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Rafale order
The French Government has ordered the first 13 Dassault Rafale multi-role fighters following agreement with major subcontractors and Dassault to cut prices by 10%. A further order, for 48 aircraft, has been thrown into doubt by a possible change of government. The order covers ten Rafales for the navy and ...
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Aeromexico checks Transaero DC-10
Aeromexico has completed a C-check on an ex-American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 for Finavion, which has leased the aircraft to Russia's Transaero Airlines. Work was performed at Mexico City, where the airline has carried out third-party maintenance since 1995, for carriers from Mexico, such as Allegro and Aerocaribe, and overseas, ...
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Lucas provides JSF emergency power
LUCAS AEROSPACE is to provide an emergency power-generating system (EPGS) to be flight-tested in an F-16 modified by Lockheed Martin to demonstrate power-by-wire flight controls for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The unit will be supplied under the JSF Integrated Subsystems Technology demonstrator programme. The EPGS is an ...
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United introduces virtual maintenance training
UNITED AIRLINES HAS introduced a "virtual-reality" training tool designed to improve the troubleshooting skills of Boeing 737 maintenance technicians. Wicat Systems' Maintenance Virtual Workplace is in- tended to reduce the incidence of component removals when no fault is found. The Virtual Workplace is a CD-ROM-based desktop training aid ...
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French mount joint export initiative
The French aeronautics-equipment industry has formed a series of links between large and small companies, aimed at helping the latter increase their export businesses. The AERO-PME initiative creates links between 50 smaller companies and their larger counter- parts, which already have a strong export base. "We ...
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Goldin's vision
NASA administrator Daniel Goldin is keen on projects which push scientific and technological knowledge to their limits within small budgets. The Origins programme is one such, and the New Millennium plan for affordable "micro" missions is another. "Origins' goals - searching out clues to fundamental questions about the ...
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India proposes 11 launches in five years
Eleven indigenous launches of 16 communications and remote-sensing spacecraft are planned by India up to 2003 as part of its next, $3.48 billion, five-year space plan, says India's space-research organisation (ISRO). Up to five of the spacecraft will be a new series of Insat 3 direct-broadcast communications satellites ...
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NASA astronaut returns after more than 120 days on the Mir
NASA astronaut Jerry Linenger returned to Earth aboard the STS 84/Atlantis on 25 May, after a 132-day spaceflight, mainly aboard the Russian space station Mir. He was replaced by Michael Foale, the fifth NASA astronaut to fly on the Mir (Flight International, 28 May-3 June). The STS84 was ...
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Proton launch is successful
A Russian Proton DM booster operated by ILS International Launch Services carried AT&T's Telstar 5 communications satellite into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on 24 May. It was the Ìrst flight of the booster since the failure of the Proton launch of the Mars '96 probe on 17 November, ...
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OSC completes X-34 final design review
The final design of the Orbital Sciences (OSC) X-34, the next technology demonstrator in NASA's Reusable Launch Vehicle programme, has been frozen in preparation for its first flight in 1998. The re-usable, suborbital vehicle will be flown to Mach 8 at an altitude of 80km. It will be ...
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1996 World military aircraft incidents
ABBREVIATIONS AAC Army Air Corps; AAR Air-to-air refuelling; AB Airbase; AF Air force; AFB Air force base; AGL Above ground level; ANG Air National Guard; AP Airport; BAe British Aerospace; CFIT Controlled ßight into terrain; CNK Cause not known; FOD Foreign-object damage; IAI Israel Aircraft Industries; JASDF Japanese Air Self-Defence ...
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Lessons from the jump seat
Sir - It may be true that there is no place for the flight engineer on the flightdeck of modern aircraft, but recent history suggests that another pair of eyes and ears in the jump seat might make a contribution to safety. It is interesting to note the ...
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Lauda link
Austrian Airlines has taken a 36 per cent stake in its local rival Lauda Air. This includes the 19.7 per cent stake sold to Austrian by Lufthansa in early March. The move will see Lauda continue to focus on leisure routes. Source: Airline Business
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Southern share
Delta Air Lines has signed a preliminary codeshare agreement with China Southern Airlines. The deal would see the US carrier purchase seats on China Southern's Guangzhou-Los Angeles service. In return the Chinese carrier would take seats on Delta's US domestic services to 13 cities beyond Los Angeles. Source: Airline ...
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MAS launch?
Malaysia Airlines has become the first carrier to announce its intention to order the B777-200X. Although this does not constitute the launch of the aircraft, the Malaysian carrier has signed an MoU for 15 of the ultra long-range derivatives. Source: Airline Business
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Taiwan's fare
Consolidation among Taiwan's airlines has prompted the authorities to propose abolishing domestic fare controls as early as mid-May. Source: Airline Business
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Room for three?
Aloha and Hawaiian Airlines have seen inter-island challengers come and go. Will Mahalo Air be any different? David Knibb reports. Any high frequency, short haul market of 9.2 million passengers a year is bound to attract attention, especially when only two airlines consistently serve it. But in the Hawaiian inter-island ...
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French Maroc
Air France and Royal Air Maroc are awaiting government approval for them to codeshare from Casablanca to Lyon and Strasbourg from October. The carriers will also look at schedule co-ordination and co-operation in maintenance, cargo, IT and customer programmes. They may also move Paris-Morocco flights from Orly to Charles de ...
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Swiss Finnish
Swissair and Finnair have signed a marketing deal that covers codesharing on Helsinki-Zürich and links the Finnish carrier's frequent flyer programme with the Swissair-Austrian- Sabena Qualiflyer scheme. Source: Airline Business