All Ops & safety articles – Page 1271
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Three more customers for Honeywell Pegasus system
Honeywell has added Austrian Airlines, Sabena and Swissair to its growing list of Pegasus Flight Management System (FMS) customers. The systems will be fitted to their Airbus fleets, bringing the number of companies choosing Pegasus to more than 30. The system provides airlines with new capabilities to take ...
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Tower of strength for flying display
Alex Gallemore If you ask the air traffic controllers, the Farnborough airshow is actually a three week event. Tony Cowell, manager of air traffic services, says: "The week prior to the event is hectic. We have to accommodate the new arrivals, and individual displays are evaluated by the ...
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Japan's heavyweights go smoke-free
Japan's two leading carriers are to ban smoking on all flights - both international and domestic - early next year. Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) say they will introduce their bans on 1 April and 28 March respectively. Both carriers claim that the move to all-out ...
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First lessons for pilots
The first class in a new training scheme, implemented as a result of a new agreement between Oxford Air Training School, UND Aerospace and Raytheon Systems, is currently under way. The training, which will take place at UND's facilities in Mesa, Arizona, provides initial training for classes of 10 ...
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Boeing racks up $2bn more in orders
Mike Martin Boeing announced a raft of orders together worth more than $2 billion yesterday. The biggest order, totalling $1.27 billion, was from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for nine extended range 767-300ERs and three 767-400ERs. All the aircraft will be powered by General Electric CF6-80C2 engines. ...
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Fairchild introduces 728JET suppliers
Mark Hannant The next stage of Fairchild Aerospace's programme to build the 728JET family of regional jets was announced at the show yesterday as the company introduced the system suppliers it has chosen for the project. As announced last month, General Electric will provide CF34-8D engines incorporating a ...
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More problems detailed at HK airport inquiry
The public inquiry set up to investigate the troubled opening of Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok has heard further evidence of apparent mismanagement. Yeung Kwok-keung, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (HACTL) deputy managing director, has spoken of bungled fire safety tests that ultimately led to the ...
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Pascall harnesses meteors for backup link
What do you do if your communications satellite malfunctions and HF links fail you too? According to Pascall (Hall 4/G5) you use meteors! Using reflections from trails of gas, caused by meteorites entering the earth's atmosphere, it's possible to establish two-way VHF communications over quite long path lengths. ...
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Flying support crew have their work cut out
Steve Nichols As more than 100 aircraft are put through their paces this week, spare a thought for the unsung band of 44 men, and one woman, who keep them in the air. Farnborough's Engineering Support Team, headed by Martin Miller of Wynnwith Engineering, is responsible for handling, ...
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Speed and skill the hallmarks of rescue service
Alex Gallemore Teamwork is the key ingredient for the rapid response flying doctor crew at the show this week. During the daily flying display, a Eurocopter AS330 Puma and a Bell 412 helicopter are on standby to provide an instant air crew and casualty removal service. The ...
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FAA wants to lead
TEXT: Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Despite intense domestic criticism of its lateness in getting to grips with the year 2000 computer problem, the US Federal Aviation Administration sees itself leading the world's aviation industry safely into the new century. Exactly what the USA will do to safeguard American travellers ...
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Eurocontrol
Julian Moxon/PARIS Bringing European air trafÞc control (ATC) computers up to year 2000 standard is taxing both the national service providers and the Brussels-based Eurocontrol organisation, which has responsibility for the Maastricht upper airspace region and for the central ßow management units (CFMUs) at Paris, France, and Brussels, Belgium. ...
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Airbus to cross finishing line
Max Kingsley-Jones/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie set up a task force several years ago to examine the potential impact of the Y2K software problem on its aircraft. The consortium has concluded that there are only a few minor issues that will affect its products. It does, however, warn that it cannot ...
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Chinese cargo
China Eastern Airlines has signed a deal with Boeing's Long Beach division to convert two MD-11s into freighters for its new joint venture carrier China Cargo Airlines. The work will be subcontracted to either Kelly AFB in Texas or Aeronavali of Italy. Conversion work on the first tri-jet will start ...
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MD-11 crashes after smoke fills cockpit
David Learmount/LONDON The crew of Swissair's Boeing MD-11 flight SR111 made a "Pan" emergency call to Canada's Moncton air traffic control centre (ATCC), reporting smoke in the cockpit. Sixteen minutes later the aircraft crashed into the sea, killing all 215 passengers and 14 crew on board, according to a ...
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Cubana Tu-154 overrun kills 77
At least 68 people on board a Cubana Tupolev Tu-154M, and nine on the ground, were killed on 29 August when the crew appears to have made a late take-off abort and the aircraft overran the Quito, Ecuador, runway onto a football field. The civil aviation authorities have said that ...
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New Italian airlines gear up for 1999 operations
Marco Messalla/ROME Two new Italian airlines are planning to start operations early next year, reflecting the continuing liberalisation of the country's internal market. Gandalf Airlines is considering purchasing either the Fairchild Dornier 328JET or Embraer ERJ-145 and will announce its decision on an initial purchase of two aircraft ...
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Aerostar shows off upgraded MiG-21bis
Romanian aerospace company Aerostar is taking the wraps off an upgraded Mikoyan MiG-21bis at the show. The company has been working privately on the aircraft in response to interest from potential customers. The upgrade follows on from a $300 million programme being undertaken by Aerostar with Elbit of Israel ...
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Airbus plans A300/A310 update while replacement is sought
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie has begun making presentations to airlines operating the A300/A310 on a range of proposed performance improvements and configuration changes in an effort to modernise and extend the family's market life until a replacement can be developed. The European consortium has told airlines that, given ...
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Airbus promises efficiencies and comfort with A318
Mike Martin The planned Airbus Industrie 100-seat A318 will deliver greater operating efficiencies and passenger comfort, the company said yesterday. The list price is expected to be $36 million, compared with the expected $33 million for the rival 100-seat Boeing 717. Airbus believes there is a market ...