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Second decade
Eumetsat has ordered a fleet of spacecraft for polar orbits. Tim Furniss/LONDON EUMETSAT, EUROPE'S weather-satellite organisation, has marked its tenth year of operations by authorising the development of a new $2.3 billion satellite system to send into polar orbits. The satellites will be used to improve weather ...
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Boeing
James Morris has been named vice-president and general manager of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Boeing Defense & Space Group's Helicopters division, succeeding Denton Hanford. Morris was formerly the division's assistant general manager and Hanford has taken responsibility for transition activities following the purchase by Boeing of Rockwell International's aerospace and defence units, ...
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Grob mounts Thai G115T sales campaign
GERMAN manufacturer Burkhart Grob is pushing to sell its G115TA to the Thai air force and navy. The South-East Asian country needs 48 basic trainers. Grob declines to confirm that it is bidding in Thailand, but says that the aircraft has attracted interest in Australia, South America ...
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AGAT unveils dual-mode seeker for AA-X-13 AAM
RUSSIAN MISSILE-seeker designer AGAT has revealed its dual-mode active/ semi-active radar seeker initially designed for the R-37 (AA-X-13) long-range air-to-air missile, successor to the Vympel R-33 (AA-9 Amos). The design bureau says that it started work on the seeker in the mid-1980s, with a first air-launched test in ...
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Inefficiency with US directives
Sir - I recently tried to renew our subscription to US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directives bi-weekly supplements, and noticed that the FAA has farmed this service out to the US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents. After submitting the order, with the required payment, the bi-weekly supplements ...
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Fast data
More and more airlines are taking advantage of quick-access recorders. Paul Phelan/CAIRNS The MAJOR QUALITY-CONTROL and cost-savings benefits delivered by quick-access flight-data recorders (QARs) are beyond debate, and most leading non-US carriers are already enjoying these benefits. Although some airlines have been surprisingly slow to adopt ...
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Canada 3000 signs up for A330-200s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON CANADA 3000 AIRLINES has signed a lease agreement for up to four Airbus A330-200s, and is set to become the launch customer for the high-capacity twin in North America, and the first operator worldwide of the -200 version. The Toronto, Canada-based charter airline has ...
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Swissair focuses on MD-XX and A340-600
Andrew Doyle/LONDON Swissair is evaluating closely the proposed McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-XX and Airbus A340-500/600 developments, as it approaches a decision on a new medium-/high-capacity, long-range type to replace its five Boeing 747-300s. The evaluation is being carried out jointly with Belgium's Sabena - 49.5%-owned by the Swiss ...
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GEC-Marconi leaves IFE market
GEC-MARCONI InFlight Systems (GMIS) is to leave the in-flight entertainment (IFE) market when its existing contractual commitments have been fulfilled. The company has also experienced problems attempting to get equipment into service. Potential purchasers for the proprietary technology are being sought, but despite industry rumours, GMIS says ...
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Crandall forecasts UK-US fares battle
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON AMERICAN AIRLINES chairman Bob Crandall expects all five major rival US carriers to compete with the British Airways/ American alliance at Heathrow if the deal goes ahead. The American boss is forecasting a fares war across the Atlantic as capacity outstrips demand in the wake ...
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Endevco accelerometer picks up hot vibrations
ENDEVCO UK HAS developed a differential piezoelectric accelerometer which is capable of measuring vibration in jet engines at temperatures of up to 650¡C. This capability means that the device is suitable for location in the high-temperature turbine section of the engine, says the Hertfordshire, UK-based company. The 6240C ...
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GEC-Marconi wins UK contracts
GEC-MARCONI Avionics Support division, has won a £40 million ($62 million) contract from British Aerospace, covering the augmented logistic support of new avionics being installed in Royal Air Force Tornados. BAe was recently awarded the support contract for RAF Tornado GR4s by the UK Ministry of Defence, following ...
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CMC seeks Leopard backers
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON CHICHESTER MILES Consultants (CMC) is expecting to fly an upgraded version of its Leopard four-seat business jet before the end of the year, and is seeking investors to enable the programme to be certificated by the end of the decade. The $1.25 million twin-engined aircraft ...
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GECAS picks gables
GE Capital Aviation Services has selected Gables Engineering communication and navigation control-panels for new-generation Boeing 737s on order. Source: Flight International
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Lord tackles DC-9 cabin noise
LORD HAS flight-tested active noise- and vibration-control on a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and expects US supplemental type-certification of the system in November. The company says that its NVX Active System for the DC-9 and MD-80 series eliminates engine tones and reduces cabin noise by "as much as 70%". ...
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Runway expansion
Raytheon Aircraft is to build a new 2,450m (8,000ft) runway at its Beech Field headquarters in Wichita, Kansas. The longer runway, replacing the existing 1,850m strip, will accommodate larger aircraft, including the next-generation Hawker business jet expected to be launched in November at the National Business Aircraft Association convention in ...
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FlightSafety International sets up joint helicopter training-centre with Petroleum Helicopters
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) has teamed with Petroleum Helicopters (PHI) to establish a helicopter training-centre at Lafayette, Louisiana. FSI has agreed to relocate its helicopter training-centre from Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, to PHI's headquarters at Lafayette Louisiana Regional Airport. The two companies agreed to collaborate on helicopter training in ...
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Gulfstream plans to put EVS in GIV picture
GULFSTREAM will demonstrate an enhanced-vision system (EVS) for the Gulfstream IV- SP business jet at the US National Business Aircraft Association convention in Orlando, Florida, in November. The company has selected Kollsman to develop an infra-red sensor, with the image to be shown on a Honeywell/GEC-Marconi head-up display (HUD). ...
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Italy's air force orders Israeli pilot locator
THE ITALIAN air force is equipping some squadrons with the airborne search-and-rescue system (ASARS) made by Tadiran in Israel. Deliveries of the pilot-location system begin soon under the terms of the $5 million contract. The French air force has already purchased the hand-held component of the system for its operations ...
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Arianespace and Hughes win Japan contracts
HUGHES SPACE and Communications has been awarded a contract from Japan Satellite Systems to build a fifth communications satellite, the JSAT 5. Arianespace will launch the satellite in 1997-8. It will be the 12th Japanese satellite to be boosted by the European organisation and the second in the ...