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EC believes there is 'room for improvement' in open skies
Julian Moxon/PARIS Europe's air-transport liberalisation has resulted in cheaper fares, new airlines and more routes, but "-there is still room for improvement", says the European Commission (EC) in a report anticipating full liberalisation in April 1997. The EC says that it remains concerned about "excessive" ...
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Russia calls for industry help
Russia is considering protectionist measures to help bolster its ailing civil-aerospace industry and has called for specific support for the country's main commercial-aircraft and engine manufacturers. A Government meeting chaired by Alexei Bolshakov, the first deputy prime minister, on 19 October reviewed and approved proposals from a working ...
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MDC board approves MD-XX for airlines
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) is understood to have given board-level approval to its civil-aircraft arm to start offering the MD-XX tri-jet family to airlines. A final board decision was due to be made at a meeting held at St Louis, Missouri, on 25 October attended by MDC president and ...
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Israelis offer Phalcon on AEW 767 to South Korean air force
Paul Lewis/SEOUL Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is offering the South Korean air force its Phalcon phased-array airborne-early-warning (AEW) radar system integrated on a Boeing 767 platform. The Elta system being proposed is based on the multi-sensor L-band Phalcon package already in service with the Chilean ...
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Air Transat takes TAP TriStars
Air Transat, will acquire two ex-TAP Air Portugal TriStar 500s early in 1997, to operate non-stop charters to Canada from Europe, including flights to the UK on behalf of the UK tour operator Globespan. A further two aircraft may be added later. The long-range aircraft will replace Air Transat's shorter-range ...
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Cargo crash
A Boeing 707 freighter operated by Millon Air caught fire and crashed in a densely populated neighbourhood of Manta, Ecuador, on 22 October. At least 22 people were killed and 60 injured when the Miami, Florida-bound jet, loaded with flowers and frozen fish, lost altitude and crashed. The crew of ...
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CSC supports Merlin
US information-technology giant Computer Sciences has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide technical and engineering support for the UK Royal Navy's fleet of EH Industries EH101 Merlin helicopters, due to enter service in 1998. Lockheed Martin is prime contractor for the $440 million Merlin Support and Spares Availability System ...
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Asiana engine bidders await decision
Competing power plant manufacturers are hoping for a decision from Asiana Airlines in November on the selection of engines for its planned fleet of 20 Boeing 777-200/300 and 28 Airbus A330-200/300 wide-body aircraft. According to local sources, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce are now into the ...
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Lockheed Martin hopes for F-22 export approval soon
Lockheed Martin is hoping to receive US Government approval shortly to begin offering a foreign-military-sales (FMS) version of its F-22 air-superiority fighter to selected allied countries, including South Korea. According to Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems president Dain Hancock, the US Government is expected to give the ...
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Korean Air unveils helicopter mock-up for first time
Korean Air's Aerospace division has publicly unveiled, for the first time, a mock-up of an armed scout-attack variant of its planned Korean Multi-purpose Helicopter (KMH). Sikorsky has provided assistance with conceptual design of the KMH, and some aspects bear a strong resemblance to the US manufacturer's S-70 Black ...
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South Korea delays KTX-2 funding
Discussion of pending defence contracts dominated as South Korea staged its first international air show at Seoul's Sungnam airbase on 21-27 October. Paul Lewis reports. THE SOUTH KOREAN Government has again delayed any decision on launching full-scale development of the planned Samsung/Lockheed Martin KTX-2 advanced-trainer/ light-combat aircraft for ...
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Koreans join 747X
Boeing 747 subcontractor, Northrop Grumman has signed memoranda of understandings with Korean Air and Samsung Aerospace to supply structural components for the planned new 747-500/600X derivatives. The two South Korean companies are discussing supplying parts for the new aircraft's fuselage and empennage. Korean Air already builds the 747-400's flap tracks, ...
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Daewoo receives the first of Sokols
Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) has taken delivery of its first Sokol W-3A helicopter and is due to receive another two by the end of the year. Two of the Polish machines will be added to the company's own helicopter fleet, and the third sold to a local buyer. ...
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Mars Global Surveyor Launch: 6 November, Cape Canaveral, Delta 2
The $54 million Lockheed Martin Mars Global Surveyor is the first in a planned series of orbiters and landers that will be dispatched to Mars during each two-year launch window, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. The Mars Global Surveyor is basically a reflight of six of the eight experiments lost ...
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Pathfinder/Sojourner Launch: 2 December, Cape Canaveral, Delta
The Mars Pathfinder is the second mission in the Discovery Programme, a NASA initiative for planetary missions, developed in three years for $150 million. The mission is regarded by NASA as an engineering demonstration of key technologies for future Mars landers. The Pathfinder will be used to investigate ...
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Four-seat Katana plan
Diamond Aircraft hopes to fly a four-seat derivative of its popular Katana DA20 "within 36 months", says the Canadian-based company. A second line is already being built to meet demand at the London, Ontario factory. The company says that it has around 280 orders, and production for the rest of ...
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Smiths' work on Beech MkII
Sir - Peter Henley gives a very positive view of the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System-winning Raytheon Beech MkII trainer in his flight test (Flight International, 2-8 October, P30). Our only regret is that Smiths Industries' contribution is not mentioned - the programme will provide us with $100 ...
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The exiles return
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Australia, which exported several hundred pilots, mainly to Asia and the Middle East following their mass resignation during the 1989 pilot's dispute, is again facing an upheaval. Qantas pilots are becoming increasingly restless over perceived inequities in pay and conditions between short-haul (ex-Australian ...
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ANA buys Wicat A320
All Nippon Airways (ANA) of Japan has become the latest carrier to purchase an Airbus Industrie A320 flight-management and guidance system (FMGS) "free-play" trainer from Wicat Systems. The ANA trainer consists of a cockpit replica with simulated primary-flight and navigation displays, multi-function control/ display unit, flight-control unit, thrust ...
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FAA warned over PC training
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA The US Federal Aviation Administration has been urged to delay an advisory circular permitting use of personal computers (PCs) for flight training, after research questioned the extent to which learning by computer transfers to the cockpit. The FAA plans to grant credit for up ...