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Simulated hell
Peter Gray/FORT WORTH and WEST PALM BEACH It was a dark and stormy night. I was in the jump seat of a Sikorsky S-61N helicopter. We were in the cruise and all was well. Suddenly, all hell broke loose. One engine ran up quickly and went slightly over the ...
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WAAS is threatened as sole-means GPS falters
US airlines have tacitly accepted that global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) as a sole-means aid is not going to be approved, according to the US Air Transport Association (ATA). The trade body has appealed to the US Congress not to reduce funding for the global positioning system Wide Area ...
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Messier-Dowty plans giant drop rig
Messier-Dowty, now wholly owned by Snecma, is to build Europe's largest landing gear drop test rig. The MEGA (Machine d'Essais pour Grands Atterrisseurs) is a $3 million project to assemble the rig in Toulouse. Entry into service is scheduled for early 2000. The rig will be sited at the ...
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UK Government boosts space funds
The UK's new space minister, Lord Sainsbury, has announced a $17 million boost for navigation and earth observation programmes, including a 25% UK stake in work towards the development of a proposed European global satellite navigation system. Initial investment amounts to £5 million ($8 million), while a total of ...
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UK carries out satellite guided approaches
The UK Civil Aviation Authority's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) successfully conducted the first satellite-based augmentation approaches using the Northern European Satellite Test Bed (NESTBed), according to Flight International's sister publication Air Navigation International. NESTBed, which has been developed by NATS to demonstrate the satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) concept, ...
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Matsushita and Honeywell form alliance
Matsushita Avionics Systems (MASC) is to form a strategic alliance with Honeywell. The tie-up combines the Japanese company's in-flight entertainment (IFE) technology with its US partners strengths in avionics, particularly communications. The link between Matsushita, an IFE market-leader, and Honeywell is in part a response to Rockwell Collins purchase ...
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UPS tests ADS-B in Los Angeles area
United Parcel Service says it is carrying out ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) operational flight testing in the Los Angeles area using one of its Boeing 727s. The tests are being monitored by specialists from US avionics organisation II Morrow and the FAA Technical Centre. The trials began on 4 ...
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Customers prompt 90-seat proposal
Bombardier is preparing to launch a 90-seat regional jet before its 70-seat contender has even flown because "...our customers are telling us they want such an aircraft," says chairman Laurent Beaudoin. "If we could have delayed them, we would, but they say they want a 90-seater." The company says it ...
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Fairchild Aerospace names 728JET risk share partners
Fairchild aerospace has admitted that, after months of talks with potential subassembly manufacturers on the 728Jet regional aircraft, it may end up having to build the aircraft structure itself. Despite that, the company was able to reveal several of its risk sharing partners in the programme at the show. ...
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ATR and Embraer to decide on 70 seater by year-end
ATR and Embraer expect to decide by the end of the year whether to launch new 70-seat size regional jet developments. At the same time, the companies are continuing to seek partners and jointly discuss a possible collaborative programme in what is fast becoming an overcrowded market. The Brazilian ...
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survey reveals harsh realities of marketplace
Alan Dron If you want to be an airline pilot, don't bother with university. And if you do make it into a cockpit, there is a 33% chance of being unemployed at some time in a given five-year timespan, with the average fallow period being one year. These ...
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GPS suppliers set to tackle security
Steve Nichols How secure is satellite navigation? The US Global Positioning System (GPS) has 24 satellites - 21 active and three spare - orbiting the earth in just under 12 hours. A basic GPS receiver usually needs to "see" at least four to plot position and altitude ...
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Design review planned in prop development
Once Farnborough's out of the way, American company Hamilton Standard will be conducting a critical design review of its NP2000 propeller development programme with representatives from the US Navy, Northrop Grumman and Allison. The US Navy has selected the NP2000 for its E-2C Hawkeye and C-2A Greyhound aircraft. The ...
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Three more customers for Honeywell Pegasus system
Honeywell has added Austrian Airlines, Sabena and Swissair to its growing list of Pegasus Flight Management System (FMS) customers. The systems will be fitted to their Airbus fleets, bringing the number of companies choosing Pegasus to more than 30. The system provides airlines with new capabilities to take ...
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Delta to offer one premium class on long-haul flights
Delta Air Lines plans to replace its existing intercontinental first- and business-class service with "new, premium two-class service" in the spring of 1999. The new in-flight cabin service product will replace the two premium classes that Delta offers today on long-haul services with one. The marketing effort will include ...
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THY orders 737-800 full-flight simulator
THY Turkish Airlines has ordered a Boeing 737-800 full-flight simulator (FFS) from CAE Electronics. The simulator is to be delivered late next year and installed at the national carrier's flight training centre in Istanbul. The sale is CAE's first to THY, which has also ordered a computer-based Next Generation 737 ...
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Lord system cuts 70% of noise
Lord Corporation's active noise and vibration control system, which it calls NVX, has received FAA certification for both DC-9 and MD-80 aircraft. The system features a new actuator design with a reduction in power requirements - down to 300 watts. Programme manager Becky Weih says it is also simpler to ...
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Air con system ready for flight test
Microtecnica of Italy has delivered its first vapour cycle air conditioning system to Sikorsky for flight testing on the new S-92 Helibus. First flight with the system is scheduled for later this year with system qualification testing to be completed by the end of 1999. The system provides ...
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Laptop link-up
Businessmen planning to work while they travel no longer need to carry a spare laptop battery, thanks to a collaboration between Primex Aerospace and Airline Interiors, both part of the Simula group. The two companies have developed a system called Empower which allows passengers to connect their laptops to ...
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Matsushita links with Honeywell in key IFE move
In-flight entertainment (IFE) market-leader Matsushita Avionics Systems (MASC) is to team with Honeywell in a move which promises to alter the evolution of the industry significantly. The agreement marries MASC's leading-edge expertise in creating interactive IFE software operating platforms with Honeywell's communications and data-management skills. It is set ...