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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R000600770035-2
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 15, 2008
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: June 6, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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De Havilland DHC-8 to Make First Flight This Month
First flight of the de Havilland of Canada DHC-8 commuter transport aircraft is -expected this month from the company's facility located at
Downsview, Ont. Taxi tests with the aircraft began on May 22. Progress made during the taxi trials and evaluations of the powerplant may allow
the manufacturer to advance the DHC-8's first flight from the originally scheduled June 30 to a new target date in mid-June.
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Paris-Airbus Industrie is facing a key
decision on its 150-passenger aircraft pro-
gram, while two other manufacturers are
considering aircraft with fewer seats in
response to a depressed market.
Unless firm new orders for the A320
surface in a market survey to be complet-
ed this month, at least one Airbus Indus-
trie partner is considering reducing its
development effort. The cutback could de-
lay the A320 launch by a year or more.
Boeing and Fokker, meanwhile, have
begun discussing 100-seat derivatives with
customers. Boeing is considering a 100-
seat version of the 737, which would be
equipped with new-technology engines
and would be called the 737-250. Fokker's
project, called the F28 P332, is a re-
engined, stretched version of the F-28.
Other developments include:
^ Singapore Airlines signed contracts in
Singapore for the purchase of four Boeing
757-200s, six Boeing 747-300s and six Air-
bus Industrie A310s, in a buy valued at
about $1.4 billion including spares.
^ Boeing is nearing a company commit-
ment to replace aluminum in aircraft
structures with a new aluminum-lithium
alloy called Alithalite. The alloy, devel-
oped by Alcoa, would allow about a 10%
weight reduction without requiring new
tooling. Boeing said its aircraft will have a
"high content" of Alithalite within five to
seven years.
^ Boeing began marketing a modifica-
tion of its 707-300C to make it suitable for
aerial refueling applications.
^ British Aerospace wial decide later
this month whether to go ahead with full-
scale development of its 60-passenger ad-
vanced turboprop (ATP) aircraft.
^ De Havilland of Canada has begun
discussing an 80-seat version of its DHC-7
turboprop with customers.
Boeing and Airbus said the Singapore
orders were breakthroughs for their air-
craft sales in the Far East.
The A310s will be configured in a
mixed class of 218 passengers. The 757-
200s will be outfitted for 190 passengers
and the 747-300s for 422 passengers. The
757s are to be delivered in 1984 and 1985,
the 747s during 1985-88 and the A310s
during 1984-86.
pore Airlines would select engines for the
aircraft by late July. Candidates for the
757 include the Rolls-Royce RB. 211-
535C or -535E and the Pratt.& Whitney
PW2037. For the 747-300, the candidates
are the JT9D-7R4, the General Electric
CF6-50 or -80 and the Rolls-Royce
RB. 211-524. A310 engine candidates in-
clude the CF6-80 and the JT9D-7R4.
Singapore ordered the JT9D for its first
eight 747-300s, and Pratt & Whitney be-
lieves that sale will give it the edge for the
additional 747s and the A310s.
The Boeing 757s will be financed par-
tially through the U. S. Export-Import
Bank, but the 747s will have standard
financing, Boeing said.
Pierre Pailleret, senior vice president-
marketing, Airbus Industrie, said Airbus
has agreed to accept three used A300B4s
in trade as part of the sale. He said this
will pose no.problem because they will be
the only used aircraft in the current Air-
bus inventory.
However, Airbus will have about 10
whitetail A300s within the next 10-12
months if no additional aircraft are sold.
"We are confident more orders will
come in," Pailleret said. "We see a defi-
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