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Astra Jet
Walter Kraujalis, has been named director for, the Galaxy Business Jet programme by Astra Jet, the marketing arm of manufacturer Israel Aircraft Industries. Kraujalis, who is to establish a Galaxy operators' advisory board, has experience as a chief pilot on a variety of Galaxy-class business aircraft. Source: Flight ...
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Zeppelin stages comeback
ZEPPELIN Luftschifftechnik is to start assembly of its prototype Zeppelin LZ N07 in October. According to project manager Klaus Hagenlocher, all major components of the airship are now under construction or test. The 7,200m3 68m-long prototype, which will carry two pilots and 12 passengers, or the equivalent cargo, are expected ...
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RAF strip
UK surface-finishing specialist AST Group has won a contract to supply the Royal Air Force with plastic stripping media for paint removal from airframes and aircraft components. AST, the UK distribution agent for US abrasives manufacturer Solidstrip, will supply aerospace grade Type V acrylic media in two mesh sizes. ...
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IAI picks Lucas
Ohio-based Lucas Aerospace Power Systems has been selected by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) to supply DC starter-generators for the Astra SP and Astra Galaxy business jets. Source: Flight International
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CSC contract
Computer Sciences (CSC) has won a $756 million contract to provide support services at the US Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center at Tullahoma, Tennessee. Its team includes DynCorp and General Physics. Source: Flight International
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Concorde record
An Air France Aerospatiale/British Aerospace Concorde supersonic airliner will attempt to break the round-the-world speed record of 36h 8min 34s, set by a Gulfstream IV in February 1988. The Concorde will leave New York JFK International at midday on 15 August, with a return planned for 2044 the next day, ...
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JAS to serve China
Japan Air System (JAS) has been given approval by Japan's transport ministry to fly between Osaka's Kansai Airport and the southern Chinese City of Guangzhou. JAS, Japan's third biggest carrier, plans to fly three times a week from 2 October. Source: Flight International
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Airbus avionics
Rockwell-Collins says that Airbus Industrie is accelerating certification of its Series 900 avionics on the A319/A320 and A330/A340 to meet customer demand. Certification on the A319/A320 has been advanced from September 1996 to June. Certification on the A330/A340 is planned for June 1996. ...
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IFEN certificated
Interactive Flight Technologies' video-on-demand In-Flight Entertainment Network (IFEN) has received US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type-certification following test flying in an Alitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-11. Alitalia is evaluating the US company's in-seat video system. Source: Flight International
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Southwest shunt
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 collided with a Cessna 210 on the ground at Dallas Love Field Airport, Texas, on 28 July while taxiing to its gate. No one was injured. The 737, with 97 passengers and crew, suffered only minor damage, but the Cessna's fin was severed. ...
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GPS alternative is a necessity
Sir - The success of the first trials of the DASA/Collins Category III global-positioning-system (GPS) landing aid (Flight International, 2-8 August, P6) indicates that the applicability of the GPS to virtually all navigation and landing tasks will not be limited by engineering snags - apart from those of jamming and ...
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Transport progress has to be continued
Sir - Mr "name held by request" (Flight International, 19-25 July, P37) says that I have ignored opposition to European high-speed trains (Flight International, 12-18 July, P38). Environmental groups these days oppose almost any progress, be it a railway line or a new airport, because any journey undertaken ...
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Tornado drops Apache
The first safe-jettison and release tests of a Matra Apache stand-off missile from a German air force Panavia Tornado have been carried out. The tests were conducted in July off the Cazaux test centre on the Atlantic coast of France. According to the German Government's arms-procurement agency BWB, the tests ...
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Elisra contract
Israeli electronics specialist Elisra has won a $40 million contract with Argentina to provide a sensor-systems upgrade for the air force's Grumman S-2E Trackers. The deal is dependent on Elisra offering a suitable funding package to overcome Argentinean budgetary problems. It will install new radar and will also replace the ...
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Overhaul deal
Miami-based Greenwich Air Services is to overhaul and upgrade the Pratt & Whitney J52 engines of ex-US Navy 36 McDonnell Douglas A-4M Skyhawks being refurbished and upgraded by Lockheed Martin Aircraft Services for the Argentine air force. The contract is worth more than $20 million. Source: Flight International
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New pad
The launch pad used to launch the cancelled Energia heavy lift booster and Buran space shuttle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan will be modified for launches of Soyuz boosters carrying manned Soyuz and unmanned Progress spacecraft. Launch pad processing buildings will be used to prepare space station modules for the ...
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India talks about SU-30
Indian officials have held discussions with Russian radar-design bureau NIIP, over retrofitting a phased-array radar, to the Sukhoi Su-30. India is interested in the Su-30 to meet a multi-role requirement, including the strike role. Source: Flight International
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Australian Dash 8
Bombardier has sold a de Havilland Dash 8-200 to regional airline Eastern Australia, with options on three more. The 37-passenger aircraft will be delivered in January 1996 and will be the first Dash 8-200 in Australia. Source: Flight International
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Strive to survive
The US Air Force is qualifying Ontario-based Irvin Canada's lightweight air-droppable survival kit on the Lockheed Martin F-16 and plans to qualify it on the McDonnell-Douglas F-15, General Dynamics F-111, Lockheed Martin F-117 and Fairchild A-10. Source: Flight International
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Iceland ATC
Quebec-based ATS Aerospace is to supply an air-traffic-control (ATC) simulator to the Iceland Civil Aviation Authority. The system includes 13 voice-communication positions, and radar- simulation software for three student-controller, instructor and pilot positions. Source: Flight International