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Maersk ponders Fokker options
MAERSK AIR is examining various options for the renewal of its 50-seat Fokker 50 turboprops, which include the acquisition of a regional-jet type. The Copenhagen, Denmark-based airline, a division of one of world's largest shipping companies AP Moller, operates seven leased Fokker 50s alongside its fleet of Boeing ...
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ACE customer
An undisclosed aircraft manufacturer has placed a $2 million order for Concentra's recently launched Aircraft Configuration Environment (ACE) knowledge-based engineering-design software, which is based on Concentra's ICAD System. Source: Flight International
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Computervision improves CADDS 5 design software
COMPUTERVISION has introduced a new version of its CADDS 5 computer-aided-design software, specifically targeted at helping collaborative design of aerospace products. Bedford, Massachusetts-based Computervision says that the CADDS 5 Revision 6 will enable a team of design and manufacturing engineers to work concurrently on an entire assembly, allowing ...
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Process fields new infra-red de-icers
PROCESS Technologies has introduced two models of its InfraTek de-icing system, aimed at the general-aviation market. The InfraTek uses heat to de-ice aircraft and was demonstrated to airlines in March, when a US Federal Aviation Administration Boeing 727 was de-iced in less than 8min. The InfraTek system burns ...
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Georgia Tech develops low-cost MMW
GEORGIA INSTITUTE of Technology is developing an inexpensive millimetre-wave (MMW) radar antenna suitable for use in aircraft all-weather landing systems and missile seekers. A prototype built by the Atlanta-based institute is believed to be the first "Rotman lens" to operate at MMW frequencies - as high as 37GHz. ...
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Military aircraft of the world
The FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL'S 1996 Military Aircraft Directory provides details on the major military fixed-wing aircraft now in service or under development. As usual, turbine-powered military trainers have been included in the directory, as many advanced trainer aircraft are now also being promoted as light-to-medium strike fighters. ...
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Global Express takes to the air
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BOMBARDIER's Global Express long-range business jet was flown for the first time on 13 October, reaching an altitude of 11,000ft (3,350m) and a speed of 210kt (390km/h) during the 2h 46min maiden flight from the Canadian company's de Havilland factory at Downsview, near Toronto. ...
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Bidders line up to rescue Air Liberté
Julian Moxon/PARIS BRITISH AIRWAYS and Virgin Express have emerged among the bidders for Air Liberté, the embattled French independent carrier which has been given six months to secure its future. British Airways made its offer through its French subsidiary TAT. Together, the two airlines would give BA a major slice ...
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TAM 'aid' comes under fire-
Brian Homewood/RIO de JANIERO BRAZIL'S THREE national airlines, Varig, Vasp and Transbrasil, have asked the Government to abolish a tax which they say effectively forces them to subsidise one of their main rivals. The airlines pay 3% of the value of each ticket sold into ...
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TABA cuts fleet as its routes are pruned
BRAZIL'S CIVIL aviation authority (DAC) has begun re-distributing among other carriers 12 routes no longer operated by troubled regional airline TABA. TABA reportedly owes $3.5 million to some 700 employees who were made redundant two years ago, and it has reduced its fleet from eight Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirantes ...
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'Outrageous' ATC charges anger European regionals
Julian Moxon/HANOVER THE EUROPEAN Regional Airlines Association (ERA) is complaining bitterly about the "outrageous" air-traffic-control (ATC) charges being imposed on its members. At its annual general meeting in Hanover, Germany, earlier in October, ERA director-general Mike Ambrose said that landing and navigation charges account for ...
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Greek air force issues RFP for Phantom F-4 laser-designator
Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich THE GREEK AIR FORCE has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for laser-designator pods to equip its McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom fleet, due to be upgraded shortly. The candidates under consideration are the GEC-Marconi Defence Systems TIALD pod, Lockheed Martin's LANTIRN and Rafael's ...
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Russian engines eyed for new US launcher concepts-
Tim Furniss/LONDON RUSSIA'S NK-33 liquid-oxygen/kerosene engines, developed for the N1 Moon rocket project, may be used on two new re-usable satellite launchers being proposed in the USA. The NK-33s, being modified and marketed with US company Aerojet, have been selected, to power the Kistler Aerospace ...
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Racal-Thorn wins Sea King AEW upgrade
THE UK Ministry of Defence has selected Racal-Thorn Defence to act as prime contractor for the radar and mission-system upgrade (MSU) on the Royal Navy's fleet of Sea King AEW Mk.2A airborne-early-warning (AEW) helicopters. At the heart of the upgrade is the company's Searchwater 2000 radar, already selected ...
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. . .while Canada makes a Start with Russia for commercial launches
CANADA'S AKJUIT Aerospace has joined forces with Russia's Scientific and Technological Center to offer satellite launches to low- polar Earth orbits by Russian Start boosters from the $300 million SpacePort Canada in Churchill, Manitoba. Spaceport Canada is located at Churchill Research Range on the shore of Hudson Bay, ...
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Australia goes remote
Australia plans to launch a remote-sensing satellite in 2000 to provide data on geology, the environment and land use. Called the Australian Resource Information and Environment Satellite, it will be the first low-Earth- orbit-applications spacecraft to be built by the country. Source: Flight International
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Cargolux joins AEA
Luxembourg-based Cargolux has joined the Association of European Airlines, becoming the 26th member. The all-cargo carrier operates a fleet of seven Boeing 747s, the third largest all-cargo fleet in Europe, and announced a profit of $11.3 million for 1995. Source: Flight International
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UK MoD names CDS
General Sir Charles Guthrie will succeed Field Marshal Sir Peter Inge as the UK Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) in April 1997. Guthrie is now Chief of the General Staff. The announcement comes as a bitter blow to the Royal Navy, which had hoped that one of its senior ...
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Aerospace in South Korea continues to develop apace.
Paul Lewis/SEOUL SOUTH KOREA has long been recognised as one of the economic miracles of Asia. In the 43 years since the end of the Korean conflict, the country has emerged as a major industrial producer. Having propelled itself to the forefront of the shipbuilding, automobile and electronics ...
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Virgin evaluates widebodies to replace ageing 747 Classics
Andrew Doyle/LONDON VIRGIN ATLANTIC Air-ways has outlined plans to phase out its fleet of six ageing Boeing 747 Classics by 2000, with the acquisition of a fresh batch of widebodied aircraft for delivery from mid-1998. The UK carrier is looking to "-bring in aircraft over a ...