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1982
1982 - 1520.PDF
I W rid news i Argentina seeks Exocets ARGENTINA is in the market for air- launched Exoeet missiles. Perhaps as few as five AM.39s had been supplied when France cut off deliveries. Four are known to have been fired from Super Etendards: one struck the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield, another the container ship Atlantic Conveyor. On both occasions a second missile has gone astray. Argentina is receiving some arms and spare parts reports suggest, naming Israel and South Africa as the sources. Both countries have officially denied the allegations, but an aircraft bound for Ecuador from Tel Aviv was impounded in the USA after bombs and other arms had been found on board. Argentina's urgent need, however, is for air-launched Exocets to arm its five Super Etendards. The Navy has a number of ship-launched MM.38 mis siles, but these differ significantly from the AM.39, and conversion may not be possible, although unsubstan tiated reports suggest that Israeli technicians are working on the prob lem. If Argentina wants AM.39s, its options are limited. Aerospatiale admits to only five customers for the air-launched version, and of them only France, and possibly one other, operate the version suitable for launch from high-speed aircraft. Paki stan and Iraq have the AM.38, which is almost identical to the MM.38 and is launched from helicopters. Libya is alleged to be supplying Exocets, but it is not clear whether these are AM.38s or AM.39s. The Arab nation does have some Super Frelons, a type of helicopter cleared to fire the AM.38. One unidentified customer is said to have Mirages able to launch AM.39, and this could be Libya. The problem with arms sales is that France, Israel, and possibly South Africa have considerable ties with Latin American countries now sup porting Argentina. Exocet, for ex ample, has been sold to Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. Israel supplies a number of countries in addition to Argentina, including Ecuador and Venezuela. There is no way to guarantee that arms supplied to these nations, per haps in fulfilment of existing con tracts, will not find their way to Buenos Aires. Pressure to rehire controllers Washington Republican Bill Ford, chairman of the House Civil Service Committee, has introduced legislation to give a 10 per cent bonus to Federal Aviation Administration em ployees. The intention of this action is to encourage the FAA to rehire some of the 11,400 air traffic control lers fired last summer for striking, reports Bob Burkhardt. This Bill would grant the FAA's controllers a one-timeonly 10 per cent salary bonus—but only if and when the Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis "certifies" to Congress that the nation's air traffic control system is functioning at pre-strike levels. Fords' Bill is intended to re place a Beagan Administration pro posal to give its air traffic controllers a 7 per cent raise backdated to the strike days last August. In addition to the bonus, the Ford Bill proposes that fired controllers "shall not as a class be deemed un suitable for employment in any posi tion in the FAA." 146 sales in Japan? JAPANESE airlines are indicating definite interest in buying the BAe 146, according to some reports. British Aerospace tells Flight that the in terest is most certainly there, but that the formal Japanese approach tradi tionally made in advance of a pur chase decision has not occurred yet. However, following BAe's sales efforts in that country, All Nippon Airways and Toa Domestic Airlines are con sidering the, 146 as the only possible replacement for their respective fleets of 27 and 39 YS-lIs. The question, it seems, is "when?" BAe now plans to take an early 146-100, probably the No 5 aeroplane, on a tour of Japan this autumn. During this tour the 146 will be shown off in other Far East countries, almost certainly including Australia. The USA is still the market, as always, reports David Learmount after talking to the 146 sales team. What are Air Wisconsin's and Pacific Express' competitors going to do to entice passengers into turboprops when there is a jet available? And when the air traffic slot situation eases, the airlines showing interest might now commit themselves. There has been no news of 146 orders for a while. Why? Really, according to BAe, for the same reasons that much of Boeing's recent news has been of order cancellations; * and things are quiet at Airbus. Des- » pite all of this, morale at Hatfield is * on the rise, because the performance figures are coming in, and they are going to make the aircraft easier to >• sell. FLIGHT International, 5 June 1982 ! Frasca's new 2I0T twin turboprop simulator has been launched on the European market by distri butor CSE Aviation. It represents an aircraft of Kingair j Cheyenne class, but can be configured for a specific type. The radio fit shown is a King installation, but other options are available. Price including installation is around $320,000 1442
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