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Boeing introduces new Delta IV variants for commercial market
Tim Furniss/LONDON Boeing is to introduce three new versions of a Delta IV Medium Plus class Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) booster to compete in the commercial market and to complement the standard Delta Medium EELV to be built for the US Air Force. The developments will give Boeing ...
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Thrust contract
Kaiser Marquardt has received a contract to supply Orbital Sciences with monopropellant thrusters for the OrbView 3 and 4 spacecraft. In the last two years, Kaiser Marquardt has more than doubled its annual deliveries of monopropellant and bipropellant engines and thrusters worldwide, the greatest increase being in the monopropellant production ...
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SOHO rescue shows right attitude
The rescue of the European Space Agency/ NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), which was lost in space on 25 June, has been completed with a successful "attitude recovery" operation. The spacecraft is now pointing at the sun again, following weeks of careful manoeuvring after a powerful radio telescope located ...
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The Spektr of Mir is brought back to life
Mir cosmonauts Gennadi Padalka and Sergei Avdeyev completed a 3h sortie into the unpressurised Spektr module on 15 September to reconnect cables to the module's solar arrays. The Mir unit was damaged last year in a collision with an unmanned Progress launcher during a docking operation. If the Spektr ...
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Exploring the Galaxy
Julian Moxon/Tel AVIV Cutaway/John Marsden and Tim Hall The pressure is on at Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) as its business aircraft division works to certificate its latest design by the late December deadline. The on-schedule maiden flight of the third prototype Galaxy on 23 September was a further boost to ...
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Military Aircaft Directory: Avioane
AVIOANE Manufacturer PWR Max TD Max TR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC C Max WLE E CR Max PNR ...
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Latin section
LanChile, TACA Group of El Salvador and TAM of Brazil have ordered AlliedSignal's enhanced ground proximity warning system, 131-9(A) auxiliary power units and flight data and cockpit voice recorders for their existing and newly ordered fleets of Airbus A320s. The deals are worth a total of $100 million. Source: Flight ...
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Security InVision
InVision Technologies says that its QScan QR500 hold baggage scanning system has passed US Federal Aviation Administration factory acceptance testing. Two units will be installed at two US airports later this year. Meanwhile, the firm's QScan QR160 cabin baggage scanning system has successfully completed a three-week field trial. The security ...
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EGPWS deal
Lufthansa has signed a 10-year agreement to buy AlliedSignal enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS) for its aircraft and those of its subsidiaries. The deal covers the initial purchase of 175 systems for its fleet, including that of Lufthansa Cargo, but is expected to grow to cover at least 400 ...
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French growth
France's aerospace industry grew strongly in the first half of this year, with sales up by 8.9% to Fr72.5 billion ($12 billion), and orders by 16.8%. Jean-Paul Béchat, president of French industry body GifaS, says that much of the growth came from the equipment industry, which accounts for 25% of ...
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BAe profits
British Aerospace has reported pre-tax profits for the half year up by 24%.Despite the rise, and a record order book, the company's shares tumbled after a fall in oil prices cut operating cashflow as a result of payments from the Saudi Arabian Al Yamamah contract by at least £500 million ...
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Kendell gets 50-seaters in Ansett's regional reshuffle
Paul Phelan/MELBOURNE Ansett Australia is to restructure its regional operations in a move which will see subsidiary Kendell Airlines acquiring a fleet of 50-seat regional jets. Meanwhile, a decision on Ansett's long-term route and fleet strategy is expected by the year-end. Kendell is finalising a deal for 12 ...
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Air Pacific 737-700 prepared for delivery
The first of three Next Generation Boeing 737s for Fijian flag carrier Air Pacific is being prepared for delivery at Boeing's Renton plant. The South Pacific-based carrier has one 737-700 (pictured) and two -800s on order. Source: Flight International
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World operates MD-11 for El
El Al is operating a Boeing MD-11ER on a short- term wet-lease from World Airways alongside its Boeing 747s and 767s. The MD-11 was introduced in June on an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance lease and is being flown on services from Israel to US cities. El Al is preparing ...
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C-S Aviation searches for growth possibilities
US aviation equipment leasing specialist C-S Aviation Services (CSAS) is undertaking rapid and diversified expansion, with plans to buy new aircraft and enter the maintenance business. CSAS was started in 1994 to provide exclusive management services to the S-C Aircraft Group of companies, the combined portfolio of which includes ...
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DC-8-50/61 hushkit wins FAA certification
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Quiet Technology Venture (QTV), a unit of Fine Air Services, has become the first company to be awarded a supplemental type certificate by the US Federal Aviation Administration for a Stage 3 hushkit for the McDonnell Douglas DC-8-50/61. Martin Gardner, QTV's director of engineering, says ...
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EVA ditches plans for A340-500
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI EVA Airways has dropped plans to purchase 12 Airbus A340-500 and -600s after posting its first loss in over three years. The privately owned Taiwanese airline was among the launch customers for the new Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered 313/380-seat A340 family, even though it never got beyond placing ...
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FAA close to finalising Flight 2000
Emma Kelly/LONDON The US Federal Aviation Administration is to present its final plans for the revised Flight 2000 programme in December. Flight 2000, formerly dubbed Ha'laska, was intended to be the FAA's operational demonstration of integrated flight system capabilities in Hawaii and Alaska. The programme, based on ...
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Boeing finds home for Garuda 737s
Boeing has found a home for two of the 737-300s that had been destined for Garuda. The manufacturer is also believed to be negotiating to place other aircraft previously destined for the Indonesian carrier with Air New Zealand. Heller Financial has signed a deal for the two "whitetail" 737-300s ...
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Kitty Hawk follows Fine Air and drops plans to buy Southern Air
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Kitty Hawk has terminated negotiations to buy financially troubled Southern Air Transport (SAT), after the two companies failed to reach a final agreement. Neither airline would say what led to the decision to break off talks, which started soon after Miami, Florida-based Fine Air Services ...