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Boeing holds tanker talks with Kawasaki
BOEING IS discussing a co-operative tie-up with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to offer the 767 tanker/transport multi-mission aircraft to the Japan Defence Agency (JDA). The US manufacturer views Japan as the most likely launch customer for its proposed 767-300 tanker/transport derivative. To secure JDA funding, Boeing wants ...
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Manila narrows fighter choice
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE PHILIPPINE AIR force is expected to narrow its evaluation of competing fighter aircraft to a shortlist of two or three final contenders by October. According to local sources, the air force is looking at new-build and upgraded secondhand fighter types. The number ...
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USAF ponders T-38 air-inlet redesign
THE US AIR Force is considering, a fleet-wide adoption of a redesigned engine inlet for Northrop Grumman T-38s, after a successful NASA programme cleared an increase in the maximum take-off weight temperature limit to 39°C, from 34°C. The NASA initiative was originally begun to improve the hot-weather take-off ...
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Pemco/Airod team
Pemco Aeroplex has teamed with Airod of Malaysia to bid for the US Air Force's worldwide Lockheed Martin C-130 overhaul contract. The USAF's C-130 programmed depot-maintenance contract is due to be awarded in the second half of 1996. Source: Flight International
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Theseus flies
The Aurora Flight Sciences Theseus remotely piloted aircraft had a successful 1h 17min flight on 1 July at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California, when it reached an altitude of around 8,000ft (2,450m). The first flight of the Theseus was cut short by problems with the propeller controller ...
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Lockheed Martin begins talks with Czech manufacturers
LOCKHEED MARTIN has held negotiations with Aerovodochody and engine manufacturer Motorlet on possible industrial offset packages which could accompany a deal to sell F-16 fighters to the Czech Republic. A team of industrial experts from the US manufacturer arrived in Prague on 1 July for discussions with several ...
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Aerospatiale/Dassault given new date
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE FRENCH Government has tightened up the time scale for agreement on a merger between Aerospatiale and Dassault Aviation, with January 1997 now set as the new deadline. Dassault Aviation has agreed to the new date, promising that "-the technical, financial and industrial ...
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Boeing and GE team for corporate 737 launch
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING AND General Electric have formed a joint venture, Boeing Business Jets, to offer a hybrid corporate-jet version of the new-generation 737 for long distance, non-stop journeys of more than 11,100km (6,000nm). The aircraft will be certificated at the end of 1998 ...
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MDC X-36 arrives for flight tests at Dryden
THE FIRST McDonnell Douglas X-36 tailless fighter-agility research aircraft arrived at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB, California on 2 July. The aircraft, the first of two 28%-scale remotely piloted vehicles to be made for the research effort, will take part in a scheduled 25-flight test ...
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Berlin hub
The supervisory board of Berlin Brandenburg Airport Holding (BBF), has confirmed a plan to develop Schonefeld Airport, to become the new Berlin hub by 2007. The BBF shareholders - the German Federal Government and the local governments of Berlin and Brandenburg - had already decided on Schonefeld in preference to ...
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ITEC ships first F124 turbofan
ITEC ships first F124 turbofan to MDC for Australian T-45 bid THE FIRST F124-400 turbofan for installation in a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) T-45A Goshawk has been shipped to MDC by AlliedSignal Aerospace's International Turbine Engine (ITEC) for eventual demonstration to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The ...
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Skywest GA arm is sold
ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S richest private companies, Darwin-based Paspaley Pearling Group, has acquired most assets of the Ansett Group's Perth-based general-aviation arm, Skywest Aviation, for an undisclosed price. Skywest Aviation operates about 35 light- to medium- turboprop aircraft, principally on a range of Government and resource-industry contracts and mining-support ...
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Cathay takes first A340-300
CATHAY PACIFIC'S FIRST AIRBUS A340-300 arrived at the airline's Hong Kong base on 22 June. The A340 is one of six -300s ordered by the airline in 1994. They will replace four leased A340-200s now in service. m Source: Flight International
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The end nears for limits on passenger liability
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE WORLD'S major international carriers are aiming to abandon cash limits on passenger-liability claims from 1 November. The initiative will mark a radical departure from the existing limits, which have remained largely unchanged for more than 40 years. Under the new rules, passengers ...
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Rafael flight-tests active radar missile
RAFAEL HAS begun flight-testing an active-radar-guided medium-range air-to-air missile for the Israeli air force. The missile is intended to be deployed on the air force's Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter aircraft. The programme, previously known as "Alto", is a collaborative project between Rafael and Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) ...
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Third Denel Rooivalk takes shape
DENEL PLANS TO FLY THE engineering-development model (EDM) of its Rooivalk attack helicopter in the third quarter of this year. Denel is making greater use of digital technology in areas such as the autopilot in the EDM aircraft, the third Rooivalk. As the picture shows, the airframe appears to have ...
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Low-speed test for MD-95
LOW-SPEED TESTING OF THE McDonnell Douglas MD-95, using a 9%-scale model, has been successfully completed at the United Technology Research Centre in East Hartford, Connecticut. Testing has established that the aircraft can be recovered from very high angles of attack which can be achieved in the post stall, or "deep-stall" ...
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Embraer increases EMB-145 cruise speed
WITH THE Embraer EMB-145 flight-test programme now well on the way towards certification, the Brazilian manufacturer has released more details on the improved performance of the aircraft, with cruise speed and fuel consumption better than originally advertised. At an early stage of flight-testing, Embraer revealed that the aircraft ...
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Unions kill Air France Europe
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONJulian Moxon/PARIS THE GRAND PLAN of Air France Group chairman Christian Blanc to create a single European operation from the merger of Air Inter and Air France's regional operations, has been blocked by the unions' failure to agree to productivity improvements. Instead, Blanc says that Air ...