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RAAF opts for Air New Zealand F-18 maintenance
AIR NEW ZEALAND Engineering Services has been named as preferred tenderer to overhaul the General Electric F404-400 engines of the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) McDonnell Douglas F-18A fighter fleet. Incumbent contractor Hawker de Havilland, a BTR Nylex subsidiary, and Australian airline Qantas were the other two bidders. ...
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Taxi service
Span Air, a new Indian private-taxi operator, is launching a regional service in the state of Maharashtra, using three Reins-Cessna F406s acquired from Sembawan Aviation of Singapore. It is believed that Span is paying $1.5 million per aircraft. The taxi operator says that it is also talking to aircraft and ...
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JAS pulls back
Japan Air System (JAS) plans to suspend Tokyo-Singapore flights from 1 April, as part of cutbacks in international services in favour of more profitable domestic routes. Aircraft and crews will be redeployed on ten new domestic routes planned for launch in 1995. JAS scrapped its Honolulu service in 1994 after ...
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RAF hits 5,000h mark in Turkish operation
THE RAF HAS SURPASSED 5,000 flight hours in Operation Warden, which is intended to provide a safe haven for the Kurds in northern Iraq. Following an initial deployment of Sepecat Jaguars, British Aerospace Harrier GR.7s were deployed to Incirlik air base in April 1993. The 5,000h mark was passed shortly ...
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BAe holdings
Simon Jewell has been named vice-president for air weapons at the Government Programs Office of British Aerospace Holdings of Arlington, Virginia. He was formerly vice-president for Europe in the Defence Marketing Directorate at British Aerospace Defence headquarters at Farnborough in the UK. Source: Flight International
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Russian boost for Atlas
A HIGH-FIDELITY MOCK-UP of a Russian RD-180 rocket engine at Martin Marietta Astronautics, Denver, Colorado, is being assessed for use on the company's Atlas fleet of commercial launchers. The engine, developed by NPO Energomash, is a two-chamber version of the four-chamber RD-170/171/172 engine, used on the Energia and Zenit launchers ...
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Government order reprieves Kania
Poland's Kania multi-role-helicopter programme has been granted a stay of execution following the placing of four new orders by the Polish Ministry of the Interior - the first new sale of the Kania in five years. The deal came at a time when some at manufacturer WSK PZL-Swidnik were pushing ...
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Corpsam teaming
Loral Vought Systems has teamed with TRW Data Technologies and Westinghouse Electronic Systems to bid for the US Army's CorpsSam programme to replace the Hawk surface-to-air missile. France, Germany and the USA are discussing co-operative development of the CorpsSam. Source: Flight International
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Information required, please, on the Fairey Gannet
Sir - I am researching UK carrier aircraft and would like to make contact with the designers, pilots and engineers who flew and maintained any Fairey Gannet. Is there a flyable aircraft somewhere? Where can one be seen? Those residing in the USA can call collect to ISAM, Neil ...
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Hubble stars again
The European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera aboard the Hubble Space Telescope has located one of the smallest stars in the Universe. Designated the G1623b and located 25 years away in the constellation of Hercules, the smaller component of a binary-star system is ten times less dense than the Sun. ...
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Orenda licensed
GE Aircraft Engines has licensed Hawker Siddley Canada's Orenda division to manufacture selected turbine discs and other rotating components for its J85-, T58- and T64-series engines. Mississauga, Ontario-based Orenda has also been licensed to support and overhaul all J85 variants. Source: Flight International
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Germany embarks on GPS testing
THE GERMAN air-navigation-services agency, the DFS, has begun a satellite-navigation test programme which could lead to satellite-based non-precision approaches being allowed this year. The programme, begun in December, 1994, is being carried out in co-operation with the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) and Nuremberg-based regional carrier Eurowings. ...
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Orders hit the bottom
Orders for jet-powered airliners in 1994 were the worst for more than a decade Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The jet-airliner market provided little to shout about in 1994, but the performance may prove more encouraging than some of the headline figures suggest. Boeing is right to point out ...
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Russia agrees deal with India for aircraft carrier from Russia
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW RUSSIA HAS AGREED to sell to India the Kiev-class 37,000t aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov (formerly the Baku) in a move which may have wider implications for the strategic balance in the Asia-Pacific region. India operates two ageing former UK aircraft carriers, the 28,700t Viraat ...
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Expensive mistakes
The number of airline accidents rose a little in 1994, and insurance costs beat all records. David Learmount/LONDON World airline accident fatalities increased in 1994, compared with 1993, and exceeded the decade annual average. The increase is an insignificant variation in the context of annual figures during the ...
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Too close for comfort
The TCAS 2 mandate is being met as the FAA pushes the TCAS 1. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC For the past year, all civil airliners with more than 30 seats operating in or into the USA have been equipped with the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS). ...
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European spies
Europe will make its space-surveillance debut when the Helios satellite is launched in 1995 Tim Furniss/LONDON The French Matra Marconi Space (MMS) Helios 1A satellite, to be launched by an Ariane 4 before the end of April, will provide Europe with the world's fourth military-surveillance capability, ...
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In praise of excellence
Winners of the Aerospace Industry Awards will be revealed at the Paris air show. Should your company be among them? Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Aerospace, more than any other industry, has thrived on a constant stream of innovation. Yet there are few enough opportunities to applaud those who ...
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PNG begins shut-down of aviation infrastructure
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS PAPUA NEW Guinea has begun the progressive withdrawal of major elements of its aviation infrastructure because of a lack of funding. The closures could eventually result in a complete shut down of the country's airways system and its airports. Air-traffic-control (ATC) services ...
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Interstate signs GPS landing deal
INTERSTATE Electronics and Airport Systems International have combined to develop ground-based landing systems based on global-positioning-system (GPS) technology. Interstate will supply the differential-GPS (DGPS) system while Airport Systems will provide the datalink radio, installation hardware and services. Anaheim, California-based Interstate, which has developed GPS receivers and tracking systems ...