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AIA 98 WINNER:Rockwell Collins (Avionics)
Improving cockpit awareness through a 3D flight planning mapAdvances in flightdeck technology have brought major benefits to the cockpit but also some new potential concerns. Among them is the need to ensure that pilots retain good situational awareness despite the increasing volumes of data that they have to handle from ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:AMECO-Beijing (Maintenance & Modification)
AMECO-Beijing took its first important steps into the international market for heavy aircraft maintenance in 1997, showing how far the Chinese joint venture has come over the past eight years. AMECO was set up at Beijing's Capital Airport in 1989 as a joint venture between Air China and Lufthansa, ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:Jean Pierson President and chief executive Airbus Industrie
In October, Airbus Industrie celebrated 25 years since its first aircraft took to the air. The occasion only served to show how far the consortium has come since those early days as a fledgling European challenge to the dominant US manufacturers. By the end of an eventful 1997, the point ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:CFM International (Propulsion)
Increasing life cycles and lowering costs with the new CFM56-7 When Boeing delivered the first of its new generation 737 family towards the end of 1997, the event also marked the entry into service of CFM International's latest CFM56-7 engine, bringing with it significant advances in operating and maintenance costs. ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:Rolls-Royce Commercial Aero Engines (Propulsion)
Building the new Trent family of engines From the outset of its Trent programme, Rolls-Royce's vision was to build on its three-shaft design to create a full engine family. With new launches during 1997, the family has taken shape and the programme has passed the 1,000 order mark. Since ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:Flight Safety Foundation (Training & Safety)
Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) has long been identified as one of the most widespread but potentially preventable causes of fatal air accidents. Five years ago the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) took the lead in an industry-wide attack on CFIT and evidence last year suggests that that the campaign has ...
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Eastern premise
The abiding lesson from the recent Singapore air show is not the magnitude or nature of the present economic unrest in the Asia-Pacific region, but the vulnerability of the aerospace community in the region to such a crisis. Much as time and effort needs to be expended in countering the ...
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Fly by hire
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The corporate charter market has undergone a transformation in recent years. The industry is having to adapt to a more sophisticated clientele, now demanding a lot more than simple executive short haul operations. "International clients expect an international service. They will expect us to arrange a flight ...
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Innovative engine fuel controller proven
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC A new gas turbine fuel control technology offering potential weight, cost and power savings has been tested successfully on an AlliedSignal TFE731-5 turbofan. The system combines a Lucas Aerospace fuel control unit with a split discharge pump produced by US company Vickers. In conditions when ...
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Allison identifies maker of bad AE3007 bearings
Allison Engine says that a badly manufactured bearing was to blame for the in-flight shutdowns of AE3007 turbofans powering the Embraer RJ-145. The plan is to have completed a retrofit across the in-service fleet by April. "The bearings for this engine are made by several manufacturers and one particular ...
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Embraer chief confirms plan for international flotation
Embraer president Mauricio Botelho has confirmed that the company is on course for a share flotation on international markets later this year, raising cash for new product development, but also underlining the Brazilian manufacturer's ambitions to increase its world presence. Botelho, speaking at the show, said that it is ...
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FAA seeks further FANS funding
The US Federal Aviation Administration is seeking Congressional approval to divert more than $100 million in 1998 funding towards future air navigation system (FANS) modernisation of US air traffic control centres (ATCCs), following complaints that it was not moving fast enough. Funding is needed to upgrade 20 US continental ...
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HAL discusses regional aircraft production links
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is discussing with aircraft manufacturers a co-production tie-up on a turboprop regional aircraft and, later, a similar link for a 100 seat airliner, to meet expected demand for over 200 such aircraft in India over the next 10 years. HAL chairman Dr Krishnadas Nair says that ...
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IAE lands massive Latin Airbus deal
Karen Walker/SINGAPORE International Aero Engines is believed to have secured a $1 billion deal from Latin America with the selection by LanChile, TACA and TAM of V2500-A5 engines to power the long awaited order for up to 200 Airbus A320 family aircraft. Rival CFM International responded by announcing it ...
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IPTN tries to woo N2130 support
Indonesia's Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantra (IPTN) has opened discussions with Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) of India and Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) of Taiwan in an effort to attract international support to develop the financially troubled N2130 regional jet. IPTN has told competing engine manufacturers BMW Rolls-Royce, CFM International and Pratt ...
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Business Express leads 30-seater orders
Business Express has become the first US regional carrier to declare its hand for a 30-seat regional jet, signing an order for 20 Embraer RJ-135s, and 40 options, in a total package worth around $810 million. The first aircraft are scheduled for delivery in October 1999 and will follow ...
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Aircraft News
Southwest Airlines has ordered 59 Boeing 737-700s. Air China has signed a purchase agreement for five B737-800s, as part of its 50-aircraft order, signed last year. European Regions Airlines has ordered two Embraer RJ-145s plus three options, with deliveries starting in December 1998. Egyptair has ordered two Airbus ...
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Up in arms over Uganda
The battle for dominance of African air space is intensifying with Alliance Air striving to gain control of soon to be privatised Uganda Airlines. Alliance's executive director John Murray says it is 'vital' for Kampala-based Alliance to gain control of Uganda Airlines to prevent it from falling prey to ...
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Asia chops its policies
Fleets, financing and fares are all under review as airlines in the most troubled parts of Asia look for ways to weather the financial turbulence. Boeing predicts that Asian customers could delay up to 60 aircraft deliveries over the next three years. Asian airlines have placed firm orders for ...
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Degrees of new disaster
The Asian economic crisis may have thrown the entire region into turmoil, but differing attitudes among Asian startups illustrate how misfortunes vary between countries. Harlequin Air, a new affiliate of Japan Air System, is confident that while Japan may have economic worries, its citizens still have disposable income. Harlequin ...