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Rafael flight-tests active radar missile
RAFAEL HAS begun flight-testing an active-radar-guided medium-range air-to-air missile for the Israeli air force. The missile is intended to be deployed on the air force's Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter aircraft. The programme, previously known as "Alto", is a collaborative project between Rafael and Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) ...
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Third Denel Rooivalk takes shape
DENEL PLANS TO FLY THE engineering-development model (EDM) of its Rooivalk attack helicopter in the third quarter of this year. Denel is making greater use of digital technology in areas such as the autopilot in the EDM aircraft, the third Rooivalk. As the picture shows, the airframe appears to have ...
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Low-speed test for MD-95
LOW-SPEED TESTING OF THE McDonnell Douglas MD-95, using a 9%-scale model, has been successfully completed at the United Technology Research Centre in East Hartford, Connecticut. Testing has established that the aircraft can be recovered from very high angles of attack which can be achieved in the post stall, or "deep-stall" ...
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Embraer increases EMB-145 cruise speed
WITH THE Embraer EMB-145 flight-test programme now well on the way towards certification, the Brazilian manufacturer has released more details on the improved performance of the aircraft, with cruise speed and fuel consumption better than originally advertised. At an early stage of flight-testing, Embraer revealed that the aircraft ...
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Unions kill Air France Europe
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONJulian Moxon/PARIS THE GRAND PLAN of Air France Group chairman Christian Blanc to create a single European operation from the merger of Air Inter and Air France's regional operations, has been blocked by the unions' failure to agree to productivity improvements. Instead, Blanc says that Air ...
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Air UK moves Edinburgh flights
Andrew Doyle/LONDON AIR UK IS CLOSING its London Gatwick-Edinburgh service later this year, following British Airways' decision to increase its flights on the route to six a day. The UK regional carrier says that it plans to begin serving Edinburgh from London City Airport instead. "It ...
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RAF focuses on helmet sights for Jaguar GR1Bs
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE ROYAL AIR Force intends to equip its Sepecat Jaguar GR1Bs with a helmet-mounted sighting system as part of a rolling improvement programme for the aircraft. The Jaguar has been given a new lease of life following delays to the Eurofighter 2000 programme, ...
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Airbus tackles A320 pilot shortage
Andrew Doyle/LONDON AN AIRBUS INDUSTRIE pilot team is attempting to improve the utilisation rate of Indian Airlines' A320 fleet. The team, which consists of Airbus training captains and airline check-pilots, has been dispatched to the airline in an effort to help it overcome a shortage ...
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Klimov details MiG-35 options
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW KLIMOV IS DEVELOPING two thrust-vectoring-engine designs, the RD-133 and the RD-333, for an advanced derivative of the MAPO-MiG MiG-29 Fulcrum, dubbed the MiG-35 (Flight International, 12-19 June). The engine-design bureau says that the RD-133 is based on the RD-33 which powers the Fulcrum, ...
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Aeroflot forges Transaero links
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW AEROFLOT AND Transaero have signed an agreement which will result in the two Russian carriers co-operating in operations, ticketing and fleet planning. The two airlines, both based at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, are responsible for 27% of Russia's passenger market. The memorandum calls for ...
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Saab improves 2000 dispatch reliability
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH SAAB AIRCRAFT is modifying the Saab 2000 turboprop to overcome dispatch-reliability problems, which afflicted the fleets of Deutsche BA and Crossair during the European winter. According to Saab operations chief Johan Oster, the aircraft is now operating at close to its target of 99% ...
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France continues to delay over FLA
FRENCH INDECISION over the fate of the Future Large Aircraft (FLA) military transport could drag on until the fourth quarter of this year, according to sources close to the faltering multi-national collaborative project. The FLA industry partners have patched together a single-phase-approach proposal covering fixed-price development and ...
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DFS and Frankfurt Airport push for higher capacity
Andrzej Jeziorski/FRANKFURT GERMAN AIR-TRAFFIC-services agency Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) and Frankfurt Airport are to test a new wake-vortex warning system (WVWS) as part of a drive to increase the airport's capacity. The WVWS, developed by Munich-based IABG, consists of a series of ten to 12 masts ...
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Lufthansa acknowledges first-half slump
LUFTHANSA HAS acknowledged that its profits over the first six months of the year are likely to be virtually halved, although chairman Jurgen Weber remains bullish that full-year profits can still be maintained. The profits forecast, which comes in the wake of mounting speculation over the carrier's performance, ...
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Gulf Air stems losses with rationalisation
GULF AIR SAYS that route cuts and rationalisation of its fleet have put it back on course for an early return to profitability, but warns that further cuts are in the pipeline. The airline had revealed that it lost $159 million in 1995 (Flight International, 3-9 April). Outlining ...
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GEC-Marconi raises profits
GEC-MARCONI HAS impressed analysts with an unexpectedly strong rise in profits, and the GEC group claims that is has now resolved the contract-overrun problems which have dogged its defence-electronics arm over the past year. The GEC unit ended the financial year to March with operating profits up at ...
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Regional Saab
Regional Airlines, the Nantes, France-based carrier, has accepted its fifth Saab 2000 into service. The aircraft will be introduced on the new Marseille to Amsterdam route early in August. The airline, which also operates eight Saab A340s, is believed to considering acquiring a further two Saab 2000s, possibly for delivery ...
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Finmeccanica to tackle its debts
ITALY'S STATE-owned defence-aerospace giant Finmeccanica has pledged to take radical action to reduce its massive debts through the sale of non-core businesses and the signing of new alliances. The group's debts swelled to L4,880 billion ($3 billion) in 1995 and, emerging from its annual general meeting in Rome, ...
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BA pilots vote to strike for Gatwick pay parity
BRITISH AIRWAYS' pilots have voted in favour of a British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) strike, which could see the first industrial stoppage involving BA flight-crews for 20 years. The union has cited several issues, about pay and working conditions, although the dispute is centred around BA's Euro Gatwick ...
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Austrian acts to beat falling traffic
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES is planning further route and staff cuts in response to falling traffic, says director Mario Rehulka. The carrier has also cut back on flights to Germany, launched a marketing campaign, and entered talks with pilot unions with the aim of reducing pension costs. The measures are ...