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Pelorus flies
Honeywell has received supplementary type approval for the airborne segment of the Honeywell/Pelorus SLS-2000 satellite landing system on its Cessna Citation, while approval is imminent on a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 of Continental Airlines, which expects operational approval to be granted by mid-1998. Source: Flight International
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Display success
BFGoodrich Avionics Systems' GH-3000 flat-panel electronic standby-instrument system has been certificated in the Gulfstream IV and V, Raytheon Hawker 800XP, and the Eurocopter AS365N2. Source: Flight International
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4098 fan spacers
Dow-United Technologies has delivered the first composite fan spacers for Pratt & Whitney's PW4098 turbofan. Manufactured using resin-transfer moulding, the spacers are "substantially more complex" than those supplied for the PW4090. The one-piece fan spacers are lighter than aluminium components. Source: Flight International
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Launching services
The Russian Space Agency and national company STC Komplex have established Launching Services, a company which is dedicated to providing transportation services for small satellites to low-Earth orbit, using Cosmos and Start boosters from the Plesetsk and Svobodny cosmodromes. Source: Flight International
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ILS wins Hispasat
ILS International Launch Services of San Diego, California, will launch Spain's Hispasat 1C communications satellite into orbit aboard an Atlas 2AS from Cape Canaveral in late 1999. The satellite is being built by Aerospatiale. Two Matra Marconi Space-built Hispasats were launched aboard Ariane boosters. The ILS Atlas fleet has 24 ...
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Lydd extends
UK regional airport Lydd has been granted planning permission to extend its main runway from 1,500m (5,000ft) to 1,800m. Work at the Kent-based site is expected to begin in 1999. Source: Flight International
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K-Max crashes
A Kaman K-MAX was written off in a crash landing on 27 January at the manufacturer's Bloomfield, Connecticut, plant when the external-lift helicopter, flown by a US Federal Aviation Administration pilot, overturned after the left mainwheel struck the ground during an apparent landing attempt. The pilot emerged unscathed. Source: Flight ...
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Sabreliner RVSM
Sabreliner is in the final stages of reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) certification for the Sabreliner 65, with flight tests under way of an altitude correction module required to meet altimetry accuracy requirements. Source: Flight International
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PAS receives
PAS, based at Gloucester's Staverton Airport in the UK, has secured a contract to provide pilotage and maintenance services to the North Midlands police air support unit. Source: Flight International
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Air Methods equips
Air Methods of Colorado has received contracts from the UK's Police Aviation Services (PAS) and Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters in the USA for multi-function interiors for installation in Boeing MD Explorers. Source: Flight International
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E-3 upgrade deal
The US Air Force is to equip its E-3 AWACS test aircraft with commercial computer workstations and a phased array communications antenna under a co-operative research and development agreement with Boeing. Source: Flight International
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Turret for ANG C-26S
The US Air National Guard is to equip ten to 15 Fairchild C-26Bs with an infra-red/ television/laser-rangefinder turret, supplied by Wescam subsidiary Versatron under a contract worth $5.5 million. Source: Flight International
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Tracor expands EA-6B
Tracor Aerospace has received a US Navy contract, potentially worth $91 million, to produce Band 9/10 transmitters to increase the frequency coverage of the Grumman EA-6B's ALQ-99 jamming system. Source: Flight International
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Algerian UAV deal
South Africa's Denel has delivered a Seeker reconnaissance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system to Algeria, in a deal worth R20 million ($4 million). Source: Flight International
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V-22 delivered
The last of four production-representative Bell Boeing V-22s has been delivered to the US Navy's Patuxent River, Maryland, test centre, for avionics testing and operational evaluation. Source: Flight International
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E-767s ready to go
The first two of four Boeing E-767 AWACS aircraft will be handed over to the Japan Air Self-Defence Force on 11 March, following completion of acceptance testing. The final two aircraft will be delivered in early 1999. Source: Flight International
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European record
The 26 airlines forming the Association of European Airlines (AEA) carried 162.7 million passengers on scheduled international flights in 1997, compared to 147.9 million in 1996. Intra-European traffic recorded the highest growth, at 10.2%, closely followed by the North Atlantic, which saw a 9.7% rise. Passenger load factors were up ...
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DSR hand-over
The US Federal Aviation Administration accepted the first Lockheed Martin display-replacement system (DSR) at the Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Centre in January. The Seattle system is the first of 20 DSRs to be installed under an $898 million contract awarded in 1995 and is scheduled to become operational in ...
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Color Air Norway
Norwegian Ferry operator Color Line is to launch Color Air, a new low-cost domestic carrier to be based at Oslo's new airport at Gardermoen. Five leased aircraft, either Boeing 737s or McDonnell Douglas MD-80s, will be operated to Alesund, Tr¿ndheim, Bergen and Stavanger. Source: Flight International
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BA orders EGPWS
British Airways has signed a deal to equip its entire fleet with AlliedSignal's enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS). BA signed the contract in December 1997, having found no problems with a unit tested on a Boeing 747. Source: Flight International