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FedEx poised for Xmas strike
As Airline Business was going to press, the 3,500 members of the FedEx Pilots Association (FPA) were poised to implement a policy of no voluntary overtime. The union insists that its only option may be to strike. A ballot authorising the FPA's board of directors to strike will be ...
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West African optimist
Plagued by debts, short of aircraft and without a strategic partner, the outlook remains tough for Air Afrique. But chairman Sir Harry Tirvengadum is banking on a new privatisation plan. It is difficult not to be impressed by how calm and collected Sir Harry Tirvengadum has remained since his arrival ...
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Precise mapping
Tim Furniss/LONDONOne of the few Space Shuttle flights guaranteed a launch date next year is the 11-day mission of the STS99/Endeavour.Because the flight is not related to the International Space Station (ISS) project, it is not subject to the schedule uncertainties that have plagued the ISS.The STS99 will be dedicated ...
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Dasa/Hyundai team to bid on sensor
DaimlerChrysler Aero- space (Dasa) is to offer its AN/AAR-60 missile warning sensor in partnership with Hyundai to meet an emerging South Korean air requirement to equip combat aircraft. The sensor is already to be integrated into the NH Industries NH90 multirole medium helicopter and will probably also be fitted in ...
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Training trends
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCChanges in the military flight simulation industry in recent years have been as much about the way it does business as the technology it uses. Customers are increasingly viewing training as something that is paid for when needed, rather than requiring up-front investment.Whether it is called fee-for-service, "private ...
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Turkey's $3bn helicopter buy held up by flight test delays
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Delays in completing flight demonstrations have held up a decision on Turkey's $3 billion project to procure 145 attack helicopters. A shortlist of two or three finalists is not expected until early next year. The final contract award is now expected to be concluded in June or ...
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Airfield support goes out to tender for UK services
The UK ministry of defence has selected seven companies to submit proposals to provide airfield support services for all the UK armed services airfields, in a long-term deal that could be worth at least £1 billion ($1.64 billion)over 10 years, according to one industry estimate. The tender, which will be ...
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A boxcar designed to be a tough operator
Dave Higdon/HOUSTON Houston's Ellington Field Airport can hardly be described as a bush environment, so it was not the perfect location in which to test the abilities claimed for the Gavilan 358 utility aircraft. After a couple of hours flying the 358, just a few kilometres before my turn ...
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Executive decisions
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESAlan Mulally, the newly appointed president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, walks eagerly to the corner of his office and turns on the computer. Like an instant "state of the nation" monitor, the screen summarises the status of every single Boeing Commercial aircraft coming off the production ...
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Thomson reveals expansion plans for Orbit subsidiary
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) has outlined plans to expand its Orbit Flight Training simulator operating subsidiary. TTS-built Airbus A320 and A340 full-flight simulators have entered service with Orbit at a centre near London Gatwick Airport. The company will also offer A310 training from December at its ...
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FSI adds simulators
FlightSafety International's (FSI) manufacturing organisation has delivered a Bell 412/212 simulator to the company's centre at Fort Worth, Texas, a Dassault Falcon 50EX machine has gone to Teterboro, New York, and a Gulfstream V simulator has been delivered to Savannah, Georgia. All three have FSI's ChromaView visual system. Source: Flight ...
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P&W simulates JSF
Englewood, Colorado-based SymSystems is to supply mission verification benches for both the Boeing X-32 and Lockheed Martin X-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrators to engine supplier Pratt & Whitney. The simulators, incorporating aircraft and associated engine models, will be used to verify mission performance. Source: Flight International
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Alaska picks E&S
Alaska Airlines has selected Evans &Sutherland's ESIG-3350 visual system for a Boeing 737-700/900 full-flight simulator on order from Thomson Training & Simulation. The simulator is scheduled for installation at Alaska's Seattle, Washington, training centre in July 1999. Source: Flight International
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SEOS upgrades United
The UK's SEOS Displays has installed Panorama wide-angle visual displays on three flight simulators - two Boeing 747s and one 757 - at United Airlines' Denver, Colorado, Flight Center. Source: Flight International
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US Airways expands
US Airways is to build an Airbus training centre adjacent to its simulator base at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. The $12 million expansion will provide two new simulator bays. US Airways has three A320 and one A330 simulators on order from CAE Electronics. Source: Flight International
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FlightSafety opens low-visibility course for business users
FlightSafety International has launched a training programme for low-visibility operations with business aircraft. The company's first training programme for Category IIIa operations is for the Dassault Falcon 2000 and uses a Teterboro, New York-based Level D simulator equipped with Flight Dynamics HGS head-up guidance system. Installation of the HGS and ...
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CAE earns CRJ-700 contract from Bombardier
Bombardier has selected CAE Electronics to supply a suite of training devices for the Canadair Regional Jet Series 700. The devices will be installed at the Bombardier Training Centre near CAE's plant in Montreal, Canada.The training suite for the 70-seat CRJ-700 will consist of a full flight simulator with CAE ...
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Mobile Service
Eutelsat has finalised an agreement with Italy's Telespazio to assume control and commercialisation of the EMS payload, developed by ESA and carried on the Italsat F2 communications satellite launched in 1996. The EMS voice, fax, data, messaging and positioning service will complement Eutelsat's existing Euteltracs road haulage management system. Source: ...
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Proton gears up for busy year
Russia's ILS International Launch Services Proton K booster - seen launching the PanAmsat 8 from Baikonur on 4 November - will carry at least eight international commercial communications satellites in 1999. These will include the first Hughes-built satellite for ICO Global Services, which will be placed into a ...
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OSC to build two satellites for Japan
Tim Furniss/LONDON Orbital Sciences (OSC) has been selected to negotiate a contract to build two Ka-band direct-to-home broadcast communications satellites for the Japanese Broadcasting Satellite System, an affiliate of the NHK network. The BSAT 2A and 2B satellites will be based on OSC's NovaStar lightweight geostationary orbit (GEO) ...