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Valsan have achieved FAA Supplemental Type Certification for their re-engined 727-200 programme. The Valsan programme, one of several aimed at offering a quieter 727 to meet ICAO Stage 3 requirements, now lists 85 firm orders and features two P&W JT8D-200 series engines from the MD-80 with the standard centreline engine retained but modified to reduce noise. Valsan lists as benefits a 12% increase in range, a 70% reduction in noise and a 35% reduction in field length. Valsan are also developing a two man automated cockpit for the 727 and plan to have this certified by next May.
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Airbus to Clone the 757:
Airbus Industrie are at last formally talking about their long proposed stretched variant of the hot sel- ling A320 twinjet.
The European consortium has always been reluctant to talk about a stretched A320 even though its eventual launch was inevitable. Re- cent massive sales of Boeing’s 757 however have now prompted the Europeans to react with what to all intents and purposes will be a head to head 757 competitor.
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