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Assertive cabin crew save lives
David Learmount/COPENHAGEN ASSERTIVE ACTION, by cabin crew, could greatly increase passengers' chances of survival after a crash-landing, new research has shown. Assertively applied emergency-evacuation drills can accelerate airline-passenger emergency-evacuation markedly, the study demonstrates, whereas, non-assertive cabin crew make little difference to egress rates. ...
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Contran heads for FAA trials
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is to begin trials of a system designed to prevent simultaneous air/ground voice-communication transmissions. UK purchasers of the system, however, are complaining about the UK Civil Aviation Authority's attitude to it. The FAA will shortly receive four examples of the ground version, and ...
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China's Hong-7 may never enter service
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA'S INDIGENOUSLY developed Jian Hong-7 strike aircraft is unlikely ever to enter service with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) naval air force, because of its relatively poor performance and outdated design, say Western military sources. The tandem-seat JH-7, or B-7, has been under ...
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MATRA/BAe Tie-Up Drags
Matra and British Aerospace's tortuous negotiations to merge their respective missile units have hit further delays, with the deal not now likely to be formalised by September, according to No%l Forgeard, Matra Defense chairman. Tie-up talks originally began in early 1993. Source: Flight International
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The dangers of in-house training
Sir - Authorised Examiner (AE) courses conducted by the UK Civil Aviation Authority are due to end soon, because of the requirement to harmonise with European Joint Aviation Authorities Regulations. The AE course is to be replaced with a new concept, aimed more at the instructional element of ...
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Change of mood
SAS president Jan Stenberg has brought a new realism to the airline Kirean Daly/LONDON Even in the difficult days of the early 1990s, few airlines saw their fortunes tumble quite so rapidly as did Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). Under the leadership of Jan Carlzon, the tri-national carrier ...
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Laser alignment used on F-18E/F
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has joined the forward and centre/aft fuselage sections of the first F-18E/F fighter, using a laser-alignment technique pioneered on the MDC C-17 transport. Computer-controlled alignment reduces assembly time and results in a "near-perfect" splice, MDC says. The F-18E/F is the first US fighter to be ...
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Pro Line number 200,000 appears
ROCKWELL-COLLINS has produced its 200,000th Pro Line general-aviation radio and unveiled the next stage in development of its Pro Line integrated avionics for business and regional aircraft. Collins Commercial Avionics' General Aviation division says that it already has an application, yet to be announced, for the new Pro ...
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Bell saves time with rapid casting
Graham Warwick/FORT WORTH BELL HELICOPTER Textron is using stereo-lithography (SL) and rapid casting to meet its schedule for production of the Model 407 light helicopter, deliveries of which begin early in 1996. The manufacturer estimates that it has saved six months by using QuickCast technology developed by ...
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Pemco Upgrade
Precision Standard's Dothan, Alabama-based Pemco World Air Services unit has received a Dyncorp contract to install environmental-control systems in the US Army's TH-67 Creek training helicopters. Source: Flight International
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New engine to be tested on UK satellite
A NEW ROCKET engine developed and tested by UK companies will be fired in orbit for the first time aboard a satellite in 1997. The 0.4kN (88lb)-thrust engine is the brainchild of Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL), at the University of Surrey, in Guildford - the UK's only satellite ...
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Challenging Germany's Goliath
In three years, Deutsche BA has become the second-biggest German scheduled carrier. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Not quite three years since its launch, Deutsche BA is firmly established as Germany's second-biggest scheduled carrier, behind the formidable Lufthansa. It has achieved this by maintaining a steady ...
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Laos Agreement
Laos has signed an air-services agreement with the Singapore Government, opening the way for direct air links between the two South-East-Asian countries. The deal allows for a designated carrier from each country to operate up to three flights a week between Singapore and Vientiane. Source: Flight International
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Black-market purchases help development of Brazil's VLS
Tim Furniss/LONDON BRAZIL'S ATTEMPTS to develop its own small-satellite launcher have been aided by the black-market purchases of state-of-the-art micro-electronic technology from Russia and other countries, Brazil's aeronautics ministry has admitted. Development of the Veiculo Lancador de Satelites (VLS), scheduled originally for launch in 1985, has ...
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Strategy-split forces Reims president out
THE FUTURE OF French general-aviation manufacturer Reims Aviation has again been thrown into confusion by the sudden, apparently forced, resignation of company president Jean-Paul Pellissier. According to a communiqu, from the major shareholder in the Reims-based company, Compagnie Fran+aise Chaufour Investissements (CFCI), the board of directors decided on ...
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JetRanger replacement helps drive 407 market
PRODUCTION OF Bell Helicopter Textron's Model 407 light helicopter, launched in February, is sold out until mid-1997. The company has firm orders for 105 aircraft, with company demonstrators and other commitments taking the number of delivery positions accounted for to 140. Production at Bell's Canadian plant will ...
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Matra president attacks merger
MATRA-DEFENSE Espace president Noel Forgeard has attacked the intended merger of the Aerospatiale and Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) satellite businesses for leaving his company out of the negotiations. He has also joined the growing chorus of protest over Aerospatiale ceding the lead in satellite manufacture to the German concern. ...
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Lockheed Martin to build new Asian satellite
LOCKHEED MARTIN is to negotiate a final contract for the development of a $650 million cellular-telephone communications-satellite network for the Asian Cellular Satellite System (ACSS). Launch of the first satellite, the Garuda 1, is scheduled for 1998 (Flight International, 22-28 February). The contract expected to be signed in ...
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First Image
The first experimental synthetic-aperture-radar image from the European Remote Sensing satellite has been acquired. Together with images acquired by the ERS 1 earlier, they are the first combined ERS 1/2 multi-temporal colour images. Source: Flight International