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Raytheon E-Systems tests GPS for troops
RAYTHEON E-SYSTEMS and the US Army have conducted field trials of a drop-zone assembly aid which uses the global-positioning system (GPS) to provide troops with the direction and distance to an air-dropped load or an assembly point. The equipment consists of a hand-held locator, which is carried by ...
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Carnival management
Florida-based scheduled and charter carrier Carnival Air-lines has become the fourth customer for ReArm's "outsourced" revenue-management service. Other clients of Maryland-based ReArm are regionals CommutAir and Gulfstream and "an unnamed US jet carrier". Source: Flight International
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Israel presses Russia in bid to clear way for China AEW deal
Ari Egozi/TEL AVIV THE ISRAELI Government is pressing Russia to approve the sale of an Ilyushin Il-76 Candid, to allow Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) to conclude a deal to convert the aircraft into a Phalcon radar-equipped airborne early-warning platform for China. A $250 million deal to ...
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Lufthansa Cargo cuts costs and capacity
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON LUFTHANSA CARGO IS clamping down on costs and capacity, as the world's largest international freight carrier steels itself for another couple of tough years in the heavily oversubscribed international freight market. The operation ended its first year of independence in 1995, showing a DM20 ...
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RAF considers JTIDS Tornado GR4 update
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE ROYAL AIR FORCE is studying the possibility of equipping its Panavia Tornado GR4 strike-aircraft with the Joint Tactical Information Distribution Systems (JTIDS) data-communications network. Funding for fitting RAF combat aircraft with the JTIDS so far covers only two squadrons of Tornado F3s, along ...
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Reims eyes Cessna singles
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA REIMS AVIATION is negotiating to restart licence production of Cessna's piston singles. The French company previously built a range of Cessna aircraft for sale in Africa, Asia and Europe, but ceased production of piston singles when the US company did, in 1986. Cessna describes ...
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BRS opens up SR20 parachute testing
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BALLISTIC RECOVERY System (BRS) has conducted the first test of the emergency parachute for Cirrus Design's SR20 light aircraft. The SR20, scheduled for certification in mid-1997, will be the first production light aircraft fitted with a recovery-parachute system as standard. BRS, based in South ...
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Gavilan flight-testing resumes
COLOMBIAN manufacturer El Gavilan has begun flight-testing the Gavilan 358 single-engined utility aircraft. The second prototype - the first crashed in 1993 after engine failure - is being flight-tested at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and US certification is planned for later this year. Designed and built at Lock Haven ...
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Falcon 2000 cleared for London City
Operation of the Dassault Falcon 2000 business jet at London City Airport has been approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. London City's 5.5¡ approach, 1,200m (4,000ft) runway and noise restrictions require special approval procedures (Flight International, 7-13 February). Dassault says that it has demonstrated glideslopes as steep ...
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US Border Patrol wants light single-turbine helicopters
AMERICAN Eurocopter, Bell Helicopter Textron and McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) are expected to bid for a US Border Patrol requirement for up to 45 light-observation helicopters. A request for proposals (RFP) is expected to be issued within two months for a light single-turbine, civil-certificated helicopter able to ...
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Jabiru approved for kitplane use
AUSTRALIAN, NEW Zealand, South Korean and US civil aviation authorities have approved the Queensland, Australia-built Jabiru for kitplane construction. The all-composite Jabiru has already received type certification in Australia and New Zealand in the general-aviation and ultralight categories, and had its European debut at the UK's Popular Flying Association's Cranfield ...
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F-18 development
McDonnell Douglas has flown the fourth of seven F-18E/F development aircraft. The aircraft, a single-seat F-18E, will be used primarily for high-angle-of-attack testing. Source: Flight International
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SJ30 interior
Isaacman Design Associates is to design interiors for Sino Swearingen Aircraft's six-to-eight-seat SJ30-2 light business-jet. Four versions of the standard interior will be offered. A cabin mock-up will be displayed at the US National Business Aircraft Association convention in November. Source: Flight International
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International boosters launch five
Tim Furniss/LONDON LAUNCHERS from the USA, China and Europe successfully lofted five satellites into orbit during the first nine days of July. The most significant was a Chinese Long March 3 (LM3) booster launch of the Hughes HS-376 communications satellite, the ApStar 1A, into geostationary-transfer orbit ...
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Hughes books flights on uprated H2
THE PLANNED uprated Japanese H2A launcher is in demand from Hughes, which has booked ten flights between 2000 and 2004. Each launch will cost $77 million, about $90 million less than the commercial rate for a standard H2 launch. The H2, marketed by Rocket Systems, has been uncompetitive because excessive ...
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Shuttle record
The Space Shuttle Columbia landed at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 7 July after a record-breaking 16-day 21h mission. The STS78 Life and Microgravity Spacelab flight was an intensive research mission by seven crew. Source: Flight International
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Kenya soars despite pilots pay award
PROFITS CONTINUE TO soar at Kenya Airways, but the newly privatised carrier has outlined a major round of cost cuts following the court award of a massive pay hike to pilots. The pay award, which virtually doubles salaries, came after the airline's 108 pilots referred a pay dispute ...
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Messier deal
Kuwait Airways has selected Messier-Bugatti to overhaul the landing gear of its entire Airbus Industrie fleet from 1999, in a deal potentially worth Fr40 million ($7.8 million). The contract covers five A300-600s, four A310-300s, three A320s, and four A340s. Source: Flight International
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Handling BA
British Airways has placed a £87 million ($135 million) contract with GEC Alsthom for the design and installation of a fully automated cargo-handling system at the airline's new World Cargo-centre at London Heathrow Airport. The site is due to open in 1999, with an annual capacity of 800,000t. ...
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Airtran caution
Airways Corporation, parent of low-cost US start-up AirTran Airways, has warned analysts that it is likely to underperform in the latest quarter, partly because of a slow-down in bookings in the immediate aftermath of the ValuJet McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crash in May. Source: Flight International