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GosNIIAS signs up to produce Collins TCAS modules
Rockwell Avionics & Communications has signed a co-production agreement with the Russian State Research Institute for Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS), for the production and testing in Moscow of components for the Collins traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS). Under the agreement, GosNIIAS will produce key modules of the Collins TPR-900 ...
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UK research team floats new helicopter ditching system
A British research project which is investigating improvements to emergency flotation devices has recommended further development of two devices which it believes could prevent helicopters which have ditched in heavy seas from inverting. BMT Fluid Mechanics, with help from GKN Westland Helicopters, has been undertaking the study for ...
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KLM pursues European plans
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON KLM says that it will continue to press ahead with plans to increase its presence across Europe, having signed its latest partnership deal with Norway's Braathens SAFE- backed with a 30%equity stake. KLM, which took full control of Air UK earlier this year and ...
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Myasishchev forms a US joint venture for Gzhel production
The Myasishchev Design Bureau has formed a joint venture with Cartwright Aviation of Virginia, aimed at eventual US production of the M-101T Gzhel light turboprop aircraft. According to the Russian concern, the US Ìrm will assemble M-101Ts for the USmarket from parts made and supplied by the Sokol ...
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Hughes links with ITRI
Hughes-Avicom has formed an alliance with Taiwan's ITRI research institute and Aerovision Avionics, also of Taiwan, to develop and market in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems. ITRI surprised the industry in 1996 with its new Taiwan Air Vision IFE demonstrator. Source: Flight International
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Swissair looks east
Swissair's new chief executive, Jeffrey Katz, says that the carrier is looking for more alliance partners in Asia and is considering several possibilities. Swissair already has an alliance with Singapore Airlines, including a small equity swap, but that carrier is now linked with Ansett Australia and Air New Zealand, which ...
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Latest programmimg from WTN
Worldwide Television News (WTN) will be offering airlines a range of new programming at this year's World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA). All of WTN's programming follows a magazine-style format made up of feature segments. Each half-hour programme can be played as a stand-alone feature. WTN's Global View, which is a ...
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Sirocco lines up buyers for R-R-powered Tu-204
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Sirocco Aerospace International, the subsidiary of Egypt's Kato Aromatic set up to market the Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120, has signed deals with two launch customers involving 15 aircraft. The agreements will be formally announced at the MAKS '97 air show being held in Moscow during 19-24 ...
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Yakovlev launches Yak-42A, shelves all-new Yak-242 twin
Yakovlev is preparing to start production of an upgraded Yak-42 model at the Saratov production plant, but has decided to shelve its planned all-new twin-engined airliner, the Yak-242. The new Yak-42A, a development of the current Yak-42D, will enter production at Saratov in early 1998, following Russian approval, ...
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Dragonair and ILFC agree to roll over A320 fleet
Dragonair has signed a deal with International Lease Finance (ILFC) to roll-over its fleet of Airbus Industrie A320s with seven new leased aircraft. The Hong Kong-based airline's seven International Aero Engines V2500-A1-powered A320s will be replaced by the latest-specification version, equipped with more powerful 118kN (26,500lb)-thrust V2527-A5 turbofans ...
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Olympic 727 written off during landing in storm
An Olympic Airways Boeing 727-200Adv's landing gear was ripped off and its left wing destroyed when the pilot steered it off the runway while landing at Thessaloniki, northern Greece, airport authorities have confirmed. The pilot appears to have been attempting to avoid overrunning into the sea. On 12 ...
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Sikorsky plays S-92 card in Canadian competition
SIkorsky is offering the S-92 as an option in its bid to supply Canada with 15 search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters. Sikorsky's main bid is based on a version of the UH-60 Black Hawk called the Maplehawk, but it has also offered to lease the helicopters to Canada until the S-92 is ...
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Racing against time
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Like a chill wind, news of the Korean Air Boeing 747 accident at Guam swept through the safety meeting in Vancouver, rattling nerves and unsettling delegates. Less than 24h earlier, almost at the exact time of the crash, attendees at the first Technology ...
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World's first civil GPS satellite landing system obtains FAA approval
The Honeywell/Pelorus SLS-2000differential global-positioning-system (GPS) satellite landing system now has US Federal Aviation Administration Special Category 1 (SCAT-1) approval. The "fail-operational" SLS installation comprises three GPS "pseudolyte" Remote Satellite Measurement Units (RSMU) up to 100m from an SLS ground reference station. The RSMUs supply the station with a ...
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Star offers leading role to Cathay/SIA
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The recently established Star Alliance is set to further expand in Asia, with both Cathay Pacific Airways and Singapore Airlines (SIA) now holding separate discussions to join the global partnership. According to industry sources, talks between Star and the two Asian airlines have been ...
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Cessna unveils new training programme
CESSNA HAS UNVEILED a computer-based instruction (CBI) programme to train pilots in fewer hours at its Cessna Pilot Centers (CPCs). The initial private-pilot course is to be introduced by US-based CPCs in the second quarter of 1998. Beginning in 1999, courses will be developed for other ratings and for international ...
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New Zealand officials examine delayed crash warning-
Paul Phelan/Cairns New Zealand's Transport Accident Commission is probing whether paint on the radar-altimeter antennas may have degraded the performance of the ground-proximity warning system (GPWS) on an Ansett New Zealand Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8, which crashed at Palmerston North, New Zealand, in June 1995, with the ...
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Europeans unite on ozone layer
Herman De Wulf/Brussels The European Commission (EC), Airbus Industrie and five European airlines have restarted the MOSAIC scientific programme, initially launched in 1995 to measure ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere. It is estimated that air transportation is responsible for 2-3% of all air pollution and, ...
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Reflected glory
Peter Henley/SEATTLE The dilemma which Boeing faced when launching its Next Generation 737 was whether to update the proven model or start afresh. The big 737 operators wanted an updated 737 for fleet commonality, but they demanded a version which would fly faster, higher and more economically. They ...
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Interactive
Inflight entertainment company Interactive Entertainment, of Memphis, Tennessee, has appointed Michael Irwin director of finance and administration. He has previously held positions with Harrah's Entertainment and Holiday Inn Worldwide. Source: Flight International