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Alarming statistics on UK industry's decline
THE UK AEROSPACE community's pleas for more Government support are backed by some alarming statistics on the industry's relative decline - and a pledge to rebuild. Since 1980, the UK share of world civil and military markets has slipped from 13% to just 9%. "We are absolutely determined ...
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Boeing plans for further FANS-1 certification
BOEING IS PLANNING to certify future Air Navigation System 1 (FANS-1)-equipped versions of its 757s and 767s by late 1997, possibly as part of a joint US Federal Aviation Administration/European Joint Airworthiness Authorities effort. The US company is developing an improved version of its FANS-1 avionics package to ...
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TsAGI, MTU and Aerospatiale discuss scramjet collaboration
RUSSIA'S CENTRAL Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) has held talks with MTU and Aerospatiale on a joint supersonic-combustion ramjet (scramjet) flying-testbed programme, following on from TsAGI and MTU work. The German engine manufacturer and TsAGI started to look at a joint scramjet project in 1992, says Dr Yuri Korontsvit, deputy director of ...
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False pride
THE VERY PUBLIC LOSS of the prototype Ariane 5 on 4 June was not so much a setback for European space activities as it was for European space pride. It should also, however, make European space officials - and their paymasters - reflect on just what is the object of ...
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New study identifies high-risk CFIT categories of operation
David Learmount/LONDON An accident involving controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), is most likely to happen to a single-crew operation in Africa flying a non- precision approach without a ground-proximity warning system (GPWS) says a so-far-unreleased report which quantifies CFIT risks. ...
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America West
America West Airlines, of Phoenix, Arizona, has elected Richard Goodmanson as its executive vice-president and chief operating officer, reporting to William Franke, chairman, president and chief executive. Before joining the airline, Goodmanson was senior vice-president of operations at Frito-Lay, where he was responsible for manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, logistics and distribution, ...
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CAA licence to overcharge is simply not on
Sir-The three letters on "GAMTA must look at training" (Flight International, 3-9 April, P95) focus on the high costs incurred by aviation businesses in the UK. As a licensed engineer working for a foreign international airline in this country, I am required to hold a licence issued in ...
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Visionary improvements
The Honeywell/GEC HUD 2020 head-up display enhances the Gulfstream IV. Peter Henley/SAVANNAH THERE IS NO DOUBT that head-up displays (HUDs) for commercial aircraft have grown in importance during the past decade. The impetus behind their development is the potential for lower landing-minima in poor visibility, ...
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Aerospace in Indonesia
Aerospace in Indonesia is racing to keep up with the country's growing economy, writes Paul Lewis in Singapore. INDONESIA IS A COUNTRY unmatched by any of its South-East Asian neighbours. With an expanding population of some 190 million, a rich and bountiful supply of natural resources and a growing ...
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-IPTN's N250
-IPTN's N250 will be a winner, if performance figures match the aircraft's characteristics IF THERE IS any lingering cynicism, over the destiny of IPTN's N250 programme, a visit to the company's design, manufacturing and flight-testing site at Bandung, Indonesia, would be likely to put it to rest. The site ...
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Uncritical operators
General aviation's hardware - the aeroplane - is rarely examined for safety shortcomings. David Learmount/LONDON ACCEPTANCE OF LOWER levels of safety in private general aviation (GA) than in airline operations would seem almost logical: airline professionals ought to do it better. There seems to be ...
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RAF targets its future needs
Andrew Chuter/LONDON THE ROYAL AIR FORCE has outlined a vision of the future where bombs do not go bang, and pilots fly combat aircraft without ever leaving the ground. UK defence officials say that, in some areas, work is starting to get under way which ...
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Lockheed Martin steps up C-130J testing
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA LOCKHEED MARTIN is to add aircraft and increase flying in a bid to recover delays in flight-testing the C-130J Hercules 2. The second C-130J had its first flight on 4 June - only the programme's second since the delayed maiden flight of the first aircraft ...
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MDC JSF design draws on
THE LIFT ENGINE under development for the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) contender is to combine technology from General Electric, Allison and Rolls-Royce. The GEA-FXL is a 71kN (16,000lb)-thrust-class turbofan less than 1.5m high and 1.2m diameter, mounted behind the cockpit in the short-take-off/vertical-landing (STOVL) variant ...
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NASA will use its HARV F-18 to tackle "falling-leaf" problem
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES NASA's McDonnell Douglas F-18 HARV (high-alpha research vehicle) is to be converted for use in a joint US Navy/NASA Langley test programme aimed at solving a control problem experienced on F-18s and other high-performance aircraft. "At certain points in the flight envelope ...
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Japan considers fusing transport/MPA needs
Paul Lewis /TOKYO JAPAN DEFENCE AGENCY (JDA) planners are looking for possible ways to reconcile financially and technically conflicting requirements for the development of new transport and maritime-patrol aircraft (MPAs) The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) wants to begin development of a replacement for its ...
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USN PC-9 plan
The US Navy plans to buy or lease two Pilatus PC-9 turboprop trainers, "or equivalent aircraft", to use as chase aircraft for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor flight-test programme. The aircraft will be required for five years beginning in April 1997. The Navy is calling for a level-flight speed ...
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Boeing on target for 777-300 assembly
Boeing is on target to begin major assembly of the 777-300 in late March 1997 after achieving the 25% product-definition milestone at the start of June. The milestone means that one- quarter of the design information needed for parts and tooling have been released to manufacturing for fabrication ...
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Garuda and Boeing strike a deal on outstanding orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE GARUDA INDONESIA has reached an agreement with Boeing to cancel and defer outstanding orders for 15 747-400s and 737-400s, in exchange for 17 new 737-300/500s. As part of the renegotiated deal, Garuda will swap one of its six unfilled 747-400s orders for five ...
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Atlanta Olympics will host Free Flight
DEMONSTRATION OF A helicopter-transportation system at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia in July and August has been extended to include fixed-wing aircraft. Two general-aviation aircraft, a Cirrus SR20 and a Mooney 201, will be used as airborne platforms to test signal strengths of the global-positioning system ...