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Still kicking
Upgraded with a powerful engine, the Pacific Aerospace CT4 trainer is enjoying remarkable longevity Once aboard, the student is exposed to a military-cockpit ambience Paul Phelan/HAMILTON BUILT FOR THE FLOURISHING flying-school market of the early 1960s, Australia's successful Victa Airtourer and Air cruiser trainer aircraft ...
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Lockheed wins $12 million image contract from FSI
Lockheed Martin has won a contract worth more than $12 million from FlightSafety International (FSI) to supply seven Compu-Scene SE2000 Plus image generators to upgrade CAE-built Lockheed C-5 Galaxy simulators used by the US Air Force (Flight International, 9-15 August, P21). Deliveries will begin in May 1996 and the first ...
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Mil unveils all-weather Havoc
MIL EXPECTS to fly the Mi-28N millimetre-wave (MMW)-radar-equipped all-weather attack variant of its Mi-28 Havoc helicopter before the end of 1995. The aircraft, displayed for the first time at MosAero, showed numerous external differences, the most notable of which is the mast-mounted MMW-radar housing. The sensor ...
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RAAF C-130S Get APN-241
Westinghouse will install APN-241 advanced weather and navigation radar on 12 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-130 transports under a $5 million contract which also includes spares. Delivery will be completed in January. Plans call for retrofit on C-130Hs and use on the new C-130J, which the RAAF says it ...
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Pemco
Gen Thomas Richards (US Air Force, retired) has been elected to the board of maintenance and modifying company Precision Standard in Birmingham, Alabama. He replaces Adm Wesley McDonald who retired in May. Richards is also an international aviation and defence consultant and holds corporate directorships. John Zubeckis becomes president and ...
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Jayhawk first
US Navy pilots have begun training on the US Air Force's Raytheon T-1A Jayhawk multi-engine trainers. The joint airlift/tank/maritime training aircraft is a forerunner to joint primary training, which will begin once the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) enters service. The Raytheon Beech MkII has been selected as the ...
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Northrop Grumman details IDECM bid
Northrop Grumman has revealed details of its proposal for the joint US Navy/Air Force integrated defensive electronic-countermeasures (IDECM) requirement. The company is one of four bidders for the contract to develop a jamming system for the USN's McDonnell Douglas F-18E/F and various USAF aircraft, including the McDonnell Douglas ...
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Loral recorder gains double approval
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA LORAL DATA Systems has received US and European certification for its Fairchild A200S solid-state cockpit-voice recorder (CVR). The Sarasota, Florida-based company believes the A200S to be the first 2h-capacity CVR to meet the latest Eurocae ED-56A certification standard. The ED-56A sets new requirements for ...
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Mighty Moose
It has been a testing time for the C-17, but the military transporter is winning new friends. Guy Norris/MILDENHALL THE McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) C-17 military transport has earned the nickname "The Moose" because of its impressive size and large, antler-like winglets. After years of doubt, it also seems ...
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AIDC seeks Taiwanese air force support for IDF trainer variant
Paul Lewis/TAIWAN TAIWAN'S Aero Industry Development Centre (AIDC) is pressing the air force to support the development of an advanced trainer variant of the Ching-Kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF). AIDC is proposing a "downgraded" tandem-seat version of the IDF to meet the Taiwanese air force's requirement ...
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Lockheed Martin makes final offer to RAAF
LOCKHEED MARTIN has presented its final proposal to replace Royal Australian Air Force C-130s with the new C-130J Hercules and announced its first offset agreements. The proposal is for 12 aircraft to replace RAAF C-130Es, with options taking the potential total to 36, including five aircraft to replace Royal New ...
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Embraer sets date for ALX prototype maiden flight
Embraer will fly the first prototype ALX light-attack aircraft within six months, following the signing on 18 August of the development contract. One of the Brazilian manufacturer's two EMB-312H Super Tucano demonstrators will be fitted with an uprated, 1,190kW (1,600shp), Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 engine for flight-testing ...
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EW deal for Canadians
CAE Aviation has received a C$13.5 million ($10 million) contract to manufacture and install 28 electronic-warfare self-protection suites (EPWS) and 24 forward-dispenser kits (FDK) in Canadian Forces' Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. CAE has already installed the EPWS in two C-130s and the FDK in six aircraft. The programme will take ...
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Canada considers Russian helicopters for sea roles
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA TWO RUSSIAN-BUILT helicopters have unexpectedly emerged as competitors for Canada's pending search-and-rescue (SAR) and maritime-patrol helicopter requirements. Kelowna Flightcraft plans to offer the Mil Mi-17 for the 15-aircraft Canadian SAR Helicopter (CSH) programme, while MacDonald Dettwiler is studying the Kamov Ka-32's suitability for the ...
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FM2600 engine well received after Oshkosh show debut
Graham Warwick/Atlanta Switzerland's MDB Flugtechnik reports "enormous interest" in its FM2600 aircraft engine, following the powerplant's debut in a Stoddard-Hamilton GlaStar kitplane at the Oshkosh show in late July. The FM2600 is an all-new, liquid-cooled, four-cylinder engine producing 120kW (161hp) normally aspirated and 150kW turbocharged. MDB ...
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Eurocopter fires opening shots in Spanish campaign
EUROCOPTER HAS fired the opening salvo in the battle to win a Spanish army order for 15 medium-lift transport helicopters. The France-German consortium is offering 100% offset as part of its bid to sell the AS.532 Cougar Mk. 1, which would include construction of 40% of the airframe ...
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TAC still looks for alliance to build regional aircraft
Paul Lewis/TAIPEI TAIWAN AEROSPACE (TAC) still hopes to participate in an international regional aircraft project, and is continuing to hold discussions with British Aerospace, despite the collapse of its planned RJ aircraft joint venture with Avro. "BAe is still an important player with its RJ, and ...
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Venezuela to buy Mil transports
THE VENEZUELAN armed forces are planning to buy a fleet of 18 Russian Mil Mi-8 and Mi-17 transport helicopters. The helicopters, formerly in service with the Russian armed forces, are to be sold via a Polish intermediary, and will have some Polish avionics fitted. The unnamed ...
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MiG-MAPO offers to upgrade Polish Fulcrums
MiG-MAPO is offering to upgrade Polish air force Mikoyan MiG-29SE Fulcrums as an alternative to Poland procuring Western combat aircraft, according to a senior company official. The Polish air force is interested in improving its fighter-combat capability with the Lockheed Martin F-16, thought to be the favoured political ...
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Kamov plans Ka-62 flight
RUSSIAN HELICOPTER manufacturer Kamov plans to fly its Ka-62 medium utility helicopter before the end of 1995, with the first prototype being displayed on the static line at the Zhukovsky show. A first flight of the prototype had been planned for 1994, but funding difficulties are thought to ...