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UK monetary constraints force RPMA cost rethink
Douglas Barrie/LONDON BIDDERS FOR THE ROYAL Air Force's £2 billion ($3 billion) Nimrod MR2-replacement programme are considering paying their own development costs initially, to avoid a delay because of Government funding problems. The funding difficulties have arisen as a result of cost pressures within the ...
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DASA warns France on defence agreement
Julian Moxon/PARIS DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) president Manfred Bischoff has threatened a possible collapse of the missiles/satellites agreement between Aerospatiale and DASA, if France does not honour its side of the accord forged between German chancellor Helmut Kohl and French president Jacques Chirac in 1995. In ...
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SES books Arianespace for six Astra launches
Tim Furniss/LONDON LUXEMBOURG'S Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES), operator of the Astra communications satellites, has signed a long-term agreement with Arianespace covering the launch of six geostationary-orbit (GEO) Astra spacecraft by Ariane 4 and 5 vehicles between 1997 and 2000, starting with the Astra 1G. ...
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Something old, something new, something borrowed...
With a July decision date, the RAF's Nimrod competition is reaching boiling point. Douglas Barrie/LONDON Graham Warwick/ATLANTA MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, Hawker Siddeley emerged victorious from the ruck of the Royal Air Force's last maritime-patrol-aircraft (MPA) competition. The surprise winner of Operational Requirement 381 ...
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Damaged F-18s survive collision
TWO US NAVY McDONNELL Douglas F-18As landed safely at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, after sustaining substantial damage in a mid-air collision during air-combat manoeuvring over the Atlantic Ocean. In the 23 April incident, the aircraft were on a converging course and collided at around 400kt (740km/h), the left wing ...
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Saab 2000 'main problem' is more to do with speedy service
Sir - I read the story on the Saab 2000 "Deutsche BA suspends deliveries" (Flight International, 10-16 April, P5). I believe that the aircraft deserves better publicity than this. As a pilot who has had 18 months' experience of flying the 2000 through two European winters, I am able to ...
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Small-aircraft owners catch on to self-fuelling
PERRY MAINTENANCE has purchased self-service-refuelling specialist Cornerstone and formed a new division, Perry Aviation Refueling (PAR). Fuel supplier Air BP, meanwhile, has launched a self-service aviation fuel card, which customers will be able to use at selected fixed-base operators (FBOs). Indiana-based PAR says that self-service refuelling at FBOs ...
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GATX seeks approval for 747F modification
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GATX/AIRLOG HOPES to gain US Federal Aviation Administration approval for a modification to its Boeing 747 freighter conversion by mid-1996. An initial attempt to obtain relief with an airworthiness directive (AD) limiting gross weight failed, and the company is conducting additional structural analysis. ...
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Star in the ascent
TURKISH AD HOC cargo carrier Star Airways is preparing to enter the passenger business in June according to Jaime Baldwin, Star Airways' deputy general manager for legal and regulatory affairs. Initial operations will provide inclusive-tour charters from Europe to Turkey and Northern Cyprus, using yet-to-be specified narrow-bodies, probably ...
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30-seat regional jets?
Interest in the potential for a 30-seat regional jet appears to be gaining ground among aerospace manufacturers, with some having signed up for a syndicated study into the market being carried out by UK consultancy Meridian International. The study, due to be released in September, will look at airline demand ...
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Lockheed Martin wins top DoD spot
THE MERGED Lockheed Martin has finally overtaken McDonnell Douglas (MDC) as the Pentagon's largest defence contractor, winning $10.5 billion-worth of US military contracts during fiscal year 1995. MDC lost its long-standing lead with only $8 billion. Lockheed Martin took nearly 9% of the contract awards, which totalled $118 ...
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Alliant Systems picks up TUAV
ALLIANT SYSTEMS has beaten eight other competitors to the contract to produce the Pentagon's Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV). The UAV Joint Project Office on 2 May awarded prime contractor Alliant Techsystems a $52.6 million contract to provide TUAV systems for a two-year advanced concept-technology demonstration. ...
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UNC divests to clear way for Garrett deal
UNC IS TO SELL its AlliedSignal TFE731 overhaul approval to Sabreliner to comply with anti-trust conditions applicable to its acquisition of Garrett Aviation Services. Garrett will retain its authority to service the widely used business-jet engine. UNC now hopes to complete the acquisition of Garrett during the second ...
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Separate expense
Julian Moxon/PARIS BUSINESS-JET OPERATORS are becoming increasingly concerned about the costs of upgrading older aircraft to prepare them for the new reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) rules, recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and due for introduction on the North Atlantic in early 1997. Owners ...
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New entrant
Tim Furniss/LONDON A NEW ENTRANT in the commercial-launcher market will have its debut on 25 May with the lift-off of Europe's Ariane 5. The first flight will carry four Cluster science satellites, on the first of two European Space Agency-funded demonstration flights. When it enters service ...
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The precision- and non-precision-approach debate
Sir - I refer to "Why a precision approach is safer" (Letters, Flight International, 17-23 April, P62), in which Dimitris Vourdoubas and Capt John Raby argue the pros and cons of attempting to fly a non-precision approach to a constant slope. Unfortunately, non-precision approaches vary, not least in ...
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BA's franchising goes offshore
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS has announced its first offshore franchise deal, with Sun-Air of Scandinavia. The UK carrier expects the deal to be the first of similar international agreements. The link with Sun-Air is effective from 1 August, and will provide the carrier with a ...
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IFE delivery delays hit BEA profits
THE IMPACT OF DELAYS to deliveries of its interactive in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems caught up with BE Aerospace (BEA) in 1995, leaving the group showing a net loss of $83 million. BEA, which has been waiting to cash in on its growing backlog of IFE orders, announced in ...
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Regional repercussions
Regional jets headline this year's US Regional Airline Association show, with the debut of Embraer's EMB-145 and the debate on turboprop safety. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA MORE THAN 18 months after an American Eagle ATR 72 crashed near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board, repercussions of the accident ...