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India appeals for Israeli help on LCA
INDIA HAS turned to Israel in an attempt to rescue its faltering Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme. Talks between the two sides are under way about the Israelis providing electronic systems and know-how. The discussions are taking place between Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and India's state-owned Aeronautical Development ...
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NASA picks contractors for X-33 and X-34 projects
NASA HAS PICKED Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas and Rockwell International to compete to build the X-33 re-useable launch-vehicle demonstrator, which could eventually lead to a Space Shuttle replacement. It also announced selection of Orbital Sciences to build and fly the smaller companion X-34 booster-demonstrator, beginning late in 1997. The ...
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Maintaining Balance
The UK Government's decision to buy a mix of EH Industries EH101s and Boeing Chinook helicopters for its armed forces, instead of opting for one or the other, might seem like a typical, British fudge. In the short term - it may be - in the long term - it ...
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Westland clinches UK EH101 deal for RAF
Douglas Barrie/LONDON WESTLAND HAS secured a £500 million ($780 million) UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) order for a support variant of the Westland/Agusta EH101, with the Government ignoring its avowed preference for open competition in the process. The UK helicopter maker will deliver the first ...
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Paris exhibitors line up
THE PARIS international air show at Le Bourget in June is likely to see the debuts of a variety of aircraft. The Eurofighter EF2000 combat aircraft, the Rockwell/Daimler-Benz Aerospace X-31 research aircraft, the Boeing 777 twin-engine wide-body, the Bell Boeing V-22 tilt-rotor and the Eurocopter EC135 helicopter are ...
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Civilian pilots are just as good
Sir - If the UK Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, can spare the time to look down from his ivory tower, he might be able to discern a large percentage of ex-Royal Air Force pilots leaving the service to get proper jobs as airline pilots. ...
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Airfield fight to spread across UK
GAMTA executives plan a renewed commitment to fighting closures and restrictions at airfields across the UK after securing increased Government sympathy. Civil servants present confirmed that a series of encouraging Government statements over recent months was explicitly intended to create a better regulatory environment for business aviation. Delegates ...
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Boeing trails maintenance time saver
BOEING HAS designed and built a trailer aimed at reducing engine maintenance times and costs on the US Air Force's new Boeing/Lockheed F-22 fighter. Recent tests using mock-ups of the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney F119 engines and F-22 aft section are already said to have demonstrated the major ...
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Ukrainian Backfires
Ukraine is to keep the Tupolev Tu-22M Backfires it inherited from the Soviet Union as the backbone of its long-range strategic aviation, according to Lt Gen Vladimir Antonets, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force. Antonets argues that Ukraine must have "forces of strategic deterrence". The service has Tu-22Ms with significant ...
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Hellfire Export
The US Army has cleared export sales of the Martin Marietta Hellfire II anti-tank missile. An upgraded version of the original Hellfire, the laser-guided weapon is in production for the US Army's McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache and US Marine Corps' Bell AH-1W helicopter gun ships. Variants of both are being ...
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Wheel Deal
AlliedSignal Aerospace has signed a letter of intent with China Southern Airlines to establish a joint venture in Shanghai to repair and overhaul aircraft wheels and brakes. Operations will begin in late 1995. Source: Flight International
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Rejected DASA looks east for regional partner
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) says that it will go ahead with a new regional-jet programme together with Korean and Chinese partners, even if its other European rivals fail to come on board. The challenge follows DASA's signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ...
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Latavio tries to wreck SAS Latvian venture
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LATVIAN FLAG CARRIER Latvian Airlines (Latavio) is mounting a last-ditch attempt to sink the proposed joint venture between Baltic International USA (BIUSA) and Scandinavian Airline System (SAS). Latavio is now being backed by the privately owned Banka Baltija - the largest bank in ...
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French Land Contract
French landing-gear manufacturer and maintenance company Messier-Bugatti has won a contract from Korean Airlines for the general overhaul of landing gear on five Airbus Industrie A300-600 aircraft, representing work on 15 landing-gear legs. The work will be carried out at Messier-Bugatti's Molsheim plant in eastern France, and is expected to ...
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European Airways takes off in UK
European Airways has started services in the UK linking Newcastle and Southampton. The airline, which is partly owned by Uzbekistan Airways, operates two BAe Jetstream 31s leased from Maersk Air. Source: Flight International
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Airport Systems wins back certification
KANSAS-BASED AIRPORT Systems International (ASI) has re-engineered its Model 1200 airfield signs and been reconfirmed as a US Federal Aviation Administration-approved supplier. Certification was suspended when deficiencies were identified following ASI's acquisition of the Model 1200 line. The revised design meets FAA illumination requirements with a 30% reduction ...
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Reginald S Potter Memorial Medals
The Isle of Man Government has commissioned these fine Crowns, available in eight different designs and in cupro-nickel, silver or gold. Hope the designer and proof-reader have copper-bottomed alibis for their assertions: "First BMW diesel engine developed by Focke-Wulf - the supremely agile and tough fighter FW190 was powered by ...
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Indian Passage
A 24-strong delegation of companies led by McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has completed a tour of Indian aerospace concerns as part of an effort to identify potential component-suppliers for the US Company's aircraft programmes. MDC is competing for major aircraft orders from Air India and the new Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture. ...
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Improvements
To allow for visitors from domestic destinations, a separate, nearby, visitor airfield has been established, the main Avalon Airport being unavailable to visiting aircraft for the duration of the show. For business visitors, an ample range of accommodation is on offer at nearby Geelong and Melbourne. Every deficient aspect of ...