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Wreckage salvaged
The wreckage of the first stage engine of the H-2 booster that crashed into the Pacific Ocean during an aborted launch in November has been salvaged from the seabed, 380km (235 miles) north west of the Ogasawara Islands. Source: Flight International
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Work begins on US airborne laser
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Boeing Wichita has started the 18-month conversion of a 747-400 freighter into the YAL-1A Airborne Laser (ABL) prototype for the US Air Force. Tests will conclude with firings against simulated theatre ballistic missiles targets in 2003. Laser testing as well as lethality and vulnerability assessments ...
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Airports
More than 10 groups are preparing to deliver detailed proposals to acquire a 41.33% stake in SAGAT, which runs Turin Caselle Airport. The identity of the bidders has not been disclosed, but sources suggest they include the main Italian airport operators, such as Milan and Rome, along with some private ...
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Boeing targets 'out of box' 207min ETOPS for 777X
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is to certificate its proposed ultra-long range 777X variants for 207min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) for "out of the box" entry into service in September 2003. The radical move comes as the US Federal Aviation Administration gives its long-delayed green light to 207min ETOPS for current ...
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British Midland selects A330 for US services
British Midland (BM) has chosen the Airbus A330-200 for its planned US services, and concluded a deal to take up to 12 aircraft. The selection of the 250-seat Airbus widebody follows an evaluation of the similarly sized Boeing 767-400ER. The airline declines to comment on the order. BM ...
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Let L-410 crashes just after take-off
Just after take-off from Tobias Bolanos Airport at San Juan, Costa Rica, on 15 January, a Taxi Aereo Centroamericano Let L-410 crashed into a house, killing four people among the three crew and 17 passengers on board and injuring 14. Although there were three people in the house, none was ...
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First of Turkey's SunExpress -800s joins the fleet
SunExpress has taken delivery of the first of four Boeing 737-800s on lease from GE Capital Aviation Services. The rest will be delivered this year, and the 737-800s will be operated alongside the Turkish charter's three 737-300s and two 737-400s on European flights. The airline began operations in 1990 and ...
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Air Canada begins restructure
Air Canada is to merge three regional subsidiaries, Air Nova, Air Ontario and AirBC, as one of the first moves in the restructuring of domestic operations after the Canadian Airlines takeover. Joseph Randell, president and chief executive of AirNova and interim president of Air Ontario and AirBC, is to be ...
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Cathay seeks more aircraft as it revives growth plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways is to buy and lease more aircraft this year as it revives plans to double its passenger traffic as the economic situation improves in Asia. The airline confirms statements made to the Hong Kong press by Cathay chairman James Hughes-Hallett, and to an aerospace industry ...
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France-Corsica routes liberalised
France's Compagnie Corse-Méditerranée (CCM) will remain the sole operator on routes between southern France and the island of Corsica, despite the routes being opened up to competition. The surprise move follows the Corsican Regional Assembly's cancellation of the public service tender to link Ajaccio, Calvi and Bastia with Marseilles ...
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Dasa to launch A300-600 cargo conversion challenge
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) Airbus is to launch an A300-600 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme, once again pitching it in direct competition for cargo work with fellow Airbus Industrie partner BAE Systems Aviation Services. The German company will formally announce its plans to expand into the A300-600 market next month, say ...
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Crash spate leads to Taiwan air force safety investigation
The Taiwanese Ministry of National Defence plans to set up a task force to investigate recent air safety problems in the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF). The decision is understood to have been triggered by concerns following the latest two crashes, in November and December, of Dassault Mirage ...
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Thai F-16 obtains US Congress thumbs-up
The Thai air force says its proposed order for about 18 ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs has been approved by the US Congress. The air force is still considering its budget projections for funding the purchase. Partial financing is expected to come from a refund programme on Boeing ...
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Tiger helmet and engine agreed
France and Germany have placed a series of contracts following the Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter production go-ahead, signed in June last year. Sextant is to supply the French Ministry of Defence with 160 Topowl monocular helmet-mounted sights/displays. A binocular Topowl, developed with German avionics company VDO-L, has been chosen ...
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Tornado fires AMRAAM for first time
The first launch of a medium-range, radar-guided Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM has been made from a Panavia Tornado F3 as part of the fighter's capability sustainment programme (CSP). The CSP started in December 1996 and is designed to ensure the Tornado F3 retains a frontline capability until the type is replaced ...
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Turkey buys Elop systems for RF-4Es
Turkey is to equip its McDonnell Douglas RF-4E reconnaissance fighters with Elop's long-range oblique photography system (LOROPS). The deal is worth $50 million to the Israeli company which beat a competing bid from Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems. The LOROPS consists of a camera system - including a charge-coupled device camera, ...
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VECTOR programme takes shape
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESFirst details of the Vectoring, Extremely short take-off and landing, Control Tailless Operation Research (VECTOR) programme are starting to emerge as the US-German team begins work on returning the X-31 Enhanced Fighter Manoeuvrability testbed to airworthy condition. The aircraft, which has been in storage at Boeing's Palmdale site ...
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Reasons to be fearful
The downward trend of fatality numbers continues, but worries remain over differences in regional safety standards David Learmount/LONDON All is not well with airline safety. Despite fewer fatalities in 1999, accident numbers equalled those in 1998, and some significant international airlines - most notably a few key carriers in the ...
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Asian Aerospace 2000 - Showcase for recovery
Asian Aerospace 2000 will reflect renewed confidence in the Asia-Pacific region as it recovers from economic crisis Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The tenth Asian Aerospace show, between 22 and 27 February, in Singapore, comes at a time of increasing optimism that the region's economies are recovering from the turmoil of ...
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Protection of aircrew
EC Article 42, Council Directive 96/29/ Euratom of 13 May 1996, states: Each member state shall make arrangements for undertakings operating aircraft to take account of exposure to cosmic radiation of aircrew who are liable to be subject to exposure of more than 1 millisievert (mSv) per year.* ...