Flight International articles from July 2004

Flight International archives from July 2004

Order Brendan Sobie / Tokyo; JAL pressured for 7E7 decision; Japanese carrier "in no hurry" to order airliner as US manufacturer prepares new round of presentations.
July 6, 2004... Boeing is pressuring Japan Airlines (JAL) to join rival All Nippon Airways (ANA) this year as a 7E7 customer or risk losing early delivery slots to other carriers. Industry sources say Boeing is giving JAL a new round of presentations over...

airports; Athens gears up for the Olympic rush.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... The Olympic Games are expected to increase passenger throughput at Athens International Airport in August by 33% and aircraft movements by 17% compared with the same month last year, says the airport. But it claims to be fully prepared for the...

Sales Max Kingsley-Jones / London; AvCraft poised to clinch slew of 328Jet orders; Manufacturer sets sights on making major announcement at Farnborough air show.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... AvCraft aims to secure about 60 Dornier 328Jet orders over the next nine months, and hopes to be able to announce a major order at this month's Farnborough air show. "We're working our socks off to be in a position to announce a big order...

renewal; AZAL signs deal forAn-140s.(Azerbaijan Airlines)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Azerbaijan's state-owned aviation company AZAL has signed a deal for four Antonov An-140-100 regional turboprops with Ukraine's KhGAAP aircraft facility. Under the deal for the 52-seaters - to be operated by the Azerbaijan flag carrier...

Licensed production; Harbin delivers first ERJ-145.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... China Southern Airlines has received the first two Embraer ERJ-145s assembled under licence in China by Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry. The aircraft are the first of six ERJ-145s the Guangzhou-based airline will receive up to next January....

Investigation ; Crew errors contributed to Il-76 crash.(Australian Transport Safety Bureau)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... The January 2003 fatal crash of an Ilyushin Il-76TD at Bacau, East Timor happened because the aircraft made an unstabilised non-precision descent that continued below the published minimum approach height, says the Australian Transport Safety...

Orders; Finnair orders Embraer 170s as Swiss delays deliveries again.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Finnair has ordered 12 Embraer 170 regional jets as Swiss International Air Lines again delays delivery of its order for 15 because of a worsening financial outlook. The Finnish flag-carrier has options on a further eight General Electric...

Countermeasures ARIE EGOZI / Tel Aviv; El Al set to test Flight Guard.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... El Al is poised to begin tests of the Elta Flight Guard countermeasures system against shoulder-launched missiles on one of its passenger aircraft, following trials on the Israel Aircraft Industries subsidiary's Boeing 737-200 testbed...

Launch Nicholas Ionides / Singapore; Helicopter operator aims for Hong Kong airline services.(Heli Hong Kong )(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Helicopter operator Heli Hong Kong is seeking to become the region's fourth passenger airline, with its eye on regional jet services to secondary cities in mainland China. It has tentatively named its planned fixed-wing operation Hong Kong...

Low-cost carriers Leithen Francis / Singapore; Two new budget airlines head for India.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... India is set to have more budget airlines, with two groups planning to enter the fledgling market. Brewing giant UB Group is seeking to launch a budget airline in India early next year named after its top-selling beer Kingfisher, while...

Accident; Last Li-2 destroyed.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Russia's last airworthy Lishunov Li-2, a licence-built version of the Douglas DC-3, was destroyed in an accident on 27 June. Two of the five people on board were killed in the crash, which followed a loss of power after take-off on a training...

Strategy Brendan Sobie / Ulaanbaatar; MIAT looks to rationalise with 757s.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... MIAT Mongolian Airlines is considering replacing its Airbus A310 and Boeing 737-800 with two Boeing 757s in the next phase of its restructuring, which could result in privatisation next year. Commercial director Sean Canning says MIAT needs...

renewal Paul Duffy / Moscow; Russian airlines call for tenders.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... The need to replace ageing fleets combined with strong traffic growth has led major Russian airlines to look at new options for aircraft acquisitions. Aeroflot will call for tenders to supply "up to 50" 70- to 100-seat regional jets to replace...

