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USAF wires up Starlifter for electric-actuator trials
THE US AIR FORCE is planning an in-service evaluation of electric actuators. A Lockheed Martin C-141 Starlifter is being modified with two Lucas Aerospace electric aileron-actuators and will undergo 20h of flight-certification testing, to be completed in May, followed by 1,000h of operational flying over 18 months. ...
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Spreading out
Newly formed maintenance company Malaysia Airlines Aero-Technologies is already looking at diversification. Paul Lewis/KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) IS NOW undergoing one of the biggest structural shake-ups since the country broke off its union with Singapore 25 years ago. From 1 April (the start of the next ...
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Pakistan proposes K-8s for Indonesian N-250s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE PAKISTAN HAS PROPOSED supplying Indonesia with Karakoram K-8 jet trainers, in part-exchange for 15 Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) N-250 turboprop passenger aircraft and an undetermined number of CN-235 turboprops. The planned sale of the 64- to 68-seat N-250 aircraft to Pakistan International ...
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Indra delivers CN-235 simulator to Merpati
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA SPANISH ELECTRONICS company Indra has delivered a CASA/IPTN CN-235 full-flight simulator to Indonesian airline Merpati. The company, formerly known as Ceselsa, is now pursuing CN-235 simulator sales to the air forces of Indonesia, South Korea and Turkey. Work on the Level C simulator, ...
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France may convert missile base into helicopter training site
THE FRENCH DEFENCE ministry is considering the conversion of its Plateau d'Albion missile base into a multi-service helicopter-training site for the Eurocopter Tiger and the NH Industries NH90. A decision to withdraw the M-3 strategic nuclear missile from service was taken as part of the latest round of ...
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Turkey aims to step up fighter training
THE TURKISH air force intends to expand its biannual weapons and tactics course run at its Konya air base, beginning this year, as the basis for a fighter weapons-and-tactics school. The twice-yearly, weapons and tactics course is run by the 132 Filo (Sqn), but the air force wants ...
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GE's cost-cutting pays off
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON GENERAL ELECTRIC'S Aircraft Engines business pushed operating profits back above the $1 billion mark in 1995, confirming its place not only as the most profitable of the big three engine makers, but also as one of GE's star performers. In an upbeat annual ...
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AMX grounding lifted as R-R/Fiat check engines
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Rolls-Royce and Fiat Avio have instituted a Spey engine compressor-blade inspection and replacement programme on the Italian air force's AMX combat aircraft, in the wake of an accident which left the aircraft idle from January until 22 March. The crash was attributed to ...
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Ukraine cosmonaut to fly on Space Shuttle
UKRAINIAN cosmonauts Leonid Kadenyuk and Vyacheslav Meytrachan have been selected to train in October 1997 for a US Space Shuttle mission, which will carry several national experiments. One - probably Kadenyuk, a former Russian Buran space shuttle trained mission specialist - will make the 16-day mission. The World ...
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African Hercules
The South African Air Force is to acquire two Lockheed C-130Bs and three C-130Fs from excess US Air Force and Navy stocks. All five aircraft are in storage at the Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona. Source: Flight International
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ACTIVE goes active in first F-15 vectored-thrust flight test
THE thrust-vectoring system developed for the Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles (ACTIVE) programme was activated on the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-15 research aircraft in flight for the first time at NASA's Dryden Research Center, Edwards AFB, California, on 27 March. The Pratt & Whitney pitch-yaw balance-beam nozzle ...
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Russian helicopter army in decline...
CONCERN OVER the state of combat readiness and morale of the Russian army's aviation corps has been made public in a letter sent by senior officers to Gennady Seleznev, chairman of the lower chamber of the Russian parliament. The letter says that the bulk of the helicopter fleet ...
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ITEC turns down BAe on RAAF
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES INTERNATIONAL Turbine Engine (ITEC) has refused British Aerospace permission to offer the US engine maker's new F124 turbofan as a power plant option on the Hawk trainer in its bid to secure a $1 billion Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) lead-in fighter-trainer contract. ...
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Four qualify for JPATS ground systems
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has selected FlightSafety, Hughes, Loral and McDonnell Douglas as qualified bidders for the ground element of the US Air Force/ Navy Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS). Bidders will receive a draft request for proposals (RFP) and initial data on Raytheon's Beech MkII JPATS trainer. ...
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Palestinian plans in peril
The demise of the Middle East peace process is reflected in events surrounding the Palestinian drive to establish its own air transport infrastructure, which illustrate clearly the problems Israelis and Palestinians are facing as they attempt to coexist. On the surface plans for a Palestinian airline are progressing, ...
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Mig-AT makes maiden flight
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The MAPO-MiG MiG-AT advanced trainer had its maiden flight at Zhukovsky airfield, near Moscow, on 16 March. The manufacturer is competing with Yakovlev, fielding its Yak-130, to replace hundreds of Czech Aero L-39s in service with the Russian air force and other CIS republics. ...
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TUAV competition draws big entry
A LARGE FIELD OF competitors has turned out for the US Department of Defense's Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) competition. The Pentagon will pick the contractor for a two-year advanced concept-technology demonstration before the end of April. Full production calls for 73 systems for the US Army, Marine ...
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The frog prince
Sukhoi spawns another variant of its Su-25 Frogfoot, despite its near-demise following the collapse of the USSR Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW WHEN the SUKHOI DESIGN bureau's project to upgrade its Su-25 Frogfoot design stopped, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the programme appeared to be going the same ...
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A brief history of Fokker
FOKKER'S BANKRUPTCY may seem like a thoroughly modern phenomenon, but a glance through the company's 80-year history shows that this was not the first time the Dutch manufacturer had sailed close to collapse. THE EARLY DAYS 1912 Dutchman Anthony Fokker registers a company in Germany ...
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Turkey and Israel conclude F-4 Phantom Popeye deal
TURKEY IS TO BUY the Rafael Popeye air-to-surface missile as part of its proposed McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom upgrade to be carried out by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). The television-guided Popeye is understood to have been on the Turkish air force's shopping list from the outset of the ...