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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
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SIA Learjet Order
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has ordered two more Learjet 31s and four Learjet 45 aircraft, worth $65 million, for pilot training. They replace four Learjet 31s in service since 1991. The two new 31s are due for delivery in December and the four 45s in 1997. Source: Flight International
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Air Wisconsin In Profit
US regional carrier Air Wisconsin turned in operating profits of $2.9 million a year after its buy-out from the United Airlines group. The United Express carrier was bought out by a group of three airline executives at the end of 1993. It posted $2.5 million before tax for 1994. ...
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Air Malawi Expands
Air Malawi is to receive a Boeing 747-300 and two 737-400s from Malaysia Air System. A Government statement does not reveal the airline's intentions for the aircraft. Source: Flight International
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P-3C Upgrade
Litton has begun production of more than 200 modification kits, to upgrade ALR-66A(V)3 electronic-warfare systems on US Navy Lockheed P-3C maritime-patrol aircraft following the successful completion of development testing. The ALR-66B(V)3 as the upgraded hybrid system is known, houses a modified direction finding antenna fitted in a belly mounted radome. ...
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The dangers of an SRA approach
Sir - I know little of the Boeing 737 accident at Coventry Airport on 21 December 1994, accident, but alarm bells rang in my mind when I read that a surveillance radar approach (SRA) was used. At Hamburg in 1991, I flew such an approach in instrument ...
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Alaska
Raymond Vecci, Alaska Air's chairman and chief executive, has resigned because of differences with the company board. Executive vice-president John Kelly has been named chairman, chief executive and president. He will continue as chief operating officer until a replacement is named. Vecci worked at Alaska Air for two decades. ...
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Select Advice On ATC
A UK Parliamentary transport select committee report on air-traffic-control (ATC) privatisation is recommending that the Government publish detailed arguments as to why it does not favour the creation of a "profit-making public-sector company", instead of outright privatisation. It also recommends that, if the plan proceeds, the Civil Aviation Authority's safety-regulation ...
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Mesa places big Dash 8 order
MESA AIR IS to buy 25 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200s with 25 options in a deal, which launches the model in the US market. The -200 version is tailored for "hot-and-high" requirements and will be used by Mesa's Mountain West Airlines division - a Denver-based United Express ...
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Jetstream wins Air Atlantic
BRITISH AEROSPACE'S Jetstream Aircraft division has sold ten Jetstream 41s to Air Atlantic - launching its latest product in Canada. Jetstream says that the deal is worth about $70 million and first delivery is due in March, with four more following in the second quarter of the year ...
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In and Out Club
Greek flag carrier Olympic Airways has appointed Prof. Rigas Doganis as its chairman and chief executive. Doganis is head of the department of air transport in the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield University in the UK. Embraer has appointed Juarez de Siqueira Britto Wanderley as president, following Ozires Silva's resignation. ...