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Solar array deal
McDonnell Douglas and three Israeli organisations will work together on a $5.3 million project to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of an advanced solar- power plant . Source: Flight International
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NASA plans to retire Pioneer 10 shortly
The legendary NASA Pioneer 10 has passed its 25th year in space and is now 9.76 billion kilometres from Earth. The satellite will be retired on 31 March. The TRW-built Pioneer made the first fly-by of Jupiter in 1973, and was also the first man-made object to leave ...
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Alcatel asks for US SkyBridge approval
Alcatel Espace has applied to the US Federal Communications Commission to launch and operate a 64-satellite, low-Earth orbit (LEO) constellation to provide high-speed, broadband, interactive services to business and private users worldwide, at a data rate of up to 60 million bits/s. The $3.5 billion system, called the ...
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The big question
Given the highly public differences between Airbus Industrie and Boeing over the existence, or otherwise, of a multi-billion-dollar market for a new large airliner, you could be forgiven for thinking that a yawning gulf exists between long-term forecasts from the two manufacturers. In fact, this is not so. ...
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New Zealand matches Australia with SH-2
The New Zealand Government has fallen in line with Australia and named the Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite as its preferred choice of naval helicopter over the rival GKN Westland Super Lynx. Under a deal still to be finalised, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) plans to order four ...
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Struggle for success
There have been recent airline casualties in the South American commercial air-transport industry's struggle to find its feet - a scrap which continues today. Although traffic is growing fast in this market, there is a clear need for restructuring what has traditionally been a fragmented and unprofitable airline sector. According ...
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Corporate operators fight for airport slots
GAMTA members are urging airport owners and governments to reconsider their attitude to corporate-aircraft operators, in the face of increasing restrictions to business aviation at many of Europe's major airports. Brian Humphries, chairman of the European Business Aircraft Association and managing director of Shell Aircraft, says that the ...
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No barriers to foreign training, says CAA
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that additional foreign flying schools will be able to apply for approval to offer UK private and commercial pilot-licence training until 1 July, 1999. After that, however, European Joint Aviation Regulation for flightcrew licensing (JAR FCL) will be in place, stating that approved ...
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Forbes calls for Government marketing aid
GAMTA CHIEF executive Graham Forbes is calling for the UK Government to take a more active role in the marketing of UK general-aviation (GA) products. He says that, compared to other countries in the industry, UK-based aircraft manufacturers suffer from a lack of up-front Government or military orders. ...
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Pilots can expect harder tests, CAA warns
European pilots will have to meet higher written-examination standards than those of existing UK ones, reveals UK Civil Aviation Authority head of flightcrew licensing (FCL), Des Payton. Payton describes the ground-examination standards set by the new European pilot-licensing Joint Aviation Regulations (JAR FCL) as "-a bit of a ...
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APALS on the shelf
Lockheed Martin has shelved development of its airborne-radar-based Autonomous Precision Approach and Landing System (APALS), citing lack of customer interest. USregional Lone Star Airlines had agreed to use the system in its Fairchild Dornier 328s. Source: Flight International
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Aeroflot change
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has lost its general director, Marshal Evgeny Shaposhnikov, following his departure to become an advisor to Russian president Boris Yeltsin. The Aria board has appointed his deputy Valeri Okulov as an acting replacement pending an official decision. Okulov, who is Yeltsin's son-in-law, started his career as ...
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EVA to Amsterdam
EVA Airways plans to launch a thrice-weekly passenger service between Taipei and Amsterdam, via Dubai, from 8 May. The Taiwanese carrier also intends to begin a twice-weekly cargo service to Brussels, via Singapore and Dubai, from 9May. EVA will also cut its Taipei-Amsterdam freight frequency from three to one flight ...
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Tarom discusses MD-11 acquisition with MDC
Romanian flag carrier Tarom is talking to McDonnell Douglas (MDC) about a possible MD-11 purchase as it awaits Government clearance to buy next-generation Boeing 737s and AI(R) ATR 42 turboprops. A delegation from McDonnell Douglas visited Romanian capital Bucharest in February to discuss the potential acquisition by Tarom ...
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Initial Starstreak testing is complete
A test launch of a Shorts Missile Systems Starstreak from a US Army McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache helicopter in February completed an initial 17-month test programme for the missile. A further two-year programme has already been funded. The US Army, as well as the UK's Army Air Corps, is considering ...
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Russia agrees Il-76 sale to IAI for AEW
Israel has overcome a critical hurdle in its bid to satisfy the Chinese air force's requirement for an airborne-early-warning (AEW) aircraft, with a deal finally being cleared by the Russian Government for the Beriev design bureau to supply and modify an Iluyshin Il-76 for Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). ...
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Asians bid for AI(R) Jet places
South Korea and Taiwan have submitted competing tenders to Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) for each to take up to a 40% stake in the planned AI(R) Jet 70 regional-aircraft programme. Aerospace industry teams from both countries were invited to Toulouse in January to take part in AI(R)'s aerostructures ...
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EC permits Berlin ban on noisy aircraft
The European Council of Transport Ministers has approved a German proposal to allow Berlin's downtown airports, Tegel and Tempelhof, to introduce an immediate ban on noisy aircraft which do not comply with the latest Chapter 3 noise legislation. Under current noise rules, aircraft which can only comply with ...
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Boeing launches joint venture with FlightSafety
Boeing and FlightSafety International have joined forces to create a comprehensive flight- and groundcrew-training company which will support airline training needs whether they operate Boeing aircraft or not. The formation of the new company, named FlightSafety Boeing Training International, is the first major action of Boeing Enterprises, the ...
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Deutsche BA orders seven more 737-300s to replace Fokker 100s
The airline, British Airways' German subsidiary, says that the contract is worth $287 million, and that deliveries of the 136-seat aircraft will start in August. Deutsche BA's present 737-300 fleet, which consists of nine leased aircraft, will be boosted to up to 18 737s by the end of ...