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Photographic Beech Starship completed
A RAYTHEON Beech Starship 2000A has been equipped for digital photography by Omni Solutions International. It will be used to collect data for commercial- and military-mapping applications. The all-composite Starship has been equipped with Omni's Direct Digital Panoramic aerial-imaging system. This includes a high-resolution camera, data-handling unit and ...
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Cold War relic
With the end of the Cold War, the USA's Milstar communications satellites have had their roles switched to ensure survival. Tim Furniss/London A LOCKHEED MARTIN Titan 4/Centaur is scheduled to launch a Block 1 Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (Milstar) satellite into geostationary orbit (GEO) from Cape ...
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SIA warms to 777-100X
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES is showing increasing interest in the extra-long-range Boeing 777-100X, and was given detailed briefings with 12 other major carriers on the aircraft during a "brain-storming" session in Seattle at the start of October. Other airlines attending the 777-100X briefing included Cathay Pacific, ...
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Fokker 70 trials nearing completion
Fokker says that completion of flight trials of the Fokker 70 in Granada, Spain, clearing the aircraft for steep descents to airports such as London City is "imminent". European Joint Airworthiness Authorities approval will allow Air France to introduce Fokker 70s now operated by Air Littoral in time for the ...
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School uses GPS to check proficiency
EMBRY-RIDDLE Aeronautical University is experimenting with the global-positioning system (GPS) as a means of evaluating students and instructors in its flight-training programme. GPS position data is being recorded in flight then replayed on the ground, to evaluate pilot proficiency objectively. Embry-Riddle's campus in Prescott, Arizona has developed an ...
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EasyJet launches with easy fares
THE EASYJET Airline Company (Flight International, 9-15 August) is to start scheduled services from London Luton Airport on 10 November, with three daily services (two at weekends) to Glasgow, adding similar frequencies to Edinburgh on 24 November. Services will initially be operated by GB Airways with Boeing 737-200s, until EasyJet ...
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Interim lease plan
China Southern Airlines plans to lease two Boeing 747-400s for two years from March 1996 onwards. The lease is an interim measure, until the carrier receives all of its, six Boeing 777-200s in 1998. The first of its General Electric GE-90-powered aircraft was due to be handed over on 12 ...
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USA awards Vancouver rights to six
THE US Transportation Department has awarded rights to six US airlines to operate new services to Vancouver, which become available during the second year of the liberalised US/Canada air-service pact. The Department has also opened the bidding, for seven new carriers, to bid for services to Quebec and ...
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Safety spotlight shifts on to loss of control
IN-FLIGHT LOSS of control is now the biggest single killer of airline passengers, replacing controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), according to a recent Boeing analysis of the subject. Boeing's chief engineer for aeroplane safety engineering Paul Russell says that from 1990 to 1994, 1,056 people died in loss-of-control ...
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In support of Sir Freddie Laker
Sir - Much as I respect John Byrnes, I am somewhat surprised at his diatribe on Sir Freddie Laker (Flight International, 18-24 October, P64). Has he forgotten that Laker gave him a job when others would not, trained him on new equipment, and enabled him to gain the ...
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South Africa reveals MUPSOW
PICTURES OF THE PROTOTYPE of the South African Air Force's (SAAF) modular precision stand off weapon (MUPSOW) have been revealed for the first time. South Africa's air-launched-weapons specialist, Kentron, is developing the MUPSOW, seen here being carried by an Atlas Cheetah. The MUPSOW project is a follow on to the ...
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The ugly duckling
The Harrier heads for a half century of service. Douglas Barrie/LONDON THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, something dubbed the P.1127 took to the air for the first time. It was a far-from-glorious free flight, however, as the airframe was firmly tethered to the ground. British ...
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DRA looks for smart approach towards self-sensing composites
Andrew Doyle/BIRMINGHAM DEVELOPMENT OF "smart" self-sensing polymer composites could significantly reduce the through-life costs of using carbonfibre composite structures in aircraft, according to the UK's Defence Research Agency (DRA). Smart materials are embedded with sensing systems which provide data on the integrity of a structure, ...
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Air power vindicated
NATO's Bosnia air commanders assess the contribution of Operation Deliberate Force to the three-year-old conflict. Tim Ripley/Vicenza Recent events in Bosnia, with the signing of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement and the lifting of the siege of Sarajevo, lend some weight to the view that NATO air power has ...
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Safer seats 'too costly' for use
David Learmount/LONDON SEAT-DESIGN CHANGES, which could improve passenger safety, are unlikely to be adopted because of their extra weight, according to a Japanese research agency. The Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) confirms that the changes are effective, but concludes that manufacturers and carriers will ignore them because ...
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First Conestoga booster explodes after launch
Tim Furniss/LONDON EER SYSTEMS' Conestoga 1620 multi-stage, solid-propellant satellite launcher, exploded 45s after launch on its maiden flight from the company's commercial launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia on 23 October. The Multiple Experiments Transporter to Earth Orbit (METEOR) payload was destroyed. The catastrophe could end ...
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Boeing acts on data dispute
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BOEING HAS MOVED to resolve a growing dispute, between avionics suppliers and simulator manufacturers, over the data required, to simulate aircraft systems. The manufacturer says that it was forced to intervene by the volume of complaints received from suppliers and airlines. Tom Goldade, ...
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E&S buys into the training-device market with Xionix
VISUAL-SYSTEM Supplier Evans & Sutherland (E&S) have acquired training-device manufacturer Xionix Simulation in a move to expand its airline-training business. Dallas, Texas-based Xionix will be operated as a separate unit within E&S' commercial-simulation business. Salt Lake City, Utah-based E&S says that growing airline demand for visual-equipped ...
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CAE Electronics wins German Tornado simulator contract
CAE ELECTRONICS HAS received a $54 million contract to upgrade seven Panavia Tornado full-mission simulators for the German air force and navy. The work will be performed by CAE's German subsidiary. The upgrade includes new computers, instructor consoles and mission-debrief stations, and real-time radar simulation. Upgraded ...