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Red Arrows
The new leader of the Royal Air Force Red Arrows aerobatics team is Sqn Ldr Simon Meade. He flew gliders with the Air Training Corps' (ATC) 618 Volunteer Gliding School before joining the RAF in 1979. Meade takes over from Sqn Ldr John Rands, another former ATC Cadet. ...
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NASA schedules X-38 'lifeboat' tests
This X-38 International Space Station Crew Return Vehicle may result from a NASA research project. NASA will conduct atmospheric glide flights of a full-scale prototype of a potential International Space Station (ISS) Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) in 1997. Two models of the test article, designated the X-38, are being ...
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PP7 accident forces programme rejig
Accident places Merlin in programme hover Douglas Barrie/LONDON EH Industries is being forced to re-arrange its EH101 military utility/anti-submarine-warfare helicopter development and flight-test programme in an attempt to avoid a service-entry delay following an accident involving the PP7 prototype in August. EH Industries members, ...
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SW-4 takes off
After years of false starts and delays, Polish industry is moving into the light helicopter market. Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW On a blustery Tuesday, 29 October, the Polish press and selected guests gathered at helicopter manufacturer PZL-Swidnik's factory near Lublin to watch an event crucial to the future of the ...
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Chinese AAM aspirations may build on Alenia Aspide
Aspide translates to Chinese LY-60 family on show at Zhouhai Douglas Barrie/LONDON Andrea Spinelli/GENOA China appears to be continuing to use the Alenia Aspide medium-range air-to-air missile (AAM) airframe as the basis for a family of weapons, despite the collapse of a "highly sensitive" deal to ...
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Air France agrees to take up to 20 777s
Air France will take more Boeing twins, but is moving up from 767 to 777 Julian Moxon/PARIS The French Government has approved Air France's decision to buy up to 20 Boeing 777s (including options), as part of its long-range-fleet renewal programme. The airline has placed orders ...
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Horizon comes into view at NBAA
Raytheon Aircraft took its first three orders for the $14.5 million Hawker Horizon "super mid-size" business jet within hours of unveiling at NBAA in Orlando a one-third-scale model of the aircraft, which is scheduled to be flown in late 1999 and certificated by June 2001. Raytheon describes the Horizon as ...
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AMJ BAe 146s are to be given satellite-navigation capability
British Aerospace Asset Management-Jets (AMJ) is developing a cockpit upgrade for early-build BAe146s, based around the introduction of an AlliedSignal satellite-based navigation system. The upgrade will allow operators of the BAe leasing unit's 146s, particularly in Europe and Australia, to cope with the progressive worldwide phase-out of the VLF Omega ...
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American MD-83 landing accident blamed on crew
Failure to maintain glide-path profile is blamed for American MD-83 accident THE FLIGHT CREW'S failure to maintain the required glide-path profile until visual references were identifiable and the runway in sight was responsible for the 12 November 1995 American Airlines MD-83 landing accident at Connecticut's Bradley International Airport, ...
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Beech accident at Quincy airfield
Collision at Runway Intersection A UNITED EXPRESS Beech 1900C-1 (N87GL) commuter aircraft, landing at an uncontrolled regional airfield near Quincy, Illinois, USA, was hit as it passed across the runway intersection by a Beech King Air A90 (N1127D) which was taking off on the other runway, according to a ...
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Calcor/Westland team on nacelles
Calcor Aero Systems and GKN Westland Aerospace are to market engine-nacelle systems jointly for corporate and regional aircraft. The agreement combines Westland's nacelle expertise with Calcor's thrust-reverser and variable-area nozzle designs. The team has submitted a bid to supply the nacelle for Aero International (Regional)'s AI(R) 70 regional jet. ...
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Australia specifies Twin Otter crash cause
The fatal crash of a de Havilland Twin Otter in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in July 1995 has been attributed to leakage of kerosene carried in passenger baggage in the aircraft's aft hold, probably ignited by faulty or age-deteriorated electrical wiring. The aircraft crashed shortly after take-off when ...
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Kiwi Airlines finds alternative backer to avoid liquidation
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Kiwi International Airlines, which was threatened with liquidation after a Florida-based investment firm failed to come through with the expected financing, has managed to secure funding from another source. Isbre Holding, a New York investment group, has placed $5 million of debtor-in-possession financing in escrow ...
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Koreans are close to agreement on FIRs
SOUTH AND NORTH Korea are expected finally to conclude an agreement before the end of the month which , for the first time, will allow commercial air traffic to move between the two countries' Flight Information Regions (FIR). The two sides are scheduled to meet again, together with ...
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FMS on the horizon
Horizon Air has ordered Universal Avionics Systems UNS-1C flight management systems for its recently ordered fleet of 25 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8 series 200s. The aircraft will also be capable of accommodating dual Universal GLS-1250 global-positioning- system landing systems and UniLink UL600 air-to-ground datalinks. Source: Flight International
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Spain discusses
Spain and the USA agreed on 18 November to work towards liberalising air traffic between the two countries at a high-level meeting in Spain. No further meetings are scheduled and there is no target date for an open skies deal to come into effect, but the will to work towards ...
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Aero Peru crash prompts NTSB action
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC COVERS USED to protect aircraft static vents during maintenance should incorporate conspicuous warning flags, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended. This is a reaction to reports from the Peruvian authorities that an Aero Peru Boeing 757 crashed because its static ...
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Japan's Skymark will be launched in 1998
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A Japanese business consortium has formally launched Skymark Airlines as the country's next planned carrier to compete for the world's second- largest domestic air-travel market. Skymark Airlines plans to take to the air early in 1998, equipped with three leased Boeing 767s. The start-up ...
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USAir seeks to cancel its Boeing orders
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Ramon Lopez/Washington DC As USAir seeks to cut its cost structure to enable its planned acquisition of a new Airbus narrowbody fleet, the airline is negotiating the cancellation of its existing orders with Boeing for up to 48 aircraft. USAir has told Boeing that ...
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Malaysia Helicopters sells AIM and Airod
Malaysia Helicopters Services (MHS) has ended months of speculation by finally disposing of its controlling interests in Aerospace Industries of Malaysia (AIM) and its military aircraft maintenance company Airod. Local sewage company PJS Industries has paid MHSRgt33 million ($13 million) to acquire its 66.7% stake in AIM and ...