Maintenance Justin Wastnage / Stansted; SR Technics reorganises; Swiss MRO specialist to split Airbus and Boeing work after FLS takeover.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... SR Technics has revealed a plan to concentrate less on heavy maintenance as it restructures its European operations following the acquisition of FLS Aerospace. The Swiss maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider finally completed its...

Freighters Graham Warwick / Washington DC; American Utilicraft in FF-1080 fuselage talks.
July 6, 2004... American Utilicraft (AUC) is negotiating with Metalcraft Technologies for the manufacture of the fuselage for its FF-1080 feeder freighter. Cedar City, Utah-based subassembly specialist Metalcraft would take over as supplier from...

Restructuring Kieran Daly / London ; Air Canada plans 50% profit boost through cost control; Fleet, network and distribution shake-up part of strategy to exit bankruptcy protection.
July 6, 2004... Air Canada aims to boost its operating profits by almost 50% next year by focusing on cost control. The strategy is outlined in a 426-page business plan that it will propose to shareholders this month in order to exit bankruptcy protection. ...

disposal Peter La Franchi / Canberra; Aerosonde for sale after six months under Saab; Bids invited for control of unmanned air vehicle manufacturer despite expected profit.
July 6, 2004... Australian unmanned air vehicle manufacturer Aerosonde has been put up for sale by Saab Australia just six months after it took full control of the company. The move comes as Aerosonde is going through a period of some of the most intense...

people.(International Transportation Safety Association)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... n Bill Jeffries, chief commissioner of the New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission, has taken the chair of the International Transportation Safety Association, an association of independent transport safety investigators.

EXPANSION ; Broker finds new markets.(Air Broker Center )(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Scandinavia's biggest charter broker, Air Broker Center, expects to double its bookings this year by expanding into other European markets. Four years ago, Stockholm-based Air Broker Center set up the Aircraft Charter World website and has...

EXPANSION; Club Airways spreads wings.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Swiss private members airline Club Airways is expanding its route network following customer feedback. The move comes as operating partner Bookajet receives its UK air operator's certificate (AOC) and prepares to widen its portfolio of...

finance; Eclipse Aviation wins $45m bond package.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Eclipse Aviation, developer of the six-seat Eclipse 500 very light jet, has secured a $45 million industrial revenue bond package from Albuquerque City Council, New Mexico. Eclipse will get a property tax abatement worth more than $777,000 over...

AIRPORT ACCESS Brendan sobie / Tokyo; Japanese operators seek reforms; Aviation association calls for federal government to open up Tokyo Haneda as regional hub for business jets.
July 6, 2004... Japan's small business-aviation community is pressing for 24h access to and other regulatory reforms it believes necessary for the industry to expand. Charter operators planning flights to Tokyo can only apply to land at Narita airport...

ORDER; NetJets set to expand with Hawker 400XPs.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Leading fractional-ownership operator NetJets has placed an order worth more than $300 million with Raytheon Aircraft for 20 Hawker 400XP light business jets and 20 mid-size Hawker 800XPs. The aircraft will be delivered between 2005 and 2007,...

development kate sarsfield / london; Enter the Sea Dragon; Six-seat light amphibious twin heads Skyspan's high-performance jet family.(Australia Skyspan Aerospace)(Twin Sea Dragon)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Australia's Skyspan Aerospace has unveiled plans to develop a family of high-performance business jets, starting with a six-seat light amphibious twin dubbed the Twin Sea Dragon. The Twin Sea Dragon will be available in kit form within the...

acquisition Graham Warwick / Washington DC; L-3 Communications buys Avisys.
July 6, 2004... L-3 Communications has acquired Avisys, a key player in one of the three teams involved in the US Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) programme to develop infrared countermeasures systems to protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired...

appointments Kieran Daly / London; Irkut names independent directors.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Russian airframer Irkut has for the first time named five independent directors to its 11-man board in a key move to ease the legal passage for outside investment, possibly from EADS. The independent members are the president of Volga-Dnepr...

Policy Andrew Doyle / London; UK Defence Council aims to boost research.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... The UK Defence Industries Council (DIC) aims to use the results of a study it commissioned into the value of defence exports to the country's economy to help the government target research funding more effectively and achieve better links...

