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DTI supports UKdrive for A3XX wing work
The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has agreed to help fund a British Aerospace Airbus-led research project aimed at developing large composite primary structures, possibly for the outer wing section of the proposed Airbus A3XX large airliner. The ú10 million ($16 million), three-year, second phase of ...
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Judge by market, not political agenda
Sir - I read the article "The big question", referring to the Boeing 747 versus the Airbus A3XX (Flight International, 19-25 March, P29). The debate really should centre on the cost of acquisition and return on investment. For example, a 747-400 on a Hong Kong-Europe flight may be ...
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SimuFlite first to 142
Dallas/Forth Worth, Texas-based SimuFlite Training International has become the first flight-simulator operator certificated to US Federal Aviation Administration Part 142 rules setting standards for training centres. Source: Flight International
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Russian cash fails to halt space-station delay
Russian president Boris Yeltsin has pledged to transfer funding of $139 million for Russia's participation in the NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) later this month and to allocate a further $121 million in May. This Russian financial commitment will do nothing to avoid the probable 11-month delay in ...
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EAST and WEST satellite projects move forward
Matra Marconi Space (MMS) expects to announce partners for its proposed $1 billion Euro-African Satellite Telecommunications (EAST) system within the next few months. A consortium of investors from southern Africa, the Middle East and Europe is being set up to operate the system. The prime satellite, an MMS ...
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USA gets criticised over 'exaggerated' Mir comments
Viktor Blagov, deputy chief of Russia's mission control centre at Kalinigrad, has criticised the USA's "exaggerated concerns" about the condition of the Mir 1 space station. This follows a small fire caused by an oxygen-generating lithium cartridge, the failure of oxygen-generating system units, and leaking ethylene-glycol coolant loops ...
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Bombardier
Jim McDonough has been appointed south-west regional sales manager for Montreal, Quebec-based Bombardier Aviation Services, McDonough, who will be based in Houston, Texas, was formerly regional sales manager for the AR Group, including Air Routing International and Air Security International. Source: Flight International
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Expectation of reasonable limits?
Sir - Further to your editorial "Bad promises" (Flight International, 19-25 March), several separate, but inter-related, points are touched upon. Firstly, the equation "payload equals profit" puts this fundamental figure at the root of all the arguments. Reduce the payload, and noise limits can be met, irrespective of ...
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What went wrong
For cost reasons, the Ariane 501 was fitted with two Ariane 4 inertial-reference systems (IRS), and no tests were performed with the real IRS to verify that they would behave correctly during the Ariane 5 flight, although simulations were performed. At 6s after main engine start (HO), the Ariane 5 ...
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Airline Navigation '96 - a...
Airline Navigation '96 - a Flight International/Air Navigation International Conference 9-11 October, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Contact: The Conference Desk, First Conferences, 5th Floor, 85 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5AR, UK; tel: +44 (171)404 7722;fax: +44 (171) 404 7733;email: confdesk@1stconf.co.uk. what's on 12th Annual Seaplane Safety Seminar 26 April, Lake Hood, Alaska, ...
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De-icing for the Il-114
An innovative feature on the Il-114 is its de-icing system, which is based not on the traditional hot-air method, but on a pulse-wave technology which causes the ice to lose its grip on the airframe and fall away. The system, now patented in 14 countries with others pending, ...
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Civil Simulation Census
Notes and abbreviations The Flight International Civil Simulator Census lists full-flight simulators in service and on order, alphabetically by operator, then by aircraft type. Simulator supplier, computer, visual system, motion axes, year of entry into service, certification level and associated training devices are listed for each simulator, plus any additional ...
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Opinicus brings 328 to Level C
FAIRCHILDDORNIER'S Portland, Oregon-based simulator for the 328 regional turboprop has been upgraded to Level C training standard following a five-month effort by Opinicus. The lack of a Level C simulator allowing zero flight-time training of flightdeck crews has been a major concern for operators of the 328. Clearwater, ...
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E&Sscores military visual-systems sales
EVANS& SUTHERLAND (E&S) is to supply visual systems for three US Navy and Marine Corps programmes. It will upgrade the visuals on USN Grumman F-14 and USMC Bell AH-1W simulators and supply visuals for new McDonnell Douglas T-45 simulators for the Navy. Salt Lake City-based E&S will supply ...
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RAFengineers will have hands-on flight-handling experience
Royal Air Force engineer officers are to be given "hands-on" experience of the effects of changing an aircraft's design parameters on flight and handling characteristics, using a specialised flight simulator. The simulator, known as the flight-engineering systems trainer (FEST), has been supplied by Farnborough, UK-based Data Systems to ...
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UK Hawk bid follows CAE's MSH success
COMPANIEScompeting to build and operate a simulator centre for UKRoyal Air Force British Aerospace Hawk trainers submitted bids on 15 April. The programme is modelled on the RAF's MediumSupport Helicopter (MSH) training-centre contest, which was won in March by Canada's CAE Electronics. The MSH and Hawk training schools ...
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Osh Kosh DIAS GPS
Raytheon Aircraft Montek is to install a DIAS-3100 precision-landing system at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to evaluate the feasibility of providing local-area augmentation of global-positioning-system signals at adjacent airports, Fond du Lac, 21km (11nm) to the south, and Appleton, 27km to the north. Source: ...
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Air Plus start
Air Plus, a new Spanish charter airline, began operations in March using an Airbus A310-300, leased from United Technologies Finance. The Madrid-based airline will initially fly on behalf of Spanair. A second A310 is due to arrive in May. Source: Flight International
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F-117 could go as USAF moves to safeguard F-22 production
THE US AIR FORCE is prepared to replace its Lockheed F-117s with Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22s, rather than see procurement of the F-22 reduced. Gen. Richard Hawley, commander of US Air Force Air Combat Command, tells Flight International that he would consider retiring the F-117s to safeguard F-22 ...
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Georgia plans delayed
Georgia's plans to offer upgrade packages for Sukhoi Su-25 fighters to countries including Iraq are delaying secret talks over the upgrade of these fighters with Israeli avionics and weapon systems. The talks have been delayed, following revelations from Tiblisi plant managers that Su-25 operators such as Iraq and Afghanistan are ...