check on Slovakia
The article 'Czech or cash' (Airline Business, November) was very interesting but some of your information about the Slovak aviation industry was not precise. At present, all air operations based in Slovakia are wholly privately-owned companies, and Tatra air, with two Saab 340Bs, is the only one operating ...