Strategy Andrew Doyle / London; Europe urged to act on aerospace ; Association tells governments they must increase spending to preserve competitiveness of continent's industry.(AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe )
July 6, 2004... European governments must increase research spending and draw up "coherent policies" for the defence and space sectors to safeguard the competitiveness of the continent's aerospace industry, says AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of...

Reach for the sky.
July 6, 2004... Recognising the Single European Sky as a good idea was easy. Making it work is not, especially in the transition from multiple legacy systems It is all very well conceiving a project like the Single European Sky (SES), and it was a...

engines; IHI delivers Apache powerplants.(Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) has delivered its first two licence-built General Electric T700-701C engines, due to power Japan's Fuji-assembled Boeing AH-64D Apache attack helicopters from 2006. IHI says the engines will undergo...

simulation Stephen Trimble / Washington DC; Private link-ups point way to network-centric operations.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Private simulation networks in use with several US aerospace companies are close to being linked together, opening the way for more comprehensive tests of network-centric operations concepts. On 29 June, the Boeing Integration Center (BIC)...

countermeasures CRAIG HOYLE / LONDON; RAFresponds to small-arms threat.(Permali Gloucester)(Plasan Sasa)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... The UK Ministry of Defence has acquired a new modular armour system to protect its Royal Air Force Boeing CH-47 Chinook HC2 transport helicopters from small arms fire while participating in Operation Telic in Iraq. Produced under a...

contracts.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... n UK-based Raytheon Systems has won a $7.8 million US Air Force contract to develop the ADAP digital anti-jam GPS antenna, an upgrade to the widely used GAS-1 antenna providing M-code capability. The contract includes 17 first-article units and...

transport JULIAN MOXON / LONDON; EADS joins Lufthansa for NATO heavylift bid.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... EADS has joined German flag carrier Lufthansa to bid for the forthcoming NATO contract to provide a strategic heavylift capability. The deal is likely to intensify the competition to be held after NATO releases its tenders for the Strategic...

unmanned systems GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC; DARPA goes ahead with J-UCAS integrator role; US agency invites applicants to oversee consortium formed to develop operating system.
July 6, 2004... After some delay, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has invited bids for the controversial role of integrator/ broker (I/B) on the Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) programme. Proposals are due by 26 July. ...

policy Stephen Trimble / Washington DC; USA is resolute on 'best value' strategy for JSF; Officials to persevere with approach created as alternative to offsets despite complaints.
July 6, 2004... US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) officials will insist on carrying on a "best value" acquisition strategy as the industrial programme's nine-government partnership prepares to decide the rules for participating in three decades of production and...

upgrades Brendan Sobie / Singapore; Korea ponders P-3B bids; KAI challenges KAL/Lockheed Martin attempt to win contract to upgrade Orions.(Korea Aerospace Industries)
July 6, 2004... Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has submitted a bid to upgrade eight ex-USNavy Lockheed Martin P-3B Orion maritime patrol aircraft under a project that is testing South Korea's controversial defence contracting policy. South Korea is expected...

proposal; MDHIand Boeing offer Little Bird.(MD Helicopters )(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... MD Helicopters (MDHI) and Boeing have sealed a formal arrangement to jointly offer the MH-6 Little Bird for a major US Army programme to replace the service's Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warrior scout helicopters, Boeing has confirmed. Army leaders...

Delivery; Oman Super Lynx 300s start work.(Oman air force)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Oman's air force has launched initial flying operations with its first three of 16 AgustaWestland Super Lynx 300 shipborne helicopters, following their arrival in the Gulf state late last month. The aircraft left RNAS Yeovilton inSomerset on 23...

training CRAIG HOYLE / RAF BENSON; UK stages 'Thursday War' training; Collaborative exercises staged by forces' Joint Helicopter Command link variety of simulated aircraft types.
July 6, 2004... The UK's Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) is strengthening its tactical training activities by staging so-called "Thursday Wars" at the Royal Air Force's Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF), providing collaborative...

in brief.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Phantom update The Turkish air force has launched negotiations with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) over a possible deal to upgrade a further 40-50 McDonnellDouglas F-4E Phantom fighters with Israeli avionics. IAI is prime contractor on a...

