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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. ...
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LTU starts fleet update with A320s
Andrew Doyle/MUNICHGerman charter carrier LTU International Airways is acquiring 12 Airbus A320s in the first stage of a fleet restructuring that will lead to the selection of a new widebody type to replace its Boeing 767-300ERs. The company, 49.9%-owned by the SAirGroup, is also considering concluding a sale and leaseback ...
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KAI freezes KTX-2 configuration
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has frozen the configuration of the Samsung KTX-2 trainer, now under development for the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF). Alex Jun, KAI's general manager, says: "We have just passed an important milestone, in freezing the aircraft's outer mould line." This means the aerodynamic design is ...
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Mini munitions 'on track'
Ramon Lopez/EGLIN AFB Risk reduction work on the Miniature Munition Capability (MMC) being carried out at the US Air Force Research Laboratory's Munitions Directorate will be part of a USAF programme review in December. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have contracts from the Eglin AFB-based Air ...
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CALCM convert
Boeing has rolled out the first of 322 Conventional Air- Launched Cruise Missiles (CALCMs) converted from nuclear-warheaded Air Launched Cruise Missiles. The first re-roled CALCMs will be delivered to the US Air Force later this month once warheads have been fitted and the weapons fuelled. Source: Flight International
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Russian Mil Mi-8s bound for Rwanda
Kazan Helicopter Plant has shipped several Mil Mi-8MTV-5 transport helicopters to Rwanda. Also known as the Mi-17MD, the variant is the latest incarnation of the Mi-8 Hip. The helicopter is fitted with a hydraulic ramp and wide doors on both sides of the cabin, a configuration developed using combat ...
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India to build Su-30MKI next year, get MiG-29Ks
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW India is to start licence production of the Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighter next year. The agreement was finalised in early November during a visit to New Delhi by Ilya Klebanov, Russia's deputy prime minister, who has responsibility for the defence industry. A contract will be signed later this ...
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USN tests anti-missile laser
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON The US Navy has conducted the first live-fire test of laser missile jamming systems suitable for installation on fast-jet combat aircraft. The UK observed the trials, conducted under the Navy's Tactical Aircraft Directed Infrared Countermeasures (TADIRCM) advanced technology demonstrator programme. Prototype systems developed by Lockheed Martin Sanders ...
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Sikorsky Cypher in VTOL UAV hunt
Sikorsky has emerged as a late entrant in the US Navy's vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle competition. The helicopter manufacturer is offering a development of the Cypher II being tested by the US Marine Corps. Cypher III will be a scaled up, turbine-powered design based on the ...