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Collins tests 3-D free-flight awareness display
ROCKWELL-Collins has developed a three-dimensional situational-awareness display, which, it believes, has a key role to play in making future "free-flight" air-traffic-management systems safe and viable. The display is made possible by the powerful graphics capability of the large-format, high-resolution, liquid-crystal displays which are under development for Collins' Pro Line 21 ...
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Contran approved
British Aerospace (Systems and Equipment)'s Contran VHF radio anti-blocking system has been certificated by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Britannia Airways placed a launch order for 32 units earlier this year, to equip its fleet of Boeing 757s and 767s. Source: Flight International
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Smiths withdraws from MD-95 FADEC partnership agreement
Smiths Industries has unexpectedly dropped out of an agreement to be a major partner in the development of the full-authority digital engine-control (FADEC) for the BMW Rolls-Royce BR715 turbofan, because it does not believe that it will be able to recoup its development costs over the life of the programme. ...
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DLR and DARA prepare for fusion
The German Aerospace Research Establishment is expected to merge with the German Space Agency (DARA) this month. The agencies had hoped to complete their fusion in 1996 but, says the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI), the plan has been held up by discussions over trimming the DARA workforce. The merger ...
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CRM not the only training solution
Sir - The editorial "Admit it" (Flight International, 13-19 November, 1996) identifies shortcomings in the legal minimum standards for airline-pilot training, and advocates the inclusion of crew-resource management (CRM) and error management as crucial to a radically revised training system. The solution lies not in CRM alone, important ...
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The various claims for EF2000
Sir - I was interested to read the article "Terminal velocity" (Flight International, 13-19 November, P33) and in particular the reported Royal Air Force simulations with the Eurofighter EF2000/AIM-120B and its "poor exchange ratio" against Sukhoi Su-27 and Flanker Plus derivatives. This is at variance with claims made ...
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Goodnight MDC
BOEING'S $13.3 billion McDonnell Douglas (MDC) acquisition will make the company the world's largest manufacturer of military, as well as commercial, aircraft. While Lockheed Martin will remain the number one US defence contractor, Boeing will take up and expand MDC's mantle as the leading producer of combat aircraft. The merger ...
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Goodnight MDC
Combined, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas will become the world's largest manufacturer of combat and commercial aircraft.MDC expertise will lift Boeing's JSF hopes The main product line-up for the new Boeing BoeingMDC Civil business Airframes737MD-80 747MD-90 757MD-95 767MD-11 777 HelicoptersMD 500 Explorer BB609 (with Bell)MD 600 SpaceSpace StationDelta launcher US ...
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Second Ariane 5 test is delayed to July
The second test flight of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Ariane 5 booster has been delayed from April to July 1997. ESA and French space agency CNES made the decision to ensure that "each individual operation" can be closely analysed. The third qualification flight, Ariane 503, to be ...
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View from the bridge
The view from the flightdeck of the Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS80 mission shows the payload bay and the Remote Manipulator System robot arm with the Wake Shield free-flying manufacturing spacecraft attached (Flight International, 18-31 December, 1996). The STS81/Atlantis is due for a 12 January launch on the fifth ...
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Inmarsat launch
An ILS International Launch Services Atlas 2A booster lofted the Lockheed Martin Astro Space/Matra Marconi Space-built Inmarsat 3F3 mobile communications satellite into geostationary-transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 17 December. The new satellite will serve the Pacific Ocean region, complementing the first two satellites over the Indian and Atlantic ...
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Indonesian orders boost Space Systems/Loral
Indonesia's PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara, of Jakarta has ordered one M2A satellite from Space Systems/Loral for its Multi Media Satellite System, plus long-lead parts for a second craft, and options for a further five satellites in a deal worth $350 million (Flight International, 2-8 October, 1996). Loral will ...
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KC aviation
Gary Hartwig, formerly director of service operations, has been promoted to general manager for Appleton, Wisconsin-based maintainer KC Aviation. Greg Miller has been promoted to director of service operations at Appleton. He was previously Falcon programme supervisor. Source: Flight International
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Airlines
There can be little doubt that one of the recurring themes running through the world airline industry in 1997 will be the continued US-leddrive towards world open skies. In its wake, expect further manoeuvring among carriers to strengthen transpacific and transatlantic alliances. Arguably, the most significant (and certainly ...
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Stalemate in London talks
UK and US negotiators kept to uncontentious issues such as ground handling and customs procedures during the latest round of bilateral talks in London in December 1996. Any breakthrough seems unlikely before the UK Office of Fair Trading and US Department of Justice rule on the proposed British Airways-American Airlines ...
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Struggle from the rubble
Kuwait Airways is banking on a successful programme of alliances and regional cooperation to reverse recent heavy losses. Doug Cameron reports from Kuwait City. Almost seven years after its liberation, Kuwait City retains an almost haunted look despite its renovation and its return as one of the major commercial centres ...
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Twin sales with a twist
The sale of significant minority state holdings in two of Europe's leading carriers has caused consternation in financial markets, albeit for different reasons. At presstime, the German government was hoping to sell off its remaining 35.7 per cent stake in Lufthansa before the end of the year, while ...
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Vienna lawsuit
Vienna airport is suing the Austrian government in an attempt to recover the costs of the US$34 million rebuilding work needed to prepare the airport for the country's membership of Schengen. The agreement removes border controls between the signatory EU states. But as not all EU countries are signed up ...
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Airbus steal
Alenia is to join the four Airbus partners in the development of the AE100 with China and Singapore. In a blow to AI(R), the European partners decided to pursue the programme through Airbus, instead. The deal paves the way for Alenia to join the Airbus consortium after the latter's restructuring. ...
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Toughing out the boom
In 1997, can the major airlines improve on their performance in the boom year of 1996? Airline Business previews the main issues which will dominate airline executives' thinking in 1997. These are the good times, but life for the average airline manager does not appear to be getting any easier. ...