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EH101 technology is destined for fixed-wing aircraft
THE ACTIVE VIBRATION-control system of the EH Industries EH101 helicopter could soon be applied to a fixed-wing aircraft. Brian Main, chief engineer on the programme at EHI partner Westland, will not identify the potential airframe application, apart from hinting that it is twin-engine, and for a military application. ...
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Cambodian ex-minister attacks creation of RAC
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CAMBODIA'S RECENTLY concluded joint-venture agreement with Malaysian Helicopter Services (MHS) to relaunch Royal Air Cambodge (RAC), has been attacked as unconstitutional by the country's former finance minister Sam Rainsy. He claims that the deal, giving MHS a 40% stake and virtual operational control ...
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UK must renegotiate ASTOVL MoU
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE UK IS BEING forced to renegotiate a bilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering its involvement in the US Advanced Short Take-off and Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) programme as a result of the programme being merged with the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) project. ...
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Russia and Ukraine talk over return of Blackjack
A HIGH-LEVEL delegation from the Russian air force has visited Ukraine to negotiate the return of Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack and Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear long-range bombers. The aircraft were retained by Ukraine following, the break-up of the Soviet Union. The team was led by Lt. Gen. Anatoly Proskurin, the ...
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Pilot worries force FAA action over runway aid
Kieran Daly/LONDON A KEY ELEMENT of the USA's airport-capacity enhancement programme is being held up following unexpected difficulties in using it operationally. The precision runway monitor (PRM), has an electronically scanned (E-scan) radar, with a high update rate, to permit independent approaches to closely spaced, ...
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Pitot icing suspected in X-31 crash
THE INTERIM REPORT into the crash of a Rockwell/Daimler Benz Aerospace X-31 has identified a malfunction in the pilot-static system as the major contributory factor to the loss of the high angle-of-attack research aircraft (Flight International, 1-7 February). Project accident investigations, are now believed to be centred on ...
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UAE weighs up its counter to Kilos
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE UNITED ARAB Emirates (UAE), has modified the mission requirement for its planned fleet of maritime-patrol aircraft, to include, an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability. Competing manufacturers were briefed to supply four aircraft configured primarily for anti-surface-vessel (ASV) strike, armed with McDonnell Douglas AGM-84 ...
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US DoD considers punishment for Lockheed over C-130 Egyptian bribe
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense (DoD) is reviewing whether to bar Lockheed from receiving Pentagon contracts after the company pleaded guilty to paying an Egyptian politician $1 million for help in securing a $79 million contract for three C-130H Hercules transports. The US State Department has been ...
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B-1Bs pass operational readiness evaluation
THE US AIR FORCE'S Rockwell B-1B bomber fleet has passed a six-month, Congressionally mandated, readiness test intended to establish the aircraft's operational availability. Gen. Mike Loh, commander of USAF Air Combat Command, says that the test showed that the aircraft can fulfil its potential if, Congress provides sufficient ...
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Government veto blocks PC-9 sale to Mexico
The Swiss Government has banned the export of 48 Pilatus PC-9 turboprop trainers to the Mexican air force, which in 1994 used armed PC-7s to quell a revolt in Mexico's Chiapas region. The manufacturer had sought export approval for the SFr300 million ($238 million) deal. "After carefully ...
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Denver to open with stop-gap bag system
DENVER International Airport will open at the end of February, using a combination of manual and automated baggage-handling systems. The airport was due to open in October 1993, but problems with its integrated automated baggage-handling system, has forced the opening to be delayed four times. In ...
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TransAsia ATR 72 was flying 'too low'
TAIWANESE investigators examining the nighttime crash, of a TransAsia Airways ATR 72 on 30 January, are trying to determine, why the aircraft was around 1,500ft (430m) below its prescribed altitude. The ATR 72 turboprop was cleared to land and the pilot was about to begin the approach to ...
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Russia to re-start Hokum production
THE RUSSIAN Government has released funding to re-start series production of the much-delayed Kamov Ka-50 Hokum attack helicopter. Series production originally began in 1993 at the Progress plant in Arseneyv in the Russian Far East. Funding shortages, however, brought work on the helicopter to a halt. ...
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Russians reveal Su-24MP cockpit
THE FIRST photograph of the Sukhoi Su-24MP (Fencer F) electronic-warfare (EW) aircraft cockpit shows a considerably revised layout for the electronic-systems operator. The rarely seen aircraft is used by the Russian air force for EW combat training at the Lipetsk air base. Only a dozen Su-24MPs (pictured above) ...
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Recovery damage guided Phoenix review
DAMAGE TO the GEC-Marconi Phoenix unmanned air vehicle (UAV) during recovery is behind an UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) decision to undertake a review into the future of the programme (Flight International, 25-31 January). GEC admits that, on recovery, the UAV occasionally sustains more damage than is acceptable ...
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Western partners lose patience over An-124
Kieran Daly/LONDON WESTERN CARGO companies with interests in the Antonov An-124 Ruslan outsize freighter are expressing growing exasperation with its engines. The combination of the D-18T turbofan's unreliability and future difficulties in coping with noise restrictions has led to a showdown with Ukrainian engine design ...
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UK placatory on European workshare
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE UK GOVERNMENT is holding out an industrial olive branch to Germany in a move aimed at avoiding damaging disputes over work-share on the Eurofighter 2000 and the Future Large Aircraft (FLA). Senior Whitehall sources say that the UK will be relatively flexible ...
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Swissair runs into turbulence over Sabena alliance
FURTHER controversy has blown up around Swissair's alliance talks with Sabena, following the disclosure that the Swiss carrier is planning to make a revised offer which will include a call for "substantial" Belgian Government help in recapitalising its national carrier. "Swissair will formulate a new offer later this ...
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UK spells out London airports policy
THE UK GOVERNMENT'S long-awaited response to the report by the "Runway capacity to serve the south-east" working-group rules out the possibility of a third Heathrow runway, but allows for a close, parallel, runway at Gatwick. Transport secretary Brian Mawhinney is asking the Civil Aviation Authority to study further ...
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US airlines remain in the red
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE US AIRLINE industry again failed to produce the long-awaited return to profitability in 1994 as carriers paid for their latest round of restructuring. Two airlines, USAir and Continental Airlines, have warned of further job losses and aircraft deferrals to come. With most ...