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African dawn
Lois Jones/DAKAR David Learmount/CAPE TOWN Air traffic services (ATS) in many parts of Africa are already unable to cope with current traffic levels, never mind increased demand. Meanwhile, wars and political instability raging in parts of the continent mean that basic air traffic control (ATC) is often neglected and ...
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Orbital attrition
Tim Furniss/LONDON A Chinese Long March 2C/SD booster is poised to launch two more Iridium mobile communications satellites into orbit this month or in early 1999, bringing to 86 the number of spacecraft so far sent on 18 successful launches since May 1997. Motorola's flagship project, which is ...
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Amjet amphibian poised for prototype production take-off
Amjet is hoping to secure around $10 million of financing within six months, enabling the company to start prototype production of its Amjet 400 six-seat, single-engined amphibious aircraft. "Once we have the first $10 million in place we will start building the Amjet 400 prototype immediately - we are ready ...
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Bombardier broadens its in-house completion capability for Global Express with new hangar
Bombardier is expanding its capability to complete Global Express ultra-long-range business jets. The move is part of a drive by the company to keep all interior completions for its corporate aircraft in-house. A Global Express completion hangar and paint shop are to be built at the Canadian manufacturer's Tucson, ...
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M212 prototype behind schedule
Construction of the Lambert M212-100 two-seat, diesel-engined prototype is running behind schedule at the ROPA plant in Geluveld, Belgium. Although the all-composite fuselage was completed earlier in the year, wing testing is not planned until later this month. Lambert says the sports aircraft is now due for roll-out by the ...
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New Piper boosts light aircraft production
New Piper Aircraft is to increase production by almost 10% next year, as its recovery continues to track that of the overall US general aviation industry. The company is scheduled to produce 329 light aircraft in 1999, up from 303 this year. The company plans to build 25 Warrior ...
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Helibus nears first flight
Sikorsky has completed initial main transmission and drive train testing of the S-92 Helibus ground test vehicle, clearing the way for the inaugural first flight of the new medium-size helicopter by the end of December and an anticipated production decision in 1999. The manufacturer has completed around 200h of ...
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Re-engined firefighting TurboTracker delivered
The first of eight re-engined Grumman S-2F3T TurboTracker firebombers has been formally delivered by Arizona-based conversion specialist Marsh Aviation, to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF). Four aircraft, all of them ex-USNavy operated S-2E Trackers, will be delivered to the CDF by the start of the ...
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Israel takes first Arrow ABM missile
Israel Aircraft Industries' MLM division has delivered the first Arrow 2 anti-ballistic missile (ABM) to the Israeli Ministry of Defence. The handover, made on 29 November, paves the way for the deployment by the end of next year of the first Arrow system with partial capability. The weapon is ...
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ATR holds 728JET partnership discussions
Julian Moxon/PARIS ATR is holding discussions on a possible regional jet partnership with Fairchild Dornier, as it postpones plans to launch its proposed ATR Airjet 70 into 1999. The Aerospatiale/Alenia partnership is also continuing talks on a tie-up with Embraer. Industry sources say the surprise talks between the ...
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Boeing cuts production as Far East orders dive
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing plans to make dramatic cuts to commercial aircraft production and numbers of workers in 1999 and 2000 as a result of the Asian economic crisis. "It's not a pretty picture," admits Boeing president Harry Stonecipher, who says the cuts are being made because "the ...
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Joint Strike Fighter engines under test
All four engine variants for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrators are under test at Pratt &Whitney. The F119 derivative, which will power Boeing's X-32B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) JSF demonstrator, entered ground testing in late November, joining three other engines already being tested for the programme. ...
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US supersonic effort faces axe
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The NASA-led US national High Speed Research (HSR) programme, aimed at developing a second-generation supersonic airliner, is threatened with closure following the team's decision to raise the noise targets beyond Stage 3, delaying development by as much as 10 years. The surprise move comes as ...
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Dasa Airbus looks for staff as order grows
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) Airbus is to recruit 850 staff during the next 12 months to help it keep pace with the Airbus consortium's growing orderbook. In return for the extra jobs, the company has secured major union concessions that should allow it to react more quickly to production rate ...
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Swissair reveals Express brand
Swissair is introducing an Express brand to coincide with the launch on 5 November of wet-lease services by Debonair of the UK on behalf of the Swiss flag carrier and Italian independent airline Air One. Debonair will operate one of its British Aerospace 146-200s, painted in Swissair Express colours, ...
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Lockheed Martin in UCAV shift
Lockheed Martin says it will continue to work on unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) with the US Air Force and Navy despite withdrawing from the US Defence Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) technology demonstration programme. The move leaves Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Systems competing for a $110 million ...
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Business Express sale
US carrier American Eagle is to purchase Business Express Airlines. The carrier operates 43 Saab 340s from major bases at Boston Logan and New York LaGuardia. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. American Eagle will initially operate Business Express as a separate company and gradually combine operations. ...
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Developing crisis
It is a nightmare scenario for any company. Immense production problems are overcome at huge expense, just in time for the market to collapse. For Boeing, the timing could hardly be worse. As quickly as the company's production recovery takes effect, the deepening impact of the Asian economic crisis starts ...
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FAA reassures over data use as it launches quality programme
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC With the launch of a long-awaited airline flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) programme, the US Federal Aviation Administration has guaranteed that data obtained from aircraft flight data recorders (FDRs) will not be used against carriers or pilots. So far the programme has been limited to ...