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Thrust computer approved on Citation Ultra
Safe Flight has received US approval for its N1 computer in the Cessna Citation Ultra and Raytheon Beechjet 400A business jets. The panel-mounted computer displays target thrust-setting (percentage low-pressure-spool RPM) for take-off, climb, cruise and go-around. The system continuously monitors ram-air temperature, pressure altitude, environmental-control-system configuration and anti-ice ...
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Europeans seem to have blocked cabin-safety meaures
Sir - Some while ago (Flight International, 5-11 March) John Rickard of the Air Safety Group called for the UK Civil Aviation Authority to take unilateral action on certain cabin-safety proposals emanating from the Boeing 737 crash at Manchester Airport some 12 years ago. This action was apparently ...
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Studying off-design performance
Sir - As is evident from the article "DC-8 training faulted" (Flight International, 23-29 July, P15), it took an accident [that of an Airborne Express McDonnell Douglas DC-8 in December 1996 in Virginia] to get the aviation community to notice an area about which simulator engineers have been crying for ...
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FAA
Jane Garvey has been confirmed as the fourteenth administrator of the US Federal Aviation Administration, replacing David Hinson. Garvey, the first woman to head the aviation agency, is the first administrator to serve in a five-year term. Previous administrators served at the pleasure of the US President. Before ...
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Northrop
Wayne Snodgrass has become vice-president of the Norwalk, Connecticut-based Norden Systems unit of Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems division. He was formerly vice- president of anti-submarine-warfare and ship systems. Succeeding him in this position is Francis Holian, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Source: Flight International
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Flying Colours
New UK leisure carrier Flying Colours Airlines has appointed Northern Airline Services (NAS) as its cargo general-sales agent (GSA), which is also GSA for Air New Zealand, Air Transat and Delta Air Lines. Traffic manager for the new Manchester-based airline, Mark McDougall, (second from right) shakes hands with NASUK general ...
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MVA
Brian Sheriff has joined UK-based transport planning consultant MVA as group director of finance and administration. A former consultant with British Aerospace, his previous projects include Cathay Pacific and Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok. He will boost MVA's plans to increase its international portfolio. Source: Flight International
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USairline deals boost CAE's leading position
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC CAE ELECTRONICS has announced contracts for nine full-flight simulators and eight flight-training devices in three key deals. The Canadian company now has an overwhelming share of the commercial flight-simulation orders placed so far this year. American Airlines has selected CAE as its preferred ...
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Cessna unveils new training programme
CESSNA HAS UNVEILED a computer-based instruction (CBI) programme to train pilots in fewer hours at its Cessna Pilot Centers (CPCs). The initial private-pilot course is to be introduced by US-based CPCs in the second quarter of 1998. Beginning in 1999, courses will be developed for other ratings and for international ...
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Bidders on UK MoD's Hawk school narrowed to three
THREE COMPANIES are believed to have been shortlisted by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for a contract to build and operate a simulator school for students undergoing advanced training on the Royal Air Force's British Aerospace Hawks. Canada's CAE Electronics has been eliminated from the competition, leaving ...
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Training for AH-64D
Boeing has begun training US rmy AH-64DLongbow Apache combat-helicopter pilots and maintainers at a new centre near the former McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems plant in Mesa, Arizona. Boeing is providing academic and simulator training, while the US Army handles flight training in the upgraded AH-64D. Source: Flight International
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OSC wins US Air Force Orbimage OrbView images contract
Orbital Science's (OSC) Orbimage division has won a $40 million contract from the US Air Force to supply high-resolution hyperspectral images from its OrbView 3 satellite. This brings to $125 million the value of contracts for imagery from the Orbview 1 and 2 (right) satellites in orbit and the OrbView ...
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Mars Pathfinder's primary 30-day mission is now completed
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA's MARS PATHFINDER spacecraft, which landed in the Ares Vallis on 4 July, has concluded its milestone 30-day primary mission, having fulfilled all of its objectives and provided a "new portrait of the Martian environment", says the space agency. The Sagan Memorial Station lander ...
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Hughes plans Expressway satellite system
Hughes Communications is planning a $3.9 billion, 14-satellite, geostationary-orbiting, broadband-communications system, called the Expressway. Plans have already been filed with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It will complement Hughes' already-announced $3 billion, eight-satellite, system, called the Spaceway, which has been authorised by the FCC. The ...
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PanAmSat launch
Arianespace of France conducted its 27th consecutive successful launch of an Ariane 4 booster on 8 August, placing the Space Systems/ Loral-built PanAmSat 6 communications satellite into geostationary-transfer orbit. The next launch, flight V99, is scheduled to carry Eutelsat's Hot Bird 3 and the Eumetsat Meteosat 7 satellites on 2 ...
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FAA sees 'aggressive growth' for LEOs
THE US Federal Aviation Administration projects that aggressive growth in the market for satellite-provided services will lead to deployment of five big low-earth-orbit (LEO) systems, three little LEO systems and one large broadband LEO system between 1997 and 2006. The Office of Commercial Space Transportation defines big LEO ...
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Kazan cashes in with Daily Air commitment for eight Mi-17s
Kazan cashes in with Daily Air commitment for eight Mi-17s Taiwan's largest scheduled passenger helicopter service, Daily Air, has ordered eight 28-seat Kazan Mi-17 helicopters, and two Mi-17 MTV transports, to add to its existing five-strong fleet. Pending certification by the country's Civil Aeronautics Association (CAA), Daily Air's ...
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AIDC turns to civil-manufacturing plans
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) is looking to civil-sector manufacturing to secure its future beyond the end of its Ching Kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF) programme in 1999. It has teamed up with France's Latecoère on a joint bid to build fuselage-extension plugs for the Airbus A340. It ...
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AIDCF-5 upgrade will fly in 1998
Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) will complete the prototype of its upgraded Northrop Grumman F-5E/F Tiger 4 by the end of 1998.It is offering the aircraft to the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF). The upgraded avionics include hands-on-throttle-and-stick, a GEC-Marconi head-up display and a Northrop Grumman APG-66 multi-mode radar, says ...
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RoCAFseeks C-119 successor
Taiwan's air force, the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF), is seeking funding to order up to 18 new tactical transport aircraft to replace its fleet of elderly Fairchild C-119s, many of which are now grounded because of a lack of spare parts. Taiwan has issued a request ...