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Engine arrives
The first Russian cryogenic engine for India's Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle has arrived at Sriharikota in preparation for the first launch next year, carrying a 2,500kg Insat communications satellite. Source: Flight International
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Boeing inspections
The US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the inspection of rudder pedal assemblies on nearly 1,500 Boeing airliners following the discovery of loose or missing bolts on several aircraft. The move follows issuance of a service bulletin by Boeing covering 130 737s, and revision of assembly line procedures designed to ...
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Japan seeks sight for missile
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) wants to purchase a helmet-mounted sight to go with the development of its next generation XAAM-5 short-range air-to-air missile (AAM). Japan has no indigenous programme under way to develop a helmet-mounted display. It is understood that the Japan Defence Agency ...
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Maersk brings in CRJ
A second 50-seat regional jet type is operating for British Airways after the introduction by BA franchise carrier Maersk Air of its first Canadair Regional Jet Series 200LR. The aircraft is replacing BAC One-Elevens on services from Birmingham, UK. Fellow BA franchise carrier British Regional Airlines introduced the rival 50-seat ...
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Rear cockpit of MiG-31M revealed
Seen for the first time is the weapons system operator's station in Russia's Mikoyan MiG-31M Foxhound B interceptor. The display configuration differs radically from that in the Foxhound A, the latter's circular radar display being replaced by three cathode ray tubes with what appears to be a moving map display ...
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S-80 utility will fly in early 1999
Sukhoi's S-80 twin-turboprop utility aircraft is to fly in early 1999. The first airframe has been completed at KnAAPO in Komsomolsk-on-Amur and sent to SibNIIA in Novosibirsk for structural load testing. Two more prototypes are being assembled at KnAAPO. The aircraft can seat up to 25 passengers. Source: Flight International
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UK certification for Eurocopter EC 135
Eurocopter has received UK Civil Aviation Authority certification for its EC135 twin turbine helicopter. The French manufacturer has clocked up more than 120 orders for the EC135 to date. The Central Counties consortium air support unit, which incorporates the West Mercia and Staffordshire police forces, is to take delivery of ...
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Allison tests X-35 LiftFan
Allison Engine, Rolls-Royce's US engine subsidiary, is testing the fan rig for Lockheed Martin's X-35 Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator's propulsion system at its Indianapolis base. The LiftFan assembly, to be installed behind the cockpit, is the key to the short take-off vertical landing aircraft's vertical landing capability. The clutch and ...
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Debonair seeks tie-ups
Kevin O'Toole/ROME Debonair chairman Franco Mancassola is attempting to pull together a coalition of smaller European airlines to share frequent flier programmes (FFPs) and is hoping to move towards closer links on marketing and maintenance with some. Mancassola says that around 18 airline executives have agreed to meet ...
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Italian charmer
Kevin O'Toole/ROME There was no stinting as Debonair travelled to Rome to celebrate its second year of operations. Franco Mancassola, the flamboyant chairman and founder of the UK low cost airline, was on excellent form in his native Italy, with a classic stream of good stories, outlandish metaphors and ...
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The complete cycle
Julian Moxon/PARIS In October, the Ariane 503 launcher will release a cone-shaped craft on a re-entry mission, repeating what the USA first did with the Mercury capsule 37 years ago. While this may seem like re-inventing the wheel, the Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator (ARD)mission is designed to show that, ...
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Culture shock
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Following a relatively minor accident, Ansett Australia recently set about overhauling the way the whole company looks at its safety task. This was not done in isolation - there is a growing understanding, manifested at recent air safety forums, that some traditional industry practices, and even early ...
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Degrees of flying skills
David Learmount/LONDON Airline accidents are occurring because many pilots do not understand their aircraft, according to Germany's Darmstadt University. The institution suggests that the course for an air transport pilot's licence (ATPL) should involve degree level studies to gain the depth of understanding needed for modern airline flying. The ...
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Firing up for sales
Graham Warwick/WASHINTON DC With wildfires making headlines from California to Florida, Bombardier believes it has picked the right time to step up efforts to sell its CL-415 waterbomber into the USA. Although it is popular in Canada and with southern European nations that face the same seasonal battle against ...
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Going for growth
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier Aerospace faces key product development decisions over the next two years as several projects compete for its engineering and financial resources. Since 1991, the Canadian company has set itself the ambitious goal of introducing one new aircraft every year. "We are still on that path," ...
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Boeing talks to Japanese in search for 717 wing back-up
Boeing is talking to Japanese manufacturers about involvement in the 717 programme as it studies options for increasing production of the 100-seater beyond 2000. The company says the talks, involving Fuji, Kawasaki and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, are to find a second subcontractor for wing manufacture. It denies reports that ...
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Eurocontrol free flight show PHAREs favourably
Julian Moxon/PARIS A key "free flight" element of Eurocontrol's ATM2000 air traffic management programme has been demonstrated. The exercise was part of the Brussels-based agency's programme for harmonised air traffic management research (PHARE), which is designed to enable aircraft to fly preferred flight paths in the proposed future ...
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Avensa chooses to quieten 727s with BFGoodrich upgrade
Avensa Airlines of Venezuela has chosen to re-engine two of its fleet of five Boeing 727-200Advs with the "Super 27" upgrade package offered by BFGoodrich to meet US Stage 3 noise regulations. The airline has taken options covering the remaining three aircraft. The conversion will involve replacing the 727's ...
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Boeing beats crisis but revives Asia fears
Boeing's production problems appear to be over the worst, but the company now fears that the Asian economic crisis may prove deeper than it expected as the number of new aircraft in storage continues to rise. "We continue to watch developments in Asia with concern," says Boeing chairman and ...
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ATR begins Cuban revolution
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAVANA European regional aircraft manufacturer ATR has begun delivering aircraft to Cuban carriers, marking the start of a massive fleet renewal programme in response to Cuba's tourist boom. On 24 June, the Franco-Italian consortium signed a contract with the state-run holding Corporacion de la Aviation Cubana (CACSA) ...