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Airliner hulls set to be 'fireproofed'
FIRE WILL TAKE TWICE as long to burn through an airliner fuselage if materials being tested by the US Federal Aviation Administration achieve their promise, giving greater time for passenger evacuation and for firefighters to bring the blaze under control. The development could have great lifesaving potential, notably ...
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DoD peddles creek
Taiwan is to procure 30 Bell Helicopter Textron TH-67 Creek training helicopters and related equipment, including night-vision goggles, through the US Department of Defense's US foreign-military-sales channels. The Far Eastern country will use the TH-67s to replace ageing Bell UH-1Hs, which are now used for helicopter flight training. The US ...
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Saab certification
A caption on P53 in the Regional and Utility Aircraft Directory incorrectly referred to the Saab 2000 being scheduled for certification by the end of this year. The caption should have said that a passenger/cargo combi version of the aircraft could receive certification this year. Source: Flight International
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Swissair considers stake in new low-cost Italian carrier
SWISSAIR IS IN talks with Italy's new low-cost carrier, Noman, on commercial links which may lead to it taking a share of up to 33% in the airline. Noman, which was formerly known as Fortune Aviation, began scheduled passenger operations on 22 January, offering no-frills services between ...
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Palestinian carrier launched with two used Fokker 50s
THE PALESTINIAN Government has ordered two used Fokker 50s for the newly formed Palestinian Airlines.The contract was signed on 14 May by the Palestinian finance minister and Fokker Aviation. The aircraft will be delivered in June and July, with Fokker Aviation providing training and support. The selection of ...
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Revised Dual Pac ready for tests
Guy Norris/OLYMPIA POWERPLANT-modification specialist Soloy plans to start testing a revised design of its 785-1000 Dual Pac twin-turbine powerplant in June, as part of an effort to meet more ambitious time-between-overhaul (TBO) targets. The Dual Pac consists of two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6D-117A turboprops ...
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GE YF120 wins the vote as Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GENERAL ELECTRIC'S YF120 has been selected by the US/UK Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme office as the alternative engine to the Pratt & Whitney F119 already chosen. The JSF programme office has been studying derivatives of the GE F110 and YF120 as an ...
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Israel offers India active AAM
Douglas Barrie/LONDON ISRAEL IS OFFERING India access to an active-radar beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile (AAM) as part of an upgrade being proposed for the Indian navy's British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS51s. The active-radar-guided missile is being developed by Rafael, although the company refuses to acknowledge ...
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US low-observable nozzle revealed
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A LOW-OBSERVABLE nozzle under development by General Electric for its F110 engine is being installed on a US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 for ground runs in June. Changes include triangular trailing-edges added to the petals of the variable-area convergent/divergent nozzle. Tests to measure the signature ...
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Airbus confronted by defeat on FLA
Julian Moxon and Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS AIRBUS Military Company has admitted that the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) faces collapse because of France's decision not to fund development of the programme. The Airbus Industrie unit, yet to be formally established, reacted angrily to the French Government's ...
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BAe plans TIALD vibration tests on Harrier GR7
BRITISH AEROSPACE is to carry out flight trials of a GEC-Marconi thermal-imaging airborne laser-designator (TIALD) pod, fitted with telemetry equipment, on a BAe Harrier GR7 fuselage station, to ensure that it can withstand the hostile vibration environment. The company has a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence ...
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Richter prepares Delta Dart II
RICHTER FLUGZEUGBAU IS TO BEGIN SERIES production of its Delta Dart II two-seater, following its certification, expected in August.The aircraft, which is being flown on a temporary certificate with a 95kW (130hp) Hirth F 30 engine, is awaiting completion of noise tests before certification in the ultra-light class. The German ...
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Finmeccanica prepares way for privatisation process
Kevin O'Toole/LONDONJulian Moxon/PARIS ITALIAN STATE-OWNED industrial giant Finmeccanica has begun the process of separating its key aerospace and defence activities into a separate business, in preparation for privatisation, expected in 1997. The group, which now has control of around 90% of Italy's aerospace industry, has ...
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NTSB investigates oxygen canisters in crashed DC-9
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Karen Walker/ATLANTADavid Learmount/LONDON FOCUS ON WHAT caused the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9-30 accident in Florida, USA, is concentrating on oxygen-canisters wreckage is slowly recovered from the Everglades swampland into which the aircraft dived on 11 May. US National Transportation Safety ...
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Airlines force Boeing to raise 747-600X range
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE AIRLINE PRESSURE has forced Boeing to increase the range of its proposed 747-600X. The move is one of several changes in baseline performance which the Seattle-based manufacturer is considering for the 747X programme following input received from potential customers. Design range has been ...
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Cirrus success
Cirrus Design has received its 100th order for its SR20 light aircraft, scheduled for certification and first delivery in mid-1997. The Duluth, Minnesota-based company has logged 500h on two SR20 prototypes and confirmed the all-composite, four-seater's 160kt (300km/h) design speed. Source: Flight International
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B-2 Stealth Bombers Grounded
THE US AIR FORCE HAS suspended training flights of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber after discovering a cracked engine clamp during an inspection. The grounding began on 10 May, but it was not announced until the USAF began receiving enquiries. The ten B-2s operated by the ...
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Aerospatiale is told to shake up defence
AEROSPATIALE HAS BEEN told by a senior Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) executive to put its house in order before attempting to merge its missile business in a joint venture with the German company. Speaking at the show, Werner Heinzmann, DASA's defence and civil systems division president, said: "We ...
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ARAMIS out from under wraps
BGT HAS REVEALED a full-scale mock-up of its planned next-generation anti-radar missile (ARAMIS), to succeed the HARM in the German air force inventory by about 2005. According to project manager Eberhard Moller, the ram-rocket-powered missile is to have a dual-mode, passive-radar/active infra-red seeker. The engine is being developed by Daimler-Benz ...
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All-weather rescue radar gets airing
EUROCOPTER HAS displayed a BK117 helicopter fitted with a cruciform, rotor-mounted, mock-up HeliRadar at the show. The All-Weather Rescue Helicopter is the subject of a German research ministry-sponsored programme to develop a machine capable of operations at night and in bad weather. The HeliRadar technology should permit rescue missions in ...