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Sikorsky crash
Two Royal Malaysian Air Force Sikorsky S-61 Nuri helicopters crashed in a mountainous jungle area of Sabah, Borneo, on 18 March. All 11 serviceman aboard the two helicopters are believed to have been killed. The S-61s were reportedly returning to Labuan AB after a supply mission when the accident happened. ...
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Taiwan-US open skies
Taiwan and the USA have agreed to end restrictions on flights between the two countries. The US Clinton Administration had previously hammered out similar "open-skies" pacts with Brunei and Singapore, putting it in a position to bring into force the three agreements reached so far. Talks are continuing with Malaysia ...
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AvAtlantic FAA deal
US charter carrier AvAtlantic, whose air- carrier certificate was revoked on 7 March, may resume flying two of its seven Boeing 727s when it meets the initial terms of a consent order (Flight International, 19-25 March). As part of the deal, it agreed to pay a $136,000 civil penalty. ...
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Blanc warns pilots
Air France president Christian Blanc has warned pilots that he has no intention of changing current salaries as a result of proposed strike action over pay scales. He says the move threatens 450 new pilot jobs and would cost Fr1 billion ($200 million). Air France wants to reduce ...
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737 AD issued
US Boeing 737 operators are being ordered to retrofit their fleets with four newly developed rudder-system components, following the formal issue by the US Federal Aviation Administration of two airworthiness directives (ADs). The announcement follows a US National Transportation Safety Board report, urging the FAA to make its proposed AD ...
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Imaging PGM
GEC-Marconi has added another variant to its Precision Guided Munition (PGM) family of air-launched stand-off weapons. It has confirmed that it has developed an imaging-infra-red-guided version of its 225kg and 900kg PGMs. GEC continues to decline to identify the launch customer for the PGM, although it is known to be ...
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Skoda air defender
Skoda of the Czech Republic has teamed with Tatra and Oerlikon-Contraves to develop the Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun (SPAAG), using the Tatra 8x8 vehicle chassis and a 35mm Oerlikon-Contraves gun. The development is intended initially to meet a potential Czech requirement. The SPAAGwill have a forward-imaging infra-red and laser rangefinder for ...
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IAR ambitions
Romania's IAR is talking to the United Arab Emiratesover the purchase of a further ten IAR-330 Puma helicopters, a type already operated by the UAE. The firm is also pushing an armed variant of the IAR-330 with a chin-mounted cannon and fuselage-mounted metal-frame weapons pylons for gun and rocket pods. ...
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UAE springs EF2000 surprise
The United Arab Emirates has formally reintroduced the Eurofighter EF2000 into its multi-role/strike aircraft competition, catching the previously two short-listed competitors, Lockheed Martin and Dassault, off guard. The move comes after months of behind-the-scenes political activity and several visits by senior UAE defence officials to British Aerospace's Warton site ...
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Reutech area denial
South Africa's Reutech Defence Industries has developed an air-launched rocket-boosted bomb, the Superstop 145, which provides a stand-off range of some 13km (9nm). It is designed to embed itself in the ground and has a time-delay fuze. The warhead contains thousands of steel balls which provide a lethal radius of ...
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UAE helicopters
The United Arab Emirates will receive the first of six Eurocopter Panther anti-surface warfare helicopters in early 1998. Source: Flight International
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Carnival joins PanAm
The merger between new Pan American World Airways and Carnival Air Lines has gone ahead, reviving the plans which were abandoned in August 1996, when the two airlines failed to agree terms for a deal. Pan Am was reborn in September 1996, when it began offering low-cost long-haul scheduled services, ...
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FAA Accepts DSR
The US Federal Aviation Administration has formally accepted the initial display-system replacement (DSR) developed by Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management. The delivery culminates 23 months of development and testing to assure operational performance of the next-generation air-traffic-control (ATC) system. Lockheed Martin will produce the controller workstations under an $898 million ...
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NASA plans further 'smart-skin' antenna tests
Northrop Grumman and TRW's Avionics Systems division are planning further test flights of a "smart-skin" antenna system which has been flown for the first time on NASA Dryden's McDonnell Douglas F-18 Systems Research Aircraft (SRA) at Edwards AFB, California. Early results from the tests of the antenna, embedded ...
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Argentina orders Su-29s
The Argentine Air force has signed an order for eight Sukhoi Su-29 trainers. The deal, valued at nearly $5 million, represents the first time that the Russian company has sold aircraft to Argentina, although several Sukhoi types are operated by Peru. Sukhoi signed the deal with the Argentinians ...
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Untenable situation
Western national carriers British Airways, KLM of the Netherlands and Germany's Lufthansa have recently begun direct flights to Azerbaijan capital Baku, in anticipation of an oil boom which is expected to increase passenger and cargo traffic to the region. Bina International Airport in Baku, however, is dogged by ...
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Invincible ideas?
The last attempt by the UK's Royal Navy to launch a new class of purpose-built aircraft carriers floundered amid an inter-service battle in the late 1960s. The senior service is trying again and, with the help of industry, is attempting to persuade a cost-conscious Ministry of Defence (MoD) that a ...
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Civil warfare
Italy's airline industry is at a crossroads. Long dominated by flag carrier Alitalia, the country's air-transport industry is still coming to terms with the 1995 liberalisation of the domestic market. Despite the dramatic events of the last year or so, most agree that there is still plenty of room for ...
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Taiwanese/Czechs link on AE-270
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) and Aero Vodochody of the Czech Republic have signed a $60 million joint-venture agreement to co-produce a ten-seat turboprop aircraft, the AE-270. Each will take a 50% stake. AIDC president Wang Shih-sen and Aero Vodochody chief executive Adam Stranak signed the agreement on ...