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Jeppesen launches on-line dispatch aid
JEPPESEN HAS launched a new OnSight integrated operations- management and flight-dispatch system for airline and fleet-operators. The OnSight delivers on-line flight-management and dispatch information in near-real time, via Unix-compatible workstations. The Denver, USA-based international aviation-information services company says that the OnSight is offered as a modular system, including ...
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FAA reviews air-tour safety advice
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is reviewing recommendations designed to increase safety for US air-tour firms operating fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. The move follows recommendations from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which resulted from an in-depth review of the 139 air-tour accidents or incidents since 1988. ...
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KLM profits news marred by strike action
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON KLM HAS REVEALED record profits, although some of the shine was taken off the announcement by pilots staging a second one-day strike. The Dutch carrier reports net profits of DFl470 million ($300 million) for its financial year to the end of March, staying ...
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Dash-8 crashes in New Zealand
THREE PEOPLE WERE killed, and four seriously injured, in the crash of an Ansett New Zealand de Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 on 9 June. The crew, who were among the injured, did not report any emergencies before the crash. The aircraft, which was approaching Palmerston North airport on ...
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GE90 test delay could hold up 777
Guy Norris/Los Angeles BOEING AND General Electric are believed to be making contingency plans, for a possible delay in the certification and delivery of the first GE90-powered 777 following a fan-balance problem experienced during ground tests. Test flying of the two GE90-powered Boeing 777 test ...
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Ariane 5 evolution
The need for an early growth version of Ariane 5, to meet the demand for higher launch weights, has been deemed essential by Arianespace if it is to compete with other launchers into the next century. A decision on development of the Evolution will probably be taken at the Toulouse ...
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Launching the Ariane 5
The Ariane 5 ground operation at Kourou covers 2,500Ha (5,190 acres), and is split into three main areas: the ELA3 launch site; booster zone (containing the solid-propellant plant, booster-integration building and solid-booster test stand) and cryogenic-fuel preparation zone. The site is new, and cost around Fr6.3 billion ($1.27 billion). ...
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Saab Aircraft celebrates major 340B order spree
SAAB AIRCRAFT has landed significant orders for its 340B Plus turboprop from two of the largest regional operators in the USA. In addition, the Swedish manufacturer has almost completed a deal to sell a large number of Saab 2000s to one of the carriers. The biggest single order ...
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MDC polls MD-11 freighter operators on smoke rules
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is canvassing MD-11 freight operators on proposed changes to the freighter configuration, which would meet new smoke-rules of the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and reduce maintenance costs. The alterations would allow loads of up to 79,450kg, while producing a net reduction (of around 130kg) ...
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Avro tackles RJ100 London City Airport weight limit
AVRO INTERNATIONAL Aerospace is working to boost the RJ100's payload capacity for operations at London City Airport, by introducing a new 33° flap setting for take-off, and reducing airframe weight. The work is being carried out to enable Crossair to operate its recently ordered RJ100s into the airport ...
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S/MM-01
STS71 Atlantis, 23 June, 1995 Mir 19 launch-phase crew: Anatoli Solovyov, Nikolai Budarin. Mir 18 re-entry and landing phase crew: Vladimir Dezhurov, Gennadi Strekalov, Norman Thagard. Gibson will fly the Atlantis towards the Mir from below and will perform the docking using television monitors ...
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Power play
Civil-engine discussion at Le Bourget will be overshadowed by the big-twin power struggle. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Big engines, mergers and the first hints of new orders will dominate the chalet gossip at Paris this year. The top end of the power battle will be represented ...
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Polished performance
The North American version of a Polish trainer is likely to find favour in the USA. John Wiley/Atlanta Polish manufacturer PZL of Warsaw and US company Cadmus, of Northfield, Illinois, have teamed up to build, certificate and market the Koliber II light-trainer aircraft. On the ...
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Nose to nose
The Paris show is the first major event for over a decade to feature aircraft from both Boeing and Airbus Industrie Kieran Daly/LONDON The significance of symbolic moments should not be exaggerated, but Paris '95 serves as well as any event to mark the start of ...
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Exhausting issues
Aviation is coming under fresh attack from environmental lobbyists. Andrzej Jeziorski/Berlin There was an air of apologetic embarrassment about environmentalist Karl Schallabock as he gave his presentation on air transport and the environment at the Berlin Climate Summit in March. The audience at ...
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Current outlook
The latest long-term forecasts from Boeing and Airbus point to better times. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Given that they more or less failed to flag up the most severe downturn in airline history, the casual observer could be forgiven for having less than absolute faith in the ...
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Germany floats idea of European engine consortium idea floated
Andrjez Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ is negotiating the sale of up to 51% of its MTU engine subsidiary to German rival BMW Rolls-Royce, and is hoping to use the merger as the core of a future European consortium including Snecma of France (Flight International, 31 May-8 June). ...
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US/EU tensions build up over open skies
Julian Moxon/PARIS TENSIONS BETWEEN the European Union and the USA are expected to be further inflamed as the US Government attempts to conclude simultaneous open-skies agreements with several European countries, while Brussels threatens legal proceedings against the countries involved. European Commission (EC) transport minister Neil ...
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Bite of the underdog
Airbus Industrie, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas will be competing in some vital sales contests in the near future Kieran Daly/LONDON The next few months will see the outcomes of some of the most significant aircraft sales contests in the history of the aviation business. Purchase decisions to ...
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Jobs: unacceptable behaviour
Sir - An interesting juxtaposition of opinion emerges between Gordon Bretag's views (Flight International, Letters, 10-16 May, P89) and the comments of Emirates' Capt. Graham Jenkins in the article "Next-century strategy" (Flight International, 17-23 May, P34). Mr Bretag typifies the attitude of many in his position, where applications ...