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NASA high altitude glider passes CDR
NASA's Apex high altitude flight experiment, a remotely piloted research glider designed to operate at altitudes above 70,000ft (21,350m), has passed its critical design review (CDR) and is on track for its first flight this year. The Apex project is part of NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology ...
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DERA completes Airbus wake vortex tests
The UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) has competed wake vortex studies for Airbus Industrie at Toulouse. The trials will help towards the design work for the proposed 600-seat A3XX. DERA used LIDAR (laser detection and ranging) to monitor and model wake vortices of aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Litton picked
Litton's LTN-101 Flagship global positioning/air data inertial reference unit has been selected by America West for installation in 34 Airbus narrowbody aircraft. Litton says that integrity monitoring built into the satellite-based system will allow it to be used as a sole means of navigation. Source: Flight International
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FAA warms to thermal testing
Ian Sheppard/LONDON The US Federal Aviation Administration is testing a new inspection technique which could allow rapid on-the-spot diagnosis of the integrity of aircraft skin panels in routine maintenance. Advanced dynamic thermography is a non-contact, non-destructive inspection method which involves heating composite panels by around 4°C, with an ...
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Sovereign promises
Julian Moxon/PARIS Kevin O'Toole/LONDON It would have been unrealistic to hope for too much from the meeting of Europe's defence ministers, hosted last week in Paris. In the end, there were some further encouraging noises over Europe's defence consolidation, but little to address the issues which have made its ...
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Sun'n'fun
Micco's SP20 was among the designs on show at the US Experimental Aircraft Association's Sun'n'Fun fly-in at Lakeland, Florida, on 19-25 April. The all-metal two-seater is scheduled to receive US certification in June, with production expected to start by year-end at the rate of one a week. Source: Flight ...
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International agency should oversee satellite positioning
The recent article on the proposed technical developments of the global positioning system (Flight International, 15-21 April, P27) fails to reassure non-US users that all the technical and political questions have been answered satisfactorily. It is implied that the USA will cease to degrade the signals available to civil users ...
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China eyes manned launch
Preparations are under way at China's Jiuquan launch base for an unmanned orbital test flight of a manned spacecraft aboard an uprated Long March (LM) 2E booster unveiled by the Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. A three-crew flight could take place in 1999 to celebrate the 50th anniversary ...
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NASA Deep Space launch faces
Late delivery of spacecraft power electronics and an "ambitious" flight software development schedule has forced NASA to delay the launch of its first New Millennium programme spacecraft, the Deep Space 1. The delay, from July to October, will mean the scrapping of planned fly-bys of an asteroid, a comet ...
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New Kupon
Russia's Central Bank will order a second Kupon communications satellite from the Lavochkin company for launch in 1999. The cause of the failure of the first Kupon craft in orbit was related to faults in the "atomic standard in the onboard synchronising device". Lovochkin plans to develop a second generation ...
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Columbia crew is blamed for Spartan deployment failure
Tim Furniss/LONDON Blame for the botched deployment of a Spartan free flyer during last November's STS87/Columbia flight has been placed firmly at the door of the spacecraft's crew. Mission specialist Kalpana Chawla has come in for most blame, but the whole STS87 crew, led by commander Kevin Kregel, ...
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Italy leads ESA interest in Vega K development
Development of the proposed European Vega K low Earth orbit launcher will depend on industrial funding of around Ecu70 million ($77 million) as well as the ECU350 million funding requested from interested member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) led by France and Italy. The Italian space agency says ...
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Notice to pilots
Flight International is undertaking a worldwide survey of pilots' career progression including experience, training, remuneration package and ambitions. All respondents are guaranteed confidentiality as each reply will be de-identified by the market research company conducting the survey. The results will be published in a supplement to the 16-22 September issue ...
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Rolls Royce In Israel
Rolls-Royce is forming a joint venture with Israeli company Blades Technologies which will see the setting up of two $40 million manufacturing plants for compressor blades. Initial production is due to start in Israel in October, with a second Scottish site opening in late 1999. Blades Technologies is owned jointly ...
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Boeing loss
Boeing's first quarter net profits were reduced to just $50 million after the announced $219 million charge to cover losses anticipated on the first 400 Next Generation 737s. Ayear ago profits stood at $540 million. Chairman Phil Condit cautions that avoiding future charges depends on the company achieving its production ...
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ADP plans five year investment in Charles de Gaulle
France's Aéroports de Paris (ADP) airport authority is embarking on a five year programme of heavy investment at Charles de Gaulle (CDG), its main base and Air France's increasingly successful hub. As it opened the first half of the new terminal 2F at the airport on 27 March, ADP ...
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First for Dutch ATC
The Netherlands has accepted into operation the FIRST air traffic control (ATC) tower simulator supplied by Raytheon Systems UK and installed in a new training centre at Amsterdam Schiphol-East. Controller training is scheduled to begin in the third quarter. Source: Flight International
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SEOS fits displays
SEOS Displays is completing a £3 million ($5 million) contract to install 220°-wide Panorama displays on four flight simulators at the USAir Force's special-operations training base at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. MC-130P, MH-53J and MH-60G simulators have been upgraded and the final, TH-53A, device will be ready for training in ...
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TTS upgrade s C-5
The first of seven Lockheed C-5 weapon system trainers upgraded with flight management/global positioning systems by Thomson Training &Simulation (TTS) has been delivered to FlightSafety Services, which operates the C-5 aircrew training system for the USAir Force. Source: Flight International
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FSBTI picks CAE
FlightSafety Boeing Training International (FSBTI) has selected CAE Electronics to supply a Boeing 737-700 Level 5 flight training device for delivery to its Seattle simulator centre in August, where it will be used as a classroom-based maintenance trainer. Source: Flight International