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NASA selects new Millennium targets
NASA's FIRST New Millennium craft, the Deep Space 1, equipped with an ion-propulsion system and to be launched in July 1998, will fly past the asteroid McAulliffe and the comet West-Kohoutek-Ikemura, NASA has announced (Flight International, 10-16 January). Another New Millennium spacecraft will be flown in formation with ...
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Rolls-Royce stands to benefit from turbine-materials study
An UK UNIVERSITY-industry consortium has been awarded a £3.3 million ($5.1 million) Government grant to develop advanced materials for use in aero-engine turbine blades. The consortium, headed by Professor Colin Humphreys from the department of materials science and metallurgy at the University of Cambridge, will involve engine manufacturer ...
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Date set for Ariane 5 report
THE REPORT of the official enquiry into the loss of the European Space Agency's (ESA) first Ariane 5 booster after launch from Kourou, French Guiana, on 4 June, is due to be released on 15 July. The second Ariane 5 launch is still scheduled for October. The accident ...
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Third-party maintenance directory
Part 2: The Americas Jennifer Pite/LONDON IN THE USA, many providers of third-party maintenance are having a difficult time. Significantly, however, Sabretech has leased the ex-Page Avjet site in Orlando, Florida, and is planning to offer heavy maintenance and modifications, initially for Boeing 737s and Lockheed L-1011 TriStars, ...
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UK taxes tilt training balance in US favour
David Learmount/LONDON TAX CHARGES ARE THE prime reason that the UK flying-training industry is unable to compete against US rivals, according to the draft of a study of US flying-training organisations (FTOs) undertaken by the UK General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association (GAMTA). A UK ...
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Boeing holds tanker talks with Kawasaki
BOEING IS discussing a co-operative tie-up with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to offer the 767 tanker/transport multi-mission aircraft to the Japan Defence Agency (JDA). The US manufacturer views Japan as the most likely launch customer for its proposed 767-300 tanker/transport derivative. To secure JDA funding, Boeing wants ...
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Manila narrows fighter choice
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE PHILIPPINE AIR force is expected to narrow its evaluation of competing fighter aircraft to a shortlist of two or three final contenders by October. According to local sources, the air force is looking at new-build and upgraded secondhand fighter types. The number ...
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USAF ponders T-38 air-inlet redesign
THE US AIR Force is considering, a fleet-wide adoption of a redesigned engine inlet for Northrop Grumman T-38s, after a successful NASA programme cleared an increase in the maximum take-off weight temperature limit to 39°C, from 34°C. The NASA initiative was originally begun to improve the hot-weather take-off ...
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Pemco/Airod team
Pemco Aeroplex has teamed with Airod of Malaysia to bid for the US Air Force's worldwide Lockheed Martin C-130 overhaul contract. The USAF's C-130 programmed depot-maintenance contract is due to be awarded in the second half of 1996. Source: Flight International
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Theseus flies
The Aurora Flight Sciences Theseus remotely piloted aircraft had a successful 1h 17min flight on 1 July at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California, when it reached an altitude of around 8,000ft (2,450m). The first flight of the Theseus was cut short by problems with the propeller controller ...
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Lockheed Martin begins talks with Czech manufacturers
LOCKHEED MARTIN has held negotiations with Aerovodochody and engine manufacturer Motorlet on possible industrial offset packages which could accompany a deal to sell F-16 fighters to the Czech Republic. A team of industrial experts from the US manufacturer arrived in Prague on 1 July for discussions with several ...
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Aerospatiale/Dassault given new date
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE FRENCH Government has tightened up the time scale for agreement on a merger between Aerospatiale and Dassault Aviation, with January 1997 now set as the new deadline. Dassault Aviation has agreed to the new date, promising that "-the technical, financial and industrial ...
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Boeing and GE team for corporate 737 launch
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING AND General Electric have formed a joint venture, Boeing Business Jets, to offer a hybrid corporate-jet version of the new-generation 737 for long distance, non-stop journeys of more than 11,100km (6,000nm). The aircraft will be certificated at the end of 1998 ...
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MDC X-36 arrives for flight tests at Dryden
THE FIRST McDonnell Douglas X-36 tailless fighter-agility research aircraft arrived at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB, California on 2 July. The aircraft, the first of two 28%-scale remotely piloted vehicles to be made for the research effort, will take part in a scheduled 25-flight test ...
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Berlin hub
The supervisory board of Berlin Brandenburg Airport Holding (BBF), has confirmed a plan to develop Schonefeld Airport, to become the new Berlin hub by 2007. The BBF shareholders - the German Federal Government and the local governments of Berlin and Brandenburg - had already decided on Schonefeld in preference to ...
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ITEC ships first F124 turbofan
ITEC ships first F124 turbofan to MDC for Australian T-45 bid THE FIRST F124-400 turbofan for installation in a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) T-45A Goshawk has been shipped to MDC by AlliedSignal Aerospace's International Turbine Engine (ITEC) for eventual demonstration to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The ...
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Skywest GA arm is sold
ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S richest private companies, Darwin-based Paspaley Pearling Group, has acquired most assets of the Ansett Group's Perth-based general-aviation arm, Skywest Aviation, for an undisclosed price. Skywest Aviation operates about 35 light- to medium- turboprop aircraft, principally on a range of Government and resource-industry contracts and mining-support ...
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Cathay takes first A340-300
CATHAY PACIFIC'S FIRST AIRBUS A340-300 arrived at the airline's Hong Kong base on 22 June. The A340 is one of six -300s ordered by the airline in 1994. They will replace four leased A340-200s now in service. m Source: Flight International
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The end nears for limits on passenger liability
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE WORLD'S major international carriers are aiming to abandon cash limits on passenger-liability claims from 1 November. The initiative will mark a radical departure from the existing limits, which have remained largely unchanged for more than 40 years. Under the new rules, passengers ...