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Oil factor
Since the conflict between the UK and Argentina over ownership of the Falklands ended in 1982, the South Atlantic archipelago has largely been forgotten. The UK Government continued to pay attention to the islands for a short time after the war and set in motion construction of an international airport ...
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Europe under threat
Despite advances aimed at addressing the airport-capacity problems of the late 1980s, Europe is again facing scenes of delayed flights, packed airport terminals and angry passengers. Although measures have been largely successful in easing the region's overcrowded skies, hold-ups in the approval of airport-infrastructure projects and delays in enhancing air-traffic-control ...
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Galaxys tested in formation
THE US AIR FORCE IS awaiting results from formation-airdrop flight-testing of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy transport. The tests were requested by the US Congress to determine whether C-5s could be used to airdrop an Army brigade. Lockheed C-141's, are now used for large-scale airdrops. The flight tests included ...
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Rocky passage
A second wave of airport privatisation is now well under way in Canada, involving Toronto's Pearson International Airport, Ottawa's Macdonald-Cartier International and Winnipeg International. Negotiations between the Canadian Department of Transport and the airports began earlier this year and, assuming that they go well, the Federal Government is ...
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German Tornados to get updated cockpit systems
THE GERMAN AIR force is planning to install a display video-recording system (DVRS) in its Panavia interdictor-strike (IDS) Tornados and upgrade the system in its electronic-combat-and-reconnaissance (ECR) versions. While no contract has yet been issued, the German defence ministry says that it wants to install the system in ...
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Taiwan may ditch SAe F-5E package
TAIWAN MAY cancel plans for Singapore Aerospace (SAe) to convert ten Northrop F-5Es to reconnaissance aircraft, in response to opposition from local industry. The Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) is hoping to modify the fighters to the RF-5E TigerEye configuration, as replacements for its elderly Lockheed RF-104Gs. ...
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Rockwell in ASTA negotiations
ROCKWELL SYSTEMS Australia has been named as the Australian Government's preferred bidder to buy loss-making Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA). Industry sources believe that the final price for the state-owned manufacturing operation could be as low as A$20 million ($15 million). Rockwell, which has a presence ...
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'Worst' UK air miss reported
A NEAR-COLLISION between a Suckling Airways Dornier 228 and a Business Air Saab 340 near the UK's Trent VOR navigation beacon was the closest the investigators "...had ever had to consider", according to an Aircraft Proximity Hazard Panel report. The two aircraft were on reciprocal headings on Airway ...
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Enaer Namcu close to certification
TYPE CERTIFICATION OF the Chilean-designed Enaer Namcu (Eaglet) two-seat trainer, is under way and is expected to be completed, by the end of 1995. The aircraft will be certificated in the Netherlands, to European and U S standards, by Enaer's Dutch partner, Aviation Maintenance. The Chilean manufacturer has ...
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Polish M-26s orderedby Latin Americans
MELEX, THE US marketing arm of PZL Miele, says that a Latin American government has placed an order for more than 70 Polish-built M-26 light aircraft for training and border patrol. The tandem-seat, high-performance, aerobatic aircraft is expected to gain US certification in July. The M-26 is built ...
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Questair halts operations temporarily
Questair, manufacturer of the Venture and Spirit high-performance kitplanes, has temporarily suspended operations following the crash in November 1994 of one of its aircraft, in which company chief Bob McLallan was killed. A new management team will be in place by the end of April and a "major ...
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Continental will offload Lite
CONTINENTAL Airlines has announced that it is finally scrapping its low-fare Lite operation and has reached agreement on aircraft deferrals with Boeing. The news came as the airline revealed that net losses grew to $613 million in 1994. The troubled carrier has already trimmed back heavily on ...
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US-UK bilateral talks stall again
U S AND UK negotiations over a new bilateral air-services agreement have again stalled, although the UK Department of Transport says that it expects a fresh round of talks to be tabled soon. Despite what is described as a more optimistic atmosphere, the last two rounds of talks have produced ...
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Dauphin simulator delivered
THOMSON TRAINING & Simulation has delivered its first Dauphin SA.365 naval mission simulator, to an unspecified Middle East customer. Assembled at its new integration hall at Cergy-Pontoise, near Paris, the simulator is equipped with a six-degrees-of-freedom motion base, and is based around the new Space visual system developed ...
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MDC prepares for last phase of ACT programme
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is preparing "best and final" offers in competition with Boeing for the last phase of NASA's Advanced Composite Technology (ACT) programme. The company's Advanced Transport Aircraft Development (ATAD) division delivered a composite stub-wing box test specimen to NASA's Langley Research Center, Virginia, in February under ...
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Magellan's global views of Venus
NASA HAS RELEASED A COMPOSITE of the complete radar imaging of Venus made using the Magellan mapping orbiter between September 1990 and October 1994, when the spacecraft entered the deeper portions of the Venusian atmosphere and was destroyed. Image A features the North Pole, including, the mountain Maxwell Montes, while ...
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Crash and murders hit China Airlines profits
CHINA AIRLINES (CAL) has reported a sharp cut in 1994 profits following the crash of an Airbus A300-600R a year ago and the slump in the number of Taiwanese tourists visiting China. The airline's 1994 pre-tax profit plunged to NT$642 million ($25 million), down from NT$3.4 billion. CAL ...
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Fairchild and Let drop joint venture plans
FAIRCHILD AIRCRAFT and Czech regional-turboprop manufacturer Let Kunovice have finally dropped long-standing plans for a joint-venture company, according to Let president Zdenek Pernica. Pernica says that the companies have backed away from the plan because the privatisation and restructuring process of the Czech Company was taking too long. ...
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Czechs to drive ahead with MiG-21 upgrade
THE CZECH DEFENCE ministry is to push ahead with a contentious upgrade for at least 24 of its Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbed fighter aircraft, despite objections that it is a waste of scarce resources. The ministry is expecting to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for an upgrade of ...