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Defender success
The Irish Garda (police) is to become the first operator of the Pilatus Britten-Norman Defender 4000 surveillance aircraft. The new aircraft will be fitted with a variety of sensors, including television and infra-red, and may be used in the counter-terrorist role. The Irish police expect to receive the aircraft in ...
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Chinese Flankers
Pictured above are People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter aircraft stationed at Wuhu, Anhui, in central China. The aircraft have been supplied with Vympel R-73 (AA-11 Archer) infra-red dogfight air-to-air missiles (AAMs) and the Vympel R-27R (AA10 Alamo ) semi-active-radar-guided beyond-visual-range AAMs. Also visible is a ...
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In a long tradition
Every Boeing commercial airliner since the 707 has been extended at some stage, with two exceptions: the 747 and 757. It now seems that, after many years of study and debate, the 747 is about to be elongated into the -500 and -600 series and the 757is finally set to ...
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Caught on camera
There may be more than a safety aspect to the use of external video-cameras on aircraft. David Learmount/LONDON The CIRCUMSTANCES of the" British Airtours disaster at Manchester in August 1985 led the UK Civil Aviation Authority to investigate the installation of external aircraft-surveillance video cameras. About a decade ...
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Silk purse
SilkAir has experienced more than its fair share of turbulence since its establishment in 1989 as Singapore's regional carrier. After years of sustained losses, the carrier is on course to make a full recovery and is planning for a brighter future. Following a wide-ranging restructuring of its fleet ...
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Defence
Some things never seem to change in European defence. Another 12 months have passed, and still the production investment (PI) go-ahead for the Eurofighter EF2000 has to be approved by the four nations participating in the programme. Germany once again is at the heart of the delay. Problems ...
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General Aviation
NO-ONE EXPECTS a return to the general-aviation industry's past highs, certainly not any time soon, but after a reassuring 1996, general-aviation manufacturers are certain of a robust 1997. The main reason is the number of new aircraft types which will be first delivered in 1997 - ranging from the Cessna ...
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Air transport
If 1996 was the year in which aircraft orders at last started rolling again from the world's airlines, then 1997 is due to be the year in which airliner manufacturers begin to increase production rates in earnest. Despite two years of growing backlogs, deliveries from Airbus, Boeing and ...
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Advanced Williams turbofan to fly in new aircraft
The low-cost small turbofan engine being developed by Williams International for next-generation light aircraft will be flight-tested in a prototype designed specifically for the revolutionary powerplant. The FJX-2 engine will be flown in a prototype aircraft provided for the research-and-development project by Williams International. It is believed that ...
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IAOPA unhappy with lack of GA ATM plans
The International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA) has complained strongly to Eurocontrol about the lack of recognition given to general-aviation interests in the preparation of the future European air-traffic-management (ATM) system. It says that, despite working on the European ATM System (EATMS) concept for a ...
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Gulfstream wins provisional US certification for its GV
GULFSTREAM HAS received provisional US certification for the Gulfstream V long-range business jet, enabling deliveries of customer aircraft to its Savannah, Georgia, completion centre to begin before the end of 1996. The company says that operational limitations in the provisional type certificate are planned to be removed by ...
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F-22 production restructured as overruns slow development
THE US AIR Force is to restructure the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 programme because of a development-cost overrun of more than $2 billion. Four pre-production verification (PPV) F-22s have been eliminated, and production ramp-up has been slowed to provide the $2.16 billion in extra funding required to complete the $18.7 billion ...
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Two finalists selected in EELV competition
Competition for the $1.4 billion contract to build the US Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) fleet has been reduced to two companies, with Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas each being awarded $60 million contracts on 20 December to produce final design proposals. The EELV programme will ...
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Embraer studies EMB-145 range
EMBRAER IS STUDYING a long-range version of the EMB-145 regional jet, with uprated engines and increased fuel capacity. The aircraft would have a 3,000km (1,600nm) range, compared with the present 2,400km, and is intended to meet demand from US regional airlines for increased sector lengths. The aircraft would ...
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NASA selects team for SOFIA project
The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and a team including United Airlines and Raytheon E-Systems has been awarded a ten-year, $484 million, contract by NASA to design, assemble, test and operate the Stratospheric Observatory For Infra-red Astronomy (SOFIA), a modified Boeing 747 equipped with a 2.5m-diameter telescope. The ...
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AI(R) courts Saab for new regional-jet programme
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) has made what are described as "serious overtures" to Saab Aircraft to join the European consortium as a risk-sharing partner in its forthcoming regional-jet programmes. While neither side will confirm the talks officially, it is understood that British Aerospace, one of the three existing ...
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GKN Westland floats compound EH101
GKN Westland is pursuing an advanced compound-helicopter design which could potentially be "retrofitted" to the Westland/Agusta EH101 military utility helicopter. The company is working on a concept using a fuselage-mounted wing to provide additional lift and control. Westland says that the work is continuing. Previous research ...
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South Korea reconsiders KTX-II
The South Korean Government has ordered an independent review of the proposed Samsung KTX-II advanced trainer/light-combat aircraft to determine the programme's economic feasibility. Two teams of analysts , including economists from the Korean Development Institute, have already been dispatched to the USA and Europe for industrial and political ...