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Dubai air show '95 preview
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON WITH THE MIDDLE EAST celebrating its position as one of the fastest-growing markets in the aviation industry, it is not surprising that the fourth Dubai International Aerospace Exhibition, which opens on 12 November, is set to surpass all expectations. According to show organiser Fairs ...
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Making a comeback
Beirut International Airport is upgrading to meet the return of passenger traffic. Chris Yates/MANCHESTER BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT is benefiting from its first substantial facelift for nearly two decades, following the cessation of hostilities and the ravages of the Lebanese civil war in 1991. Up to $590 ...
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Embraer signs S-92 gear deal
EMBRAER DIVISAO EQUIPAMENTOS (EDE) has signed a $110 million contract with Sikorsky to develop the landing gear for the S-92 19- to 22-passenger helicopter. Sikorsky plans to fly the first of five prototypes in 1998 and certificate the S-92 in 2000. The helicopter is being developed jointly by Sikorsky, EDE, ...
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Uprated S-76C+ on course for November approval
THE IMPROVED Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter is on schedule for certification in November. A test-bed aircraft is being flown by Turbomeca with the up-rated, digitally controlled Arriel 2S1 engines planned for the C+ helicopter. It underwent a 150h endurance test in August. Certification flight-testing is to begin ...
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Latvian airlines plot new courses
THE NEW LATVIAN flag carrier, Air Baltic, started operations on 1 October, coinciding with the withdrawal of all scheduled-service licences from the Government-owned Latavio. Air Baltic, a joint-venture between the Latvian Government, Baltic International USA, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and Swedish and Danish investment funds (Flight International, 6-12 ...
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Air New Zealand to start Sydney-Bangkok service
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) is to begin once-weekly Boeing 767-300 flights between Sydney and Bangkok from 8 November, under rights awarded before the Australian Government's freeze earlier this year on the granting of additional fifth-freedom rights to the New Zealand carrier. The new service follows the carrier's entry ...
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Lucas 'learns lesson' over US defence contracts
LUCAS INDUSTRIES admits that it has "learned its lessons" from doing business in the US defence market, following the heavy penalties imposed on its Western Geared Systems division (GSD) for failure to carry out proper test procedures on a US Navy contract. Reporting its 1994/5 annual results to ...
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Brazil's budget jet
Delivering on its promises for the EMB-145 regional jet is the first challenge for newly privatised Embraer. Graham Warwick/SAO JOSE DOS EMBRAER HAS YET to capitalise on the success of its EMB-120 Brasilia 30-seat regional airliner by bringing a second product to the market. Its first ...
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Dutch report criticises pilots
PILOT IGNORANCE of technical systems, poor asymmetric-power handling skills and inadequate cockpit-resource management (CRM) training have been cited in the official report into the 4 April, 1994, KLM CityHopper Saab 340B accident at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. The captain and two passengers were killed and nine ...
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Lockheed Martin and AT&T enter high-power satellite market
Tim Furniss/LONDON LOCKHEED MARTIN and AT&T have joined Space Systems/Loral and Hughes in the bid to capture a newly emerging geostationary-orbit (GEO) satellite-communications market. The companies have filed applications to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch and operate high-power, Ka-band satellite systems offering a ...
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Russian link with Australia studied
A RUSSIAN SPACE delegation, led by officials from the Russian Space Agency and Khrunichev, is to visit Australia in November to discuss joint space ventures, including a joint commercial project to launch Cosmos boosters from the Woomera rocket range, delivering small satellites to low-Earth orbit. Also being discussed ...
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Second Shuttle Mir mission scheduled
NASA PLANS TO LAUNCH THE Space Shuttle Atlantis/STS74 on 1 November for the second Shuttle-Mir Mission (SMM). The six-day mission to dock with the Russian Mir 1 space station, seen here from the Atlantis during the SMM 1 mission on 29 June, will include the debut of a docking module ...
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Inspection spacecraft under development
US COMPANY SPACE Industries is developing a free-flying, briefcase-sized, 6.8kg satellite, called the Nanosat, capable of carrying out exterior inspections of space stations with video cameras. The craft is powered by lithium- polymer batteries, has nitrogen-gas thrusters and miniature gyroscopes for attitude control, and will have an endurance ...
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Farewell pioneer
The US Pioneer 11 spacecraft has left the solar system, heading towards the star Lambda Aquila, which it will reach in four million years time. The spacecraft was used in the exploration of the planets Jupiter and Saturn in 1974 and 1979 respectively. Source: Flight International
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Dee Howard tests next-generation thrust reverser
DEE HOWARD has completed preliminary actuation system testing and begun initial forward-thrust performance testing of its next-generation thrust reverser. The system includes a patented variable-geometry nozzle (VGN), which, according to Dee Howard, provides improved thrust performance during take-off and initial climb. The initial ground tests are being carried ...
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Ready to roll
Lockheed Martin will roll out the C-130J Hercules amid signs that its private-venture gamble to upgrade the Hercules may yet pay off. Graham Warwick/MARIETTA LOCKHEED MARTIN'S first C-130J Hercules II transport is in "good shape" for the roll-out on 18 October, says programme director ...
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UK/Swedish design team promised backing
A UK-SWEDISH design team has won the promise of financial support from South Africa's Orange Free State Government to develop and manufacture a six-seat utility/executive aircraft featuring a rhombic tandem-wing design. Dubbed the TW-18, the pusher-propeller design includes a shoulder-mounted wing, swept back to join at the tips ...
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Qatar Airways plans share offer to raise new capital
QATAR AIRWAYS is the latest of the Gulf flag carriers to announce plans to raise new capital, with a share offering planned by the end of 1995. The offering, which aims to raise more than $100 million, will help to finance the airline's planned fleet expansion and fresh ...
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NHI considers helicopter cost-cutting alternatives
NH INDUSTRIES (NHI) is working on a menu of equipment options for the NH-90 transport helicopter in a bid to offer reduced unit costs to both domestic and export customers. While the Dutch, French, German and Italian governments involved in the NH-90 are fully committed to funding the ...
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Computervision wins Lucas software deal
Andrew Doyle/PARIS LUCAS AEROSPACE plans to adopt Computervision's range of software tools as the basis for a common product-development platform across the company's operations worldwide. Bedford, Massachusetts-based Computervision says that Lucas is expected to deploy "over 200 user licences" of its electronic product-definition (EPD) software, which ...