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Vympel reveals previously classified air-to-air missiles
Russian missile design house Vympel unveiled two previously classified air-to-air missiles (AAMs) at the show, the K-37 long-range active-radar-guided AAM and the K-74 infra-red-guided short-range missile. The K-74 is a development of Vympel's R-73 (AA-11 Archer), with the main difference being an improved infra-red (IR)-seeker. Both have the ...
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Grandair's seizure
GrandAir of the Philippines, which recently acquired two more Boeing 737-200s on lease, is still awaiting the release of two of its three leased Airbus Industrie A300B4s. The aircraft were recently seized by Dutch owner ING. GrandAir, in the meantime, says that it is working with 737 lessor Askar and ...
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Cathay will re-engine entire 747-400 fleet
Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL) will ship Cathay Pacific Airway's first hybrid Rolls-Royce RB211-524G/H-T engine to Boeing in early September for flight certification, following agreement to modify the airline's entire fleet of 21 747-400s. HAESL is now modifying the first -524G and plans to run the engine ...
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Dash 8-400 favourite at SAS
Kevin O'Toole/Stockholm An official announcement on the selection of a new 70-seat turboprop for the SAS Commuter fleet is imminent, says the Scandinavian airline, with an order expected for as many as 20 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400s, to be used alongside the existing Saab 2000 50-seaters. ...
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ValuJet crash blamed on total US safety-oversight failure
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The cause of the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 crash on 11 May, 1996, was failure by the US aviation-safety system to keep hazardous material off a commercial transport aircraft, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) official accident report. ValuJet, the Federal ...
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Singapore Technologies builds on 1996 recovery
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) turned in a solid performance for the first half of 1997, boosted in part by a return to profitability of its Commercial Business Group (CBG) on the back of firmer civil-aircraft maintenance markets. STAe showed a net profit of S$28 million ($19 million ) ...
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Rushing Russia
In May this year, Russia's deputy economics minister Andrew Svinarenko told the Aviaexport/Flight International conference in Moscow that the industry must change, and that the Government cannot and will not continue to support the present mix of over-diversification and over-capacity. That is a fine sentiment, but one of little substance ...
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Three bid for Australia's Wedgetail
Three consortia, led by Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon E-Systems, are expecting Initial Design Activity (IDA) contracts for Project Wedgetail, Australia's competition for an airborne early-warning and control aircraft, before the end of this year. The Royal Australian Air Force is expected to pick the Project Wedgetail winner ...
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Eurofighter partners agree on worldwide marketing/sales deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The four Eurofighter consortium partners have reached an internal agreement on dividing up areas of responsibility for worldwide marketing and sales of the EF2000 combat aircraft. According to senior sources within the consortium, the agreement was approved in May by member companies Alenia, British ...
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Lockheed tests F-22
Lockheed Martin has begun taxi trials in preparation for the first flight of the F-22, possibly by the end of this month, after testing the fighter's 156kN (35,000lb)-thrust Pratt & Whitney F119 powerplants at full afterburner, with the aircraft tied down. A series of minor software problems, including over-sensitive sensors ...
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GE details F110 programme for F-15/F-16
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric plans to run a signiÌcantly upgraded version of its F110-129 engine as early as the last quarter of 1998 if the United Arab Emirates (UAE) selects the proposed Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 60 with its engine rather than the competing Pratt & Whitney F100-229. The ...
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Northrop Grumman hawks advanced radars for fighters
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NORTHROP GRUMMAN is taking orders for improved versions of the APG-66 and APG-68 fire-control radars, according to vice-president for avionics systems James Pitts. The advanced systems include the APG-68 Agile Beam Radar (ABR), the active electronically scanned-array variant of the radar installed in ...
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Singapore studies bases
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is considering a shortlist of locations on offer from the Australian government as permanent advanced jet-training bases. The RSAF study is running concurrently with a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) review of airfield requirements, and the Australian Defence Force (ADF), while ...
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No train, no gain
David Learmount/LONDON Aspiring student pilots worldwide are naturally delighted by the growing demand for airline crew, but it is becoming clear that an appropriate pilot's licence and ratings are no longer automatic passports to jobs. The training industries of Europe and the USA report that airlines expect higher ...
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Advanced wing for the Beaver wins approval
A CANADIAN company has received supplemental type-certification for a replacement wing which enables the gross weight of the de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver to be increased. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Advanced Wing Technologies (AWT) says that it already has orders for the C$95,000 ($73,000) modification from operators in Alaska, Australia and Canada. ...
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UK research team floats new helicopter ditching system
A British research project which is investigating improvements to emergency flotation devices has recommended further development of two devices which it believes could prevent helicopters which have ditched in heavy seas from inverting. BMT Fluid Mechanics, with help from GKN Westland Helicopters, has been undertaking the study for ...
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AOPA safety arm funds research
Research into a novel high-lift device is being funded by a ground-breaking grant from the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's (AOPA) Air Safety Foundation. The research grant has been awarded to Wichita State University in Kansas to conduct computational fluid-dynamic analysis and windtunnel testing to validate the "Nahas wing" ...
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Arm sales up for USA
The US Congressional Research Service reports that the value of military export deals totalled $32 billion in 1996, the first yearly increase since 1992. The USA topped the arms-sales league, with exports of $11 billion, compared with $9 billion in 1995. The UK improved from 1995's $1 billion, to $5 ...
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Continental is revealed as EVA's US partner
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI EVA Airways has agreed an alliance with Continental Airlines of the USA. The deal struck between the two carriers, which is expected to be announced on 26 August, will cover a range of activities which includes a frequent-flyer tie-up (Flight International, 6-12 August). The ...
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KLM pursues European plans
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON KLM says that it will continue to press ahead with plans to increase its presence across Europe, having signed its latest partnership deal with Norway's Braathens SAFE- backed with a 30%equity stake. KLM, which took full control of Air UK earlier this year and ...