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Westland woos Canada on EH101
Jim Bagnall/OTTAWA WESTLAND is again attempting to persuade Canada to purchase the EH Industries EH101 as the helicopter programme is believed to be about to receive a considerable fillip with an UK Ministry of Defence order for around 25 aircraft. A procurement to meet the ...
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Expansionist Air Canada swings back to profitability
AIR CANADA HAS posted its first profit in five years, and chairman Hollis Harris plans to keep the momentum rolling in 1995 with a further double-digit capacity expansion. Group net profits of C$129 million ($92 million) in 1994 mark a dramatic turnaround from the C$326 million loss ...
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US airlines face FDR upgrade task
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES US AIRLINES will be ordered to undertake major upgrades of flight-data recorders (FDRs) on more than 4,000 aircraft by the end of 1997 if the Federal Aviation Administration mandates a new recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Upgrades on 739 ...
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IAI offers Phalcon technology to China
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES (IAI) is offering China airborne-early-warning (AEW) technology based on its Phalcon AEW aircraft to meet a Chinese air force requirement. The Chinese have an outstanding AEW requirement, with several companies pursuing the business. GEC-Marconi Avionics is believed to have supplied its Argus system, based on ...
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Marshall wins second order for TriStar freighter work
MARSHALL AEROSPACE of the UK is to convert three Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStars to freighters for International Air Leases (IAL), and the company has also negotiated additional options. The deal is the second major TriStar freight-conversion contract for Marshall, which again beat rival Lockheed Aeronautical Services (LAS) for the ...
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Airbus boss raises doubts over FLA
AIRBUS MANAGING director Jean Pierson has cast doubt on the ease with which the military Future Large Aircraft (FLA) programme can be integrated into Airbus Industrie. The partner nations in the European military-transport aircraft want to place the programme on a "commercial basis" within Airbus to control costs, ...
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Belgium holds bilateral talks with USA
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BELGIUM AND the USA met on 28 February to finalise the latest transatlantic open-skies agreement, so dealing another blow to European attempts to develop a common response to the US bilaterals offensive. A Belgium deal would also allow Delta Airlines, Sabena and Swissair ...
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Lucas fights US defence ban over gearbox failures
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON LUCAS INDUSTRIES is preparing to fight attempts by the US Navy to bar it from competing for any future US military contracts. The UK group is also fighting on a second front to defend itself from an action for civil damages being brought against its ...
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Tired Questions
NASA has added fuel to the burning issue, of airline pilot flight time limitations (FTLs), by claiming scientific evidence that maximum standard crew duty times, should be well below almost, all existing national limits. In doing so, it has probably wrong-footed Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) on a highly emotive ...
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ARINCand Magellan sign with GlobaLink customer
ARINC and Magellan Systems have signed a memorandum of agreement with a launch customer, an unnamed regional airline, for the GlobaLink/CNS integrated satellite-navigation and data-link-communication systems. The agreement includes $2.4 million-worth of Magellan CNS-10 avionics units, which sell for under $10,000 each. San Dimas, California-based Magellan ...
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Fruit Flies Fly
Russia's Foton 10 recoverable micro-gravity research capsule was launched on a Soyuz booster from Plesetsk on 16 February. The Foton carries the fourth European Space Agency experiment to fly on such a craft. Called the Biobox 2, it is an incubator with experiments on cells to study bone mineralisation in ...
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Heron High Flier
The Heron long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) developed by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) reached an altitude of 32,000ft (9,750m) during a test flight on 20 February. The Heron is 8.5m long and has a wingspan of 16.6m. The eventual maximum altitude of the UAV will be 35,000ft, with a maximum ...
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USN upgrades E-6A to command post
One-third of the US Navy's Boeing E-6A TACAMO (take charge and move out) long-endurance communications relay fleet are likely to be modified and upgraded to incorporate the capabilities of the US Air Force's Strategic Command's Boeing EC-135 Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) aircraft. The upgraded aircraft will be re-designated ...
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Gas leak led to Telstar 402 explosion
THE LOSS OF the Telstar 402 communications satellite after launch, aboard an Ariane 4 on 8 September 1994, was caused by an explosion, Martin Marietta Astro Space has confirmed (Flight International, 11-17 January). Although the official accident report had not been released as Flight International went to press, ...
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Technical details
The Tiger comes in three configurations - combat support, anti-tank and support (does everything). As well as the sight on the mast, there is also a thermal imager, a helmet-mounted sight display (both crew), a TV camera, laser range finder, missile localiser and night-vision goggles. (Everything in the cockpit is ...
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Bidders line up for $300 million UK ATC centre
Kieran Daly/MAASTRICHT HUGHES AIRCRAFT has become the first company to detail its planned consortium to bid to develop and build the UK's proposed Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre. The UK Civil Aviation Authority's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is expected to release a request for ...
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Transavia 737 Order
Dutch independent carrier Transavia Airlines is about to place an order for Boeing's new 737-700/800 family. The airline now operates four 737-200s and eight 737-300s, alongside three Boeing 757s. Source: Flight International
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Airlines put Nordam's window to the test
NORDAM HAS introduced a new airliner cabin-window designed to counter crazing - the thousands of scratches on airliner windows - which has reached epidemic proportions, according to airlines. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company's new Nordex EL cabin windows are being flight tested by 15 airlines. "Nordex EL has ...
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Norway takes Dash 8 for calibration duties
THE NORWEGIAN CIVIL AVIATION Administration has taken delivery of this Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-100 for navigation calibration duties. The aircraft is fitted with a calibration suite developed by the NCAA, together with Normarc of Oslo. Source: Flight International