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WORLD NEWS ARTI contracts awarded FORT EUSTIS Initial contracts for the US Army's Advanced Rotorcraft Technology Integration (ARTI) progamme have been awarded to Bell, Boeing- Vertol, Hughes Helicopters, IBM, and Sikorsky. The contracts initiate the analysis portions of ARTI. Each contains the option to proceed into ground-based simulation and flight-test of automated cockpit technology. ARTI is the first step towards the US Army's planned LHX family of light scout/attack and utility heli copters. Single-pilot oper ation offers significant weight and cost savings in what promises to be a major pro duction programme — 5,000 machines are required by the US Army to replace AH-ls, OH-6s and OH-58s, and UHls in the Nineties. The Army was expected to let two or three contracts for the complete ARTI effort through to flight-test. A more cautious approach has been adopted, however, funding all teams for initial studies. Japan's 150-seater plans falter TOKYO Japanese industry plans to collaborate with Boeing in building a new 150-seat airliner could be jeopardised by the likely decision of one of the consortium members to pull out of the deal. Nissan Motor Corporation is now strongly opposed to going ahead with the project, and a formal announcement of its withdrawal is expected shortly. Its stated reason for wanting to leave the con sortium is that it cannot afford to inject the required level of finance because it has already planned large-scale investment in many other projects worldwide. Japanese industry sources say, however, that Nissan does not like what it sees as the country's sleeping-partner role in the project: it thinks the Japanese industry will be required to provide too much funding for the workshare it will receive. The consortium has agreed to provide 25 per cent of the estimated $4,300 million development cost oi" the aircraft. World airline traffic improves MONTREAL ~ Scheduled traffic of the world's airlines increased 5 per cent in 1983, according to new figures from by the Inter national Civil Aviation Organisation. Icao reports that the result is an improvement compared with the performance over the past three years and it reflects some easing of the worldwide economic difficulties. A significant growth was noted in cargo traffic worldwide and a boom in North American passenger traffic was reported in the second half of 1983. Total international and domestic traffic carried by the airlines of Icao's 152 member States on scheduled services during 1983 is estimated at 144,000 million tonne kilome tres. The airlines carried 780 million passengers, 3 per cent more than in 1982, and performed 1-17 million passenger kilometres—a 3-5 per cent increase over 1982. Mitterrand backs A320 PARIS ~ France's president Mitter rand says that the Airbus A320 will be built, and that he is the 150-seater's chief sales man. Speaking at the Elysee palace to Flight's Paris corre spondent, he commented "certainly the A320 will be built, and I can tell you I am its number one salesman". The latest sale of five aircraft, to Inex-Adria, was announced during his recent visit to Jugoslavia. NEXT WEEK IS SPECIAL Next week we celebrate our 75th anniversary with a bumper issue of Flight International whose special features content gets off to a flying start with an introduction by HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. 0 We follow up with an analysis of Nasa's plans for a permanent space stations, Shuttled into orbit piece-by-piece. Pie in the sky, or potential science fact? We will demonstrate that the technology exists. % Seven months after the first issue of Flight rolled off the presses, Bleriot was staggering across the English Channel in his under-powered monoplane. Today, only 75 years later, men on the Moon are ancient history. So what will the world of aerospace be like 75 years hence? We invite John Allen, visiting professor of aerospace design at the Crarifield Insti tute of Technology, to put on his lateral-thinking cap. 0 If all this crystal-ball-gazing is too much for you, there is a unique opportunity to return to the leisurely pace of 1909, with an historic 16-page facsimile of the very first issue of Flight, the world's oldest weekly aviation magazine. 9 Much has happened in the world of aerospace since that first issue oi Flight appeared back in 1909, but our inimitable Roger Bacon distills the essentials into just a few pages of witty comment, interspersed with classic photographs from the Flight archives. % The laconic voices of US astronauts belittle the supreme technological achievements which enable them to fly the Space Shuttle through the upper atmosphere at 20 times the speed of sound. But back in the mid-Forties—halfway through the publishing history oi Flight—even attempting to go faster than Mach 1 was a daring undertaking which claimed a number of lives. We trace the history of the desert base (now called Edwards) which spawned the weird and wonderful "X" machines that punched their way through the "sound barrier" and into history. 0 In today's energy-conscious times, the latest vogue is to maximise efficiency and save fuel by building aeroplanes with wings at the back and "tailplanes" at the front. We trace the history of many unusual configurations, and find that practically nothing is new. The Wright Flyer of 1903 had aerodynamic features only now being re-employed for the fighters of the Nineties. Demand for the 75th anniversary issue (which also contains all our regular news pages) will be high. Why not take this opportunity to place a regular order for Flight International with your local retail outlet or through a direct subscription? 52 FLIGHT International, 14 January 1984
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