Case study: Regal Precision Engineers; Reigning in aftermarket.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... A century ago, the area around Manchester was the centre of the UK's booming cotton industry. Today, many of the Victorian mills are home to aerospace businesses, which have built their successes on supplying local primes such as Airbus, BAE...

Case study: Inbis; Fewer partners, bigger deals.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... With 800 employees, former BAE Systems chief executive John Weston as chairman and not a machine tool in sight at its complex in Preston in Lancashire, Inbis could not be described as a typical north-western SME. A management buyout of Ricardo...

MISSILES; Weapons industry on target.
July 6, 2004... A particularly strong area of the UK defence electronics sector is focused on developing precision-guided weapons for use by all three armed services. The UK is home to one arm of one of the world's leading missile concerns, MBDA, which was...

case study Martin-Baker; Saving lives since the 1940s.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... If any firm typifies the entrepreneurial spirit of the UK aerospace industry over a number of generations, it is ejection seat manufacturer Martin-Baker. Founded just before the Second World War, it fired its first ejection seat in 1946 and has...

Local heroes.
July 6, 2004... The UK's thousands of small aerospace suppliers are finding their voice as globalisation threatens their position Murdo Morrison / London and Manchester The UK aerospace industry's small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are being...

case study marshall aerospace; Beating low-cost rivals.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Marshall Aerospace chief executive Martin Broadhurst knows the only way his maintenance and modification business can continue to beat off low-cost competition from Asia is to deliver better value. The $238 million-turnover outfit - part of the...

OPEN DOORS.(UK aerospace)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... The UK aerospace sector is an enigma. Second in size only to the US industry, it produces no complete civil aircraft. Its key players base huge parts of their business and earn most of their revenue from overseas, while many of its biggest...

taking; wing.
July 6, 2004... Technology has been transformed at two Airbus UK sites that have become centres of excellence for wing manufacture julian moxon / london The birth of the new A380 commercial airliner and A400M military transport has given rise to a...

Development Graham Warwick / Washington DC; Bell considers fate of VFR 427; Orders roll in for upgraded IFR version of light turbine twin.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... After formally launching development of the instrument flight rules (IFR) version of its Model 427, Bell Helicopter is looking at the future of the basic visual flight rules (VFR) version of its slow-selling light turbine twin. The agreement to...

TRAINING; Silver State orders 10 devices from Frasca.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Training organisation Silver State Helicopters has ordered 10 flight training devices (FTD) from Frasca International for installation at locations in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah. The devices are reconfigurable between the Robinson...

General Aviation Justin Wastnage / Paris; SMA develops uprated SR305 diesel engine.(Societe des Motorisations Aeronautiques )
July 6, 2004... French general-aviation engine manufacturer Societe des Motorisations Aeronautiques (SMA) has started developing an uprated version of its 230hp (170kW) SR305-230 diesel-cycle engine as it embarks on an ambitious expansion plan in the USA. ...

spaceflight; Probe runs rings round Saturn.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... At a distance of about 116,000km (62,700nm) from Saturn's rings, the US-European space probe Cassini-Huygens took this photo of the ring system on 1 July after it went into orbit. Launched in 1997, it arrived in orbit on 30 June to begin a...

Air transport; Boeing selects supplier for 7E7 tank inerting.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Boeing has selected Hamilton Sundstrand to supply a nitrogen generating system (NGS) for the 7E7, making it the first commercial airliner to be designed from scratch with a fuel-tank inerting system. Unlike the systems in development for...

Air Transport Guy Norris / Los angEles & Andrew Doyle / London; Airbus stalks 7E7 with A330 study; Manufacturer evaluates airframe changes and possible use of 7E7 engines as Boeing sales drive gathers momentum.
July 6, 2004... Airbus is studying a longer-range, increased-efficiency, lower-empty-weight variant of the A330 twinjet potentially powered by derivatives of engines being developed for the Boeing 7E7. The studies, which emerged in the wake of the...

