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AlliedSignal prepares for integrated A3XX cockpit
David Learmount/RIO DE JANEIRO AlliedSignal is working on an integrated navigation/hazard display which would be suitable for new aircraft types, such as Airbus Industrie's proposed A3XX ultra-large airliner. The large liquid crystal display will combine the navigation display with all hazard information, without cluttering the picture. Although this ...
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Icelandair set to grow in corporate revamp
Icelandair has unveiled its new branding on a Boeing 757-200, marking the launch of a wide-ranging corporate revamp. This will include improvements in in-flight service such as entertainment and catering, new staff uniforms and aircraft interiors. The airline, poised for expansion with its current fleet of three Boeing 737-400s and ...
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LAAS trials show Category 3 accuracy
The US Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) has demonstrated the required accuracy for Category 3 approach and landings in the latest in a series of flight trials. The GPS-based LAAS is being developed as a government-industry partnership to replace the existing Cat 1/2/3 instrument landing systems in the USA. ...
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Russian Mil Mi-8s bound for Rwanda
Kazan Helicopter Plant has shipped several Mil Mi-8MTV-5 transport helicopters to Rwanda. Also known as the Mi-17MD, the variant is the latest incarnation of the Mi-8 Hip. The helicopter is fitted with a hydraulic ramp and wide doors on both sides of the cabin, a configuration developed using combat ...
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The Manufacturer's view
Max Kingsley-Jones/LUTON Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Roger Lecomte, Airbus Industrie's vice-president of engineering support, says: "The introduction of the A330-200 was like that of the A321 [after the A320] for us. We were able to benefit from the lessons we learned with the introduction of the A330-300 and A340." ...
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Hyper-X test date put back to May
Flight testing of the first hypersonic X-43A air-breathing free-flight vehicle has slipped by around three months to the end of next May. The delay follows the later-than-expected arrival of the experimental craft at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California. The 3.6m (12ft)-long X-43A is a key part ...
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Starsem is cleared for Baikonur
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Franco-Russian venture Starsem has been cleared to launch a Soyuz booster from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, this month. The launch had been jeopardised when the Kazakh Government banned all launches from Baikonur after the 27 October Proton booster failure - the second recently. Starsem president Jean-Yves ...
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X-33's first flight may be delayed until 2001
The maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin/NASA X-33 sub-orbital technology demonstrator for future single-stage-to-orbit vehicles is likely to be delayed from next July until early 2001. The hold-up is due to damage to the demonstrator's liquid hydrogen (LH) tanks. The outer wall of one of the X-33's two ...
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Long-range workout
How has the latest long-range A330 performed since its entry into service? Andrew Doyle/ZURICH Max Kingsley-Jones/LUTON Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC In its latest market forecast, Airbus Industrie predicts that 210/250-seaters like the A330-200 will make up one-fifth of the 14,800 new aircraft to be delivered over the next 20 years. The ...
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Beagle 2 Mars lander gets ESA go ahead
The European Space Agency (ESA) has given the go-ahead for the UK to build the Beagle 2 lander, which is scheduled to ride aboard the space agency's Mars Express orbiter when it launches in June 2003. The UK Beagle team, which is led by the country's Open University and ...
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Maintenance venture
GE Engine Services has signed a memorandum of intent with All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) to acquire a controlling interest in engine maintenance house ANA-IHI Aero-Engines. Source: Flight International
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Cold may cripple Mars Lander's engine
Tim Furniss/LONDON The NASA panel investigating the loss of the $327 million Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) has uncovered a potential problem with the Mars Polar Lander (MPL), which is due to touch down on 3 December. NASA has found that temperatures as low as -20°C could affect the performance of ...
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Hubble mission aims for December
Space Shuttle mission STS 103/Discovery has been cleared for launch on 6 December, to complete the third service of the Hubble Space Telescope. The spacecraft stack was scheduled to be rolled to launch pad 39B on 13 November. NASA replaced the orbiter's main engine number three in the Vehicle ...
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Comet chaser
Europe's Rosetta mission will be the first to land a craft on a comet Tim Furniss/LONDON The European Space Agency (ESA) will make history in 2012 when its 100kg Rosetta makes the first soft landing of a spacecraft on a comet. The Rosetta mission launch is due in January 2003, ...
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Second Mascquito prototype assembled
Belgium's Masquito Aircraft has assembled its second M80 light helicopter prototype in preparation for ground testing at the end of this month. According to the manufacturer, the test aircraft has a longer, wider and higher cabin than the first prototype, which made its public debut in July. The cabin ...
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Production certification
MD Helicopters (MDHI) has received production certification from the Federal Aviation Administration for its civil helicopter lines at Mesa, Arizona, three months ahead of schedule. MDHI says: "We have reached the most significant milestone in our 10-month tenure. The production certificate allows us to inspect and license our own helicopters ...
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Swissair replaces MD-11 insulation
Swissair is to replace Mylar insulation on the cockpit and some cabin sections of its Boeing MD-11s with a more fire-resistant material called Tedlar. "This task is being undertaken at Swissair's initiative based on information gathered in the investigation into the cause of last year's SR 111 accident," says ...
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Air safety rift puts PNG air link at risk
Key transport links between Papua New Guinea's (PNG) capital, Port Moresby, and nearby North Queensland (Australia) are threatened by a rift between Qantas and its codesharing partner Air Niugini, over air safety events. At the same time, Brisbane-based Flightwest Airlines is terminating its Australia-PNG services, due to poor traffic ...
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Routes
British Airways is launching a new three times daily route from London Gatwick to Hanover, operated by franchise partner CityFlyer Express. United Airlines is introducing 20 new daily nonstop flights to key Californian business destinations, including Santa Barbara, Medford, Reno, Palm Springs and San Diego, from its Los Angeles hub. ...
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Workshop
Lease management provider C-S Aviation Services has entered into a five-year tripartite agreement with Air India and Aviation Sales Distribution to perform maintenance on its General Electric CF6-50C2 engines on an exclusive basis. The contract, worth $100 million, stipulates a five-year option to extend the agreement. Air India will perform ...