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Delta JT8D fan finding
Failure of inspection techniques at manufacture, assembly and in service were responsible for the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 fan-hub failure which killed two passengers on a Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 in July 1996, according to findings from a US National Transportation Safety Board hearing. A minor flaw caused ...
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Korean airspace talks collapse
Talks between North and South Korea officials on opening the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR) to international flights have again collapsed over the form of a communication link between the two countries' air-traffic-control authorities. Three days of discussions in Bangkok, Thailand, brokered by the International Civil Aviation Organisation ...
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Two weeks of RVSM confirms pilot fears over TCAS alerts
Airline pilots have reported frequent, long-duration, "nuisance" traffic advisories (TAs) from their traffic-alert and collision-avoidance (TCAS) systems in North Atlantic air space during the two weeks since the implementation of reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) in the area. RVSM is a procedure for operating with vertical separations of 1,000ft ...
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USA signs Singapore in open-skies push
The USA has continued its push for new open-skies deals with the signing of its new aviation agreement with Singapore, which is the first fully liberalised pact within the key Asia Pacific region. "The signing of this agreement-represents an important step toward ending restrictions on aviation services in ...
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RADA identifies $2.5 billion test market
A $2.5 billion market for airliner automatic test equipment over the next 20 years has been forecast by RADA, Israeli manufacturer of the Commercial Aviation Test System (CATS). The prediction is based on Boeing's recent market outlook, which estimates that the world's commercial airlines will add 16,160 new ...
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Russia invests $140 million in reservation-system upgrade
Russia is to buy a $140 million airline management and computer reservation system (CRS), aimed at giving Russian and other CIS airlines access to the latest Western technology. The system, called the Sirena 3, will be developed by a consortium which includes US companies AT&T, IBM, AMR's Sabre ...
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Airmanship is still a crucial element
Sir - The reported comment of the UK Civil Aviation Authority in the article "Pilots can expect harder tests, CAA warns" (Flight International, 19-25 March, P31), to the effect that European Joint Aviation Requirements will demand higher academic standards for flightcrew licensing, is another symptom of how this body is ...
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Concerns on Chapter 2 restrictions
Sir - In the comment "Bad promises" (Flight International, 19-25 March), concerns were rightly expressed about the growing restrictions which operators of Chapter 2 aircraft are facing within Europe. The term "airport system" is defined in the Market Access Regulation, and the Annex to the Regulation provides that ...
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Force multiplier
FAR FROM viewing the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as a possible cheaper alternative to the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22, the US Air Force believes that deployment of the F-22 air-superiority fighter is a prerequisite for development of the multi-role JSF. "If we fail to deliver and deploy sufficient F-22s, ...
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March satellite launch log...
March satellite launch log NoDateSpacecraftTypeLauncher(*)Country(*)Launch site(*) 91 MarIntelsat 801ComsatAriane 4 (2)>Europe (2)Kourou (2) 104 MarZeyaResearchStart (1)>Russia (3)Svobodny (1)+ 118 MarTempoComsatAtlas (2)>USA (5)Canaveral (3) * Indicates total number of orbital launches by this launch vehicle, country and launch site in 1997. > Ariane 44P (1), Start 1 (1), Atlas 2A (1) ...
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New orders take Arianespace backlog to over 40 launches
Arianespace, the European commercial satellite-launcher organisation, has been awarded contracts to fly Eutelsat's W3 communications satellite and the Intelsat K-TV, as well as entering talks with Korean Telecom. The Eutelsat W3, which is being built by Aerospatiale, will be launched in 1999, while the Matra Marconi Space Intelsat ...
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ESA to fly new Cluster mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) has agreed to send up a new Cluster science mission in 2000, replacing the four original satellites which were lost when the Ariane 5 was destroyed on its maiden flight in 1996. The new satellites, which will be launched in pairs aboard two ...
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India will develop five new Insat satellites
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is to develop a third series of Insat communications satellites, with a fleet of five craft due to be launched between 1999 and 2005. The Insat 3s will be the second series to be built by Indian industry. Two indigenously developed Insat ...
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GEC weighs into the Thomson-CSF...
Further controversy over the privatisation of French defence and professional electronics giant Thomson-CSF has been generated by a last-minute "offer" from UK counterpart GEC to take over the Government's 58% stake. French moves to prevent one of its largest defence contractors from falling into foreign hands appear likely ...
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IAE studies latest V2530-A5 failure
International Aero Engines (IAE) is working to determine the cause of a third incident of high-pressure compressor (HPC) damage occurring to a V2530-A5 turbofan operated by Lufthansa on its Airbus A321 fleet. The latest discovery followed an engine stall and rejected take-off on 25 March. HPC blade damage ...
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BGTlooks to pilot low-cost fly-by-wire for Tu-204
German systems house Bodenseewerk Gerätetech-nik (BGT)has launched a feasibility study with Tupolev over fitting future versions of the Tu-204 twinjet with its low-cost, advanced, digital fly-by-wire (FBW)flight-control-system (FCS) technology. The contract with Tupolev comes as BGT steps up efforts to secure applications for its FBW technology, which it plans to ...
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NASA names its Hyper-X team
NASA has awarded a $33.4 million contract to a team led by MicroCraft to build four experimental aircraft which will be used to demonstrate hypersonic propulsion technologies as part of the Hyper-X project. The other team members joining Tullahoma, Tennessee-based MicroCraft are Boeing North American, GASL and Accurate ...
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Slipring win
Air Précision, part of the UK's Cobham group, has won a contract to supply electrical sliprings for the main and tail rotors of the NH Industries NH90 helicopter. The sliprings transmit electrical power for the de-icing and folding of the rotors. Source: Flight International
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Pavement R&D test site under construction
GROUND has been broken for the world's first full-scale airport-pavement test site, to be located at the US Federal Aviation Administration's technical centre in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The National Airport Pavement Test Facility is a co-operative project between the FAA and airframer Boeing. It will be used ...
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Information on impulse de-icing...
Following publication of the article "Electro-impulse de-icing is selected for Premier I" (Flight International 1-7 May, 1996, P24) Peter Hartman, of Bombardier Regional Aircraft, Ontario, Canada, requested information (Letters, Flight International, 17-23 July, 1996) about developments in the field of electric-impulse de-icing systems (EDIS) being undertaken, he believed, in Russia. ...