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ISS is placed under new pressure
The decision to delay the first launches to assemble the International Space Station (ISS), because of Russian problems over funding, is putting NASA under renewed pressure from the US Congress to remove Moscow from the programme. Following the eight-month launch delay, to June 1998, NASA is being told ...
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Cessna names piston-singles dealers
CESSNA HAS NAMED the first overseas distributors for its new piston singles. Three sales representatives have been appointed in Australia, one in New Zealand and one in Mexico. All five are Cessna service stations. Perth-based Airflite has been made the distributor for Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia; Australian ...
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Russian Soyuz TM24 spacecraft returns
The Soyuz TM24 spacecraft landed safely on 2 March, returning cosmonauts Valeri Korzun and Alexander Kaleri, and German researcher Ewald Reinhold from the Mir 1 space station. Korzun and Kaleri were launched in August 1996 and Ewald on 10 February. The crew and the TM25 cosmonauts, ...
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Policymeeting holds key to FLA future
The European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) project could be caught in the turmoil of a UK general election, and possibly a defence review, unless the FLA Policy Group meeting on 11 March agreed a way forward on the struggling programme. The meeting follows a tri-lateral National Armament Directors ...
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Going Dutch
The third quarter of 1997 will see the first Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNlAF) squadron begin conversion to Lockheed Martin F-16s upgraded under the Mid-Life Update (MLU) programme. The introduction of the MLU aircraft, with its associated weapons and systems, will dramatically broaden the operational flexibility of the almost 20-year-old ...
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Alitalia gets by without Fokkers
Sir - I refer to the article "Alitalia pulls plug on Fokker 70s" (Flight International, 12-18 February, P18). The original order which was placed by Alitalia for Fokker 70s has fallen through because of the well-known bankruptcy of the manufacturer. Fokker was able to deliver only five regional ...
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RAF photographic competition
Royal Air Force Sgt Rick Brewell has won the Flight International air-to-air category of the 1997 RAFPublic Relations Photographic Competition (the winning picture is on the cover of our 19-25 February issue). Douglas Barrie, Defence Aviation Editor, congratulates him. Source: Flight International
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French figures show improvement as shake-up looms
As it prepares for its biggest shake-up since the Second World War, the French aerospace industry has revealed a significant improvement in performance for 1996, with sales growing by more than 7% and a similar improvement forecast for this year. The growth was led by airframe manufacturing, with ...
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Saudi eyes Fokker
Saudi prince, Al-Waleed bin Talal has emerged as the latest potential buyer for Fokker. His representatives met the bankrupt Dutch aircraft maker at the end of February. Source: Flight International
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Rich International retrieves FAA certificate
RICH INTERNATIONAL Airways has been re-awarded its air-carrier certificate from the US Federal Aviation Administration, but the carrier still awaits authorisation from the US Department of Transportation (DoT) to restart charter flights. The Miami-based operator was grounded by the FAA in September 1996 after a safety audit uncovered ...
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TNT looks at large freighters
TNT Express Worldwide is aiming to introduce its first large freighter aircraft in 1998, if a strategic analysis of the market which it is now undertaking concludes that such a move is required. The express-parcel company, acquired by Dutch postal company KPN late in 1995, is timing the ...
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GrandAir puts US plans on hold
GrandAir has been forced to put on hold plans to fly to the USA by the Philippine regulatory authorities' continued failure to comply with the US Federal Aviation Administration's Category I safety requirements. The airline and incumbent national carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) have been told that there can ...
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SASCO completes 30th 747 overhaul for Japan Air Lines
Singapore Technologies Aviation Services (SASCO) has completed its 30th airframe overhaul and modification of a Boeing 747 for Japan Airlines (JAL). Work to date has included 24 section 41 and 10 pylon modifications. JAL, in the meantime, has announced that it is to send a further seven 747-100/200s to SASCO ...
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US Air change
From 27 February, USAir has been formally renamed US Airways. The carrier has adopted a new logo, resembling the US flag, in an effort to shed its image as a US regional airline. Chairman Stephen Wolf remains, however, saddled with labour contracts which keep the airline's operating costs among the ...
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Flight West Airlines revises jet fleet plans to suit new routes
Australian regional carrier Flight West Airlines is in negotiations with Ansett Australia to buy up to three Fokker F28-4000s which it will operate on new domestic and regional routes. The carrier is also likely to drop its order for Embraer EMB-145 regional jets. The airline plans to use ...
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SIA firms up options for more 777s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has firmed up options on two more Boeing 777s, increasing the total number of twinjets it has on order to 30. The first aircraft for SIA, seen here on the Everett production line at Boeing, is due for delivery in May. SIA has outstanding options on 31 ...
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PW4090 certificated
The 400kN (90,000lb)-thrust Pratt & Whitney PW4090 engine for the Boeing 777-200 increased-gross-weight (IGW) has been certificated by the USFederal Aviation Administration. The first P&W-powered 777-200IGW will enter service with United Airlines this month. The PW4090 uses the same 2.85m diameter fan as the PW4084, but features improved compressor aerodynamics, ...
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Boeing finalises 767-400ERX
Boeing expects to begin the second phase of windtunnel testing of the 767-400ERX "within the next couple of months" as it works towards a planned May 2000 service-entry for the aircraft, according to programme manager John Quinlivan. Quinlivan also confirms that the company "-has held discussions "with airlines ...
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Marketplace
++ China Southern Airlines has taken delivery of its first General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777-200IGW, which brings its 777 fleet to five aircraft. Late this year, the airline will become the first to operate the 777 across the Pacific, on the 12,560km (6,800nm) route between Guangzhou and Los Angeles. ++ ...
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Indonesians propose to start Myanmar regional
Indonesia's Triputra Unggul Utama has become the latest South-East Asian company to announce proposals for a start-up joint-venture airline in Myanmar, following similar moves by Malaysian, Singapore and Thai investors. The Indonesian and Myanmar Governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a new domestic ...