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Pan Am Academy snaps up SimCom
Continuing its rapid expansion, Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) is to acquire training company SimCom International. SimCom, which operates simulator centres in Orlando and Vero Beach, Florida, and Scottsdale, Arizona, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of privately owned PAIFA. Miami-based PAIFA, which is building new simulator ...
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RAF Valley hosts private centre
THE FIRST industry-funded simulator centre to be established under the UK Ministry of Defence's Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has opened at Royal Air Force Valley in Wales. The Hawk Synthetic Training Facility has been built by British Aerospace subsidiary Reflectone UK. The centre opened for training equipped with a ...
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Stardust launched
The NASA Stardust comet-dust collector spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a Delta II Medlite booster on 7 February. The Stardust, a NASA Discovery programme mission, will collect dust from the comet Wild 2 during a flyby in January 2004. It is scheduled to return the samples ...
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Costs force testing to be cut
Commercial pressures are forcing satellite manufacturers to cut corners when conducting tests, according to Christopher O'Gwen, assistant vice-president of US insurance company Aviation Underwriters. Last year was one of the worst on record for the space industry, with losses of $1.9 billion - amounting to nearly double the $950 ...
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US Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel warns on Shuttle danger
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel has warned NASA that its workforce has been so reduced by redundancies and a hiring freeze that Space Shuttle safety could be jeopardised. If new engineering and other staff are not employed, it could create a crisis over the next five to 10 years, ...
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Embraer reveals additions to regional jet family
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Embraer has unveiled plans for 70 and 90-seat additions to its family of regional jets. The surprise move is designed to signal to potential customers and risk-sharing partners the Brazilian manufacturer's firm intent to compete in this market. The company has announced the "pre-launch" of ...
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Lockheed Martin stays number one with Pentagon
Lockheed Martin has maintained its position as number one contractor to the US Department of Defense (DoD), newly released Pentagon figures reveal. The Maryland-based manufacturer saw the value of DoD contracts climb by $1.3 billion, to $12.3 billion, last year, with second-placed Boeing closing the gap, but still $1.4 billion ...
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Marketplace
Gemini Air Cargo has acquired three British Airways Boeing DC-10-30s in a deal arranged by Curtis and Xavian. The aircraft will be converted by Alenia's Aeronavali facility in Naples. The Italian company is also expected to convert an ex-Varig DC-10-30 acquired by Belgium-based Skyjet from Mitsui. Aerospatiale's Sogerma Maintenance ...
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Twin tune-up
Paul Lewis/FORT WORTH Bell's new Model 427 is in development flight testing. The eight-seat, light twin turbine has gained weight, hover, speed and range since its maiden flight in December 1997, but the manufacturer aims to reduce the weight by May Bell is fine-tuning the performance of its ...
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Missile veto
The Russian Government has vetoed an attempt by the president of the Russian Federal Republic of Mary-El to sell S-300V missiles to Kuwait, say Russian media sources. The export of the missiles, which are produced in the republic, is banned by the federal government, because the weapon can engage cruise ...
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Kazakh SU-27
Kazakhstan has taken delivery of four Sukhoi Su-27 fighters from Russian air force stocks and will receive 12 more later this year. In addition, S-300 ground-to-air missile systems are expected to be delivered. The weapons will defend the new capital, Akmola. Source: Flight International
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LANTIRN option
Lockheed Martin has received a contract option worth $53 million to build an additional 26 LANTIRN targeting pods for US Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcat strike fighters. Work on the FY1999 purchase begins immediately, and is due to be completed in 2002. To date, the USN has ordered 86 LANTIRN targeting ...
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ATACMS for US Army
Lockheed Martin Vought Systems has won a $65 million US Army contract, to build a further 96 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Block IA missiles, the second year production option to the ATACMS Block IA full-rate production contract. Source: Flight International
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Belgium replacement
The Belgian air force is to replace three HS 748 transports and five Fairchild Merlin III liaison aircraft by a single type. The Fairchild Dornier 328 is thought to be the air force's first choice, but the Fokker 50 and de Havilland DHC-8 are also being evaluated. The Merlin III ...
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Spectre eyes
Lockheed Martin has received $25 million from the US Air Force to upgrade the low-light television system on the Lockheed MartinAC-130H Spectre special operations gunship. With options, the value of the work could rise to $33 million over four years. The system allows the aircraft to illuminate targets during night ...
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Trains oust planes
KLM has stopped 33 scheduled round trips a week to Amsterdam Schiphol from the cities of Groningen and Enschede, reacting to pressure from the Dutch Government to abandon domestic flights in favour of train travel. KLM says the decision was influenced by the business advantages of freeing take-off slots at ...
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ERJ-145 LOT
LOT Polish Airlines has ordered a pair of Embraer RJ-145 regional jets, with a further three on option. The aircraft will be used exclusively on international operations to Germany, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Delivery of the two Embraers is set for July and August, with the next three due to ...
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Airports
-Asia's economic slowdown has caused a one-year delay in the opening of a third passenger terminal at Singapore's Changi Airport. According to Singapore communications minister Mah Bow Tan, the terminal is expected to open in 2006, because the urgency of the project has been reduced as a result of a ...
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An-12 crashes in Luanda
About 30 people are believed dead following the crash of an Antonov An-12 turboprop on 2 February in Angola. The pilot reported technical problems shortly after take off and turned back. The aircraft plunged into a densely populated neighbourhood on the fringes of Luanda about 10km (6 miles) from the ...
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Canadian adds surtax to pay for higher navigation fees
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL Canadian Airlines plans to add a surtax of C$7.50 ($4.85) one-way on domestic and US flights and C$15 on overseas flights to compensate for an increase in air navigation fees from 1 March. The Calgary-based carrier says it will be charged $131 million a year by ...