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Emergency Bond
Bond Air Services began helicopter support operations for the East Midlands, UK-based, County Air Ambulance charity in Derbyshire and Leicestershire on 8 November. The self-proclaimed pioneer for helicopter air ambulance support in the UK will deploy modified twin engine Eurocopter BO105DBs, as well as pilots and engineers, from East Midlands ...
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Space co-operation
India has urged countries in the Asia-Pacific region to pool their resources in the joint development and use of space technologies. As a first step, India and China plan to explore the possible joint development of satellites dedicated to provide early warning systems of earthquakes and cyclones. Source: Flight International
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ICO approval
ICO Global Communications reports that bankruptcy courts have approved $150 million in interim debtor-in-possession financing, led by Craig McCaw and his affiliated companies, Teledesic and Eagle River Investments. McCaw and ICO have agreed an eventual $1.2 billion new financing package. Source: Flight International
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Polar pioneers
The two piggyback microprobes aboard NASA's Mars Polar Lander (MPL) have been named Amundsen and Scott after the famous first South Pole explorers early this century. The microprobes, flying the second Deep Space mission in NASA's new Millennium programme, will smash into an area close to the Martian south pole ...
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World Air Forces listing A-B
AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan has been wracked by war for decades. The Islamic Taliban controls about two-thirds of the land-locked, mountainous country. Areas in the north are held by an alliance led by General Ahmad Shah Masoud. Fierce fighting frequently breaks out in and around Kabul, in the north-eastern provinces of Takhar, ...
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Glare trials begin on a modified Airbus A310
An Airbus A310 has been modified to operate with a fuselage panel made from the hybrid material Glare. It will test the in-service performance of the lightweight composite as a primary structure. Glare is one of the key materials that being considered by Airbus for use on the A3XX. ...
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AlliedSignal prepares for integrated A3XX cockpit
David Learmount/RIO DE JANEIRO AlliedSignal is working on an integrated navigation/hazard display which would be suitable for new aircraft types, such as Airbus Industrie's proposed A3XX ultra-large airliner. The large liquid crystal display will combine the navigation display with all hazard information, without cluttering the picture. Although this ...
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Icelandair set to grow in corporate revamp
Icelandair has unveiled its new branding on a Boeing 757-200, marking the launch of a wide-ranging corporate revamp. This will include improvements in in-flight service such as entertainment and catering, new staff uniforms and aircraft interiors. The airline, poised for expansion with its current fleet of three Boeing 737-400s and ...
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CAL ready for launch
New Israeli freight carrier CAL (Cargo Air Lines) will start operations on 1 December using a Boeing 747-200 freighter acquired from Atlas Air and taking up extra capacity on other cargo airlines operating to Israel until it introduces a second freighter. Established in the 1970s by Israeli agricultural organisations ...
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Data recorder provides few clues to EgyptAir crash
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Preliminary clues from the flight data recorder (FDR) recovered on 9 November from the Atlantic Ocean confirm US Air Force radar analysis of EgyptAir Flight 990's final seconds, including the Boeing 767-300ER's plunge from 33,000ft (10,000m). More data will be required before investigators can explain ...
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USA pressures El Al over Airbus buy
El Al is coming under increasing political pressure from the USA to rethink its selection of the Airbus A330, and re-evaluate the Boeing alternative. Last month El Al decided to split its medium capacity fleet order between Boeing and Airbus, ordering three Boeing 777-200ERs and announcing plans to buy ...
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Europeans think radically
Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie and its partner companies have begun looking at configurations that could lead to the introduction of radical designs for new airliners in the next century. The first of a series of meetings to consider future concepts takes place in Toulouse, France, this week. "We are examining ...
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LAAS trials show Category 3 accuracy
The US Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) has demonstrated the required accuracy for Category 3 approach and landings in the latest in a series of flight trials. The GPS-based LAAS is being developed as a government-industry partnership to replace the existing Cat 1/2/3 instrument landing systems in the USA. ...