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Finance deal clears way ahead for SJ30
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC FINANCING FOR production of the Swearingen SJ30 light business-aircraft is now in hand, allowing ground to be broken this month for the final assembly plant at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg. SJ30 production is made possible by the formation of ...
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Ground work
Tests being carried out in the USA are proving the worth of ground-proximity warning systems for helicopters. Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCO THE US NAVY AND a civil-helicopter operator have begun evaluation of the world's first ground-proximity warning system (GPWS) to be tested successfully in a helicopter ...
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C-17 launch-reliability tests are successful
Guy Norris/BICYCLE LAKE McDONNELL Douglas C-17s achieved launch-reliability levels of 97.6% during a series of US Air Force exercises, which pave the way for final assessments of the programme in July. The outcome of the mid-year evaluation is critical to the US Government's November decision ...
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Mielec delivers first K-15 Irydas
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE POLISH AIR FORCE has taken delivery of its first two PZL-Mielec M-93K Iryda trainers. The aircraft are fitted with 14.71kN (3,300lb)-thrust K-15 turbojets developed by the Warsaw Aviation Institute (IL), giving around 4kN more thrust than the PZL-5 engines powering the predecessor ...
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EW F-18 Hornet could replace USN Prowler
A VARIANT OF THE McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18E/F Hornet is a viable contender to replace the US Navy's aging Grumman] EA-6B Prowler electronic-warfare (EW) aircraft early in the next century, says Capt. Joe Dyer, the US Navy's F/A-18 programme manager. MDC wants initial USN funding to develop the ...
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Qantas foreign-ownership limit raised
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has raised limits on foreign ownership in Qantas Airways to 49%, ahead of the carrier's privatisation, although individual holdings will still be restricted to 25%. The policy switch, announced on 9 May, is designed to widen the base of potential investors when the airline's privatisation ...
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US/Peru Deal
The USA and Peru have signed a three-year bilateral agreement, expanding services between the countries. It will increase weekly round-trip flights, from 21 to 42, by November 1996. Source: Flight International
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Arianespace reveals details of launch guarantees
ARIANESPACE HAS provided full details, of its guaranteed Ariane 5 launch service (Flight International, 16-22 November, 1994). "If a satellite is lost during the launch phase - whether the failure is caused by the launcher or the satellite itself - the customer will be granted a free launch ...
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Thagard breaks US space record
NASA ASTRONAUT Norman Thagard, who was launched to the Russian Mir 1 space station on Soyuz TM21 on 14 March, became the most experienced US astronaut on 12 May, having amassed over 84 days during five space flights, four on the Space Shuttle. The record beats the achievements ...
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Loral targets communications
LORAL PLANS TO enter the high-speed, digital interactive-communications market with its CyberStar satellite system. The first satellite, serving the USA, will be launched in 1998 into geostationary orbit at 110¡W. The CyberStar will be the first satellite to be operated exclusively on the Kabroadband frequency, relaying ultra-clear, digitised ...
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Airbus cracks down on manufacturers of IFE
Kieran Daly/TOULOUSE AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is launching a two-pronged campaign to improve in-flight entertainment (IFE) equipment-performance. The move comes amid growing concern on the part of airframers that poor IFE reliability is adversely affecting overall aircraft reliability. Airbus is stressing that it will give ...
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British Army Air Corps chases Mi-8s in Bosnian war zone
Tim Ripley/GORNJI VAKUF THE UK'S ARMY AIR Corps (AAC) Westland Lynx helicopter crews are being used by the United Nations to chase and identify helicopters breaching the No-Fly Zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina amid growing concern over the dangers of a "friendly-shootdown" incident. Evidence of NATO's inability, or unwillingness, to enforce the ...
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TWA Maintenance
Trans World Airlines (TWA) will perform heavy maintenance on 52 McDonnell Douglas C-9s and DC-9s operated by the US Navy and Air Force. The initial contract is worth $38 million, with options over the next five years, which could take the value to $200 million. Most of the work will ...
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F-22 programme deemed low-risk
A US DEFENCE SCIENCE Board (DSB) task force concludes that the Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22 programme schedule sets an acceptable overlap of research and production. The task force's report runs counter to a US General Accounting Office (GAO) study which urges slowing F-22 production because of associated risks ...
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AlliedSignal in APU kit talks with Raisbeck
ALLIEDSIGNAL AND Raisbeck Engineering are in preliminary talks on the possibility of fitting external auxiliary power units (APUs) to business jets. The companies' scheme would allow an AlliedSignal APU to be attached to the rear fuselage of an aircraft without cutting into the structure. The APU ...
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Europe splits from FAA over single-engine IFR rules
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) has distanced itself from North America and Australian authorities over allowing single-engine turbine-powered aircraft to be operated commercially under instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and at night. JAA operations-committee director Richard Yates says that the authority is unlikely ...
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DASA pushes on with Asian jet programme
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has signed an agreement with Samsung of South Korea and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) to launch a joint feasibility study into a future small airliner. Work will begin immediately following the Peking agreement, which DASA chairman Jurgen Schrempp calls "the foundation stone . . ...
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R-R promises to develop Trent
Guy Norris/SEATTLE ROLLS-ROYCE HAS defined a thrust level of 423kN (95,000lb) for the next growth stage of the Trent 800 as the three Boeing 777 engine suppliers prepare for new battles over the proposed -300X A-market stretch. R-R Trent director Phil Hopton says: "We have ...
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Cathay pushes for stretched 777
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE CATHAY PACIFIC HAS declined a Boeing request to increase its orders for 777s beyond the current level of 11 to help launch the stretched version of the aircraft. At the same time, however, the Hong Kong airline is pressing the manufacturer to launch ...
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GE probes surge cause on BA's 777
Guy Norris/SEATTLE GENERAL ELECTRIC is investigating foreign-object damage (FOD) as being a possible cause of a surge experienced on a GE90 engine powering the first British Airways Boeing 777. The incident took place immediately after take-off from Boeing Field, Seattle, on 4 May on a certification ...