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Vienna is first choice for CEATS centre
Julian Moxon/PARIS AFTER TWO YEARS OF controversy, Vienna in Austria has been provisionally chosen as the location of the Central European Air Traffic Services System (CEATS). The decision follows the failure by the seven CEATS countries (Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia) ...
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USAF tackles F-16 yaw problem
A US AIR FORCE TEST team at Edwards AFB, California, is investigating unusually high yaw rates on some Lantirn-equipped Block 40 versions of the Lockheed Martin F-16C. The F-16 Combined Test Force (CTF) is now into the second phase of an investigation which began when aircraft fitted with ...
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FlightSafety boosts business training
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) is to build and operate 14 additional business-aircraft flight simulators in a major initiative to expand and upgrade its fleet. Rival SimuFlite Training International is also acquiring additional business-aircraft simulators. FSI cites the number of new business-aircraft programmes, coupled with advances in simulation technology, ...
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Maintenance Solution
Business JetSolutions, the Bombardier/AMR Combs joint venture, has selected Chicago, Illinois-based Jet Support Systems to provide engine maintenance for corporate aircraft in its FlexJet fractional-ownership and Alliance charter-management programmes. Source: Flight International
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P&WC makes plans to offer growth variant of PW500
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES PRATT & WHITNEY Canada, is studying a new growth variant of its PW500 engine family, aimed at the Cessna Citation VII and potential business aircraft in planning or under study. The engine maker is helping to unseat the AlliedSignal TFE731 on the Citation ...
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UPS expects instant ETOPS for 767
Guy Norris/LOUISVILLE UPS Airlines has "tentative approval" from the US Federal Aviation Administration for instant 180min extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) with its new General Electric CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 767-300ER freighter. If approved, the UPS 767 will become the second twinjet after the United Airlines 777-200 to ...
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Egypt selects Matra Marconi
MATRA MARCONI Space has been awarded a $158 million contract to build and launch Egypt's Nilesat direct-broadcast television satellite. The deal was clinched despite competition from Aerospatiale and Lockheed Martin. The contract with Egyptian Radio and Television Union provides for the supply of a telecommunications satellite in orbit, ...
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Conflict avoidance
Thomson-CSF is to supply short-term conflict-alert devices for Swiss air-traffic-control (ATC) centres at Geneva and Zurich. It is designed to help controllers assess the risk of potential traffic conflicts, and has already been ordered for ATC centres in Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland and Singapore. Source: Flight ...
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BA looks to desert 146s for quieter life
Gunter Endres/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS IS considering bringing up to 18 British Aerospace 146s into its fleet as noise regulations start to bite on European routes flown to by its UK regional service. The airline will have to stop its Boeing 737-200s flying between Birmingham and ...
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Martian air-bag tested
PROTOTYPE air bags designed to cushion the impact as the NASA Mars Pathfinder lands on the Red Planet on 4 July, 1997, are tested against a rocky surface inside a vacuum chamber at NASA's Lewis Research Center, Plum Brook Station, Ohio. The Mars Pathfinder Discovery mission will include the landing ...
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Launch Timing
A McDonnell Douglas Delta 2 will launch NASA's X-Ray Timing Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 6 November. The spacecraft, described as the "...most advanced observatory of its type flown in space", will be used to study black holes, neutron stars and quasars. Source: Flight International
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Israeli/Jordanian airport under study
A TEAM LED BY Lockheed Martin Management and Data Systems is to conduct a feasibility study for the proposed joint Israeli-Jordanian international airport serving Aqaba in Jordan and Eilat in Israel. The Jordan civil-aviation authority has awarded the six-month US-funded study partly in a bid to resolve the ...
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Chinese start recruiting for Hong Kong start-up
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA NATIONAL Aviation (CNAC) is pressing ahead with plans to establish a Hong Kong-based international airline, at the same time as negotiating to purchase a 10% stake in Dragonair The new CNAC carrier, provisionally named China Hong Kong, has already begun to recruit ...
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Germany begins MiG-29 maintenance work
THE RUSSO-GERMAN MIG AIRCRAFT Product Support (MAPS) joint venture has received the first Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter for maintenance work at its site in Manching, southern Germany. The aircraft delivered on 16 October, belongs to the German air force's 73 fighter squadron and is one of 24 MiG-29s in German service, ...
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DASA begins NATO E-3 work fleet upgrade
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is to begin work on the full Mod Block 1 upgrade of NATO's Boeing E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet in February 1996. The company is now carrying out a kit-proof upgrade, on the number two aircraft (N-2) of the Geilenkirchen-based AWACS fleet, ...
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US electronics sector improves
HUGHES AND Raytheon have each reported stronger third-quarter profits as the effects of consolidation in the US defence-electronics sector begin to show through. Profits at Hughes grew by 5%, to reach $244 million, rising nearly twice as fast as sales. The company says that increased commercial-electronics sales helped ...
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South Africa bound
BRITANNIA AIRWAYS is to re-enter the South Africa market, probably late in 1996. The UK charter operator failed in the early 1990s to launch a non-scheduled service, citing lack of interest from holidaymakers. The airline plans to use Boeing 767-200s on the route. Source: Flight International
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F-22 cockpit passes USAF evaluation
PILOTS FROM US Air Force Air Combat Command have completed a "highly successful" evaluation of the cockpit design for the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22. The seven-pilot cockpit-evaluation team consists of a customer review board established to ensure that the design meets USAF requirements. The part-task simulation test, the fifth ...
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French industry warns of crisis as budget cuts bite
THE FRENCH aerospace industry has launched a concerted campaign to head off the threat of further cuts in the country's defence budget, warning that a round of massive job cuts and plant closures will follow. The campaign comes in response to growing fears that the Chirac Government is ...
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US carriers report robust third quarter
STRONG RESULTS from Continental, USAir and others have led what promises to be a record third-quarter performance from the US airline industry. Wall Street analysts, are projecting that industry operating profits, could climb to $2.3 billion for the quarter, once results are in from the other major carriers. ...