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Su-34 sequential ejection tests
THE RUSSIAN air force has been carrying out tests on the Sukhoi Su-34, looking at the consequences of a sequential, rather than simultaneous, ejection on the crewmember remaining in the cockpit. The photographic sequence shows an ejection test being carried out from the Faustovo Flight Aviation Systems Research Institute, near ...
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RAF studies reconnaissance GR4/EF2000 Tornado GR4 and Eurofighter
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE has begun a programme to equip its Panavia Tornado GR4 interdictor-strike aircraft and the Eurofighter 2000 with a long-range electro-optical reconnaissance pod. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has operational analysis studies under way to determine the number of pods and ground stations necessary ...
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Taiwan close to F-5E conversion decision
THE TAIWANESE AIR force is expected to select a contractor shortly to convert eight of its Northrop F-5E fighters to reconnaissance aircraft. Competing for the Taiwanese RF-5E Tiger-eye conversion deal are Taiwan's Aero Industry Development Center, the Taiwan Aerospace-owned maintenance company Air Asia and Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe). ...
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RAF to fly three standards of EF2000
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE will be forced to operate three different standards of the Eurofighter 2000 combat aircraft as a result of technical delays and the rescheduling of the programme. The RAF will begin to take delivery of the EF2000 by the end of 2000. The first aircraft ...
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Mutacts on the horizon
Horizon Technology has released details of Mutacts (memory-unit tactical aircrew training system) which it is developing for the Swiss and Finnish air forces' McDonnell Douglas F-18s. The system accurately reconstructs complex training sorties for later digital playback using computer graphics and simulation. Synchronised displays of mission data and aircraft videos ...
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Safety-resource management
David Learmount/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AS MILITARY BUDGETS shrink and resources become more scarce, there are signs, that military aviation flight safety leaders, are taking up ideas developed by the civil air transport community. In one of the most significant of these ...
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GEC-Marconi, Honeywell to develop pilot-cueing system
GEC-MARCONI AND Honeywell Military Avionics are teaming to develop a fully integrated "look-and-shoot" helmet-mounted cueing system. Honeywell says that the system will be shown on Lockheed Martin's two-seat F-16 demonstrator in 1996. The flight demonstrations are designed to show how the system will allow "rapid target acquisition and ...
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1994 World military aircraft incidents
Compiled by David Learmount/LONDON Flight International's annual listing of military aircraft accidents and incidents is as complete as possible, but it inevitably reflects varying national attitudes to the release of information on military subjects. Some countries release no information at all, others a great deal. The list, therefore, ...
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The finished Article
This year's MosAero show on 22-27 August at Zhukovsky is likely to have its fair share of debutantes. MIKOYAN'S ARTICLE 1.42, otherwise known as the mnogufunktsionalnny frontovoi istrebityel (multi-function fighter), may be wheeled out into the public gaze at the end of this month, at the MosAero show ...
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CASA plans to develop new transport variants
Julian Moxon/MADRID CASA IS PLANNING developments to each of its military transports as part of a new strategy aimed at further strengthening its position in the sector. A new version of the C.212, the C.212-400, has effectively been launched, equipped with electronic flight-instrumentation system improvements ...
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BASE contracted for DIRCM work
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE (Systems and Equipment) (BASE) has been awarded a contract worth an estimated £10 million to supply a range of components for the Nemesis Directed Infra-Red Countermeasures (DIRCM) system, being developed by a Northrop Grumman-led team. The Nemesis is designed to protect ...
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USAF reviews Black Hawk shootdown
ALL ADMINISTRATIVE and personnel actions taken in the wake of the 14 April, 1994 shooting down of two US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters over northern Iraq will be reviewed by Gen. Ronald Fogleman, the US Air Force's chief of staff. Twenty-six people were killed in the ...
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Too many cooks?
Is Russia's recipe for arms-export success too rich? Alexander Velovich/MOSOCW EIGHTEEN AIRCRAFT being offered by eighteen agents, including a Russian popular singer with alleged mafia connections. No wonder the sale of Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrums to Malaysia proved such a tortuous process. Russia's attempts to "rationalise" ...
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Taiwan says 'no' to ex-Pakistani F-16s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE TAIWAN HAS ruled out purchasing any of Pakistan's embargoed Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs from the US Government, because of a lack of commonality with the F-16s it has already ordered. The US Government is trying to find a buyer for the 28 completed F-16s ...
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Good initial results for C-17 test
PRELIMINARY FINDINGS from the vital 30-day US Air Force evaluation of the McDonnell Douglas C-17 transport suggest that the aircraft performed better than expected, achieving launch-reliability rates of 99.4%. Twelve C-17s logged 2,252h in the Reliability, Maintainability and Availability Evaluation (RM&AE), transporting 5,000t of cargo. Out of 513 ...
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Canadian trainer options tighten up
SELECTION OF A turboprop trainer for Canada's proposed industry-operated NATO flying-training programme will begin soon. The choice is expected to narrow to the Embraer EMB-312H Super Tucano, the Pilatus PC-9 and the PC-9-based Raytheon Beech MkII, winner of the US Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) competition, which had its ...
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Canada nears SAR choice
THE CANADIAN Cabinet is expected shortly to approve a C$600 million programme to acquire 15 new search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters. Agusta/Westland, Boeing Helicopters, Eurocopter and Sikorsky have indicated their intentions to bid for replacing the Canadian Forces' Boeing CH-113 Labradors between 1998 and 2001. Alongside the ...
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Measuring safety
Measuring safety by comparison is difficult. The Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF's) MacKinnon explains: "The problem with measuring performance with other nations is that there are a number of definitions as to what constitutes an accident." For example, what the Royal Air Force calls a Category 4 accident is close ...
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Overhaul deal
Miami-based Greenwich Air Services is to overhaul and upgrade the Pratt & Whitney J52 engines of ex-US Navy 36 McDonnell Douglas A-4M Skyhawks being refurbished and upgraded by Lockheed Martin Aircraft Services for the Argentine air force. The contract is worth more than $20 million. Source: Flight International
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Downtown
Maintenance Company Downtown Airpark, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has named Adriano Davila director of international sales. Over the past 14 years, following US Air Force service, Davila has been a pilot and technician instructor at both Colorado Aerotech and FlightSafety International. Greg Groves has become interior department manager, replacing Ed ...