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Israeli stand-off glide bomb heads toward service entry
The Israel Military Industries (IMI) Modular Stand-off Vehicle (MSOV) glide bomb sub-munitions dispenser is scheduled to enter service later this year with an as yet unspecified air force. The MSOV has been test launched from combat aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin F-16, with a maximum glide range of 100km ...
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Messier gears CSH-2
Messier-Dowty has been picked to design and develop the landing gear for the production variant of the Denel CSH-2 attack helicopter for South Afirca. Source: Flight International
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One of the family
Peter Henley/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie views its present commercial success - 1997 was its best ever year, with 671 sales and commitments worth $44.2 billion, 15 new customers, new derivatives launched, 182 aircraft delivered and a turnover of $11.6 billion - as a resounding endorsement of its family policy. This has ...
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Singles frustration
Dave Higdon/Independence, KANSAS Cessna has acknowledged another setback in its efforts to field three piston singles and, in turn, another roadblock in its efforts to reach production levels anticipated before the company broke ground on its new light aircraft factory in early 1995. Now, frustrated by the failure of engines ...
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Preparing for production
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH French officials at the 1997 Le Bourget air show enjoyed watching the Eurofighter EF2000 flying display rather more than the aircraft's manufacturers would have liked. Dassault had presented spectacular displays from its Mirage 2000-5 and Rafale fighters and, by comparison, the EF2000 - in the middle of ...
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Pathfinder quest
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US military may have cooled to the concept of solar electric powered unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), but NASA has set new lofty goals for the emerging long endurance UAV. In 1993, the US Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) envisioned deploying Raptor (Responsive Aircraft Programme for Theatre ...
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GA sales reach record in 1997
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US general aviation (GA) manufacturers increased aircraft deliveries by almost 40% in 1997 and saw sales value rise by almost 50%. Figures compiled by the USGeneral Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) show that in 1997 member companies delivered 1,569 aircraft valued at a record $4.7 billion. GAMA ...
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Farnborough signature
The TAG Group has signed a 99 year lease with the UK Ministry of Defence to operate Farnborough aerodrome. TAG says that it intends to develop the site as the UK's premier business aviation airport as part of a strategy of expansion which has recently seen it acquire Aviation Methods ...
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Nine killed as Pilatus PC-12 crashes in Kenya
A Pilatus PC-12 crash in Kenya on 13 February claimed the lives of all nine people on board, including Flight International contributing photographer Herman Potgieter. The aircraft, one of two being delivered to a South African safari company by the Stans, Switzerland-based manufacturer, had just been flown on an ...
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White paper aims for US airspace reform
US industry is pushing for development of a vertical flight infrastructure that will permit simultaneous non-interfering operations by fixed and rotary wing aircraft. A white paper drafted jointly by the American Helicopter Society (AHS) and the Helicopter Association International (HAI) was discussed at the HAI show in mid-February and will ...
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Bell confirms interest in Boeing
Bell HELICOPTER Textron is in "exclusive negotiations" to buy Boeing's commercial helicopter business, Bell president Terry Stinson has confirmed. Agreement has not yet been reached, but "Bell's position on the balance of Boeing's product line will be announced within the next two weeks", he revealed on 15 February at the ...
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LHTEC stays on schedule to produce T800 for US Army
LHTEC is on schedule to start T800 turboshaft production in 2000 to support the US Army's UH-1H re-engine programme. The first two engines are "on contract and in production" for the initial qualification phase at Fort Rucker, Alabama, says Fred Dickens, T800 business development director for the AlliedSignal/ Allison ...
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Kitbuilt take off
RotorWay International plans to increase production of its Exec 162F kitbuilt helicopter to 12 machines a month in 1998, from 10 aircraft a month in 1997. The US company says that "sales have really taken off" since customer financing for the $62,350 two seat helicopter became available through US finance ...
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French state holding is key to European consolidation
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Consolidation of the European aerospace industry will not go ahead without a clear solution to the issue of French state ownership, warns British Aerospace chief executive Dick Evans. Speaking as BAe unveiled a strong set of annual results, Evans cautioned that there is still a gulf ...
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CAL A300 crashes at Taipei
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A China Airlines (CAL) Airbus Industrie A300-600R crashed next to Taipei's international airport in Taiwan on 16 February as the crew was apparently initiating a go-around. There are indications that the aircraft may have stalled in the attempt. The seven year old aircraft, aiming for runway 05L, ...
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P&W plans PW8000 first run for 1999
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Pratt & Whitney's new PW8000 geared turbofan is expected to make its first run in early 1999, with an entry into service date as early as 2002, says the company, which formally announced the three year development programme on 17 February (Flight International, 18-24 February). ...
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IATA says lack of pilot competence is biggest safety problem
Lack of pilot competence is the biggest single category of flightcrew error in airline accidents, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Figures in an IATA working paper on airline safety in 1996 show that "proficiency failure" has grown massively in recent years. Data from the paper, presented at ...
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ESA tackles Ariane roll torque
The European Space Agency (ESA) is to fit a second attitude control system to the Ariane 5 in a bid to counteract a stronger than planned roll torque, which endangered the success of the second test flight of the new Arianespace launcher. The extra system will be fitted to ...
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FLS makes move for Danish expansion
FLS Aerospace is expanding into Continental Europe with the setting up of a maintenance base in Denmark. The company is believed to be about to announce a deal to set up an operation at a site previously occupied by Pemco World Air Services at Copenhagen Airport which went out ...
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USA blocks Gripen sale to South Africa
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Efforts by Saab and British Aerospace to sell the JAS39 Gripen combat aircraft to South Africa have been blocked by the USA. The companies remain optimistic that continuing negotiations on the resolution of a wider weapons dispute between the USA and South Africa will result in lifting ...