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Whale of a day for Boeing giant
Boeing has hit the headlines around the world and for something other than its battle with Airbus for supremacy in the skies. The US Air Force has used a Boeing C-17 Globemaster to transport a most unusual cargo - Keiko, the 10,000lb (4,500kg) Orca star of the box office ...
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GPS suppliers set to tackle security
Steve Nichols How secure is satellite navigation? The US Global Positioning System (GPS) has 24 satellites - 21 active and three spare - orbiting the earth in just under 12 hours. A basic GPS receiver usually needs to "see" at least four to plot position and altitude ...
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Gripping stuff from Mason
Pilots have been gripped by the design and development services offered by Mason Electric. The company not only produces helicopter control grips, but will upgrade old steering equipment for military and commercial customers too. Sales manager Michael Nystrom is based at San Fernando, California, and regularly joins pilots during ...
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Heat stress found in crashed MD-11 cockpit
Investigators probing the loss of Swissair Flight 111 have found evidence of what they are calling "heat stress" on small pieces of cockpit wreckage recovered from the sea. Lead investigator Vic Gorden revealed the finding at a press conference but declined to go into further detail. The phenomenon is ...
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Interactive space site
The UK Industrial Space Committee has launched UKSPACE, an interactive guide of the nation's space industry at the BNSC stand in Hall 1. The guide is a one-stop information service for the industry which employs 6,500 people and generates about $1.3 billion annual turnover. The site promotes the industry to ...
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NASA buys Black Brants
Canada's Bristol Aerospace has been awarded a $4.4 million contract from NASA for 20 Black Brant sub-orbital rockets, including the Black Brant XII, the largest in the fleet. NASA will use the boosters for missions launched for the space agency's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Virginia. Source: Flight Daily ...
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First for Europe nav systems
Ferranti Technologies claims its strap-down inertial grade FTS-10 accelerometer is the first to become available from non-US sources. It meets the requirements of aeronautical and terrestrial strap-down navigational systems and the company hopes it will help defence manufacturers meet increasing demands for European sourcing of system components. Source: ...
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THY orders 737-800 full-flight simulator
THY Turkish Airlines has ordered a Boeing 737-800 full-flight simulator (FFS) from CAE Electronics. The simulator is to be delivered late next year and installed at the national carrier's flight training centre in Istanbul. The sale is CAE's first to THY, which has also ordered a computer-based Next Generation 737 ...
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Moth with a mission
The de Havilland Tiger Moth (G-AMTV) which featured on the front page of Monday's edition of Flight Daily News is - like the Farnborough airshow itself - celebrating a birthday- although in the vintage bi-plane's case it's a diamond anniversary. In celebration of its career which spans 60 years, ...
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TEAC extends reach with buyout
Merlin Engineering Works is to become part of TEAC America, the billion-dollar audio, video and multimedia company. The acquisition, due to be completed by the end of October, will extend TEAC's capabilities in the medical imaging, data acquisition and military video markets. Merlin's existing business complements that of TEAC, ...
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New Sepcarb brake makes inroads
Messier Bugatti's latest carbon brake, Sepcarb III PLUS has been selected by Air Tours, All Nippon Airways, Ansett, Royal Brunei and Sabena for their Airbus A319/A320s. A total of 107 aircraft will have the brakes fitted from the second quarter of 1999 when Supercarb III PLUS brakes enter service. ...
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First lessons for pilots
The first class in a new training scheme, implemented as a result of a new agreement between Oxford Air Training School, UND Aerospace and Raytheon Systems, is currently under way. The training, which will take place at UND's facilities in Mesa, Arizona, provides initial training for classes of 10 ...
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API to distribute de-icer
Aircraft Parts International (API) has been appointed by SMR Technologies as the worldwide distributor for its Ice Shield line of pneumatic de-icing systems. Jerry Schlesinger, president and chief executive officer of API says: "We are extremely pleased to team with SMR Technologies and continue API's mission of bringing the ...
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MTU plans Chinese venture
MTU and China Southern Airlines are to establish a joint venture that will broaden their range of maintenance activities. The move will strengthen Daimler affiliate MTU's position as a leading independent maintenance provider. Following a feasibility study, the joint venture agreement should be finalised by June 1999 to ...
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Thiokol leads disposal team
Thiokol Propulsion, a division of Cordant Technologies, is leading a team of US and Russian contractors to provide three systems for the safe and environmentally sound disposal of 30,000 metric tonnes of Russian ballistic missile fuel at sites near Krasnoyarsk and Nizhnyaya Salda. The disposal programme is part of ...
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Lord system cuts 70% of noise
Lord Corporation's active noise and vibration control system, which it calls NVX, has received FAA certification for both DC-9 and MD-80 aircraft. The system features a new actuator design with a reduction in power requirements - down to 300 watts. Programme manager Becky Weih says it is also simpler to ...
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New Gulf maintenance base planned
Abu Dhabi-based GAMCO and Oman Air have announced their intention to form a new joint venture company, specialising in regional aircraft maintenance, to be based at Seeb International Airport, Oman. The new company, provisionally titled GAMCO Oman, is due to be launched in January next year. It will support ...
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One-stop centre
Farnborough Aviation Sales plans to provide the first one-stop aviation service centre at Farnborough The newly-formed company, with the backing of a major investment group, is to take a majority stake in Farnborough Aviation Services. It will create a group capable of providing a full range of aviation ...
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Litton appointment
Litton has appointed Kelly Coffield as president of its Litton Life Support division, succeeding John J Heffernan, who has retired. Coffield has been director of commercial products since 1994. Source: Flight Daily News
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Sun-Air third ATP
Sun-Air of Scandinavia, a British Airways franchise airline, is buying its third ATP aircraft from British Aerospace Asset Management. The latest purchase will be deliverd to Billund, a Denmark based airline, in November. It will be used to operate charters between Denmark and Norway, from Europe's newest airport ...