Business Nicholas Ionides / Singapore; Boullioun faces third change of ownership in six years; German bank to sell aircraft lessor but retain stake in profitable Singapore company.
July 6, 2004... German bank WestLB is offering wholly-owned aircraft lessor Boullioun Aviation Services for sale, but has decided to retain Boullion's 35.5% stake in Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE). WestLB says it is hoping to dispose of its...

Briefing.
July 6, 2004... Flight International parent buys AvSoft ACQUISITION Reed Business Information (RBI), the business publishing division of Reed Elsevier plc and parent of Flight International, has acquired one of the world's leading aviation data-providers...

in brief.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Lead zeppelin German airship manufacturer Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik is to deliver the first export order for its Zeppelin LZ N07 this month to Japanese tourist operator Nippon Airship. The airship is currently on a demonstration flight...

Defence Stephen Trimble / Washington DC; US fleet viability board to decide C-5A Galaxy future.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... The US military could juggle its mix of strategic airlift and sealift resources based on the results of a mobility capabilities study due to be launched later this month, but the fate of the Lockheed Martin C-5A Galaxy fleet could be disclosed...

Defence Craig Hoyle / London; Germany commits to Typhoon Tranche 2.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... In a potentially key development for the four-nation Eurofighter Typhoon project, the German parliament has granted approval for defence minister Peter Struck to sign a contract covering the Tranche 2 production of a further 68 aircraft for the...

Business Justin Wastnage / Brussels; Honeywell readies European plan; US company plans to increase investment and sales in Europe after admitting it has "not done a good job" in the past.
July 6, 2004... Honeywell is finalising a strategy to deepen its penetration of the European aerospace market and aims to grow annual sales to the continent's aircraft manufacturers by at least $1 billion in the long term. The UScompany's studies have...

ATA working to secure SES.(Air Traffic Alliance )(Single European Sky)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... European industry group the Air Traffic Alliance (ATA), formed to meet the challenges and opportunities created by the Single European Sky (SES), successfully lobbied the European Commission in March for involvement in the SES project as a...

Air Transport David Learmount / London; Europe grapples with traffic growth; Sesam project to address technology needs of Single Sky.
July 6, 2004... European aerospace suppliers will meet Eurocontrol and the European Commission in Brussels on 13 July to agree the increasingly urgent programme of systems research and technology (R&T) needed to enable air navigation service providers (ANSP)...

flying; colours.(UK Royal Air Force)
July 6, 2004... Last year's Iraq conflict was a solid test for the UK RAF after a decade that has brought it closer to industry. Its highest ranking officer discusses its performance CRAIG HOYLE / LONDON The UK Royal Air Force deployed more than 130...

marketing Shyam Ravindran / Delhi; Boeing and ISRO collaborate.(Indian Space Research Organisation)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Boeing and the state-owned Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are to collaborate on development and marketing of communication satellites. US undersecretary of commerce Kenneth Juster says the USA has granted a licence allowing Boeing...

Exploration; Mars orbiter radar doubt.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Serious doubts have emerged over whether a radar instrument on the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter will ever be operational. The delayed deployment of the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) has been...

Reorganisation Graham Warwick / Washington DC; NASA starts streamlining for new exploration focus; Shake-up at headquarters sees strategic enterprises restructured into mission directorates.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... NASA has begun the reorganisation required to focus its efforts on implementation of the new US space exploration vision by streamlining its headquarters organisation. The agency's seven strategic enterprises will be restructured into four...

Communications; Loral lifts Telstar from low orbit.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Loral Space & Communications expects the Telstar 18 satellite to exceed its 13-year design life, despite the need to use on-board fuel to raise its orbit after the spacecraft separated prematurely from its Sea Launch Zenit-3SL booster after an...

Development Tim Furniss / London; Russia invites ESA into Clipperas NASA prepares CEV bid list.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Russia has invited the European Space Agency to join its planned Clipper crewed spacecraft programme. To be developed by Energia, the Clipper is intended to replace the Soyuz TMA space taxi which is used for International Space Station crew...

