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 ...l at least 2002, using the
second batch of 20 launchers it has
just ordered, while the Ariane 5
proves itself commercially and
builds customer confidence. J
Clinton veto scuttles ASAT/SR-71
THE LOCKHEED SR-71 Blackbird and the develop
ment of a kinetic-energy anti-satel
lite (KE-ASAT) kill vehicle (KKV)
have fallen foul of US President
Clinton, who used the "line-item
veto" to scrap fun...
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 ...be much
the same as before, but with the added spice of 15 types
of aircraft never previously displayed in Europe, and a
total of more than 100 aircraft (see list on page 387).
The arrival of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird on the
press day of the 1974 display, after a record Atlantic
crossing, was undoubtedly a publicity coup. "We knew we
had one up," a US Department of Commerce spokesman
to...
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 ...ays
that such compressorless engines produce
toroidal vortices, but will not comment on
strange contrails associated with the "Aurora" -
the much-rumoured US military replacement
aircraft for the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.
Scramjets may be the next step, but Bushnell
believes that PDWs could bypass them and
even replace gas-turbine engines. "You don't
have any parts," he says. Pulsed detona...
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 ...ould be required for certification.
Flight-test engines should be delivered
to Boeing (for the 747) and to Lock
heed by early 1976.
Blackbird's second record
By the time these words appear,
the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird that
appeared at Farnborough should have
established a world speed record on
the return flight from London to Los
Angeles. A new crew, Capt Buck
Adams and his reconnaissa...
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 ...DEFEHCE
Apache production
slow-down likely
McDonnell Douglas Heli copters (MDH) has been
forced to plan a slow-down in
production of AH-64 Apache
attack helicopters, following
cuts in US milita...
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 ... has also ordered five
BO.105LSs and two BK.117B-ls
for use by the Federal Police in
anti-drug production and smug
gling patrols. •
NEWS IN BRIEF
BLACKBIRD BANGS OUT
A United States Air Force
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
blasted into retirement on 6
March by breaking the US
coast-to-coast speed record.
After take-off from Edwards
AFB, the aircraft was refuelled
and then flew from Los AnT...
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 ....S'l KAIUM 1 ANU Lh VhL.
• Avionics of the future will be
embedded in "smart skins". The
aircraft skins will embody not
only antennae, as now, but thin
wafers of computers, sensors,
transmitters...
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 ...GEC, Siemens proposals for ownership of Plessey's main
businesses as announced on 6th February 1989 (the 'revised' proposals)
GEC 50 per cent 50 per cent
Plessey Avionics
Plessey Naval Systems
Pl...
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 ...drawn from 35 squadrons with
615 aircraft. These also support other
commands on air-refuelling duties and
include 80 aircraft assigned to the Air
Force Reserve. Funds have been allo-
US Air Force Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and Lockheed U-2R, 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
oated to begin re-engining the KG-135
fleet with CFM56s. The first KC-10A
Extender was delivered to Barksdale
AFB in M...
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 ...LIGHT International, 14 August (976
year nine units took part with
Harriers, Buccaneers and Phantoms in
addition to the Jaguars.
SR-71 world records claimed
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, in
three flights over remote desert areas
of California and adjoining states at
the end of last month, set six world
speed and altitude records, the com
pany reports. On...
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 ...RECONNAISSANCE
Born-again Blackbird
Should the SR-71
be brought back?
The debate
continues.
RAMON LOPEZ/WASHINGTON DC
The supersonic Lockheed SR-71 Black bird is no longer a museum piece: no mo...
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 ...DEFENCE
EH
Industries
denies
problems
YEOVIL
Rumours circulating before
the Westland Group's annual
general meeting that the
EH.101 helicopter had
encountered development
problems have been...
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 ...Blackbirds from the skunk works DAVID GODFREY
AT THE ENTRANCE to the Advanced . Development Projects area of * Lockheed-California in Burbank
is a black-and-white mat that does not
spell out the tr...
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 ...DEFENCE
STAR-1 weapon tested on F-16
TAAS, FORMERLY ISRAEL MILITARY Industries, has test
flown the STAR-1 anti-radiation weapon on a Lockheed
Martin F-16. The carriage trials are part of a plan to...
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 ...It flew at three times the speed of sound.
Which may explain why all those
"UFO photos" are so blurry.
On its final flight, our SR-71 Blackbird set a transcontinental speed record when it flew coas...
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 ...FLIGHT International, 6 September 1973
Blackbird
flight
control
SAS AIR DATA
MACH TRIM & A/P
AUTOTRIM MOTOR
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COCKPIT CONTROLS
^ROLL GYROS LATERAL
ACCELEROMETER BACK-UP
PITCH DAMPER
PITC...
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 ... not expected to be met
before next year. Selection will
be made between the Italian
Agusta SF.260D and Chile's
ENAER T-35 Pillan. . •
The United States Air Force last week retired its fleet of
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbirds after
more than $210 million funding
was deleted from the 1990 De
fence Appropriations Bill.
Although the USAF has been
trying to kill the SR-71 for two
years, citing i...
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 ...Reconnaissance
Mirage F.1 flies
SECOND prototype Dassault-Breguet
Mirage F.1CR is under construction.
The first prototype, converted from a
production F.1C-200 interceptor, con
tinues flight-tes...
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 ...Straight & Level roger.bacon@flightinternational.com
Rocket science
Vos Isdas: "So, zis massive rocket viz ze 20,0001b payload capacity. You don't
have a name for zis big one?"
Mega Rockets: "Yeah...
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