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Cityhopper fleet
KLM Cityhopper will be replacing its four aging Fokker F28-4000 Fellowships with an equal number of new Fokker 70s from January 1996. A special-purpose company, to be owned by an independent foundation, will be set up to lease the 80-seat aircraft to Cityhopper for an initial period of three years. ...
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Lockheed U-2R crashes at Fairford
A Lockheed U-2R reconnaissance aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from RAF Fairford on 29 August. The pilot ejected, but later died from his injuries. The aircraft may have been intended to carry out last-minute reconnaissance of potential targets in Bosnia in the run-up to NATO air strikes launched on the ...
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East meets West
In what must count as one of the most unusual "weapon" configurations ever seen on a McDonnell Douglas F-18, the US manufacturer has mated a variant of Russia's Zvezda Kh-31 (AS-17 Krypton) rocket/ramjet with the aircraft. MDC is working under an 18-month, $4.7 million US Navy contract to determine whether ...
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Nomads withdrawn
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is to withdraw its 24 GAF Nomad utility-transport aircraft from service in the light of its inability to meet performance requirements for military operations. The RAAF will instead lease aircraft to fulfil this requirement. Source: Flight International
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Extra extreme
Photographing the Firebird Extra 300's aerobatic capabilities is nothing if not dramatic. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICHMark Wagner/LONDON Flight International photographer Mark Wagner, enthusing about his passenger-seat introduction to the Extra 300, says: "I was taking a couple of shots from the front cockpit, when we went completely berserk. ...
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Modified Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot on show
AN APPARENTLY upgraded variant of the Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot, using the Su-25TM designation, was unveiled at the Moscow show. The aircraft is fitted with a centreline radar pod, understood to carry the Phazotron Kopyo 25 multi-mode radar. It also carries outboard electronic-countermeasures pods. The exact status of this upgrade project ...
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Computer-aided washing system
LUFTHANSA ENGINEERING and Operational Services (LEOS), of Frankfurt-Main Airport, Germany, will put the first production Skywash automated aircraft washing system into operation before the end of September. Lufthansa Technik subsidiary LEOS claims that the Skywash will slash the time taken to wash a Boeing 747 from 10h to just 3h. ...
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Raduga ramjet missile-testbed unveiled
Pictured above is Russian air-to-surface missile specialist Raduga's large ramjet-powered missile testbed, thought to be intended for developing a next-generation air-launched hypersonic anti-ship missile. The missile, understood to be called the GELA (Hypersonic Experimental Flying Testbed), has already been test-flown and prototypes have been built. The programme may be associated ...
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Obstacle course
Russian GA manufacturers chafe at the bit at slow progress being made in the country's industry. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW IN THE SOVIET Union, general aviation (GA) as it is understood in the West did not exist. Now, with Russia moving to a market economy, rapid GA development ...
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NAT RP-1 deal
Mitsubishi has selected Northern Airborne Technologies (NAT) to supply dual audio panels for its RP-1 eight-passenger, twin-turbine, commercial helicopter. Kelowna, British Columbia-based NAT's AMS43 audio controller will be installed in the RP-1 prototypes. Source: Flight International
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Concern mounts over JAR 65
Sir - Having read David Learmount's article "Licence to change" (Flight International, 26 July-1 August, P25), Aircraft Engineers International would like to offer its input on this important issue, which concerns future European maintenance engineers' licensing as it will be covered in the forthcoming Joint Aviation Authorities' (JAA) requirement JAR ...
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Gulfstream V roll-out date is set
GULFSTREAM WILL roll out its Gulfstream V long-range business jet, at its Savannah, Georgia, plant on 22 September. The first flight is on schedule for 15 November, the manufacturer says. The Fokker-produced empennage was attached to the first GV early in August, the Northrop Grumman-built wing having been ...
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Eagle vision
The US Air Force is hoping to buy an initial batch of Eagle Vision commercial satellite-imagery ground-stations from Matra CAP Systemes under an offset deal tied to the sale of four Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeyes to France. The USAF will finish evaluating a prototype Eagle Vision ground-station in September. The ...
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Avro emerges the winner in Sabena regional contest
SABENA HAS SELECTED the Avro RJ85 to replace its regional-jet fleet, in a 23-aircraft order, which marks another major coup for the UK manufacturer among Europe's flag carriers. The first four aircraft will be delivered at the end of the year, with the remainder arriving by the end ...
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Made in Britain
The Red Arrows are embarking on a global marketing initiative, courtesy of UK industry PLC Douglas Barrie/LONDON The last couple of years are unlikely to be singled out as particularly auspicious in the Royal Air Force's distinguished history - senior resignations tinged with scandal, married ...
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AAR
Ran Ronen has joined AAR of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, as senior consultant, representing the company with governments in the Middle East, Europe and the Far East. Ronen spent 27 years with the Israeli Air Force, where he retired with the rank of Brigadier General, and, for three years until ...
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Silvaire flies again
FACTORY-remanufactured examples of the Luscombe Silvaire light aircraft, widely regarded as a classic design, are now available from the Luscombe Foundation. The last Silvaires were produced in 1961 and technical support for the aircraft was unavailable until the non-profit Foundation acquired the type certificate and engineering data in ...
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France may offer Clemenceau to foreign navies
FRANCE IS holding preliminary talks with several governments, including those of Argentina, China and India, about selling its ageing aircraft carrier, the Clemenceau, after it is withdrawn from French navy service. The Clemenceau, is scheduled to be replaced by the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle, equipped with Dassault Rafale ...
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Five US firms sign agreement to share laboratory resources
FIVE US AEROSPACE companies have signed an informal agreement enabling them to use each other's laboratories at short notice. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Northrop Grumman and Rockwell have signed a letter of intent to share laboratory resources without the need for lengthy contractual negotiations. The Boeing-initiated alliance ...
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Four companies invited to bid for NFTC turboprop trainers
Graham Warwick/Atlanta BOMBARDIER WILL brief manufacturers in the early part of September on the turboprop-trainer requirements for the proposed industry-run NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) programme. Four companies have been invited to the bidders' conference: Aerospatiale, Embraer, Pilatus and Raytheon. Aircraft being considered are ...