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United move
United Airlines has applied to launch a new thrice-weekly service from San Francisco to Jakarta, via Osaka, in a move likely to further inflame the long running US-Japan bilateral air-services dispute. Japan has rejected a similar application by Northwest Airlines, and says that it will not approve any other new ...
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The phase-out rules in Europe and the USA
NON-STAGE 3 aircraft will be banned from operating in European Union member states from 1 April, 2002, unless specific waivers are granted for up to an additional three years. Any Stage 2 aircraft, which reaches 25 years of age before the final cut-off date, must be removed from service immediately. ...
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Hubble shows doomed star
THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE continues to return pictures to Earth including this stunning image of doomed star Eta Carinae. The star is 8,000 light years away and was the site of an explosion, which was seen on Earth 150 years ago. Eta Carinae, one of the most massive stars in ...
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Gunships for hire
An air force of mercenaries has turned the tide of battle against insurgent rebels in Angola and West Africa. Al Venter/SIERRA LEONE A GROUP OF South African mercenaries, all veterans of their country's long-lasting war against the Marxist regime in Angola during the 1980s, has established the ...
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Sea Launch joint venture boosted by first payload
THE BOEING-LED Sea Launch joint venture, has been assigned its first satellite payload the Hughes Communications Galaxy 11, which is scheduled to be launched in June 1998. The launch will also carry the first Hughes HS-702 spacecraft bus. Boeing is joined on the $500 million programme by ...
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Mission to return Mars samples could be accelerated, says NASA
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA IS STUDYING the possibility of bringing forward a mission designed to bring back samples from Mars, following public excitement raised by its announcement that microscopic life forms may once have existed on the planet. The original launch date was scheduled for 2005. ...
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DASA parent heads towards first-half profit
DAIMLER-BENZ is now on course to announce a profit for the first half of the year, marking the start of a climb-back from 1995 when escalating aerospace losses, worsened by the cost of closing Fokker, had left the German giant nursing a massive deficit. While Daimler-Benz confirms that ...
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A storming Oshkosh
Bad weather may have cut public attendance, but it did not dampen the enthusiasm of exhibitors at this year's convention and fly-in at Oshkosh David Higdon/OSHKOSH AVIATORS BY THE tens of thousands renewed their love affair with aviation during the 44th annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) ...
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-as FAA raises fears over Russian progress on safety
THE USA IS worried that Russia, which barely met accepted International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) air-safety oversight standards in 1994, is failing to take action to improve its performance. In October 1994, a US Federal Aviation Administration safety-oversight evaluation, carried out with Russian authorities under the FAA's International ...
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Aerospace groups attack customer finance warning
Doug Cameron/LONDON BLEAK WARNINGS from a leading US credit-rating agency that aerospace manufacturers are heading for a funding crisis over mushrooming customer finance obligations have raised anger within the industry. The report from Moody's Investors Service claims that the exposure of civil manufacturers has risen ...
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Stevens launches Orenda engine
STEVENS AVIATION has placed a $20 million launch order for 140 Orenda Aerospace Vee-8 piston aero engines, which it plans to retrofit to Raytheon Beech King Air C90 twin turboprops. Stevens plans to re-engine the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-powered King Airs with the Orenda 600 piston engines ...
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VIP cabins
California-based DPI Labs has completed a cabin-management system, including lighting, audio and video controls, for an executive re-engined Boeing 727-100RE. DPI is also supplying a cabin-management system for a Dassault Falcon 20E, which incorporates electric window shades and a "Surround Sound" system for videos. Source: Flight International
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Astra SPX business jet enters USA
PAINT MANUFACTURER Sherwin-Williams has become the first US operator of the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Astra SPX business jet. The Mach 0.87 SPX has joined an Astra SP, based at the company's flight department and is expected to be flown for 400-500h a year. The Cleveland, Ohio-based paint ...
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RMAF chief attacks safety record
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE ROYAL MALAYSIAN Air Force's (RMAF) outgoing chief of staff has blamed inadequate logistical support and a lack of pilot training for its high attrition rate and poor operational readiness. Lt Gen Abdul Ghani cites component failure, compounded by aircrew inexperience, as the ...
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Broderick says NTSB's ATR 72 verdict is wrong
AN INFLUENTIAL former US Federal Aviation Administration safety chief has radically challenged the National Transportation Safety Board's controversial verdict on the crash of a Simmons/American Eagle ATR 72 near Roselawn, Indiana, on 31 October 1994. Anthony Broderick, who resigned as the US Federal Aviation Administration's associate administrator for ...
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DASA revises Greek F-4 Phantom upgrade bid
The competition for the Greek air force McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom upgrade is heating up, with Daim- ler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) revising its bid after Rockwell Inter- national offered a package believed to be 35% cheaper than that of its German rival. Sources close to the programme confirm that ...
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Samsung holds talks in last-ditch bid to rescue Fokker-
Paul Lewis/SEOUL SOUTH KOREAN conglomerate Samsung has re-opened detailed negotiations with Dutch Government receivers to take over bankrupt aerospace manufacturer Fokker Aircraft. The aim of the talks is to have a deal in place within two months, as time runs out for the Dutch manufacturer. ...
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Delays loom for advanced European ATC systems
Julian Moxon/PARIS FINLAND AND SWEDEN are facing major delays in the introduction of their pioneering new air-traffic-control (ATC) systems, because of serious software-development problems being experienced by prime contractor Siemens Plessey. Both countries are upgrading their ATC centres (ATCCs) in line with the latest Eurocontrol ...
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Third Hawaiian Dash-8
Island Air has introduced a third de Havilland Dash 8 into service, which is for use on flights from Honolulu to the island of Molokai. Island Air sister company Aloha Airlines, meanwhile, celebrated its 50th anniversary on 26 July. Source: Flight International
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Embraer claims US launch customer
Doug Cameron/LONDON EMBRAER SAYS that it has secured a US launch customer for the EMB-145 regional jet and expects to deliver two units to the airline in December. The US carrier has not been named, but is understood to be Atlantic Coast Airlines, a United ...