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Nissan makes plans for small launcher
Nissan is planning to introduce a small commercial solid propellant satellite launcher as early as 2001, with a booster developed from two current Japanese programmes. It would be the first private Japanese attempt to enter the commercial launcher market. No government funding is envisaged for the project, which will cost ...
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Quiet raytheon
Raytheon Aircraft is to install Ultra Electronics' UltraQuiet active noise control system as standard in Beech King Air 350s, under an agreement with Elliott Aviation, which offers the system for retrofit. Raytheon says the loudspeaker-based system will reduce cabin noise to under 80dB(A). Source: Flight International
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Vulcan Air resurrects Partenavia P.68 line
Italian Aircraft manufacturer Air Samanta is to start a new general aviation production line following its acquisition of Aerocosmos, which holds the type certificate for the twin-engined Partenavia P.68/P.68TC. The acquisition, priced at L1.4 billion ($780,000), also includes the former production plant in Milan and aircraft spares. Vulcan, which ...
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LTU drops long range services for winter season
LTU is planning to drop some of its long range services to the USA and Asia during its next winter season because of a fall-off in loads. The German charter airline says it will stop operating to Los Angeles, Denver and Phoenix, as well as Bangkok, although this service ...
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Overnight parcel carriers face noisy opposition
Herman De Wulf/Brussels Express parcel carriers, which fly the bulk of their operations at night, are facing growing opposition in Europe on environmental grounds. The latest development is the rejection by a Bavarian court of an appeal by DHL International against a ban on night operations at Nuremberg Airport, which ...
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Eagle achieves record sale with sports trainer
Australian light aircraft manufacturer Eagle Aircraft has signed its biggest fleet order yet, with the sale of seven of its all-composite tandem-wing Eagle 180 sports trainers to the Civil Aviation Academy (CAA) of Victoria, which already operates three of the two-seat aircraft. The new order, which brings the value of ...
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UK apache runs
Ground runs of a GKN Westland WAH-64 attack helicopter fitted with the Rolls-Royce Turboméca RTM-322 were carried out for the first time on 6 April. The aircraft is scheduled to fly by mid-year. Source: Flight International
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Bell strikes at S America
Graham Warwick/SANTIAGO Bell has begun marketing a variant of the AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter configured for reconnaissance and armed escort. The "multi-mission" MH-1W is aimed principally at Latin America, where there is growing demand for armed helicopters to support anti-drug and counter-insurgency operations. The US manufacturer argues that the MH-1W ...
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F-22 model installed for systems testing
A full-scale model of the forward half of a Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 has been installed on a tower at Fort Worth, Texas, to test the fighter's integrated communication, navigation and identification (CNI) system. The tests, at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, will use live signals from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, NAS ...
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Lucas drives on
Lucas Aerospace has been selected by Bell Helicopter Textron to supply main input drive-shaft assemblies for upgraded H-1 helicopters. Source: Flight International
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Aviation group shops
Aviation Group chief executive Lee Sanders promises further niche acquisitions this year as consolidation continues in the US aircraft services business. The latest addition is Aero Design, an aircraft batteries business based in Tennessee, to add to the group's newly formed Component Overhaul &Service division. Aviation Group has already built ...
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US DoT acts to protect low fare airlines
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON US low cost airlines have won their battle for rules on predatory practices by the major network carriers, with the issue of new competition guidelines from the US Department of Transportation (DoT). The new policy, unveiled for comment last week by Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, effectively ...
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Turbine Helicopters Accidents list
David Learmount/LONDON See also Loss of Control Individual turbine-helicopter accident details have been supplied by Airclaims* from its World Airline Accident Summary (WAAS), which it compiles and publishes on behalf of the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The WAAS also provides analysis by category under aircraft type, event, ...
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Room for manoeuvre
Hughes is cutting satellite production cycle times with a new test site Tim Furniss/LONDON To meet the growing demand for its satellites, Hughes Space and Communications - has added 3,800m2 (41,000ft2) of test space at its factory in El Segundo, California. The extra space provided by a new thermal stress ...
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Spot on satellite
The Spot 4 launch has breathed new life into the French Earth observation satellite programme Andrzej Jeziorski/KOUROU Just another 2t of junk in a relentlessly growing orbital scrapheap, Spot 3 still zips from pole to pole, awaiting its end as a fiery skid mark across the upper atmosphere. In ...
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Marketplace
MARKETPLACE ++ American Airlines has confirmed its order for a further eight Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered Boeing 777-200ERs, increasing its 777 order to 19. Delivery of the newly ordered aircraft will begin in 1999. Delta Air Lines has converted two options for R-R Trent 800-powered 777s. ++ Aerotec/ USA, ...
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Space trace
An Orbital Sciences' (OSC) Pegasus XL booster air launched from the company's Lockheed TriStar carrier aircraft over the Pacific Ocean on 2 April successfully placed NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) satellite into low Earth orbit. The 212kg TRACE will be used to investigate the connection between the sun's ...
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B/E Aerospace buys
US cabin interior specialist B/E Aerospace is back on the acquisition trail, agreeing to purchase Puritan-Bennett Aero Systems, a leading manufacturer of commercial aircraft oxygen delivery systems and passenger service units, from Nellcor Puritan Bennett, for $69.7 million. Source: Flight International
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P&W recalls blades after cleaning blip
Pratt & Whitney has been forced to recall thousands of high pressure turbine (HPT) blades and remove eight engines from service after a new ultrasonic cleaning device caused microscopic cracking of the blades. The company declines to comment on the cost of the problem, but it is known to ...
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Loss of control
Often it is unfair to blame only the pilot for colliding with objects near a helipad. Some sites are unnecessarily cluttered with objects waiting to be hit Helicopters cannot afford malfunctions, because when they happen loss of control is frequently the result David Learmount/london Fixed ...