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Found after 30 years - the new Bush Hawk wins certification
A Canadian light utility aircraft is back in production after 30 years, following Transport Canada certification of Found Aircraft's Bush Hawk, an updated version of its original FBA-2C. Deliveries will begin in April, against initial orders for 11 aircraft. First deliveries of the all-metal five-seater will be to Reliance Airways ...
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Maverick Air completes initial Twinjet 1500 wing icing tests
Maverick Air has completed initial testing of wing ice protection for its six-seat Twinjet 1500 business kit-build aircraft, formally known as the Twinjet 1200. The wing section was tested in an icing windtunnel to stimulate in-flight icing conditions. Penrose, Colorado-based Maverick began developing the Twinjet-1500 in 1997. It plans to ...
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News in Brief
Allied A340 deal AlliedSignal's 331-600 auxiliary power unit (APU) has been selected by Airbus for the A340-500 and -600 growth versions in a deal worth more than $1 billion over the expected life of the programme. The new APU is based on the 331-500 developed for the Boeing 777 ...
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Go chases offshore base plan
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Go, the low-cost airline set up by British Airways last year, looks set to adopt the strategy of rival airlines such as easyJet and Virgin Express by establishing a string of "offshore" mini-hubs throughout Europe. Barbara Cassani, chief executive of the London Stansted-based airline, revealed the plans ...
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Iberia examines 747 replacements
Max Kingsley-Jones/MADRID Iberia is finalising the last element of its fleet renewal programme to enable it to begin phasing out its Boeing 747-200s in three-four years' time. Last year, the Spanish flag carrier signed deals with Airbus Industrie covering orders for up to 76 Airbus A320 family aircraft ...
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KLM completes testing of 747 cockpit upgrade
KLM Engineering & Maintenance and Canadian Marconi have completed flight tests of a Boeing 747 Classic cockpit upgrade, and have achieved supplemental type certification. The upgrade will extend the life of KLM's fleet of 13 747-200/300s beyond 2010. The cockpit upgrade is built around three Canadian Marconi CMA-900 flight management ...
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Strategy gains will buffer R-R against slow year ahead
Chris Jasper/LONDON Rolls-Royce predicts that the rate of new aero-engine orders will slow this year, while claiming that the increased market share it has won in recent years will allow it to sustain its current high level of powerplant deliveries. The UK manufacturer adds that successful company restructuring, ...
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Archedyne revamps Amjet 400 amphibian
Archedyne has redesigned its Amjet 400 single-engined amphibian business aircraft, changing the name, the number of engines and fuselage length. Now dubbed the Nautic Air 450, the aircraft will be powered by two Williams FJX-2s when they enter the market next year, and its 12.2m (40ft) fuselage has been extended ...
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Rolls-Royce plan for Allison 250 replacement is shelved
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Rolls-Royce has postponed efforts to develop a replacement for the Allison 250 based on a low-cost industrial gas turbine (Flight International, 25 February-3 March, 1998). The so-called World Engine programme is "on hold", says vice-president, customer operations Tommy Thomason. "We found we couldn't combine ...
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Lease disposals key to Atlantic's jet buy
Atlantic Coast Airlines' (ACA) search for a new 30-seat class of passenger jet hinges on the disposal of the carrier's large fleet of British Aerospace Jetstream 41 and smaller J32 turboprops. Many are locked in long-term leases from BAe Asset Management Turboprops (AMT). The United Express partner carrier is ...
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Boeing delays 767-400ERX service entry to 2003
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing is pushing back the projected entry into service date of the 767-400ERX to 2003, as American Airlines' interest in the proposed extended range development cools in the face of softening traffic and yields. Initial delivery of the 767-400ERX had tentatively been targeted for March ...
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PW4000 operators face surge inspection
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Operators of more than 560 Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Airbus A300/ A310s, Boeing 747s, 767s and MD-11s are starting inspections for potential surge problems. The problems are restricted only to 2.37m (94in)-diameter fan versions of the PW4000. The move follows a suspected double surge event ...
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Marketplace
· FedEx has revised its wet-lease contract with Atlas Air covering the lease of two Boeing 747-400 freighters and one -200F. This has resulted in the latter being returned to Atlas and it is now placed with Ladeco. · Mesa Air Group has sold 16 of its ...
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SEC clears PAL to resume 737 payments
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the resumption of payments by debt-ridden Philippine Airlines (PAL) on four leased Boeing 737-300s. Monthly payments of $220,000 for each aircraft will restart to Airplanes Finance, GE Capital Aviation Services and the GPA Group. The go-ahead staves off ...
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Routes
· Air Jamaica is launching nonstop services between Montego Bay and London on 1 June, using an Airbus A340-300 which is due for delivery soon. · Samara Airport, Samara Airlines and Uzbekistan Khavo Yillury, the Uzbek flag carrier, have signed an agreement to market alternative air routes ...
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Air Afrique plan The principal owners of Ivory Coast-based Air Afrique - 11 national governments, plus Air France - have agreed a partial privatisation plan for the carrier. A successor to former chairman Sir Harry Tirvengadum awaits appointment. The plan would see state involvement in Air Afrique cut from ...
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Alleged rule bending stymies BA plans to start Italian airline
Chris Jasper/LONDON Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Secret British Airways plans to establish a franchised airline in Italy have been hit by allegations that Australian regional carrier National Jet Systems (NJS), which had aimed to launch the service, has been trying to circumvent European regulations to gain an air operators certificate ...
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Technology transfer hits Boeing AEW bid
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Boeing has been unable to give the required guarantee of technology releasability in its bid to supply Australia with airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft. Boeing and Northrop Grumman, supplier of the MESA phased-array radar to be carried by the 737-based ...
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Lockheed Martin sees red hot future for laser manufacturing
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin has begun making prototype parts using a laser direct manufacturing process that it believes could eventually be used to produce complete wing and fuselage structures as single pieces. Under Project Lightspeed, the company has set up a research facility on the factory floor at ...
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On the offensive
Guy Norris/LONG BEACH Boeing's campaign to secure the future of the 717 is going into overdrive Boeing's efforts to establish the 717-200 in the marketplace were boosted on 24 February with the first flight of the premier production example, P-1, at its Long Beach division in California. Even ...