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On time and on target
The Royal Air Force's Jaguars are equipped to stand off and deliver. Douglas Barrie/BOSCOMBE DOWN Urgent operational requirements (UORs), by their very nature, are not always easy to meet. Haste and progress are not always compatible. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) was lucky, however, with ...
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Aeroflot looks West for its fleet renewal
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN International Airlines (ARIA) has confirmed plans to lease further Western aircraft until upgraded Russian aircraft become available. Replacement of ARIA's 116-strong fleet of ageing and fuel-inefficient aircraft is a priority, acknowledges airline chief executive Vladimir Tikhonov, giving his report on the airline's performance ...
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Airline seats get off the ground
SIMULA SUBSIDIARY Airline Interiors has secured a launch customer for its 16G airline seats. California-based start-up carrier Trans-Orient Express has signed a letter of intent to install the seats in Boeing 747-200s to be used on services between Los Angeles and Vietnam, beginning in late 1995. Initial deliveries are worth ...
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Russian space programme funding reaches crisis point
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE RUSSIAN parliament has adopted a resolution which, if ratified, will secure financing of the country's space programme at a level of "no less than 1% of the GNP [gross national product]", and establish a national space policy. Parliamentary approval would "...at least prevent ...
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GE90-powered 777 reaches Mach 0.96 in dive
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC GE90-powered Boeing 777 reached Mach 0.96 during a high-speed dive in February, as part of a faster-than-expected expansion of the aircraft/engine flight envelope. "We are well into the test schedule. In fact we're already at the point that we'd normally be at six weeks into ...
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FAA tightens training rules for R22/R44
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Following a rash of fatal accidents, the US Federal Aviation Administration has established new rules governing special training and experience requirements for pilots flying the Robinson R22 and R44 light piston-engined helicopters. The Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) seeks to improve pilot reaction ...
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ACE is high with Delta deal
NASA HAS SELECTED the McDonnell Douglas Delta 2 to launch its Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) in August 1997, by exercising its option within the Medium Expendable Launch Vehicle Services (MELVS) contract with the company. This brings to 19 "firm NASA and commercial orders" for the Delta, says Richard Murphy, the ...
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Hughes beats TRW to NASA contract
HUGHES SPACE and Communications has won a $480 million contract from NASA to build three tracking and data-relay satellites, the TDRS H, I and J. It beat competition from the existing contractor, TRW. This brings to 41 the number of HS-601 spacecraft on order (Flight International, 1-7 February). ...
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Wichita watch
Wichita, the centre of the world's corporate aircraft manufacturing, is watching the recovery anxiously. Graham Warwick/WICHITA Any signs of a recovery in the general-aviation market are particularly welcome in Wichita, Kansas, where more than two-thirds of all the world's business aircraft are built. Shipments ...
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Avionics upgrade planned for RAF's Jaguar fleet
Douglas Barrie/ BOSCOMBE DOWN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE is to upgrade its entire fleet of Sepecat Jaguar GR.1s with avionics originally developed to allow 12 of the aircraft to carry the GEC-Marconi Thermal Imaging and Airborne Laser Designator (TIALD) ...
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North Sea safety study speeds equipment change
AUK study of safety and survival in offshore helicopter operations looks certain to lead to an acceleration of basic changes in safety-equipment design. The biggest changes are likely to be in the areas of life-raft carriage, aircraft-flotation devices and lifejacket/immersion-suit design. Moves towards the use of ...
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Iberia plan calls for partial sale by 1997
Kieran Daly/LONDON IBERIA'S LATEST restructuring plan now being considered by the European Commission (EC) includes a proposal to sell off one-quarter of the carrier by early 1997. The move is part of the airline's proposal to allow it to receive a Ptas130 billion ($1 billion) cash ...
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Smiths secures place on new 737 programme
SMITHS INDUSTRIES estimates that it has secured around $350 million of business on the next generation of Boeing 737, after being selected to supply the aircraft's flight-management computer (FMC) system. Smiths supplies a range of avionics equipment for the existing 737 programme, including the FMC, but faced a ...
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UK CAA backs breather for 707s/DC-8s
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE UK GOVERNMENT is considering recommendations which would give operators of Boeing 707s and McDonnell Douglas DC-80-50s temporary waivers from European noise restrictions. Civil Aviation Administration proposals now with UK transport secretary Brian Mawhinney would give 12-month dispensations to about 75% of the dozen ...
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PWA scales back profit forecast
PWA, THE PARENT OF Canadian Airlines, has scaled down profit forecasts for this year, following a higher-than-expected net loss for 1994. The group still expects to swing back to a net profit in 1995, but warns that this is likely to be in the region of C$52 million ...
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GE turboprop will power Sukhoi S-80
GENERAL ELECTRIC has agreed a deal to put its CT7 turboprop on the Sukhoi S-80 utility aircraft. A repair, overhaul and support deal for the engine has been put in place with Rybinsk Motors. Under the contract with Sukhoi, two CT7-9B turboprops will be delivered for flight testing ...
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ATR 72 crew 'knew about icing' snag
THE PILOTS of American Eagle Flight 4182 which crashed on 31 October, 1994, were aware that their ATR 72 was icing up, but did not believe that the problem was serious enough to cause them to lose control of the aircraft. A transcript of the aircraft's cockpit-voice recorder ...
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USAir sells off 11 Boeing 737-300s
USAIR IS SELLING 11 Boeing 737-300s to General Electric Capital (GECC). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The financially ailing US carrier says that the aircraft sale is part of a plan to cut operating costs by at least $1 billion annually. It says ...
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Air New Zealand starts returning grounded 737s to service
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) expects to be back to full capacity by 12 March, following the grounding of ten Boeing 737-200s with Nordam hushkits (Flight International, 22-27 February). The aircraft were grounded following a series of turbine failures on the Nordam-hushkitted Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A in a six-month ...
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Midway plans to lease A320s to operate from Raleigh-Durham
MIDWAY AIRLINES is to operate a fleet of Airbus Industrie A320s from its new hub operation at Raleigh-Durham Airport, North Carolina, recently acquired from American Airlines. The Chicago-based carrier is initially leasing four International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500-A1-powered A320s from Orix. The first two A320s will arrive in ...