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Fractured moon
This is a composite of three images of the Minos Linea region of Europa. The colour variations reveal different contaminants in the ice. The icy plains - where no features rise above 30m in height - are fractured by many types of curved and straight faults. The surface of Europa ...
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GAPAN courses are on line
Sir - I was interested to read the article "Masters of aviation" (Flight International, 5-11 February, P24) about the International Civil Aviation University and the degree course which the University is offering in Australia. The establishment of just such a course in the UK has been achieved through ...
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Northwest pairing
Northwest Airlines has selected Montreal-based Ad Opt Technologies' Altitude crew-pairing software after tests of the crew-scheduling system yielded operating savings for the airline of "several hundred thousand dollars per month". Source: Flight International
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In search of the new jet age
Time was when the regional-aircraft industry was focused on who would win the battle to build a family of 70- to 120-seat jet-powered aircraft. Strategists toiled to demonstrate how such a family would sit beneath the fleets of the majors. Much has changed since then. Now, the focus ...
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Russian Aerospace '97
Russian Aerospace '97 20-22 May, Moscow. Organised by Flight International and Aviaexport. Contact: Kim Daniels, First Conferences, 85 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5AR, UK; tel: +44 (171) 404 7722; fax: +44 (171) 404 7733; email: confdesk@firstconf.com Source: Flight International
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RAF VC10 refuels C-130J during tests
Lockheed Martin has completed initial aerial-refuelling tests with the C-130JHercules 2 transport. Two flights were conducted in February, during which a C-130J-30 was refuelled by a Royal Air Force British Aerospace VC10 tanker. On the first test, 2t of fuel was transferred from the VC10 as the C-130J was manoeuvred ...
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BAe Airbus delivers first A330-200 wing
British Aerospace Airbus has dispatched the first A330-200 wing from its plant at Chester to Airbus partner Dasa Airbus at Bremen, Germany, for equipping. BAe put the wing in the jig for final assembly in November 1996. The lower-capacity, longer-range A330-200 is scheduled to have its maiden flight in August. ...
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-as board approves 777-200X/300X specifications
Boeing has received board approval to firm up the specifications of its proposed 777-200X/300X growth derivatives and offer them to airlines, as the company gears up towards a possible launch of the new models at the Paris air show in June. Boeing claims that the -200Xwill be the ...
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Airbus sets up an Asian subsidiary for AE-100
Airbus Industrie has established a new subsidiary company, Airbus Industrie Asia (AIA), headed by former Alenia executive Carlo Scaglia, to partner China and Singapore in the development of the planned new A318/AE-100 narrowbody passenger aircraft. AIA has been legally registered in France as a Société bar Actions Simplifiée. ...
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AlliedSignal tests TCAS changes
ALLIEDSIGNAL Aerospace is flight-testing the latest software for the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS 2). The "Change 7" software is the final iteration of the TCAS 2, incorporating operational feedback from users of the system, and is the basis for the international airborne collision-avoidance system (ACAS2) standard, says AlliedSignal TCAS ...
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Royal Brunei outlines its plans for fleet replacement
Royal Brunei Airlines is looking to re-equip with a new fleet of longer-range, larger-capacity, narrow and widebody aircraft, to support its strategic goal of operating worldwide by 2000. The airline is talking to Airbus Industrie and Boeing about acquiring additional aircraft or new types by the end of ...
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Monarch chooses the A330 for long-haul charter work
Monarch Airlines has become the first UK airline to order the Airbus Industrie A330, having concluded a preliminary agreement with the consortium for up to four long range -200s, including two options. The airline, which has selected Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, will take delivery of the two firmly ...
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Ireland plans expansion with ATP
Ireland Airways is close to finalising a lease deal with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) for three new British Aerospace ATP aircraft to enable it to expand its Irish domestic services. The airline, a spin-off of Dublin-based freight carrier EI Air Exports, began scheduled services in 1996, when it ...
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IPTN focuses on higher capacity for N2130 regional family
IPTN has dropped plans to develop a shortened, 80-seat, version of the planned N2130 short-haul jet-airliner and instead opted for a larger-aircraft family with six-abreast seating for between 104 and 132 passengers. The Indonesian manufacturer had intended building three different sizes of N2130, seating 80, 100 and 130 ...
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RAAFstays with Adour on Hawk
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has opted to stay with the Rolls-Royce/ Turboméca Adour engine for its planned fleet of British Aerospace Hawk 100 lead-in fighters, rather than switch to the alternative ITEC F124 powerplant proposed by AlliedSignal. Its decision follows BAe Australia's (BAeA) recent submission of ...
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Philippines air force plans to extend life of F-5A fleet
The Philippine air force plans to bolster and extend the life of its fleet of Northrop Grumman F-5A/Bs as interim lead-in fighters, until a replacement trainer aircraft can be funded. Despite the F-5's advanced age and problems with airframe cracking, the air force wants to retain the type, ...
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USA bars Israelis from launch sites
A team from Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has been barred from entering NASA's Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Wallop Island, Virginia, launch sites. The move is the latest twist in a battle by the US booster industry to prevent the Israelis from offering their Shavit launcher in the US commercial sector. ...
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Notes
The tabular data have been collated mainly from information supplied by the manufacturers. Where no reply was received from the manufacturer, the previous year's entry is repeated, updated wherever possible from other sources Normal empty weight includes equipment and unuseable fluids, but does not take account of crew and baggage ...