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Jetstreams destined for Australian Outback
Flight West Airlines is upgrading services to the Australian Outback, following the purchase of three Jetstream 32EP from British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops. The three 19-seat aircraft were delivered to the Australian airline in Brisbane after making a three day flight from Camarillo, California, via Honolulu, Pago Pago ...
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Mongolia takes Raytheon Autotrac system
Steve Nichols Raytheon has announced that its Autotrac 2100 system has passed site acceptance tests for the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia. The system provides communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) services. The total contract, worth $12 million, is for a satellite-based, en-route, air traffic control system ...
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Europeans back studies of navigation system
Steve Nichols A number of European companies are supporting research into the next generation of navigation, communications and air traffic systems. The North European CNS/ATM Applications (NEAP) project, which is supported by SAS, Lufthansa, Luftfartsverket, DFS and SLV, is investigating and testing a range of future applications. ...
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Wind of change in Europe's space programme
Tim Furniss There's been "quite a change" in the operating philosophy of the European Space Agency (ESA), Antonio Rodota, the agency's director general said yesterday. ESA was no longer there to "-fund industry; industry needs to support its own legs," he says. This change in attitude has ...
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Groen wins new gyroplane order from China
Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) says it has secured a further large order for its gyroplanes from Shanghai Energy and Chemicals (SECC) of China . The order is on top of an existing contract for 200 of the Utah-based company's Hawk III gyroplanes, and covers purchase options on further Hawk ...
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TT&S reveals clutch of simulator orders
Thomson Training & Simulation (TT&S) has revealed a series of contracts to supply full flight simulators to Alaska Airlines and Air France and manufacturer Airbus Industrie. For Alaska Airlines, the French company will produce its first Boeing 737-700/900 simulator as part of a contract covering a range of integrated ...
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GLS to debut on Continental flight
Steve Nichols Honeywell will claim a world first later this month when a Continental Airlines MD-83 flight becomes the first revenue service to land using a GPS landing system (GLS). On 21 September, the aircraft will fly two approaches into New York Newark and Minneapolis-St Paul using the ...
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Spar wins three new contracts for ISS
Spar Aerospace has been awarded three space contracts to support the International Space Station (ISS), as well as Hughes communications satellite projects. An $18.6 million contract from L3 Communications has been secured by the Canadian companyto supply a second Ku-band high-gain antenna for use on the ISS. Additional funding, ...
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Ultra Electronics quiet seat prototype makes its debut
Ultra Electronics has produced a prototype "quiet" aircraft seat which reduces the noise heard by its occupant by 10dB without the need to wear active noise headphones. The seat, which works by surrounding the passenger's head with noise in antiphase with cabin noise, is being targeted at major airlines ...
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Satnav test flights are Euro milestone
Steve Nichols As visitors were leaving the show on Monday evening a BAe one-eleven took off from Farnborough - and made European aviation history. In a joint venture between UK National Air Traffic Services (NATS), Racal, British Telecom and Inmarsat, the aircraft flew the first wide-area augmentation satellite-based ...
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On-line library service
The Royal Aeronautical Society has increased its worldwide library service coverage by going live on the Internet. Director Keith Mans says: "The library link fits closely with the aims of the Society to reach the global aerospace community." Source: Flight Daily News
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Powerful performer
Peter Gray/WEST PALM BEACH The latest incarnation of Sikorsky's S-76 is the first to meet in one airframe/engine combination the differing performance requirements of the helicopter's two traditional markets: utility and corporate. Previously, the US manufacturer built two variants of the aircraft: a long-range version for the cost-conscious utility ...
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Turboprop- and proud of it
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Cutaway Poster/Tim Hall Gentlemen prefer blondes and passengers prefer jets - two claims as hard to disprove as they are to prove. But Bombardier believes it can prove the latter claim to be inaccurate with its new 70/78-seat regional turboprop, the Q400, formerly the de Havilland Dash ...
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Time's Up
Awareness of the year 2000 computer problem has reached that level in industrialised nations where any casual mention of the Millennium Bug is likely to elicit accusations of hype. That should worry those nations' airlines, as they fly daily into regions of the world where awareness of the date rollover ...
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Fairchild offers savings in aviation recorders
The new Fairchild FA2100 aviation recorder has a significant advantage over its competitors - it weighs only half as much says the company. Tipping the scales at only 10lb (just under 4.5kg), the FA2100 is available as a Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), Flight Data Recorder (FDR) or a combination ...
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Tie-up brings SITA solutions to airlines
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has selected Internet provider SITA as a preferred corporate networking partner and signed a three-year agreement for exclusive networking services for corporate offices. The result will be that airlines around the world will have desktop access to SITA's online solutions which include electronic ...
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New amphibian inspired by yacht design ideas
Mike Martin A fresh concept in amphibious aircraft will be unveiled at Farnborough '98. The six-seat Centaur is said by its designer to have resolved key issues associated with amphibians. "The evolution of amphibians over the last 30 to 50 years has tended to show certain drawbacks," ...
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Marconi antennas selected
Canadian Marconi has secured two new contracts for Satcom antennas. Its CMA-2102 High Gain antenna has been selected by Continental Airlines for its new Boeing 777 and 767-400 aircraft and by Gulf Air for its Airbus A330-200 fleet. The antennae will provide onboard telephone, data and fax services via ...
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Embraer wins further ERJ orders from Continental
US regional carrier Continental Express has confirmed its love affair with the regional jet by turning a further 25 options for the Embraer ERJ-145 into firm orders. The $375-million deal takes Continental Express's total firm orders with Brazilian manufacturer Embraer to 100, comprising 75 of the 50-seat ERJ-145 and ...
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Rockwell wins in-flight entertainment contract
Rockwell Collins has won a contract to install in-flight entertainment systems on American Airlines' new Boeing 777 fleet. The company will provide its Total Entertainment System (TES) with first deliveries expected in the first quarter of 1999. TES is an advanced in-flight entertainment system which will allow airlines ...