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Crash at Cape goes unnoticed
A four-seater Piper aircraft crashed unnoticed this week between two launch pads at Cape Canaveral, the US Air Force said on Saturday. Wreckage and the body of the pilot were found in a wooded area Friday afternoon, nearly two days after the aircraft disappeared from radar screens, a USAF ...
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Cosmonauts in bid to save Mir
Russian cosmonauts are battling to keep their country's space programme up in the air by launching a fundraising campaign to raise $100 million to save the Mir space station. Vitaly Sevastyanov and Georgy Titov, veterans of the Soviet space programme, have now asked all Russians to contribute to a ...
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Canadian oilfields to be sold off
BP Amoco has announced that it plans to sell off its Canadian oilfields to focus more on natural gas production. Industry observers say the sale - in separate lots - could raise almost $1 billion and affect about 250 jobs. The fields to be hived off produce an average ...
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India, Pakistan 'prepared for war'
India, Pakistan 'prepared for war' Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan say they are both prepared for war over Kashmir, following a crisis meeting at the weekend that failed to resolve the escalating conflict in the Himalayan region. On Saturday, India shot at a Pakistani surveillance aircraft which India ...
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Credit Lyonnais for sale
France officially launched the privatisation of Credit Lyonnais on Saturday, announcing plans to sell the bank at a discount of between 4% and 18% of its estimated value. Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Credit Lyonnais would be sold at 22.5 to 26.2 euros ($23.60 to $27.50) per share, roughly ...
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New Horizons
Eaton Aerospace has been chosen to supply the integrated hydraulic system for the Hawker Horizon, Raytheon Aircraft's new transcontinental business jet. The new programme includes the design, development, manufacture and integration of the hydraulic system. Eaton is a global manufacturer of engineered products that serve industrial, vehicle, construction, ...
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VGS certification
Certification is expected to be completed this summer for Cat3 operation of Marconi Avionics' Visual Guidance System (VGS) on board a Boeing 737-800. This programme is directly linked to the award of a contract for up to 500 Visual Guidance Systems planned for American Airlines new-build Boeing 737-800 fleet ...
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TV support
Rockwell's Collins Aviation Services has been selected to provide product support of seat-back TV In-Flight Entertainment equipment on board British Airways' Boeing 747 and 777 aircraft. Source: Flight Daily News
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Kendell support
Rockwell Collins Aviation Services (CAS) has been selected to provide its Dispatch 100SM service to Australian operator Kendell Airlines. Under a five-year agreement, CAS will provide logistic support through leased spares and maintenance support for the new Collins avionics suite aboard 12 new Canadair CRJs that Kendell will operate ...
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Wright stuff
Just when you thought there were "too many airshows" around the planet comes news of a global trio of shows to mark the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic flight in 1903. Kallman Associates plans an Aviation World's Fair in 2003 - in South America in March, Europe ...
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MHT package
MHT, the technical documentation and training division of Israel Aircraft Industries, has supplied the Israeli air force with its Interactive Electronic Technical Knowledge (IETK) software package. IETK provides comprehen-sive support for maintenance, logistics and computer-based training for use on desk and lap-top computers. The package will help support one ...
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Reusable rocket tests by Aerojet
GenCorp Aerojet has successfully tested fuel and oxidiser-rich preburners as the first step in the development of a highly reusable rocket engine for future US Air Force applications. Aerojet, which is exhibiting in Hall 3, says the key feature of the preburners is that they generate fluids rich in ...
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Johnson: eBusiness the future for AlliedSignal
Just 24 hours before news of AlliedSignal's planned merger with Honeywell stunned the aviation community, AlliedSignal Aerospace's president and CEO Bob Johnson talked to Flight Daily News on his company's aims and prospects. AlliedSignal Aerospace had, itself, recently completed a major internal reorganisation. Commercial confidentiality obviously meant he could give ...
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SAMM deal pushes Lucas to top spot
Geoff Thomas Lucas Aerospace has acquired French flight systems supplier SAMM, a subsidiary of the PSA Peugeot Citroen group, a move which propels the company into the top market position in the supply of flight control actuation. The acquisition is part of the company's strategy to treble ...
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Wave of US takeovers 'set to continue' claims L-3
Alan Dron At last September's Farnborough air show, Frank Lanza, chairman and chief executive officer of New York-based L-3 Communications, predicted that US second- and third-tier companies in L-3's market sector would go through the same consolidation process that has swept through the top rank of that nation's aerospace ...
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Westland looks global with strategic buys
Geoff Thomas Anticipating the era of consolidation and acquisition in the aerospace industry worldwide, Britain's GKN Westland Aerospace has just completed an intensive two-year programme of strategic acquisitions. This includes companies in the USA, Germany and the UK, building a global supplier to the world's aerospace prime contractors ...
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Partners set to firm up on NH90 after maiden flight
Paul Derby The fourth prototype (PT4) of the NH90 helicopter made its maiden flight in the run-up to Le Bourget as the four partnership nations prepare to firm up their commitment to the programme. The customers - Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands - are expected to sign ...
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Autumn flight eyed for Super Seasprite prototype
Kaman Aerospace says it expects to fly the first refurbished SH-2G(A) Super Seasprite prototype helicopter in the third quarter of this year. It is the next key milestone in the manufacture of 11 upgraded aircraft destined for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Kaman chief test pilot George Haliscak ...
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Chinook crash software claim puts Minister under pressure
Steve Nichols A UK computer publication is claiming that a helicopter crash involving a Royal Air Force Chinook in 1994 was the result of a software failure and not pilot error as was claimed at the time. Computer Weekly also claims that the UK Ministry of Defence misled ...
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S-92 go-ahead within year
Sikorsky says it will make a decision on a production go-ahead for the S-92 medium helicopter "within a year" as a utility version of the machine goes on static display here this week. The S-92 was primarily designed to be a 19-seat civil helicopter, with a military transport ...