Supersonic transports Brendan Sobie / Tokyo; Japan completes engine project; Study into next-generation supersonic powerplant meets objectives of reducing noise and emissions.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Japan has completed a five-year, $120 million study of a next-generation engine for supersonic transport (SST) aircraft, generating new technologies that could be useful if a new SST is ever launched. Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries...

Vibration control ; Engine mount goes fluid.(Form Fit and Function)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... An engine mount using actively controlled fluids to provide both vibration attenuation and shock protection is being developed by small US business Form Fit and Function (FFF). Flight testing on a US Navy Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye...

targeting; Radar signals precision strikes.(Sula Systems)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Precision bombing of moving armoured vehicles in cities from fixed-wing aircraft could be possible with improved radar signal processing, says UK-based systems engineering specialist Sula Systems. Algorithms designed to error-correct...

Targeting; Israel uses moving-map software to predict ground-target location.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... A unique software algorithm is giving moving-terrain maps developed by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) the ability to predict the movement of ground targets. The highly classified system is already being used by the Israeli air force and...

Best of; British.
July 6, 2004... For years BAE Systems' identity was British, but with its investment in foreign markets increasing, change is just around the corner Graham Warwick / Washington DC This year could determine whether the B in BAE Systems continues to...

Rolls-royce ; Transatlantic success; Graham Warwick / Washington DC.
July 6, 2004... Rolls-Royce's North American operation produces more than half the engines it delivers, accounts for 30% of annual sales and employs 20% of its workforce. And when it comes to growth, the US defence market is at the top of R-R's list. ...

Thinking; big again.
July 6, 2004... UK general aviation may be long past its heyday, but the now tiny manufacturing sector is still pushing innovation despite the many difficulties it faces kate sarsfield / london At its height, between 1925 and 1950, UK general aviation...

british; invasion.
July 6, 2004... Ambitious UK aerospace companies have tended to seek expansion across the Atlantic, rather than the English Channel, lured by the US defence market Murdo Morrison / London and Bristol No other country's aerospace industry can match the...

police; Japan adds three helicopters.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Japan's National Police Agency has decided to acquire two additional Bell 412EPs and one additional Agusta A109 Power for delivery early next year. The Bell 412EP was selected over the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin in the agency's ongoing Bell...

SUPPORT; Classic sets out Luscombe stall.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2004... Classic Aero Support (CAS) is setting itself up as an alternative source of parts for out-of-production Luscombe piston singles following the acquisition of the bankrupt Luscombe Foundation by Renaissance Aircraft, which hopes to restart...

Letters.
July 6, 2004... safety Tired of fatigue myths Any excitement at the title or introduction to your editorial on fatigue ("Tired of fatigue", Flight International, 15-21 June) soon dissipated when we realised that you, too, had been taken in by the...

NETWORK ENABLED.(technology upgradation of UK armed services)
July 6, 2004... The UK's vibrant defence electronics sector is working hard to meet the requirements of the country's networked armed forces as they enter a new era CRAIG HOYLE / LONDON The UK military is entering a period of transformation, with its...

changing; for good.
July 6, 2004... An industry losing jobs, skills and orders to low-wage economies; or finely honed, technology-rich and with big ambitions. Which is the real UK aerospace industry? MURDO MORRISON / LONDON The UK aerospace industry has been going...

Strategy; ASA to retire leased ATR 72s.(Atlantic Southeast Airlines Inc.,)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2004... Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) will further thin its turboprop fleet this year by retiring seven leased ATR 72s, but the Delta Connection carrier's strategy is in limbo with a network planning review under way and 12 more ATR 72s to remain...

investigation Paul Duffy / Moscow; Crew errors cited in An-140 probe; Report says poor crew management of the approach and incorrect GPS use caused twin turboprop to crash in Iran.(Aeromist-Kharkov Antonov An-140 crash)
July 13, 2004... The Aeromist-Kharkov Antonov An-140 crash near Isfahan, Iran in December 2002 was caused by procedural navigation errors by the crew, says the report into the accident. All 44 people on board died when the aircraft hit high ground during the...