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UK to lead X-ray space telescope team
THE European Space Agency (ESA) has selected a French-German-UK team, led by the UK's Leicester University, to run the X-Ray Multi-Mirror (XMM) space-observatory mission-survey science centre, with UK funding coming from the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. The XMM, described as the "Hubble Space Telescope of X-ray astronomy", to ...
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Cessna
Michael Shonka becomes senior vice-president and chief financial officer at light-aircraft manufacturer Cessna Aircraft, of Wichita, Kansas. He replaces Ronnie Crawford, who has resigned. Shonka was most recently executive vice-president and chief financial officer at the Fourth Financial Corporation, also of Wichita. Ron Alberti has become vice-president of manufacturing, succeeding ...
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Dedicated test
Guy Norris/MOJAVE CFM International's latest engine, the CFM56-7, is being put through its paces on General Electric's Boeing 747 test-bed. According to Phil Schultz, General Electric flight-test organisation (FTO) chief pilot, everything you see on GE's Boeing 747-100 test-bed - all the subtle changes - "represent ten years ...
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THE GE 747 testbed
THE SHEER SIZE AND extra capacity of General Electric's Boeing 747 test-bed gives it an obvious advantage over its smaller predecessors. "It is five, or even ten times, as efficient as the 707," comments Phil Schultz, GE flight-test organisation (FTO) chief pilot. "We can run five or six objectives in ...
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Coming round again
Colombia's Gavilan programme is recovering from the loss of the first prototype aircraft. Brian Homewood/BOGOTA AFTER TEN YEARS of development, Colombia's first indigenous aircraft is poised to enter production. The second prototype of the El Gavilan 358 (the Sparrowhawk) was due to have its maiden flight in ...
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Arrow 2 launch success
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES successfully test-launched its Arrow 2 anti-tactical ballistic missile on 20 February. This was the second fly-out test of the missile. A fully guided test is scheduled for the middle of the year. The missile was fired from the Palmachim test site 16km (9nm) south of Tel Aviv. ...
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FltMaster offers low-cost simulation
REVOLUTIONARY, low-cost software designed to provide aerospace engineers with access to powerful simulation and visualisation tools has been unveiled by California-based Sight, Sound, & Motion. Its FltMaster is offered as a complete engineering system, consisting of advanced application software hosted on a graphics workstation. It allows aircraft to ...
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US Air Force moves on with anti-missile laser device
Karen Walker/ORLANDO A REQUEST FOR proposals (RFP) covering the development of an anti-missile laser system will be released by the US Air Force in May. Two teams aim to win the airborne-laser (ABL) system demonstration/validation award. The $754 million demonstration phase will allow the winning ...
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Australia starts search for Rapier replacement
THE AUSTRALIAN Army has begun a study to define its requirements for an enhanced air-defence missile system to replace the British Aerospace Rapier. Expressions of interest are now being sought from Australian-based (or registered) consultant companies to conduct a study of costs and technical trade-offs. The study forms ...
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Expansion deferred
Midwest Express Airlines has deferred plans to add 30-seat turboprops to its regional subsidiary Skyway Airlines until "the timing is right". Skyway flies 15 Raytheon Beech 1900Ds as Midwest Express Connection. Source: Flight International
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Japan gears up for US bilateral battle
Kevin O'Toole/TOKYO BATTLE LINES are being drawn up in Japan and the USA as pressure mounts on both sides of the Pacific for a renegotiation of the controversial passenger bilateral between the two countries. Although talks are now under way over a revised cargo agreement, ...
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Buses to Bosnia
As USAF McDonnell Douglas C-17s are withdrawn from Bosnia, assessment of the transport aircraft begins Tim Ripley/BOSNIA WHEN THE HARSH Balkan winter halted US Army efforts to bridge the River Sava and troop trains became backed-up in Hungarian marshalling yards, US military planners began to ...
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ANZ optimistic of Ansett deal
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) remains optimistic that it can go ahead with the proposed deal with TNT to acquire up to half of Ansett Australia. The agreement with TNT, which owns half of Ansett together with News Corporation, is still under negotiation, but ...
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Private Qantas delivers on performance promise
QANTAS IS HOLDING its own, despite competition in international and domestic markets, says chairman Gary Pemberton, revealing the group's first financial figures, since it completed privatisation in mid-1995. Pemberton reports that Qantas pushed up profits by more than 15%, to A$148 million ($110 million) in the first half ...
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Boeing
Boeing president Phil Condit will assume the additional role of chief executive, taking over from Frank Shrontz, who has served in this position since April 1986. The long-expected move makes Condit only the seventh person to lead the company in its 80-year history. Condit has served as president and a ...
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Dangerous rush for ETOPs
Sir - Having read several articles concerning extended-range twinjet-operations (ETOPS) aircraft, I have been increasingly disturbed by the headlong rush which appears to be being conducted by the world's airlines into ETOPS operations. The US Federal Aviation Administration is being applauded for changing the rules to allow the ...
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Grob aircraft: comparing notes
Sir - I am puzzled by two articles on Grob aircraft. One, on the GF200 "pusher" aircraft, ("Novel design", Flight International, 15-21 November, P34) describes a "radical design concept". The design is not innovative, however. I believe that it draws from the tail-cone-mounted turboprop Lear Fan business jet of several ...
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Arnav installs GeoNet VHF Mexico Gulf datalink system
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA ARNAV SYSTEMS is installing its GeoNet VHF-data-link network in the Gulf of Mexico, for use by a consortium of offshore-support helicopter operators. The companies, including Air Logistics and Petroleum Helicopters, will use the network for flight following, text messaging and weather broadcasting. The ...
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Israel eyes VisionAire Vantage assembly
VISIONAIRE IS negotiating to assemble its Vantage single-turbofan business jet in Israel. The Chesterfield, Missouri-based company, already plans to assemble the six-place, all-composite aircraft in Ames, Iowa, and is projecting first deliveries for late 1998 (Flight International, 4-10 October, 1995). VisionAire president Tom Stark says, that the company ...
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KLM pulls directors from Northwest board
KLM HAS WITHDRAWN its three senior executives from the board of Northwest Airlines in a further twist to the boardroom bust-up between the two alliance partners. KLM's president Pieter Bouw, managing director Leo van Wijk and chief financial officer Rob Abrahamsen have resigned their places on the ...