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Russia plans manual Y2K override
Alex Velovich/MOSCOW Russia's Federal Service of Air Transport (FSVT) will have extra staff on 31 December/1January to take over air traffic control and other procedures manually if necessary, says FSVT director Vladimir Andreyev. Although the FSVT is predicting a smooth Y2K transition for Russian commercial aviation, only half of ...
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Brazil looks at aircraft carrier replacement
Brazil has begun talks with France over the replacement of the South American country's only aircraft carrier, the Minas Gerais. The discussions took place during meetings considering a wide range of co-operative projects. The French Direction General de l'Armements (DGA) proposed a $50 million deal to transfer the 32,000t ...
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F-18 to get USN life extension
Paul Lewis/PATUXENT RIVER The US Navy plans to extend the structural life of about one-quarter of its fleet of Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornet fighters until at least 2019 to make up for the shortfall in planned follow-on Super Hornet numbers. The navy plans a "destructive tear-down" of a Hornet in 2000 ...
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Monitor offset
Sikorsky has teamed with Canadian Aerospace Group International to offer Portugal co-production of the Monitor jet trainer as part of a bid to sell 12 S-92 maritime patrol helicopters to the Portuguese air force. The Monitor - based on the Bede BD-10 kitplane - forms part of a proposed industrial ...
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Where to build
Vital decisions have yet to be made on A3XX assembly Andrew Doyle/HAMBURG Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE The location for final assembly of the A3XX remains the only major technical decision for the consortium following the 8 December decision to go ahead with a limited commercial offer to the airlines. The original ...
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In the front seat
Flight International samples Airbus' new flight desk technology for the A3XX Peter Henley/TOULOUSEAirbus Industrie has built up vast experience in the design and production of fly-by-wire commercial aircraft. A bedrock philosophy behind the consortium's ever-expanding family has been to achieve maximum commonality between cockpits. This means pilots can fly ...
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Settling in
The problems that have plagued Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok Airport are being resolved Andrzej Jeziorski/HONG KONGThe new Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has been surrounded by controversy from the outset. A disastrous opening period, high airport charges, slow traffic growth and simmering worries about weather phenomena have threatened ...
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Family rivalry
For decades, Cathay Pacific has dominated the skies over Hong Kong, unchallenged by local airline competition. That could soon change Andrzej Jeziorski/HONG KONG Hong Kong's skies are still clearly divided as far as the region's indigenous airlines are concerned and are dominated by well-established long-haul giant Cathay Pacific Airways. Cathay ...
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Europe's ACAS II implementation schedule
1 January, 2000 - all civil fixed-wing turbine-engined aircraft with a maximum take-off mass greater than 15,000kg or more than 30 passenger seats must carry Version 7 ACAS II equipment. 1 January, 2000-31 March, 2001 - ACAS II implementation transition period - operators must apply for ACAS ...
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Safety net
The pressure is on for operators in European airspace to comply with the latest mandatory requirement for air safety systems Emma Kelly/LONDON The safety of Europe's skies is set to improve further from 1 January, when the first phase of the continent's airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS II) mandate is ...
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Forecasts for 2000 - General Aviation
The business jet boom will continue Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The second half of the 1990s saw a period of massive expansion for the general aviation industry. That growth will continue over the next year and beyond as manufacturers across all sectors enjoy sustained order book success, stimulated by booming ...
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Forecasts for 2000 - Airframers
Ultra-large aircraft and regional jets to move ahead, but production to slow Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Although 1999 promised some dramatic airliner developments, few came to fruition. But the stage has been set for key activities over the next 12 months - most notably in the ultra-large aircraft and regional-jet sectors. ...
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Boeing's big question
Is now the right time for the Seattle manufacturer to go ahead with a larger, heavily modified 747 family? Guy Norris/SEATTLE Decision time is looming again in Seattle. The future of the 747 and, with it, Boeing's dominance of the high-capacity long-range market, rests on whether the company commits ...
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Giant dreams
Russia's hopes of designing the world's largest aircraft are stymied by economics Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The design bureaux of the former Soviet Union have been at the forefront of giant air transport development. One of their designs, the An-225, holds the title as the world's largest aircraft. But despite ambitious plans ...
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Forecasts for 2000 - Space
Launch failures put pressure on space station project Tim Furniss/LONDON Already four years behind schedule, the fledgling International Space Station (ISS) faces a crisis in 2000. The critical launch of the Russian Zvezda service module is on hold until the Proton booster can be cleared for flight again following ...
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Fractional ownership committee agrees draft regulations
A US Federal Aviation Administration committee has completed an initial draft recommending the future regulatory status of fractional ownership programmes. The proposals will be laid out in a notice of proposed rule-making (NPRM) and submitted to the FAA in February. The Fractional Ownership Aviation Rule-Making Advisory Committee comprises representatives ...
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USAF to fit F-15Cs with secret active-array radar
The US Air Force is to equip a squadron of Boeing F-15Cs with a secretly developed active-array radar to gain operational experience with the technology before the Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22 Raptor enters service. "The number of aircraft to have the radar is limited by funding," says USAF F-15 ...
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JSF faces further delays
Release of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) final operational requirements documents (ORD) has slipped by up to four months, threatening further strain on an already tight concept demonstration phase schedule and budget. It was revealed during the roll-out of Boeing's two X-32 demonstrators that the ORD is not expected ...
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KLM alliance
KLM and Continental Airlines have agreed to form an alliance, advancing plans for establishing the "Wings" global grouping with partners Alitalia and Northwest Airlines. The latter's bid for a controlling stake in Continental is the main logjam facing the alliance. Source: Flight International
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Qantas ultra-long-haul request sets up fresh Airbus-Boeing challenge
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Qantas Airways has issued a fresh request for proposals (RFP) reviving its long-standing requirement for a family of long-range, ultra-long-haul 300-seat aircraft to expand capacity and begin replacing Boeing 747SP/-200/-300s and 767-200ERs. The Australian carrier is using the RFP to determine whether the economics are ...