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Endeavour takes off for Mir station
The penultimate Shuttle Mir Mission got under way from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on 23 January when the STS89/Endeavour was launched on the first of six planned Shuttle flight this year. The Endeavour, will deliver US astronaut Andrew Thomas to the Russian Mir space station and return David Wolf. ...
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Turbulence surfaces in crash probe
Turbulent weather has emerged as a possible factor in the SilkAir Boeing 737-300 accident, about which there has been, so far, no statement by the Indonesian investigating authorities. The aircraft disappeared from cruising flight near Palembang, Sumatra, on 19 December on a scheduled flight from Djakarta, Indonesia, to Singapore. ...
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ADAM studies supersonic seat
The US Air Force has launched a fully instrumented Advanced Dynamic Anthropomorphic Manikin (ADAM) from a multi-axis seat-ejection sled travelling at Mach 1.05 in the New Mexico desert. The objective was to test propulsion systems and stabilisation, and to determine how high-speed ejection affects aircrew, as part of the ...
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GE Xiamen could involve HAECO
General Electric has signed a memorandum of understanding with Xiamen Aviation Industries of China to set up an on-wing engine-support centre at Xiamen's Gaoqi International Airport, in the southern coastal province of Fujian, in a move which could bring it closer to nearby Taikoo Aircraft Engineering (TAECO). GE confirms ...
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USMC tests multiple cargo hook
A cargo-hook concept which allows multiple drops from heavy-lift helicopters is being evaluated by the US Marine Corps at the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River, Maryland. Developed by Utah-based SkyHook Technologies, the new system uses a tetrahedral frame attached to the usual single-hook pendant. Each of the ...
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Software developed to simulate ice accretion
Software code developed in the UK to model ice accretion at the design stage of new aircraft is being evaluated by the project's industrial partners, who hope that it will ease the certification of new products. Ice Accretion Modelling ("Icecremo") is a UK Department of Trade and Industry-funded programme ...
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Microvision provides RAH-66 display
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Microvision has won a US Army contract to provide a prototype helmet-mounted display incorporating its virtual retinal-display (VRD) technology for the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66. The contract, potentially worth over $4 million, was awarded by the Army's Aircrew Integrated Systems (ACIS) programme office under the Comanche-Compatible ...
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FSI builds initial 717 simulator
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTONDC FlightSafety International (FSI) has been selected by Boeing to supply the first flight-simulator for the 717-200 airliner, formerly the McDonnell Douglas MD-95. The simulator will be installed initially at the Flight-Safety Boeing Training International centre adjacent to Boeing's Douglas Products division plant at Long Beach, California, where ...
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Western Michigan University trains Europeans
Student pilots from Irish carrier Aer Lingus have begun ab initio training at Western Michigan University's (WMU) School of Aviation Sciences at Battle Creek. British Airways students will begin training at WMU in March. The University is negotiating an ab initio contract with a third airline, which would take ...
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Training begins on first Next Generation 737 simulator
FlightSafety Boeing Training International has begun training on the first flight simulator for the Next Generation 737. Pilots from Netherlands carrier Transavia Airlines were the first to receive training on the CAE-built device at FlightSafety Boeing's Renton, Washington, training centre. The joint venture plans to add three more Next ...
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Emultek selected for CBT
US irways has selected Emultek's Rapid Simulation 4 software as the standard for developing simulations for computer-based training (CBT). Source: Flight International
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Alenia tunes into CD Radio satellite contract
Alenia Spazio has signed a deal to supply the main subsystems for three CD Radio satellites (with an option on a fourth), to be built by Loral Space Systems. The Italian company beat Alcatel to the contract. The first satellite, based on an FS-1300 body, is to be launched in ...
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Space station project moves on as FGB goes to Baikonur
Tim Furniss/LONDON The International Space Station (ISS) project reached an important point on 17 January, with the roll-out and shipment to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan of the Functional Cargo Block (FGB) module. Launch of the system by a Proton booster is due on 30 June. The lift-off will mark ...
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Lunar Orbiter
NASA'S Lunar Prospector has entered its 100km circular polar orbit around the Moon. The Lockheed Martin-built, 295kg Discovery-series craft, which was launched on 6 January, will be used to conduct an intensive one-year survey of the Moon. It will use five instruments. Source: Flight International
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MMS to build second adaptor for Delta II
Matra Marconi Space (MMS) has won a contract from Boeing to build a second dual-payload-attach fitting (DPAF) for the Delta II satellite launcher. The DPAFs, which will provide the Delta II with dual-launch capability to low-Earth orbit for payloads up to 2,250kg, will be used first for a launch ...
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Marketplace
-Bahamasair has acquired two ex-Canadian Airlines International Boeing 737-200s from PLM International. -Azerbaijan Airlines has finalised its contract with Boeing for two Boeing 757-200s. Delivery and engine selection details have not been disclosed, although the airline has held commitments for six Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered 757s since 1994. -South African Airways ...
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US Navy tests smokeless engines in F/A-18E/Fs
Smokeless General Electric F414 engines are being flight tested by the USNavy in Boeing F/A-18E/Fs. GE says that smokiness observed early in the test programme has been overcome by modifying swirlers near the fuel nozzles to increase airflow to the combustor. Six engines have been modified for flight testing ...
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Namibia school study
Nambia's Directorate of Civil Aviation and Dornier International Logistics are conducting a feasibility study into creating an aviation-training school at Keetmanshoop. Source: Flight International
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Boeing finances 172S
Boeing Capital, formerly McDonnell Douglas Finance, is providing lease financing to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for 61 Cessna 172 trainers being delivered over three years. Deliveries began in September 1997 under a 12-year deal covering the acquisition of almost 300 Cessna single-engine aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Travel Air expands
Raytheon plans to add up to 24 aircraft to its Travel Air fractional-ownership programme in 1998: six Beech King Air B200s, 12 Beechjet 400As and six Hawker 800XPs. By the end of 1997, the fleet consisted of four King Airs, five Beechjets and four Hawkers. Source: Flight International