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Powering the SuperCobra
The Bell AH-1W SuperCobra is powered by two 1,210kW(1,625shp) General Electric T700-401 turbo-shafts. The transmission limit is 1,520kW and single-engine power available 1,280kW. The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of 6,690kg with a maximum weapon load of 753kg, but Bell offers foreign customers a 7,030kg gross weight for ferry ...
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Helicopter highlights
The most pleasing features of the GEC Venom facelift of Bell's AH1-W are: reduction of crew workload, which has been achieved by the simpler, but more efficient, cockpits; more effective systems for operating day and night in nearly all weathers (the aircraft is not cleared for ...
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Catching crabs: can you solve mystery?
Sir - In early December 1994, a Boeing 737-400 returned to its Istanbul base after completion of a charter service to Stockholm Arlanda. The flight was considered uneventful by the crew, who were surprised, therefore, by the news that the aircraft's leading edge, at a point just outboard ...
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Escort/support Tiger has maiden flight
THE FIRST ESCORT/SUPPORT version of the Eurocopter Tiger attack-helicopter prototype has been flown for the first time. The aircraft, the fourth prototype to be flown, is the first to be equipped with an active weapon system. During the 1h flight, aiming tests were carried out with the Tiger's 30mm cannon, ...
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Poliakov heads for spaceflight record
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT-PHYSICIAN Valeri Poliakov (right) is expected to break the record for the longest manned space-flight, when he reaches 366 days in orbit on 9 January - exceeding the year in orbit spent by the Soyuz TM4 crew, Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov, in 1987/8. Poliakov, who was launched to ...
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China/Israeli fighter link is confirmed by US officials
US OFFICIALS have confirmed that Israel is helping China to develop an advanced combat aircraft using technology from the cancelled Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Lavi fighter. The link, denied by China and Israel was revealed exclusively, by Flight International (2-8 November 1994). The Los Angeles Times quotes unnamed ...
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JAST Avionics Agreement
The US Department of Defense has selected a team, led by Texas Instruments, to begin development of advanced avionics for the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme. Texas Instruments, along with Honeywell, Litton Amecom and TRW, received $2.5 million to analyse and define avionics systems for future JAST vehicles. The ...
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Airbus Finance
Newly formed Airbus Finance, of Paris, France, has appointed Francois Auque as chairman. He is also corporate vice-president for finance and economics at French manufacturer Aerospatiale, a position he will retain. Source: Flight International
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All specialists are important
Sir - Roger Anton's letter "Pilots' salaries for engineers?" (Flight International, 16-22 November, 1994, P34) is like comparing the organs of the human body to see which is the most vital. It would be wiser not to compare any specialist with any other specialist. All are important in ...
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Are GPS fears well founded?
Sir - I have drawn attention previously in your letters page to the susceptibility of the global-positioning system (GPS) to jamming and other outages, which threaten the approach and landing phase of aircraft. Since no denial has been made from authorities such as the US GPS Joint Program ...
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Lumps appeared in the gravy
Sir - The article "Gravy training" (Flight International, 14-20 December, 1994, P37) carried some inaccurate information. Taipei, Taiwan-based Taiwan stock-market-listed China Airlines (CAL) has been trying to distance itself from the "flag-carrier" image, which damaged it in almost every air-services agreement talk with countries with no diplomatic ties ...
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Helicopter GPS Evaluation
Systems Management of Maryland has installed an AWOS 3500 automated surface-observing system at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, in support of the Federal Aviation Administration's global-positioning-system helicopter non-precision approach programme. The Madison-based University's heliport is the third to evaluate GPS approaches under the FAA rotorcraft programme. ...
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HUD Support
AlliedSignal General Aviation Avionics has signed an agreement with head-up-display (HUD) manufacturer Flight Visions to repair, overhaul and provide 24h spares support for the Illinois based company's HUDs. Source: Flight International
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Spar Contract
Spar Aerospace has won a series of contracts worth over C$5 million ($3.6 million) from McDonnell Douglas to supply deployable flight-incident recorder sets for the US Navy's fleet of F-18 fighters. Source: Flight International
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New Director
NASA veteran Jay Honeycutt has become the sixth director of the Kennedy Space Center after the resignation of Bob Crippen, who has confirmed his unrest with continued Space Shuttle budget squeezes (Flight International, 20-27 December 1994). Source: Flight International
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Inmarsat Investors
Authorised investors from more than 40 countries in six continents have filed intentions to invest more than $1 billion in the 76-member-country Inmarsat affiliate company, which, with 15% Inmarsat investment, will operate the $2.6 billion, Inmarsat P global hand-held satellite-telephone service starting in 1999-2000. ...
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Launch Contract
PanAmSat has signed a "multi-launch contract" with Lockheed-Khrunichev-Energia International for Russian Proton flights "in late 1996", with the PAS 5 (Flight International, 20-27 December 1994). While this indicates a Proton commitment, Ariane flights of the PAS 4 and the PAS 3R replacement now seem more secure. Source: Flight ...
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MAS Conversion
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plans to bolster cargo capacity by converting two Boeing 747-200 passenger aircraft into freighters. The carrier expects a fivefold increase in cargo growth up to 1999. Source: Flight International
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Myanmar Delivery
Myanmar Airways International has taken delivery of a second Boeing 737-400 leased from Malaysia Airlines. The airline plans to use the aircraft to launch a service between Rangoon and Dhaka in Bangladesh and add more flights to Singapore and Bangkok. Source: Flight International