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Dassault completes Rafale M01 aircraft-carrier tests
DASSAULT AVIATION HAS successfully completed aircraft-carrier compatibility tests in the USA on its Rafale M01, the naval version of the fighter. The aircraft has been returned to its base at the Istres test centre in southern France, for further tests before production commences, in time for entry into ...
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Lockheed Martin inspects complex part inspection
Andrew Doyle/LONDON LOCKHEED MARTIN Tactical Aircraft Systems has performed an ultrasonic inspection of a large, complex, contoured composite component, by linking the inspection device to a computer-aided-design data file and generating a false external "surface". Components with complex external shapes are notoriously difficult to inspect ...
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Iranians poised to fly Blue Bird
IRANIAN AIRCRAFT builder Dorna expects to fly its Blue Bird two-seat light aircraft for the first time in the middle of this year. The Tehran-based company, launched the programme in early 1994, with the original intention of flying the aircraft in 1995. A shortage of funds, followed by ...
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Boeing re-asserts its lead in recovering airliner market
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BOEING RE-ASSERTED its dominance of world airliner markets in 1995, revealing a total of 346 new orders for the year, more than treble the result of either Airbus or McDonnell Douglas (MDC). Ron Woodard, president of Boeing's Commercial Airplane Group, is upbeat about ...
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US airlines 'will make $2 billion'
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US SCHEDULED airlines are expected to report net profits of $2 billion for 1995, says the US Air Transport Association (ATA) in its year-end report. The ATA says that long-haul carriers earned $2.2 billion in the first nine months of the year, ...
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US Marines demonstrate 'missile-busting' capability
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US MARINE CORPS has demonstrated an interim tactical-ballistic-missile (TBM) defence capability, using an in-service radar and air-defence missile. Three Lance missiles were successfully detected and engaged during tests concluded in December at the White Sands Missile Range, Arizona. The interim anti-TBM system, ...
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ACI-NA
David Plavin, former director of aviation for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has been named president of the Airports Council International North America (ACI-NA). Before joining the Port Authority he was executive vice-president for operations at the Jacob K Javits Convention Center in New York and ...
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Airship pressure
Sir - There is something wrong in the Zeppelin comeback feature (Flight International, 29 November-5 December 1995) - at 72lb/in2 the airship would explode. DAVID MORRELL London, UK Sir - I enjoyed the airship articles, but rigid internal He-pressure is not 72lb/in2- ...
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KLM
P F Hartman executive vice-president for personnel and organisation at Netherlands national carrier KLM is named executive vice-president for engineering and maintenance, replacing R G van Groenewoud, who is to leave the company. Hartman is replaced by, C van Woudenberg now executive vice president, for flight services. C J M ...
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Bell helicopter
Webb Joiner has become chairman of Bell Helicopter Textron, of Fort Worth, Texas. Lloyd Shoppa succeeds Joiner as president. With Bell since 1960, Joiner is chairman of the American Helicopter Society. Shoppa, with Bell since 1964, was most recently senior executive vice-president. ...
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DASA
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) has appointed Karl Bross head of its Koblenz office. This gives Bross responsibility in particular for contacts with the German military-procurement agency, BWB. He succeeds Dr Heinz Westhoff, who is to retire. The office will now be supervised directly by DASA board member Dr Udo Pollvogt, who ...
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Wicked Wilga
POLAND'S PZL-OKECIE IS offering an armed version of its PZL-104 Wilga general-purpose light aircraft to an unspecified third-world country for border patrol and counter-insurgency duties. The aircraft is a basic Wilga with the addition of two under-wing pylons carrying unguided or guided rockets or gun pods. About 1,000 examples of ...
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EBA takes control of French tour firm
BELGIAN AIRLINE EBA, has taken a majority share in French tour company Look Voyages, of France. The French company owns regional-charter operator Star Europe. The EBA move is aimed at speeding up its activities in France, where it recently acquired French subsidiary Air Provence is based. Look Voyages had a ...
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Cathay cancels
Cathay Pacific Airways has cancelled plans to relocate its flight-training school to Australia. The cancellation represents an embarrassment to the Australian Government after it had agreed to make key tax concessions for Cathay to ensure that the training venture went ahead. The Hong Kong-based airline says that several recent developments ...
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DARCHEM Engineering
DARCHEM Engineering has delivered the first set of thrust-reverser insulation blankets for Boeing's next-generation 737-700. The blankets were manufactured, in accordance with CATIA computer-aided-design data, sent to the UK company by Boeing. A suite of 15 "master" models, assembly jigs, press tools and inspection fixtures were then cast ...
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Midwest expansion
Midwest Express Airlines, has leased two ex-Garuda McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32s from Australian Aircraft Sales, taking its fleet to 21 - including 19 DC-9s. The aircraft will enter service in April and May 1996 after overhaul, interior reconfiguration and Stage 3 hushkitting. Source: Flight International
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Far East success
The Bedek division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), has secured two contracts, as the first results of a marketing drive in Asia. An Air India Boeing 747-200 is already undergoing a D-check and repyloning at Bedek's Ben-Gurion International Airport site in Tel Aviv. A China Northern airline McDonnell Douglas MD-82 ...
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Rocket engines
The first of seven cryogenic rocket engines built by Russia will be shipped to India later this year as part of a deal for the development of the national Geostationary Launch Vehicle (GSLV). The Russians are now demanding payment in US dollars - rather than rupees - causing the contract ...
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Insurance milestones
The Russian Space Agency is to insure its spacecraft and launches under deals with Western brokers, including a service contract with Sedgewick Aviation of London, UK. Arianespace's last 1995 launch, flight V81, carrying the Telecom 2C and Insat 2C on 6 December, was insured for a record $420 million. ...