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Schweizer develops unmanned helicopter
US manufacturer Schweizer Aircraft and its Japanese distributor, Kawada Industries, have teamed to develop an unmanned derivative of the Schweizer 300 single-piston light helicopter. According to vice-president and assistant general manager of Kawada's aviation division, Tadahiro Kawada, the "RoboCopter 300" is "basically a standard Schweizer 300CB with three-axis-gyro ...
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Business booms for the 'Shortsky' conversion
Helipro, the Washington-based conversion specialist, says that its S-61 Short conversion of the Sikorsky S-61L and N, the "Shortsky," is in heavy demand. "From the heavylift side we have been non-stop," says Helipro president and technical director Hugh Whitfield. Six S-61 Shorts have been completed since the conversion ...
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American Eurocopter president indicted
American Eurocopter president David Smith has been indicted by the US Government for alleged "irregularities" during the negotiation of a $50 million deal to supply eight Eurocopter AS365N Dauphin helicopters to the Israeli navy for anti-submarine operations. According to Eurocopter Deutschland chairman and chief executive Dr Siegfried Sabotta, ...
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Tridair aims to convert Bell 407s to Gemini twin configuration
Tridair has applied to the US Federal Aviation Administration for clearance to install the Gemini twin-engined conversion in the Bell 407. Bell Helicopter Textron has opted not to develop the helicopter as a twin. Tridair president Doug Daigle expects to receive a response from the FAA before the ...
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Design with power
Agusta has sold two A109 Power helicopters to designer Sir Bernard Ashley. The A109s will be operated by Jet International Management USA. They will replace older A109 AII and C models. Source: Flight International
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Flying in and on-site accomodation
THE OPERATIONAL environment at Avalon will allow most of those who wish to fly in to do so. Those who cannot make the arrival times provided will still be able to use Avalon East light-aircraft field. Procedures and times are published in notices to airmen. For the 24h enthusiast, the ...
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Alenia invests in ecology
THE ITALIAN Government has appropriated $40 million funding to allow Alenia Aerospazio's Space division to begin the development of a proposed remote-sensing-satellite system to monitor and manage the ecology and environment of the Mediterranean region. The project has so far also won the support of Spain and Greece. ...
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Arianespace schedule
An Ariane 44P model will be launched from Kourou in French Guiana on flight V94 on 25 February. It will carry the Intelsat 801 communications satellite into geostationary orbit. This follows the successful launch of the V93 on 30 January, carrying the DASA-built Argentine communications satellite, the Nahuel 1 and ...
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Breaking through
Breaking the monopolistic stranglehold of national carriers in Asia has never been easy and, for Asiana Airlines, playing second fiddle to Korean Air (KAL) for the past eight years has proved to be particularly hard going. This situation may be about to change though, as Asiana embarks on an ambitious ...
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Dynamic Avalon
A series of notable current Australasian civil- and military-aviation competitions virtually guarantees that the Australian International Airshows DownUnder at Avalon Airport, near Melbourne, will be a dynamic event in industry terms. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has recently named Kaman as its preferred bidder for medium shipboard helicopters, ...
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Sundstrand
Aerospace components and subsystems firm Sundstrand Aerospace, of Rockford, Illinois, has named Edward Bullard director of its Washington DC operations. He succeeds Albert Barbero, who has retired. Bullard was previously manager of Washington DC operations for Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems/Raytheon E-Systems. Source: Flight International
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MDC finally wins delayed IFR
MDC finally wins delayed IFR certification for Explorer Fitting the Explorer with IFR had the complexity of a military operation The McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems MD900 Explorer has finally received US Federal Aviation Administration certification to be flown under instrument-flight rules (IFR) by a single pilot. The certification was originally ...
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Kistler awarded $100 million launch contract
Kistler Aerospace has received a boost for its plans to develop the K-1 satellite launch vehicle with a contract from Space Systems/Loral to launch ten communications satellites into low-Earth orbit between 1999 and 2002 (Flight International, 23-29 October, 1996). The likely payloads are Gloabalstar mobile-communications satellites. Kistler of ...
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Kaman develops external seat for K-MAX
Kaman Helicopter has developed an external passenger seat for the single-seat K-MAX helicopter. Dubbed the "Class A" seat, it weighs less than 9kg, can be fitted to either side of the aircraft and is readily detachable. Kaman says that the seat has been produced as a result of ...
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Start-up AirAsia muscles into Malaysia market
Start-up carrier AirAsia has taken advantage of a growing barrage of criticism against Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to announce that it intends to expand its embryonic aircraft fleet and route network. Three months after first taking to the air as Malaysia's second scheduled international carrier, AirAsia is looking to ...
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Alitalia pulls plug on Fokker 70s
Alitalia is attempting to return its five leased Fokker 70s to the bankrupt Fokker operation, after failing in a bid to re-lease them to low-cost Italian regional carrier Alpi Eagles. The two airlines concluded a codeshare deal late in 1996 which included the transfer of the Fokker 70s. ...
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Eurowings introduces A319
The first of three Airbus A319s was delivered to Eurowings on 27 January, at the Daimler-Benz plant at Hamburg-Finkenwerder, in Germany, where the aircraft are assembled. The three CFM International CFM56-5B-powered aircraft, which were ordered in April 1996, will be configured to seat 142 passengers in a single-class, high-density layout. ...
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Braathens boosts 737 fleet with -700 order
Braathens SAFE's all-Boeing 737 fleet is set to be boosted, with the leading Norwegian private airline placing orders for six 737-700s, and taking options on a further ten aircraft. Braathens will take delivery of its first two aircraft in July and August 1998, with the remaining deliveries scheduled ...
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Germany clears Cityline HUGS for manual Category IIIa landings
The German federal aviation agency LBA has granted Lufthansa CityLine operational approval to make manual Category IIIa instrument landings with the head-up guidance system (HUGS)fitted in the carrier's Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs). CityLine is the first carrier in Germany to receive this clearance for its Flight Dynamics-built HUGS, ...
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Two African regionals suffer fatal crashes
An Air Senegal British Aerospace 748 Mk2A crashed just after take-off from Tambacounda, Senegal on 1 February, killing three crew and 20 passengers aboard. The flight-data recorder and cockpit-voice recorder have been recovered, and representatives of the manufacturer and the type certificating authority, the UK Civil Aviation Authority, ...