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Glonass network to be completed
THREE RUSSIAN GLONASS navigation satellites will be launched by a Proton booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, in late December to complete the 24-craft operating constellation. Although current Glonass satellites offer more reliable access and precise positioning data than before, the programme's major drawback is in the shortage ...
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UK firm starts work on new low-cost amphibian
A LOW-COST TWIN-engined amphibian aircraft based on the Pilatus Britten-Norman (PBN) Islander is being developed by a new UK aircraft company. Ross Aircraft has already successfully tested a one-fifth-scale model in proof-of-concept trials on a Scottish lake and is in negotiations with potential backers in a bid to ...
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MIAT targets safety
THE NEW HEAD of Mongolian Airlines (MIAT), Huvaahuugiin Aleksandr, has made improving the national airline's safety record the main priority of his tenure. MIAT has suffered 20 fatal air crashes in its history, the latest on 21 September when an Antonov An-24 flew into a mountainside on approach to the ...
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MDC takes Russian DC-XA tank
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has received a cryogenic liquid-oxygen tank produced in Russia using an advanced aluminium-lithium alloy. The tank will be installed in the upgraded Delta Clipper Experimental Advanced (DC-XA) re-useable launch-vehicle, due to be flight-tested in 1996. The 630kg 2.4m-diameter tank was produced by RSC Energia, using ...
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Dow-UT claims first composite exit case
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA DOW-UNITED Technologies Composite Products (Dow-UT) has completed the first turbofan fan exit case to be built from composites. The 2.8m-diameter case has been produced under a $14.8 million contract from the US Advanced Research Projects Agency, using an advanced resin-transfer moulding (RTM) process developed by Dow-UT. ...
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Taiwan 'ready to give support' to Jetcruzer
TAIWAN IS PREPARED to back a joint venture with Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures (AASI) to produce the Jetcruzer six-seat single-turboprop aircraft, according to local reports. Jack Tang, deputy director of the Taiwanese economics ministry's committee for aviation and space industry development, is quoted as saying that the venture ...
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FlightSafety opens Coventry centre
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) has opened a UK centre to allow US-trained UK students to complete their Civil Aviation Administration instrument-rating courses in the UK. The Coventry Airport centre has a Frasca simulator and a Piper Seneca III and is operated with a ground school provided by Aviation Training Associates. ...
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Gulfstream flies first GV
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GULFSTREAM Aerospace flew the Gulfstream V long-range business jet for the first time on 28 November. The 1h flight of the first GV, from Gulfstream's Savannah, Georgia, base, also marked the first flight for BMW Rolls-Royce's BR710 turbofan. The flight marks the beginning of ...
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Kestrel enters general-aviation fray
A NEW US light-aircraft manufacturer has emerged with the 19 November first flight of the Kestrel KL-1A. Based in Norman, Oklahoma, Kestrel Aircraft was founded in 1991 by former Cessna international sales manager Dr Donald Stroud, to develop a line of four- and six-seat piston-single utility aircraft. The ...
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Northrop/Rafael in Litening move
Guy Norris/SAN ANTONIO NORTHROP GRUMMAN and Rafael of Israel have teamed for the production, sales and future product improvement of the Litening airborne laser-designator and navigation pod. Under the terms of the agreement, signed in early September but not officially announced until 28 November, Northrop Grumman ...
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Sabena hit by strike
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS STRIKING SABENA workers closed down the airline on 29 November in the first of what is expected to be a series of industrial actions following the abrupt cancellation of all labour agreements on 27 November. The unprecedented contract move surprised observers who are ...
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Terprom for RAF
British Aerospace (Systems and Equipment) has won a £3 million ($4.66 million) contract from the Royal Air Force, to supply Terprom ground-proximity warning systems for the RAF's Sepecat Jaguar upgrade programme. The contract also covers ground-station equipment, including Orbital Sciences/ Fairchild Defence data-transfer cartridges, processors and data-transfer units. ...
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IPTN suspended from Bell 412 production
Paul Lewis/JAKARTA INDONESIA'S Directorate General of Air Communications (DGAC) has ordered IPTN to stop licence production of the Bell 412 until it conforms with US Federal Aviation Administration regulations. Production halted in September after a joint audit of IPTN's Bandung plant by the FAA and the ...
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Buffalo trading
The Indonesian air force has acquired five former United Arab Emirates de Havilland DHC-5D Buffalo transport aircraft. The first three aircraft will be delivered in February and the rest in March, after being reconditioned by Indonesia's IPTN. Source: Flight International
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DERA hover-test centre opened
THE UK DEFENCE Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) has opened a hover-test building at its Farnborough, UK, headquarters. The unit is designed for testing advanced-model rotors at representative thrust values and out of ground effect. The test rig is positioned on a 3.5m-high platform in the centre of the 18.3 ...
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Macau expands
China National Aviation has launched a twice-weekly service between Macau's newly opened international airport and Chongqing, Sichuan province, using a Boeing 737. Two other mainland carriers, China Northern and China Northwest Airlines, have also been designated to operate services to Macau. Source: Flight International
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World Airlines hope to start LCA services
UK start-up carrier World Airlines is planning to start a scheduled passenger service from London City Airport (LCA) in February, using ex-USAir British Aerospace 146-200s. The first aircraft is on its way to UK company Marshall Aerospace of Cambridge for a refit which includes in-flight telephones and facsimiles. ...
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Airbus extends widebody family
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIRBUS INDUSTRIE HAS launched the shortened, longer-range, version of its twin-engined A330 widebody and confirmed its development of the ultra-long range A340-8000. The A330-200 is scheduled to be flown for the first time in the middle of 1997, and to be ready for service ...
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TAM places order for eight more Fokker 100 twinjets
FAST-GROWING BRAZILIAN regional carrier TAM (Transportes Aereos Regionais) has placed another repeat order for the Rolls-Royce Tay 650-powered Fokker 100 twinjet. The latest order, for eight aircraft, will bring its Fokker fleet to 23 aircraft, the third-largest after American Airlines and USAir. Another order, for six ...
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Singapore rival
Indonesia has completed the expansion of Batam's Hang Nadim Airport with the lengthening of its runway to 4,000m (13,120ft) and a revamping of its 80,000m2, terminal building. Despite its proximity to Singapore's Changi Airport, Indonesia wants to develop Batam as an international transit point. Further planned improvements include the addition ...