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The Endeavour lands after rendezvous record mission
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE SPACE SHUTTLE Orbiter Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 29 May, after setting a civilian Shuttle record with a series of four space rendezvous. The successful STS77 mission was the 11th flight by the Endeavour and marks the mid-way point ...
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Lufthansa tests remote maintenance system...
Martin Hindley/LONDON LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS is testing an airport-based remote diagnostic system designed to provide ground engineers with an incoming aircraft's maintenance history and repair requirements. The company has teamed with Berlin-based software house Sietec Systemtechnik to develop the tool, as part of a telecommunications-research programme sponsored ...
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R-R buys equipment
ROLLS-ROYCE is investing £23 million ($34.5 million) in advanced manufacturing equipment for its Hillington manufacturing site near Glasgow, UK, to enable the factory to produce compressor blades for Trent 895, BMW Rolls-Royce BR715 and Allison AE3007 turbofans. The site manufactures compressor blades, seals and shrouds. The Government is providing £6.9 ...
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New Shanghai airport gears up for substantial growth
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS PLANS ARE BEING finalised for the new international airport of Shanghai-Pudong in China, which will have an initial capacity of 20 million passengers a year when it opens in 2000. The airport will ultimately be capable of handling 70 million passengers by the first quarter of ...
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A new Fulcrum for Russian industry
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW IT IS EITHER a confederation of cripples, or the creation of a group which mirrors the scale advantages enjoyed by US aerospace goliath Lockheed Martin: only time will tell which is true of VPK MAPO. The creation of VPK MAPO (Military Industrial Complex - ...
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Wilcox makes formal WAAS protest to FAA
WILCOX ELECTRIC has issued a formal protest against the award of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) contract to Hughes Aircraft, its former subcontractor on the $475 million programme. Wilcox says that the protest follows discovery that the US Federal Aviation Administration "-had given Hughes more time to ...
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More than illusion
Graham Warwick/ORLANDO THINK OF ORLANDO, Florida, and you are likely to think of Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and Sea World. Managers of Orlando International Airport would like you to think also of a vibrant community of young, affluent, people, working not only in tourism, but also in ...
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British Airways lines up multi-billion dollar deal
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS is expected soon to finalise a $2 billion order for around 20 Boeing aircraft, which could include a mix of 747-400s, 757s and some 777s. The deal will be the airline's first major order since 1991. BA declines to comment on the ...
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MAS profits recovery fails to impress
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) again saw profits leap for the 1995/6 financial year, but the extent of the improvement failed to impress market analysts, who had been hoping for more. The airline ended its financial year to March showing a 68% increase in net profits, to M$233 million ($93 ...
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Thais sign on the dotted line for F-18C/Ds
THAILAND HAS SIGNED a US letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) for eight McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18C/D fighters, following agreement on a countertrade deal. The Royal Thai Air Force has ordered four single-seat F-18Cs and four two-seat F-18Ds. The first aircraft will be delivered in October 1999, with ...
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Transavia profits fall as tourism slumps
DUTCH CHARTER carrier Transavia Airlines reports a steep slide in profits for its last financial year, blaming the slump on a stagnant Dutch holiday market and a resultant dip in yields. President Peter Legro, announcing the results at the airline's base in Schiphol Airport, reported that operating profits ...
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Japanese give an ultimatum for US bilateral talks
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE JAPAN HAS GIVEN THE US Government until 27 July to respond to its formal demand for talks to begin on a new passenger bilateral air-service agreement, or face possible retaliatory measures. The Japanese transport ministry delivered the ultimatum to the US embassy in Tokyo, ...
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Japanese make joint approach to Boeing for 747-X workshare
FIVE OF JAPAN'S principal aerospace manufacturers have joined forces to approach Boeing for a share in developing the proposed growth 747-500/600X. The companies are Japan's three "heavy industries" - Fuji, Kawasaki and Mitsubishi - together with ShinMaywa Industries and the smaller Japan Aircraft Manufacturing, or Nippi. Boeing is ...
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UPS passengers
United Parcel Service (UPS) is to go ahead with plans to modify five Boeing 727-100 freighters so that they can be used for weekend passenger charter flights, starting as early as 26 December (Flight International, 15-21 May, P12). The aircraft will seat 113 passengers when configured for charter use. ...
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Transatlantic 767 suffers EFIS failure
THE CREW OF A Martinair Holland Boeing 767-300ER faced blank flight-instrument displays as it approached the US coast on a flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Orlando, Florida, on 28 May. The flight was diverted to Boston and continued with electro-mechanical standby instruments, according to a US National Transportation Safety Board ...
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SALE ties up A320 order
SINGAPORE AIRCRAFT Leasing Enterprise (SALE) is finalising an order for ten Airbus Industrie A320s, to add to its recently purchased start-up fleet of Boeing 777s. SALE, a joint venture between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Boullion Aviation, is understood to be negotiating to take the aircraft from 1998. It ...
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Dufour departs from Snecma
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS SNECMA CHAIRMAN Bernard Dufour has left the group after a series of public run-ins with the French Government, including disagreement over plans to privatise the engine maker, and a deterioration in Snecma's valuable relationship with General Electric. Since taking the helm at Snecma in ...
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Tupolev reveals cryoplane proposals
RUSSIAN MANUFACTURER TUPOLEV HAS REVEALED new cryoplane concepts on which it is working as part of its joint activities with Germany's Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) in the field of cryogenic fuels. Shown are two proposals for a natural gas-powered Tu-130 LNG convertible cargo/passenger design. The first, known as the "duplane" (above, ...
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Make-up of VPK MAPO
- MAPO MIG - Moscow Aircraft Production Organisation into which the Mikoyan design bureau and MAPO production plant merged a year ago - Joint stock company Kamov - the helicopter-design bureau - Ryazan state instrument plant - the series-production manufacturer of the N-019 radar for the ...
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Lufthansa demands its 737s back from India's Modiluft
LUFTHANSA HAS terminated its strategic alliance with private Indian carrier Modiluft, and wants to repossess three leased aircraft. The German airline is now discussing an alliance with other Indian carriers. Dieter Heinen, Lufthansa's senior vice-president for Asia Pacific, has taken the "unavoidable decision" after claiming that Modiluft failed ...