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Olympic 727 written off during landing in storm
An Olympic Airways Boeing 727-200Adv's landing gear was ripped off and its left wing destroyed when the pilot steered it off the runway while landing at Thessaloniki, northern Greece, airport authorities have confirmed. The pilot appears to have been attempting to avoid overrunning into the sea. On 12 ...
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Yakovlev launches Yak-42A, shelves all-new Yak-242 twin
Yakovlev is preparing to start production of an upgraded Yak-42 model at the Saratov production plant, but has decided to shelve its planned all-new twin-engined airliner, the Yak-242. The new Yak-42A, a development of the current Yak-42D, will enter production at Saratov in early 1998, following Russian approval, ...
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Jersey European ends record year and promises more to come
Jersey European Airways (JEA)has joined in the boom in Europe's regional markets, reporting record results for its latest financial year to March 1997. The carrier, which last November signed a franchise deal with Air France on routes from London Heathrow to Toulouse and Lyon, posted a 27%rise in sales to ...
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USclears Eurocopter
American Eurocopter has been cleared to bid on US government contracts. The threat of a ban had followed the manufacturer's guilty plea in a US federal court earlier this year in connection with commissions paid to an Israeli businessman. Eurocopter was accused of attempting to defraud the US Government by ...
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Maintenance hots up with two sales and Boeing's China move
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES TWO MAJOR North American maintenance and modification companies have been put up for sale in what could be the first signs of a consolidation in the aircraft-overhaul industry. At the same time Boeing is to taking a stake in the TAECO freighter ...
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Table talk
The trouble with league tables is that they usually either tell you what you already know, or confirm what you already suspect. Occasionally, however, they tell you what you didn't want to know. If you work for a state-owned aerospace corporation which is trying to establish itself in the new ...
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Successful test for prototype kinetic-energy ASATkill vehicle
The US Army successfully tested a prototype kinetic-energy anti-satellite (KE ASAT) kill vehicle (KKV) at Edwards AFB, California on 12 August . In the hover test, the 43kg (94lb) device designed to destroy satellites by impact performed autonomous powered flight, and its electro-optical (EO) sensor locked onto a ...
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South Korea's air force considers buying additional ASPJs
The South Korean air force (RoKAF) is considering buying more Northrop Grumman/ITT ALQ-165 Airborne Self-Protection Jammers (ASPJs). It has already bought the jammer for some of its Lockheed Martin F-16s, and Northrop Grumman officials say that the firm is talking to South Korea about a follow-on purchase. The ...
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US Navy looks to refine CSA cofiguration
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON The US Navy (USN) is expected to release Common Support Aircraft (CSA) definition studies in early 1998. It is keen to bring forward the aircraft's initial operational capability (IOC) to between 2005 and 2008. The USN has a requirement for some 250 CSA aircraft, ...
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French Government warns of serious defence budget cuts
Julian Moxon/paris France's recently elected socialist Government has made it clear that there will have to be major cuts in the five-year defence plan approved by the previous Government, to pay for planned social programmes. Lionel Jospin, the French prime minister, has yet to identify which ...
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JDA purchase may spark missile war
The Japan Defence Agency (JDA) is requesting initial funding to purchase a small batch of Hughes AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM), raising local concern over the future of the indigenous Mitsubishi XAAM-4. According to industry sources, the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) wants to acquire a ...
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Aero Vodochody's L-159 gets airborne
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Aero Vodochody's L-159 Advanced Light Combat Aircraft (ALCA) was flown for the first time on 2 August. A further three flights were made before the aircraft was returned for work on planned structural modifications and vibration testing. Flight testing of the aircraft is due ...
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USBorder Patrol picks MD 600N to replace Hughes OH-6A
THE US BORDER Patrol has ordered 45 Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems)MD600Ns in a deal worth almost $71 million. The aircraft will replace the agency's fleet of Hughes OH-6A helicopters, with deliveries of nine MD600Ns a year starting n 1998. The eight-seat, single-turbine MD600N was ...
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Thai get carrier
The Royal Thai Navy has taken delivery of its first aircraft carrier, HMTS Chakri Nuruebet. The 11,500t Spanish-built carrier arrived at Thailand's Sattahip naval base complete with seven ex-Spanish navy McDonnell Douglas AV-8A Harriers and two TAV-8B tandem-seat trainers. The ship will also be equipped with six recently delivered Sikorsky ...
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US military considers civil helicopter lease
The US military is considering leasing civil helicopter services as a substitute for procuring new military rotorcraft. The US Navy's Military Sealift Command plans to launch a competition in fiscal year 1998 for commercially-operated vertical replenishment (VERTREP) of its warships. The contract is designed to meet a projected ...
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US Quadrennial Defense Review drives up THAAD costs
The estimated cost of completing the Lockheed Martin Theater High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) missile programme for the US Army has risen by $1.4 billion, to $7.7 billion, because of a restructuring triggered by the US Department of Defense's (DoD) Quadrennial Defense Review . The programme was restructured ...
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Allison plans to build new hybrid AE2100 for Japan's amphibian
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Allison Engine is proposing a new hybrid version of its AE2100 turboprop to power the planned ShinMaywa Industries US-1A Kai upgraded search-and-rescue (SAR) amphibian for the Japan Defence Agency (JDA). The AE2100J being offered to Japan is a derivative of the AE2100A and D3 ...
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Reflected glory
Peter Henley/SEATTLE The dilemma which Boeing faced when launching its Next Generation 737 was whether to update the proven model or start afresh. The big 737 operators wanted an updated 737 for fleet commonality, but they demanded a version which would fly faster, higher and more economically. They ...
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Cold climate Hornet
Finland's air force looks forward to operating the Boeing F-18 Hornet Rene van Woezik/Tampere-Pirkkala AB The motto of the Finnish air force is "Qualitas Potentia Nostra: In Quality Lies Our Power". In terms of its front-line hardware, however, this quality has recently teetered on the verge of ...
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The Martian chronicles
Tim Furniss/LONDON The success of the Mars Pathfinder mission and of its Sojourner rover have generated huge public interest, especially in the perennial subject of manned flights to Mars. On the back of that success Daniel Goldin, NASA's Administrator, has challenged his scientists and engineers to come up ...