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Thin end of the wedge
It is a feature of helicopter operations in the Middle East that, when Israel decides to react to any kind of provocation in south Lebanon - and the Tel Aviv Government does so often - the United Nations peacekeeping force in the area is grounded. UN operations in the region ...
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AD could ground 727 freighter conversions
US CARGO CARRIERS are bracing for a Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive (AD) which could severely restrict the payload of Boeing 727 freighter conversions. The AD had been anticipated in late December 1996, but the FAA says that it now plans to begin discussions with aircraft modifiers and operators in ...
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Prithvi test
India is to test-fire the long-range version of the Prithvi surface-to-surface missile by the end of the month. It will be the second firing of the 250km (135nm)-range version of the weapon, destined to be deployed by the Indian armed forces. One of reasons for the test is to check ...
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Swissair sells A310s
Swissair's deal to take five Airbus A330-200s from International Lease Finance (ILFC) on ten-year leases from November 1998 (Flight International, 1-7 January, P6) includes the sale and lease back of its five Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4-powered A310-300s to the US leasing company. Source: Flight International
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Piper certificates secret new twin
NEW PIPER AIRCRAFT will unveil on 16 January its first substantially new design since emerging from bankruptcy in 1994, when it takes the wraps off its Seneca V piston twin. The latest Seneca has new engines and avionics, improved performance and a modified appearance, and is described by Piper as ...
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NATSwill introduce North Atlantic ATN
The UK's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is pushing on with the implementation of the aeronautical telecommunications network (ATN), clearing the way for the debut of the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) on North Atlantic routes. An upgrade of the Oceanic Control Centre at Prestwick, Scotland, being planned ...
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Boeing offers airlines 767-400ERX stretch
BOEING IS NOW formally offering the stretched 767-400ERX to airlines. Authority to offer was given at the beginning of January, and the company expects a formal launch early this year, leading to a first flight in 1999 and certification and first delivery in 2000 (Flight International, 18-31 December, 1996, P5). ...
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Blanc attacks French Government
The president of Air France, Christian Blanc, has launched an unprecedented attack on the French Government for its "counter-productive and defensive" attitude to air-transport liberalisation. In an interview with the Paris-based political club "Fondation Saint-Simon", Blanc accuses the Government of pursuing a "totally catastrophic" air-transport policy over the ...
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IAI discusses Astra with Indian defence ministry
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and the Indian defence ministry are negotiating the sale of up to nine Astra business jets to be configured for maritime-reconnaissance and target-towing roles. The talks come on the back of the visit of a high-level Israeli defence/aerospace delegation to India at the end ...
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Passenger traffic continues growth
World scheduled passenger traffic continued to grow by 7% in 1996 and is expected to stay buoyant this year, according to preliminary estimates by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Traffic growth, measured in terms of revenue-passenger kilometres (RPKs), was again led by a 9%rise on international services, ...
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Fine- tuning
Barry Controls Aerospace is demonstrating a new noise-suppression device which is designed for McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9s, MD-80s and other aircraft with tail-mounted engines which are prone to vibration-induced noise. The Active Tuned Mass Absorber (ATMA) was developed in conjunction with Oregon-based acoustic-vibration specialist Hood Technology, and ...
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The last challenge
It has long been accepted that certain world regions provide a disproportionate number of the global air-transport industry's serious accidents. These events influence public perception of air-transport safety and, if they are serious accidents, that perception does not take much account of where they happen. Even if they do occur ...
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Light moves
Time did not stand still for the big light-aircraft manufacturers while they sought and gained product-liability reform. This ultimately allowed them to re-enter their former markets, but by that time, US production had dropped from its early-1980s peak of about 70 light single- and twin-engined aircraft a day, to a ...
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Naming the defects
Pakistan International Airlines' Capt Amjad Faizi is well placed to speak about the national infrastructure inadequacies at the root of the aviation safety problems which Third World countries face: his own country can lay claim, economically, to be in the Third-World league. His airline, however, has a good safety record, ...
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Mustang replica heads for Reno race debut
THE THUNDER MUSTANG, a three-quarter-scale replica of the North American P-51, has been flown for the first time at Nampa, Idaho. The all-composite $175,000 kitplane weighs slightly over 900kg, and is powered by a 475kW (640hp) Falconer Vee-12 piston engine. It has a projected maximum cruise-speed of 315kt (580km/h) and ...
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Australian Dash 8 will carry a laser coastal depth-sounder
BOMBARDIER HAS SOLD a de Havilland Dash 8 Series 200B to an Australian company which plans to equip the aircraft for hydrographic surveys of shallow coastal waters (Flight International, 1- January, p4). Adelaide-based LADS is to equip the aircraft with a laser airborne depth-sounder (LADS) and offer its shallow-water surveying ...
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Gulfstream V delivery
Gulfstream Aerospace delivered its first Gulfstream V, to an unnamed "international customer", on 30 December, 1996. The delivery was actually to Gulfstream's Savannah, Georgia, completion centre where the aircraft will remain until it enters service in the second quarter of 1997. The first delivery followed provisional US certification of the ...
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Grand Canyon tourists to have wings clipped
TOURIST FLIGHTS over the Grand Canyon are to be limited, and the phasing out of noisier aircraft has been proposed, in a bid to restore natural quiet to the US national park. From 1 May, new "flight-free" zones will be established, others will be modified and curfews will ...
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Lockheed Martin chases Phalcon
LOCKHEED MARTIN is evaluating offering the Israeli Elta Phalcon phased-array radar on the airborne-early-warning (AEW) derivative of its C-130J Hercules 2 transport. The US company has applied for an export licence allowing it to discuss the AEWC-130J with Elta and hopes to begin talks within the next three to four ...
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MEA prepares for A320
MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES (MEA) will take delivery of its first Airbus A320 at the end of January, on lease from International Lease Finance (ILFC). The airline will also lease a second A320, along with two A321s (all powered by International Aero Engines V2500s) in the second quarter of 1997 (Flight ...