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The new Bell 407 proves to be more than just an upgraded 206. Peter Gray/SINGAPORE Photography by Mark Wagner BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON introduced two new helicopters at Asian Aerospace '96 at Singapore - the intermediate-sized, twin-engined 430, with its advanced four-blade main rotor, and the manufacturer's ...
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USA/Israel set date for laser prototypes
THE USA AND ISRAEL aim to field two prototypes of the tactical high-energy laser (THEL) air-defence system by 1999. Two successful tests of the Nautilus laser-gun technology demonstrator were carried out on 6 and 8 February at the White Sands range in New Mexico. The programme is being ...
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New conflict looms at Air Inter
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS FAILURE TO AGREE on a new contract for pilots at Air Inter Europe is pulling the financially struggling domestic and regional wing of the Air France Group towards a new crisis. Passenger traffic fell by 7% in 1995, to 15.7 million, largely because ...
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Boeing turns to UK to bolster JAST bid
Karen Walker/ORLANDORamon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC BOEING IS PURSUING potential UK subcontractors as part of its bid for the US Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme in an attempt to position its aircraft as a contender for the UK's Future Offensive Aircraft (FOA) to replace the Panavia Tornado GR4. ...
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Thrust-vectoring F-15 first flight is curtailed
THE FIRST functional evaluation flight of the joint NASA, US Air Force, Pratt & Whitney and McDonnell Douglas F-15 thrust-vectoring research aircraft was cut short on 14 February when the pilot received indications of a problem with the landing gear. "It didn't complete the entire functional check-out, but the aircraft ...
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China's first Long March 3B explodes after lift-off
CHINA'S COMMERCIAL launch business was dealt a severe blow on 14 February when the maiden flight of its Long March 3B ended in an explosion at T+20s over the Xichang launch centre on 14 February, after the booster went out of control. The Loral Space-built Intelsat 708 communications ...
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Time out
IT IS "...POTENTIALLY the most expensive rulemaking ever proposed", says one industry association of the US Federal Aviation Administration's plan to revamp the rules governing pilot flight and duty times. "Asinine" is another association's less-guarded assessment of the proposed regulations. "This could be the first $1 billion rule," suggests one ...
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As McDonnell Douglas revises JAST design
The McDonnell Douglas-led JAST team has unveiled a near-tailless aircraft, using main-engine thrust-vectoring to achieve pitch, roll and yaw control. In 1995, it dropped the gas-driven lift-fan concept for a lift-plus-lift/cruise short take-off and vertical-landing configuration. In this, a forward engine being developed by General Electric/ Allison provides ...
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DASA fails to cement Alenia deal
PLANS BY Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) to offer its high Deutschmark costs by placing work in Italy have been hit by delays over the failure by prospective Italian aerospace partner Alenia to produce long-term guarantees that it can offer substantial cost benefits. DASA had hoped to tie up ...
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Germany may increase Eurofighter order again
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN AIR FORCE is considering a possible order for an additional 20 Eurofighter 2000s, within weeks of persuading the German parliament to raise the country's production offtake from 140 to 180 aircraft. The issue has not been raised publicly for fear of stirring up renewed opposition to ...
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Five firms show interest in Thomson-CSF link-up
Julian Moxon/PARIS FOUR FRENCH companies and one from the UK have indicated to the French Government their interest in forming some type of alliance with Thomson-CSF's defence business, once a decision on the structure of the firm is taken. Dassault, Matra, Alcatel and, surprisingly, state-owned ...
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Trying tether
THERE HAVE been four previous attempts at tethered flight between space vehicles. The abortive TSS 1 attempt in 1992 took place 26 years after the previous attempt aboard the Gemini 12. The first tethered flight took place during the sixth manned spaceflight, NASA's Mercury Atlas 7/Aurora 7, ...
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Russia sets up aviation body
RUSSIA'S NEWLY appointed transport minister, Nikolai Tsakh, plans to announce the formation of a new Federal Aviation Service by the end of this month. The body is being created to help improve state control of civil aviation and co-ordinate its development. Air-traffic-control agency Rosaeronavigatsia will be incorporated ...
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Matra/DASA poised to make joint RAF missile bid
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICHDouglas Barrie/LONDON MATRA AND DAIMLER-Benz Aerospace (DASA) are on the brink of signing an agreement covering a joint bid for the Royal Air Force's next-generation active-radar air-to-air missile (AAM). British Aerospace is also looking at joining the team. Werner Heinzmann, the DASA board member ...
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Loral award
Loral has won a $276 million US Army contract to install the intelligence and electronic-warfare common sensor system on Sikorsky EH-60L Black Hawk helicopters, as well as on US Army and Marine Corps armoured vehicles. Source: Flight International
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The criteria for flightpaths are incomplete
Sir -It is stated in the article "Wavionix speeds up design of air-traffic flight patterns" (Flight International, 24-30 January, P23) that en route airways flightpaths are designed according to criteria laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) aircraft operations manual. ICAO Document 8168 - Procedures for ...
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UNC airwork
Tracy Ourhaan has been named programme general manager of APU (auxiliary-power-unit) programmes at Annapolis, Maryland-based UNC Airwork. He was most recently engineering manager for Sicma Aero Seat, a division of Zodiac of France, based at Miami, Florida. Source: Flight International
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Lockheed
Three appointments have been announced at Lockheed Martin's newly formed Commercial Systems Group. Gary Mann becomes president, Robert Veschi becomes president for Integrated Business Solutions and Gerald Stanley is appointed president of computer-graphics division Real 3D. Mann was most recently vice-president for business development, information and tech- nology-services sector. Veschi ...