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Indian Air Force chief to evaluate MiG-AT
Indian Air Force chief ACM Satish Kumar is to visit Moscow this month to evaluate the MiG MAPO MiG-AT trainer. The air force has a longstanding requirement for 80 jet trainers, but a decision has been thwarted by lack of funds. The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet and the British Aerospace Hawk ...
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Avitas
Aviation consultancy Avitas, of Washington DC, has named Capt Richard Duxbury as vice-president for flight-operations safety. He will head a group helping airlines set up safety-related projects and audits. He was formerly chief safety captain at Northwest Airlines, in Minneapolis, Minnesota Source: Flight International
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BAe AMT
David Norgart has become sales manager at Virginia-based British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops (AMT), of Chantilly, Virginia, which has worldwide responsibility for selling secondhand BAe turboprops. He comes from turboprop remarketing company San Antonio Jet Centre, which he set up in 1993, after 11 years with Fairchild. ...
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Should licence rules be adapted?
Sir - From studying the European Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) 66 Notice of Proposed Amendment, I would like to put forward a comment. For maintenance engineers who already hold technical qualifications and experience equal to, or greater than, the knowledge required by the Joint Aviation Authorities for the ...
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The pros and cons of retiring at 65
Sir - The US Federal Aviation Administration has tried to increase the retirement age for US airline captains from 60 to 65, but its efforts were rejected by the self-interest of the US Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), which cannot be truly representative of experienced US pilots' views, as a high ...
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C-130J delivery delay forces RAF to keep C-130Ks flying
The Royal Air Force is being forced to keep operating at least five Lockheed Martin C-130Ks Hercules originally due to be retired from service during 1997 because of a delay of at least 12 months in the delivery of the first of 25 replacement C-130Js. Five aircraft initially ...
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Japan plans Hawkeye upgrade
The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) is planning a $400 million avionics upgrade for its fleet of Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye airborne early-warning (AEW) aircraft, to improve interoperability with the US military. The US Defense Department has notified Congress of the proposed Japanese upgrade project. The modification work ...
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Samsung moves to save KTX-II project
Samsung Aerospace is offering to increase its stake in South Korea's proposed KTX-II programme, in an effort to prop up waning political support for the advanced-trainer/light-strike aircraft in the face of impending defence cuts. The move follows a recent Korean Development Institute (KDI) study of the financial feasibility ...
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USAF plans low-cost mini-missile tests
The US Air Force has decided to proceed with the advanced-concept technology demonstration (ACTD) phase of the low-cost autonomous attack system (LOCAAS) programme being developed by the Wright Laboratory's Armament Directorate at Eglin AFB, Florida. The award of the ACTD contract by the USAF is expected in January ...
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MTU joins NH90 promotion effort for GE T700/T6E
MTU, the Daimler-Benz aero-engine subsidiary, has joined the team promoting the General Electric T700/T6E engine for the NH Industries NH90 helicopter. To date, the engine has been developed by GE together with Italian partners Alfa Romeo and FiatAvio, which developed the -T6A variant for Italian versions of the ...
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UK MoD considers long-endurance UAV options
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering a high-altitude long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) technology-demonstrator programme (TDP), which could be led by the Defence Evaluation Research Agency. In attempting to address its UAV requirements, the MoD has set up a tri-service steering group led by its Air ...
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MDC flies X-36 tailless demonstrator
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has modified its X-36 tailless-fighter technology demonstrator after overheating cut short the 17 May first flight. The remotely piloted research aircraft was landed after just 6min when sensors indicated high temperatures in a rear-fuselage compartment. MDC has added air scoops to improve cooling, according to ...
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Turkey prepares to build Rafael Popeyes
Turkish industry is poised to assemble the Israeli Rafael Popeye stand-off air-to-surface missile as part of an arrangement to equip the Turkish air force with the weapon. Negotiations on the deal are now being completed, and will see Turkish McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms now being upgraded by Israel ...
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-as USAF studies Boeing 707 re-engineing options
The US Air Force will seek innovative approaches for re-engineing additional Boeing 707-derivative aircraft which are now equipped with Pratt & Whitney TF33 turbofan engines. The study contracts, which will be awarded once funds have been identified, are expected to go to Boeing, which initiated the re-engineing debate ...
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All change
The final countdown has begun to tick over Chinese rule over Hong Kong. With the clock ticking away, senior airline executives in the colony have been engaged in a last-minute game of musical chairs, before the Union Jack is hauled down on 30 June. The end-of-year departure of ...
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The road beyond Damascus
Somewhere in the Hebrew lexicon there must be an aphorism which says that old dogs can, after all, be taught new tricks, because Israel's defence aerospace industries have specialised in improving the combat capabilities of such "old dogs" as the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom and, latterly, the Lockheed Martin F-16. ...
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Maintenance DirectoryPart 2, Africa, Asia and Australasia
The growing importance of the Asia-Pacific market for aviation is attracting considerable investment in the region's airframe and engine repair and overhaul capabilities. With large numbers of new Airbus and Boeing aircraft entering service with Asia's carriers, local-airline engineering divisions and third-party maintenance companies are wanting to cash in on ...
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State of readiness
Maj Gen Eitan Ben-Eliahu is commanding the only air force in the world which has been performing combat missions continuously since its inception almost 50 years ago. Israel has fought four major wars since gaining its independence in 1948, and the Israeli air force has been involved in thousands of ...