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fleets of taiwan's six major carriers
China Airlines 12 x Airbus A300-600R 4 x Airbus A300B4 13 x Boeing 747-400 1 x Boeing 747-200 11 x Boeing 747-200F 2 x Boeing 747-SP 10 x Boeing 737-800 5 x Boeing MD-11 One 747-400 and two 737-800s to be delivered this year. EVA Airways 5 x Boeing 747-400 ...
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The show goes on
As mainland China blusters and threatens, Taiwan stages its fifth Taipei Aerospace show, playing down its traditional defence slantAndrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Despite the continuing tense political situation between Taiwan and neighbouring mainland China across the Taiwan Strait, the Taipei Aerospace Technology Exhibition 99 (TATE99) has drawn increasing representation from Taiwan's own ...
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Stealthy investigation
Australia's request for stealth data for its Wedgetail AEW project has triggered a USA investigation into possible technology leaks Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Graham Warwick and Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DCAn Australian request to US defence companies for data relating to stealth technology as part of their bids to secure a major ...
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'Virtual cockpit' teams picked
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NASA has selected six industry teams for its Synthetic Vision programme to develop "virtual-reality" cockpit displays that improve safety in low visibility operations. Synthetic Vision will combine satellite navigation with terrain databases and three-dimensional displays to show the aircraft's flightpath in relation to traffic, weather, terrain, ...
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Engine data relay to give early warning
Data Systems & Solutions will begin a real-time engine health monitoring programme for German charter airline Condor as its 13 Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 757-300s enter service in the next several months. Information will be transmitted during flight to Data Systems & Solutions' engine health centre at Derby, UK. After ...
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Collins plans 'smart' radio for US Air Force
Rockwell Collins is to demonstrate a software-programmable radio to the USAir Force. It is being offered as a solution for a USAF requirement to equip fighters to operate in the future civil communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system. The demonstration, planned for mid-2000, will involve Collins' miniature modular ...
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Helicopter health system to be tested
Operational testing of a helicopter health monitoring system is scheduled to begin shortly aboard a Sikorsky CH-53E at the US Navy's flight test centre at Patuxent River, Maryland. The helicopter has been fitted with a BFGoodrich (BFG) Integrated Mechanical Diagnostics Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) for development and ...
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NASA maps out plans for Space Shuttle evolution
NASA has outlined a three-pronged Space Shuttle development roadmap. It will result in significant upgrades in the near term, a competition for a second generation spacecraft in 2005, and an ongoing aerospace technology effort for a third and fourth generation reusable launch vehicle to 2020 and beyond. "We will ...
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Ames team looks at glideback booster
A NASA Ames team is studying a novel means of retrieving the Space Shuttle's solid rocket boosters (SRBs). It would use an oblique wing to enable the boosters to glide back autonomously to Kennedy Space Center for a controlled landing rather than splash down into the ocean for recovery. ...
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Russian, US booster faults isolated
Tim Furniss/LONDON The failure of the first Proton M booster last month, was caused by a fire in the turbopump of the second stage engine. The fire was started by a stray particle of aluminium, says Russia's Khrunichev. At T+277s, the fire started in the Voronezh-built No 3 ...
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UK's Beagle 2 wins go-ahead
The UK's 60kg (130lb) Beagle 2 Mars lander, which will fly piggyback on the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft in 2003, has been approved by the UK Government. The project, which will cost up to $40 million, will be paid for by industry and commercial sponsors, with the ...
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Zarya ISS module made US crew ill
Crewmembers of Space Shuttle Discovery/STS96, which docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in May, suffered headaches, irritated eyes, nausea and vomiting inside the Russian Zarya control module, possibly caused by the build-up of excess carbon dioxide. The symptoms, which subsided when the crew returned to the Shuttle orbiter ...
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Marketplace
Midwest Express Airlines is to acquire four Boeing MD-80 series aircraft operated by SAS. After refurbishment and modification, three are expected to enter service in 2001 and one in 2002. The Milwaukee-based airline operates six MD-80s; four more are scheduled to enter service by mid-2000. Chile's Ladeco has acquired an ...
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IAI Airtruck details revealed
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Flight International has obtained the first detailed technical specifications on Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Airtruck, as the Israeli company struggles to find a large enough customer base to launch its proposed twin turboprop freighter. IAI began developing the Airtruck several years ...
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Boeing and Swissair will share damages for MD-11 accident
Boeing and Swissair have agreed to share financial responsibility for all proven damages resulting from the Swissair Boeing MD-11 crash in which all 229 people on board died. The announcement was made on 5 August, the opening day of a pre-trial conference in Philadelphia designed to "clarify procedural questions" ...
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UK ends strategic airlift leasing competition
The UK Ministry of Defence has abandoned the Royal Air Force's Short Term Strategic Airlifter (STSA) competition. The Defence Procurement Agency says none of the five solutions offered an acceptable solution at the right price. The STSA was launched following the 1998 Strategic Defence Review, which required "four Boeing ...
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Pentagon probes Boeing after alleged leak of stealth AEW data
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Paul Lewis and Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Boeing is being investigated by the US Government for alleged breaches of US restrictions on the release of stealth technology as part of its bid for Australia's Project Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) contract. Investigations by Flight ...
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United follows seat cutting fashion
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC United Airlines is to remove one economy-class seat row from every aircraft in its domestic fleet to make room for a new "Economy Plus" product. The US carrier claims that the move is aimed at rewarding frequent and full-fare fliers with a new class offering increased-legroom - ...
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First prototype upgraded Seahawk is rolled out
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems (LMFS) has rolled out the first prototype modified Sikorsky SH-60R Seahawk as the US Navy firms up plans to remanufacture and upgrade 243 of its Seahawks over the next 12 years. The USN is to award systems integrator LMFS and airframe manufacturer Sikorsky an initial low ...
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Boeing optimistic as talks with 777X launch group continue
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is in negotiations with a selected group of "tier one" airlines and leasing companies about deals for the 777X and is optimistic of meeting its launch schedule of the last quarter of this year for the General Electric GE90-powered twinjet, with a minimum of 35 ...