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ATACMS deal
Lockheed Martin is to produce 70 Block 1A Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) under a $45 million US Army initial-production contract for the extended-range - 300km (160nm) - version of the surface-to-surface missile. Source: Flight International
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Extra long C-17
McDonnell Douglas has completed three lifetimes - 90,000h - of durability testing on the C-17 transport, almost four months ahead of schedule. This represents more than 25,000 flights and 36,000 landings. Source: Flight International
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Defence mission
NASA and the US Department of Defense have agreed to fly an 11-day Space Shuttle mission in 2000 to produce a high-resolution three-dimensional map of 80% of the Earth's surface. Source: Flight International
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Engine test
Russia's Energomash company has tested the new single-chamber RD-704 rocket engine, which is designed to power a potential new re-useable launcher early next century. The RD-704 is a derivative of the RD-701 which burns liquid-oxygen oxidiser and kerosene propellant for the first flight phase, switching to liquid-hydrogen propellant at high ...
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Training transfer
Utah-based Wicat Systems has transferred its UK computer-based-training development team to Steven- age-based Admiral Training and now plans to subcontract selected courseware-development contracts to the UK company. Source: Flight International
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Latin two-step
Miami-based Pan Am International Flight Academy and Phoenix East Aviation, a flight school in Daytona Beach, Florida, have formed the Latin American Flight Training Academy marketing alliance to offer ab initio airline-pilot training, including simulator training at Pan Am, as well as flight-attendant training. Meanwhile, Pan Am is installing an ...
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Indonesian purchase
Frasca International is set to supply seven flight-training devices (FTDs) to the Indonesian Civil Aviation Academy. Delivery of four Socata TB10, two Raytheon Beech Barons and one Socata TBM.700 FTDs will begin in mid-1996. Source: Flight International
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Chinese trainers
Thomson Training & Simulation, with STS of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Xifei Simulator Factory of Xian, China, is to supply four cabin-crew trainers to China Southwest Airlines. The Boeing 757/Airbus A340 emergency-evacuation, 757 cabin-service and 737 and 757 door trainers will be delivered to Chengdu in late 1997. Source: ...
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Shanghai support
Honeywell has opened a service centre in Shanghai with the aim of supporting its commercial-avionics products in partnership with Chinese airlines. The centre will help airlines develop repair capabilities to generate revenue. Source: Flight International
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Weather update
An AAI/System Management NEXWOS automated weather-observing system is to be installed at the Dallas Vertiport in Texas, to provide surface-weather reports, updated every minute, via VHF ground-to-air radio. Source: Flight International
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Lamps for Learjet
TMSSequoia will develop the Learjet Active Manual Publication System (LAMPS) for the Learjet 45 business jet. The LAMPS will be used to integrate maintenance and schematic data, service bulletins and parts catalogues on CD-ROM. Source: Flight International
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Through the mill
Universal Alloy has begun construction of a $10 million integrated aircraft-aluminium-extrusion mill in Canton, Georgia, to be operational by January 1998, to meet recovering demand from US aircraft manufacturers. Source: Flight International
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With attitude
BFGoodrich Aerospace Avionics has won a $36 million Raytheon contract to produce standby attitude-indicators, emergency power packs and collision-warning systems for 711 Joint Primary Aircraft Training System Beech MkIIs. Source: Flight International
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Human beings do a better job than any machine
Sir - British Airways pilots have the right to go on strike, even if Charles Manning does not think so (Letters, Flight International, 17-23 July, P38). His amateur view of the flying profession is right on only one point - the job has changed. Having good stick and ...
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Gareth Cunningham
Gareth Cunningham has been appointed to the board of UK carrier Air 2000, of Manchester, as engineering director. Cunningham, who took early retirement from the Royal Air Force, was formerly assistant air attach, for the RAF in Paris, France. Source: Flight International
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Cathay
Capt Ken Barley has been appointed director of flight operations at Cathay Pacific Airways, of Hong Kong with effect from 20 December, succeeding Capt Gerry Clem-mow, who is to retire. Barley will be replaced by Capt Mike Lowes, who is now Boeing 747-400 fleet manager. He in turn will be ...
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Kaman
Charles Kaman, founder and chief executive of US helicopter company, Kaman of Bloomfield, Connecticut, is to be awarded the 1996 US National Medal of Technology in recognition of his "-revolutionising rotary-wing flight through innovations which have made helicopters more stable and easier to fly". Source: Flight International
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Park Air
Park Air Electronics, based in Lincolnshire, UK, and part of the Electronic Sensor and Systems division of Inglewood, California-based Northrop Grumman, has named John Ricketts and John Thompson international sales managers. Ricketts will cover Latin America and the Caribbean and Thompson will be responsible for eastern and southern Europe. Charles ...