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IR-OTIS for Asia
Sweden's Saab has begun marketing its IR-OTIS infra-red search and track (IRST) system for South-East Asian fighter upgrades. Saab says the system is well-suited for Northrop F-5 upgrade programmes and, possibly, for Lockheed Martin F-16s. Singapore has recently upgraded its F-5 fleet, while Indonesia and possibly Malaysia are set to ...
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Laser link lined up
Tim Furniss/LONDON The European Space Agency's (ESA) Artemis project is now well on its way after cost and technical problems combined to delay the satellite, which had been originally due to be in orbit now. The flight model has been completed by Alenia Spazio in Rome and will soon ...
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Tri-jet transformation
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES On the surface it sounds relatively straightforward. Boeing is converting ex-airline DC-10s to freighters for FedEx, and for any other operator that wants it. The real story is quite different in terms of scale, timetable and technical challenges. "It's been an enormous undertaking," says Boeing MD-10 deputy ...
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The vital combinations
Shahe Ouzounian/LONDON and FRANKFURT, Brent Hannon/TAIPEI ACCORDING TO Wilhelm Althen, chairman of the executive board of Lufthansa Cargo, the revolutionary break in January 1995 with the passenger side of Lufthansa's business was "-a process that hasn't just been about the last three years, it's a 20 year old road ...
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Civilised business
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES Boeing plans to deliver the first MD-17 Commercial Globemaster in early 2000 if it can launch the programme by the end of this year. The company believes it stands on the verge of a new market opportunity, but first it must convince the air cargo industry that ...
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More room on top
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON On 24 October 1997, Airbus Industrie retired the last Boeing Super Guppy from service, bringing to an end some 26 years of the outsized cargo turboprop's operations ferrying subassemblies between the consortium's European plants. At its peak, the fleet of converted Boeing 377s/C-97s totalled four aircraft, but in ...
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Polar challenge
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Polar Air Cargo and its older competitors are facing tough times. The Asian economic engine that helped pump Polar rapidly into life is faltering and cargo traffic is down by almost one-third compared to 1997. Yet the five year old carrier is in good shape ...
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Express lift
Shahe Ouzounian/LONDON The integrated express delivery sector of the world air freight market has been responsible for one of the most staggering rates of growth yet witnessed in the airline industry. The statistics for last year from the two US market leaders in the business, FedEx and UPS, are impressive ...
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DHL studies 747 to cope with transatlantic growth
Steve Waller, senior vice-president of Network Transportation at DHL Airways, says the documents express carrier "-is truly a company without a national identity". DHL Airways is the US operational arm of DHL International, a private company with major stakes held by Japan Air Lines (JAL), Lufthansa Cargo and Deutsche Post ...
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Vice free and friendly
Peter Gray/YEOVIL, UK and BRINDISI, ITALY Later this year, EH Industries, the Agusta/GKN Westland joint venture, will deliver the first EH101 for a commercial customer - the Tokyo Metropolitan Police - marking the 30-seat helicopter's debut on the civil market. The EH101 was conceived from the outset to combine the ...
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Galaxy business jet streaks to top speed and altitude in March test
Israel aircraft Industries (IAI) has revealed that its Galaxy business jet reached its planned maximum speed during a flight test on 27 March. The twin engined aircraft was flown at Mach 0.85 at 42,000ft (12,800m). The Galaxy also reached its planned maximum operating altitude of 45,000ft. The full-envelope flight ...
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Japan promotes unmanned helicopters for crop dusting
Paul Lewis/GIFU, JAPAN Two Japanese aerospace manufacturers have begun to promote the commercial use of unmanned helicopters for agricultural crop dusting and airborne surveillance missions. Kawada Industries has developed the RoboCopter 300 based on the Schweizer 300CB and had accumulated 40h of flight time by mid-April. The company hopes ...
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Mitsubishi tackles vibration problem
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is working to reduce vibration levels in its new MH2000 helicopter, as part of several design refinements targeted at securing full Type A airworthiness certification for the civil machine. Company efforts are focused on improving the twin-turboshaft helicopter, including better dynamic system damping and demonstration ...
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Sino appoints
Sino Swearingen Aircraft has appointed Florida's East Coast Jet, as distributor of the SJ30-2 light business jet in the Caribbean and southeastern USA. East Coast has ordered 12 aircraft for delivery between early 2000 and the end of 2002. Source: Flight International
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Executive school
Executive Jet, the business aircraft fractional aircraft firm, has started its own flight school for employees. The company's Columbus, Ohio, centre will house the school, which has obtained two new Cessna 172R Skyhawks. The single-engined aircraft will join 75 Cessna Citations operated by Executive Jet. The company has more than ...
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K-MAX crash in USA
A Kaman K-MAX logging helicopter crashed on 21 April while flying to LaGrange airport in Oregon for maintenance. The pilot escaped with minor injuries. The aircraft, operated by Grizzly Mountain, suffered "-a loss of power, impacted the terrain and rolled over", says Kaman. The Prineville, Oregon, operator took delivery ...
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Reims clinches contracts for F406 Caravan IIs
France's Reims Aviation has secured two contracts worth Fr164 million ($27 million) for a total of six F406 CaravanIIs, the Cessna twin turboprop utility aircraft built in France. The Brazilian Government, a new F406 customer, has bought five aircraft, for unspecified purposes, while the UK's Direct Flight has ordered ...
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Jet Squalus can rise as Phoenix
Dave Higdon/WICHITA A lingering legal issue over the rights to the Jet Squalus has been resolved, clearing an obstacle to efforts by Alberta Aerospace to produce the two-seat single-turbofan aircraft as the Phoenix Fanjet. The Canadian company has also announced an order for three examples of its planned ...
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Russian air force to upgrade Fulcrum fleet
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The Russian air force plans to upgrade 300 of its MIGMAPOMiG-29 Fulcrum A fighter aircraft to the multi-role MiG-29SMT configuration, with the first aircraft scheduled to be delivered this year. Col Gen Anatoly Sitnov, the defence ministry's head of acquisition, said during a presentation of the aircraft ...
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Boeing admits delay to first of 717
Boeing has confirmed that the first flight of its 717-200 will be delayed by the discovery of compressor blade cracks in the BMW Rolls-Royce BR715 engine. The roll-out has been pushed back from May to 10 June, but a new date for the first flight, originally in June, has ...