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JAL returns to Thomson Training fold with 767 machine
JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) has ordered a Boeing 767-300 full-flight simulator from Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS). The Level D machine will be delivered to JAL's Haneda Airport, Tokyo, training centre in late 1997, along with a desktop flight-management-system trainer produced by TTS. The sales, is welcome news for ...
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Military coup
Reflectone has received a five-year, $5 million (£3.5 million) US Navy contract, to operate and maintain Boeing CH-46 and Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter simulators, at three Marine Corps bases and a five-year $2 million US Air Force contract, to continue providing academic and simulator training for Grumman EF-111 crews, at Cannon ...
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Chinese training
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has begun training Chinese air-traffic controllers at its Daytona Beach, Florida, campus following a successful pilot programme sponsored by Delta Airlines. English-language and technical training for more than 100 controllers is being sponsored by FedEx, United and other US airlines in return for over-flight rights. ...
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Thai orbit
Orbit Flight Training has reached an agreement to operate the new Aero International (Regional) and Thai Airways International's ATR simulator training centre in Bangkok, Thailand. The centre is scheduled to open at the end of 1996 equipped with a single ATR 42/72 full flight simulator, supplied by Orbit's parent, Thomson ...
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IDF simulator bound for Taichung
Aero Industry Development Centre (AIDC) of Taiwan is scheduled to deliver its first Ching-Kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF) simulator to the Taiwan air force in early 1997. The simulator is understood to incorporate a 7.3m (24ft) partial dome system, a 180¡x60¡ display and ESIG-3000 image generator from Evans & Sutherland. ...
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FSI gets UK approval
FLIGHTSAFETY International's (FSI) Vero Beach, Florida-based Flight Academy has received UK Civil Aviation Authority approval of its fully integrated pilot-training programme based on Civil Aviation Publication (CAP) 509. The move allows FSI to expand its existing CAA-approval for training modules into an ab initio programme. UK flight schools ...
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MDC angles for F-15E service extension
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) says that a soon-to-be-completed study for the US Air Force will show that the F-15E Strike Eagle's service life, which is certified for 8,000 flight hours, can be extended to 12,000h. A second evaluation is expected to show that the F-15C/D's life can also be lengthened. Retirement ...
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BGT scores two successes with IRIS-T missile seeker test engagements
GERMAN MISSILE house Bodenseewerk Geratetechnik has carried out two test engagements of its IRIS-T imaging-infra-red (IIR) seeker and guidance system at high off bore-sight angles of engagement. In both cases, the target drone was hit. The IRIS-T IIR seeker and guidance subsystems were married to an AIM-9 Sidewinder ...
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IPTN teams with Hawker on RAAF Caribou replacement
IPTN HAS signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hawker Pacific, Honeywell, and its Canberra-based Australian representative Aerospace Technical Services (ATS), to work on the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) de Havilland Caribou replacement, Project Air 5109. The Indonesian manufacturer will be offering an upgraded version of its ...
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Myanmar leases A320s in face of US trade-sanctions threat
Myanmar Airways International is to acquire Airbus A320s on lease, in the face of threatened US Government trade sanctions being imposed against Myanmar's Yangon regime. The three-year-old joint venture (with Singapore) carrier is understood to be finalising a five-year operating lease with Airbus Industrie for two International Aero ...
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Ansett report slams 'business before safety' attitude
AUSTRALIA'S Civil Aviation Authority has been accused of putting commercial considerations before airline safety in a Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI) accident report. BASI has slammed "organisational factors" in Ansett Airlines and the (then) CAA in its report of an Ansett Boeing 747-300 landing accident at Sydney on 10 ...
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Codeshare deals
Reno Air has signed a code-share agreement, with regional carrier American Eagle, providing connecting Saab 340 service, beginning 15 October between Los Angeles and ten destinations, in California and Nevada. Continental Airlines has also begun code-sharing with Airlines of Britain Group carrier Business Air on flights between New York Newark ...
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Yangon domestic
Myanmar's latest start-up carrier, Yangon Airways, plans to begin domestic services shortly. The airline has concluded a ten-year operating lease for two ATR 72s, the first of which is due for delivery in early October. Source: Flight International
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Plans to prolong F28's life gather momentum
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A group of US engineering consultants is discussing the possibility of re-engineing the Fokker F28, to extend the twinjet's operational life with a quieter and more fuel-efficient turbofan. The modification is being offered as an interim solution to meeting stricter airport noise regulations, until new 70-seat ...
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Space knockout
Malfunctions on satellites caused by electrostatic discharges are more common than manufacturers care to admit. Tim Furniss/LONDON THE DATE, 20 JANUARY 1994, does not immediately spring to mind as memorable in space history, but it was a nightmare day for the communications-satellite industry, particularly in Canada. Without warning, ...
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Lufthansa criticises 747-X design
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAMBURG LUFTHANSA operations chief executive Klaus Nittinger has criticised recent changes in Boeing's design proposals for its 747-500/600X. "The aircraft has changed so drastically [since November] that it has moved far away from what we would like to see," says Nittinger. Lufthansa was enthusiastic about ...
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BA fights for the continent
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE announcement of a new wave of restructuring at British Airways should have come as little surprise. In May, chief executive Bob Ayling followed the group's world-beating 1995 profits announcement with a stark warning that BA needed to make another £1 billion ($1.5 billion) in savings. ...
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MDHS plans to produce MD902 Explorer in 1997
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) is to phase out production of the MD900 Explorer in 1997 and replace it with a more advanced version, the MD902. The US company is upgrading the Explorer largely in response to competition from Bell, with its 427, ...
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CAE builds German helicopter simulators for training school
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA CAE Eletronik has begun work on a DM251 million ($166 million) contract to supply up to 12 helicopter flight-simulators for the German army's aviation school at Buckeburg, near Hanover. The DM112 million initial contract is for two Bell UH-1D and two Sikorsky CH-53G simulators, for delivery ...