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AIA 98 WINNER:F-22 Raptor (Military Aviation)
First flight of the high agility, stealth F-22 fighter The first flight of the Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22A Raptor was undoubtedly one of the aerospace highlights of 1997. It was quickly heralded as bringing in a new era in fighter aircraft design. The Awards judges agreed that the aircraft represents ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:Jean Pierson President and chief executive Airbus Industrie
In October, Airbus Industrie celebrated 25 years since its first aircraft took to the air. The occasion only served to show how far the consortium has come since those early days as a fledgling European challenge to the dominant US manufacturers. By the end of an eventful 1997, the point ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:CFM International (Propulsion)
Increasing life cycles and lowering costs with the new CFM56-7 When Boeing delivered the first of its new generation 737 family towards the end of 1997, the event also marked the entry into service of CFM International's latest CFM56-7 engine, bringing with it significant advances in operating and maintenance costs. ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:Rolls-Royce Commercial Aero Engines (Propulsion)
Building the new Trent family of engines From the outset of its Trent programme, Rolls-Royce's vision was to build on its three-shaft design to create a full engine family. With new launches during 1997, the family has taken shape and the programme has passed the 1,000 order mark. Since ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:Rolls-Royce-Turbomeca (Propulsion0
Development of the RTM 322 across four helicopter programmes Rolls-Royce Turboméca's collaborative RTM 322 turboshaft engine programme came into its own in 1997, with development under way for four different helicopter projects. The success is a tribute to the successful collaboration between the UK and French engine makers, which ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:SEOS Displays
Panorama wide-field projector displays for flight-deck simulators Founded only 13 years ago, SEOS Displays has built up a niche in the simulator market to become the world's main supplier of panoramic image projectors. Last year the fast growing UK company released a new version of Panorama which has become the ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:Smiths Industries Aerospace (Training & Safety)
By bringing together traditional cockpit flight data recording/acquisition functions into a single integrated package, Smiths Industries Aerospace has not only offered clear cost savings but also opened the way towards improved aircraft and engine monitoring. The Smiths Integrated Data Acquisition and Recording System (IDARS) replaces what have traditionally been ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:Russian Space Agency and NASA (Space)
Combined work to rescue the damaged Mir space station No review of space achievements in 1997 would be complete without mention of the rescue drama surrounding Russia's Mir space station. Working in the full glare of world publicity, the Russian Space Agency and Mir crew worked to overcome what ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Space)
On 4 July 1997, NASA had special reason to celebrate as the Mars Pathfinder made a perfect landing on Mars after seven months in space. The mission has not only provided important new scientific evidence about the planet, but also helped capture the imagination of a public already fuelled by ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:Flight Safety Foundation (Training & Safety)
Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) has long been identified as one of the most widespread but potentially preventable causes of fatal air accidents. Five years ago the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) took the lead in an industry-wide attack on CFIT and evidence last year suggests that that the campaign has ...
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Eastern premise
The abiding lesson from the recent Singapore air show is not the magnitude or nature of the present economic unrest in the Asia-Pacific region, but the vulnerability of the aerospace community in the region to such a crisis. Much as time and effort needs to be expended in countering the ...
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Fly by hire
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The corporate charter market has undergone a transformation in recent years. The industry is having to adapt to a more sophisticated clientele, now demanding a lot more than simple executive short haul operations. "International clients expect an international service. They will expect us to arrange a flight ...
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Fighting for Florida
Tim Furniss/CAPE CANAVERAL Despite hosting 23 of the 86 successful satellite launches made around the world in 1997, the Cape Canaveral launch base and the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, are facing a challenging future. The Cape Canaveral base in particular, and supporting local industries, could be driven ...
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ESDU offers wideband noise prediction
Noise prediction software produced by ESDU International of London in the UK has been updated. The software predicts noise generated by turbofan engines across a 50Hz-50kHz frequency spectrum and is being validated using a Rolls-Royce RB.211 in a test cell at the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency's Pyestock research ...
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A3XX collaboration initiative speeds up
Two of Europe's leading avionics companies are collaborating with Aerospatiale in a programme backed by the European Commission (EC) aimed at improving the ability of system suppliers to work together. The concurrent engineering project, one of several centred around the proposed Airbus A3XX, has entered the demonstration phase and ...
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Innovative engine fuel controller proven
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC A new gas turbine fuel control technology offering potential weight, cost and power savings has been tested successfully on an AlliedSignal TFE731-5 turbofan. The system combines a Lucas Aerospace fuel control unit with a split discharge pump produced by US company Vickers. In conditions when ...
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Norway completes evaluation of landing system
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Complex precision approaches to some of the world's most inaccessible airfields could soon be possible after the Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration (NCAA) successfully completed evaluation trials of a new satellite navigation landing system. The trials were conducted at the northern Norwegian airport of Bod¿, where Raytheon ...
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Range, range...range
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Confused over Boeing's plans for future 747 derivatives? Take heart. For two years since the cancellation of the ambitious 747-500X/600X development, Boeing appears to have been as perplexed as anybody. Devising a strategy for product development is, at best, an inexact science. Boeing knows this ...
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Allison identifies maker of bad AE3007 bearings
Allison Engine says that a badly manufactured bearing was to blame for the in-flight shutdowns of AE3007 turbofans powering the Embraer RJ-145. The plan is to have completed a retrofit across the in-service fleet by April. "The bearings for this engine are made by several manufacturers and one particular ...
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Embraer chief confirms plan for international flotation
Embraer president Mauricio Botelho has confirmed that the company is on course for a share flotation on international markets later this year, raising cash for new product development, but also underlining the Brazilian manufacturer's ambitions to increase its world presence. Botelho, speaking at the show, said that it is ...