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Hindustan puts HJT-36 trainer mock-up on show
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has shown a mock-up of the HJT-36 trainer for the first time - at the Aero India 98 show in Bangalore last month (Flight International, 16-22 December). The company hopes to develop the aircraft to replace the locally built Kiran 2 some time after 2005. Possible armament ...
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Osprey takes to the water after design review
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft will begin US Navy sea trials at the end of this month, as engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) nears completion and final design of the air force's CV-22 special operations version is frozen. Aircraft 10, the fourth and final EMD vehicle, will ...
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USA clears Singapore for Longbow attack radar
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is preparing to release the Northrop Grumman/Lockheed Martin Longbow millimetre-wave radar to Singapore, clearing the way for the first sale of the Boeing AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopter to a South-East Asian nation. It is understood from US defence sources that a supplementary ...
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UK MoD moves goalposts on strategic transport lease bid
Howard Gethin/LONDON The UK Ministry of Defence has been forced to waive a number of requirements to lease a short-term strategic airlifter for the Royal Air Force in order to generate more interest in the competition. Some potential bidders have criticised the original requirement as being weighted in favour ...
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Ethiopian deal sees new skies open up for Sukhoi Su-27
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Ethiopia has taken delivery of about 10 Sukhoi Su-27 fighters, becoming only the third non-CIS nation after China and Vietnam to operate the aircraft. The ex-Russian air force aircraft were delivered by An-22 transport aircraft from Krasnodar. One of the Su-27s is thought to be at ...
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So near, so far
Tim Furniss/LONDON The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft has been thwarted in its attempt to make interplanetary history on 10 January by becoming the first craft to enter orbit around an asteroid. The NEAR, the first craft in the NASA Discovery programme to be launched - on ...
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X directory
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC X is for experimental, and the USA's famous X-planes have played a key role in advancing aerospace technology over the more than 50 years since the Bell X-1 first flew. The nature of the X-series is changing, however. There is greater emphasis on ...
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Canadian company on target to deliver single-engined GA jet
Alberta Aerospace is on target to become the first manufacturer to certificate and deliver a single-engined general aviation jet. The Canadian company says its two-seat Phoenix Fan Jet will be in full service "by the end of the year", closely followed by a four-seater. "We are now 10 months ...
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Bombardier completes sales team integration
Bombardier has completed the integration of its Canadair and Learjet business aircraft sales teams, eight years after it acquired the US manufacturer. The last organisation to be merged is the North American sales team, which from 1 February will be a single entity headed by senior vice-president Bill Monroe, ...
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IBAC submits new definitions
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The European Business Aircraft Association's (EBAA) bid to raise the status of business aviation flying in Europe has been boosted by news that the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) will accept a revised definition of business aviation in the air transport sector. IBAC, the Washington DC, US-based ...
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Helicopter deliveries predicted to rise over next 10 years
More than 8,000 helicopters worth over $19 billion will be delivered over the next 10 years, according to a study by US-based market analyst Forecast International/ DMS. In its report The World Commercial Rotorcraft Market 1998-2007, Forecast predicts that, in terms of unit production, the market will be led ...
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Grob prepares to roll out first G115E trainer
Grob Aerospace is seeking new customers for the G115E primary trainer after the aircraft was selected by the Royal Air Force. The German manufacturer plans to roll out and fly the first G115Es by the end of January, marking its return to full-scale aircraft production after a dearth of ...
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Execujet grows
ExecuJet is expanding its operation to Scandinavia by opening a new business aircraft sales, maintenance, charter and management company at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark. The Bombardier authorised sales and service centre will initially operate five aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Premier I completes first flight
Raytheon Aircraft completed the first flight of its Premier I light business jet on 22 December from its Beech Field, Kansas, base. The aircraft flew "-general manoeuvres that tested its flying qualities, engine operations and basic systems at altitudes of up to 14,500ft", says the manufacturer. During its 62min ...
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Mikoyan reveals first glimpse of 1.42 multifunction fighter
ANPK MiG has at last released the first photographs of MAPO's next-generation "Object 1.42" MFI (multifunktsionalny instrebitel or multifunction fighter). The photograph shows the MFI's large all-moving canards which have a "dogtooth" on the leading edge; a large mid-mounted delta wing with a straight leading edge; and ...
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Alitalia's Cereti sets out main objective as AEA chairman
Alitalia chairman Fausto Cereti has pledged to place engine emissions and air traffic control (ATC) delays at the top of his agenda when he takes over as the chairman of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) this year. In a speech setting out his objectives as the head of ...
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Jet airliner sales flat for the third year, but shipments are up
Jet airliner sales recorded a third consecutive flat year in 1998, with Airbus Industrie and Boeing together taking 1,100 orders worth $75 billion. Shipments have continued to increase, with the 780 aircraft delivered representing a 40% increase on 1997. Provisional figures compiled by Flight International show orders split roughly ...
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Sikorsky S-92A Helibus completes maiden flight
Flight testing of the Sikorsky S-92A Helibus medium helicopter began on 23 December. With its maiden flight successfully concluded, attention has now switched to a final decision by the company on a production go-ahead later this year. The first General Electric CT7-6D-powered prototype S-92 made its inaugural flight from ...
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USAF to accept first C-130Js as utility tests are concluded
The US Air Force is finalising acceptance paperwork for its first Lockheed Martin C-130J transports, following the successful completion of utility flight tests. Tests included drops of heavy equipment weighing up to 19,000kg (42,000lb), parachute drops of up to 53 jumpers and operations from short and improvised airstrips. ...
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Hostilities resume with Iraqi SAM attacks
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Sporadic hostilities continued after US and UK forces ended four nights of attacks on targets in Iraq under Operation Desert Fox. On 28 December, the US Air Force attacked an SA-3 surface-to-air missile (SAM) site near Mosul which it says fired on aircraft enforcing the ...