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Caribbean accident
An AeroCaribe de Havilland Canada Twin Otter crashed in jungle some 20m (65ft) short of the airfield at Playa del Carmen, Yucatan, Mexico, killing one passenger and injuring badly the other 16 on board. One of the pilots reported that a flying-control cable appeared to have failed. ...
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Yunnan's Rolls
Yunnan Airlines of China has taken delivery of its first Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Boeing 767-300, becoming only the second operator of the R-R-powered aircraft, after British Airways. The Kunming-based regional carrier ordered three aircraft in January 1995 in exchange for an earlier order for 757s. The second 767, is scheduled for ...
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Dragonair to Taiwan
After months of delay, Dragonair has initiated its first thrice-daily service between Hong Kong and Kaohsiung in Taiwan. The airline has added a fourth leased Airbus Industrie A330-300 to its fleet for the new route. Under a recently announced agreement with China, it will also launch a new service to ...
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Hot and high
A hot-and-high trials programme for the Perm PS-90A-powered Tupolev Tu-204 airliner was completed in Iran in July. Clearance should pave the way for full Russian certification to be awarded, following the limited approval it received in late 1994. The aircraft has been equipped with a modified version of the PS-90A, ...
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Powering ahead
Matra Marconi Space has introduced a new high-power satellite bus, the Eurostar 3000. Tim Furniss/LONDON MATRA MARCONI SPACE (MMS) has introduced a new spacecraft bus, the Eurostar 3000, designed to play a leading role in the rapidly emerging Global Information Infrastructure (GII), delivering broadband multimedia, advanced hand-held ...
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Charter house
Air London is the one of the largest business air-charter brokers. Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON AIR LONDON INTERNATIONAL, the UK-based aircraft-charter broker, has grown from modest beginnings at Gatwick over 35 years ago, to become a leading player in the arrangement and management of corporate-aircraft charters. In ...
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Egypt checks up on Russian anti-missile
EGYPT IS CONSIDERING purchasing the Russian made, S-300 PMU-1 anti-tactical ballistic-missile system. Middle East sources say that Egypt is making a renewed effort to increase its tactical-ballistic-missile capability and, at the same time, to enhance its defensive capability against such missiles. In recent months, the North ...
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BAe will offer HUMS on Hawks
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE plans to offer a health-and-usage monitoring system (HUMS) on the latest version of its Hawk advanced training aircraft. The UK company has awarded Analysis Management & Systems (AMS) of South Africa a one-year contract to develop and integrate the system. The ...
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Rockwell directs GPS warfare trial
A NEW TERM has entered the military lexicon, with the award of a $3 million contract to Rockwell, to study ways in, which US and Allied forces can use the global-positioning system (GPS) for "navigation warfare". The 13-month navigation-warfare study, scheduled to begin in August, "-will address methods ...
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Air Nostrum plans for expansion
AIR NOSTRUM may acquire a small fleet of regional-jet aircraft to enable it to expand its European network. The Spanish regional carrier, based in Valencia, flies seven leased Fokker 50s on a network of scheduled routes, within mainland Spain and to the Balearic Islands. Two more Fokker 50s ...
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Rockwell delivers upgraded C/KC-135
ROCKWELL'S COLLINS Avionics & Communications division has delivered the first Boeing C/KC-135 Pacer Crag (compass, radar, global-positioning system (GPS)) aircraft to the US Air Force, marking the start of the qualification test-and-evaluation phase of the programme. More than 600 aircraft will have avionics upgrades, which involve the installation of Rockwell's ...
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Russian support
The Russian Government, recently issued a special order promising state support for home-grown civil-aircraft programmes. This will include Government guarantees, beginning from 1997, for domestic and foreign investors providing finances for Tupolev Tu-204, Tu-214 and Tu-330 development and series production. The finance ministry has been ordered to provide investment loans ...
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Airbuses can now predict windshear
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE claims that it is the first manufacturer to deliver aircraft direct from the production line equipped with predictive windshear warning systems. Two A340s recently delivered to Spanish flag carrier Iberia are fitted with AlliedSignal's forward-looking windshear-detection system. A rival system is offered by Rockwell's Collins Air ...
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ValuJet remains in profit despite FAA's grounding
Kevin O'Toole/LONDONRamon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC VALUJET HAS ended the first half-year in good financial shape, despite its grounding, and appears confident of resuming operations on 23 August. Although the airline was grounded by the US Federal Aviation Administration shortly after the Florida crash on 11 May, ...
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Air South shakes up management
AIR SOUTH has received a much-needed cash infusion from investment banking firm Hambrecht & Quist, in exchange for new management and a one-third reduction in flights. The amount of additional capital which the struggling low-fare Columbia, South Carolina-based carrier received is not disclosed, but the investor has acquired ...
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Canada 3000 looks at long-haul types
CANADA 3000 IS IN the middle of an evaluation process for its future fleet needs, which could see it conclude acquisition agreements for new long-haul aircraft before the end of the year. The Toronto, Canada-based charter carrier operates a fleet of leased Airbus A320s and Boeing 757s on ...
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RAAF prepares AEW shortlist
AUSTRALIA PLANS to release a shortlist of contenders for its airborne early-warning-and-control (AEW&C) re- quirement by the middle of September. Subject to Government approval, a request for tenders is expected to be issued at the same time, with the winner to be announced in late 1997. The Royal ...
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Messier-Dowty wins Goshawk landing-gear deal
MESSIER-DOWTY has been selected to supply the main landing gear for the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) T-45 Goshawk trainer, replacing AP Pecision Hydraulics of the UK. MDC says that it selected the Anglo-French company on the basis of cost, after putting the landing-gear contract out to competition as part ...
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GAO advocates delaying THAAD missile
THE US GENERAL Accounting Office (GAO) has recommended that the Department of Defense seek Congressional approval to delay initial procurement of the Lockheed Martin Theater High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system until it is proven effective. Without the Congressional action, initial THAAD prototypes must be acquired by fiscal ...