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Shuttle first
US Air Force Lt Col Eileen Collins has been named as the first female commander of a Space Shuttle mission. Collins, who has flown two missions to the Mir space station as pilot, will command the five-day STS93/Columbia mission to deploy the X-Ray Astrophysics Facility in December. Source: Flight ...
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Radarsat contract
Orbital Sciences' Vancouver subsidiary MacDonald Dettwiler has won the $225 million contract from the Canadian Space Agency to develop and manage the Radarsat 2 commercial radar imaging satellite system, due to be launched in 2001. Source: Flight International
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Cause of failure
Japan's National Space Development Agency says that the failure of the H2 launcher to place the Comets satellite into the correct orbit on 21 February was likely caused by gas leaking from the combustion chamber of the LE-5 second stage. This caused the engine parts to overheat and damaged the ...
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Lynton completes
Lynton Group has completed the acquisition of the Jet Systems fixed base operation (FBO), at Morristown, New Jersey. The Group already owns Lynton Jet Center, which is the airport's only other FBO. Source: Flight International
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Bell sale
Air Methods has sold a Bell 407 aeromedical helicopter to Arizona's Flagstaff Medical Center, which it will continue to operate under a long-term contract, alongside a Bell 206L-3. The company is to transfer a EurocopterBK117 to its Mercy Air Services subsidiary on completion of a long running contract with Stanford ...
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AOPA withdraws
The US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration to withdraw airworthiness directives requiring wing changes on American Champion Scout and Aeronca/Bellanca/ Champion Champ-series light aircraft. The association believes that a visual inspection technique developed by the Citabria Owners Group eliminates the need for additional access ...
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Ballistic upgrade
Raytheon Systems has received a $81 million US Air Force contract to upgrade the Ballistic Missile Warning System (BMEWS) site at Clear AS, Alaska, with a solid state phased array radar. Similar upgrades have been completed at the Thule, Greenland, and Fylingdales, UK, BMEWS sites. Source: Flight International
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Longbow lot
Boeing has completed the first production lot of 24 AH-64DApache Longbow attack helicopters for the US Army. The company is working under a five-year contract to remanufacture an initial 232 AH-64As to the improved Longbow standard. Source: Flight International
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More Texans
The US Air Force and Navy have exercised a $60 million option for 22 Raytheon T-6ATexan II turboprop trainers for the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System. This takes the number on order to 47 out of a planned 711 aircraft. An additional 24 T-6A-1s have been ordered by Bombardier and ...
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Super Chinnock sale
Boeing Helicopters has begun building the first of six CH-47SD heavylift helicopters destined for an un-named foreign customer, which is believed to be Singapore. The helicopter will also incorporate improvements to the CH-47D Chinook, due for roll out on 31 October, 1999. Improvements include a fully integrated glass cockpit, more ...
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Air Belgium to switch from 737s to A320s
Air Belgium is to roll over its CFM International CFM56-powered Boeing 737 fleet and replace them with Airbus Industrie A320s by 1999. The move comes as part of the take-over by Airtours of the Belgian charter airline's tour operator parent, Sunair. The UK tour operator has purchased an 80% ...
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Air Liberte incorporates TAT and relaunches
Julian Moxon/PARIS French independent carrier Air Liberté has completed the absorption of TAT and has launched a strategy aimed at consolidating its place as France's second largest domestic airline. Fifteen months after Air Liberté was rescued from bankruptcy by British Airways (which owns 70% of the airline), its ...
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Air Nostrum selects CRJ for expansion
Air Nostrum has selected the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) for its fleet expansion and concluded a deal with Bombardier for up to ten aircraft. The Spanish regional airline, based in Valencia, has placed a firm order worth C$153.5 million ($108 million) for five CRJ-200ERs, with options on a further ...
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Pilots voice concern over BA's plans for AML 777 flights
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON British Airways' plans to use its low cost Airline Management (AML)affiliate to take over new long haul services from London Gatwick next year using Boeing 777s is raising concerns at the British Air Lines Pilots Association (BALPA). AML began flights early in 1997 using BA crews and a ...
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SIA defers Boeing orders and admits more cuts may follow
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asia's economic crisis has finally begun to hit one of the region's sturdier blue chip carriers, Singapore Airlines (SIA), which is slipping delivery of four of its Boeing 747-400 and 777 orders. Meanwhile, Philippines Airlines (PAL) is to defer delivery of three Airbus A320 and two more ...
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Germania 737-700 is a record breaker
The first Boeing 737-700 to be delivered to German carrier Germania set a new distance record for its weight category when it flew non-stop from Seattle to Berlin on 10 March. The 8,345km (4,511nm) flight was flown in 9h 27min. Ramp weight was around 62,200kg. Source: Flight International
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TWA raises fresh cash as 747 flights end
Trans World Airlines has completed its latest $150 million private debt placement. At the same time, TWA completed another phase of its fleet renewal programme with the phasing out on 20 February of its last Boeing 747 (above), after 28 years.Source: Flight International
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BMW Rolls-Royce expects Tu-334 flight testing to progress soon
BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) is confident that funding will soon be secured to enable flight testing to begin of the 100-seat Tupolev Tu-334 twinjet in the coming months. Initially, the aircraft will be powered by Russian Progress D-436T and, later, by the BMW R-R BR710. Richard Smallwood, executive vice-president ...
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Cathay Pacific and Korean results plummet
Asia-Pacific's flag carriers have begun to reveal the extent of damage done to their finances by the region's economic crisis, led by Cathay Pacific Airways showing profits cut in half and Korean Air (KAL) nursing a record loss. Cathay, which has suffered a massive downturn in traffic, saw net profits ...