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MDC flies new concept demonstrator
A McDonnell Douglas (MDC) remotely piloted blended-wing-body (BWB) demonstrator aircraft, designed and built by Stanford University in California, has been successfully flown at El Mirage Dry Lake, also in California. The 6%-scale model is part of a $2.3 million project to evaluate flight-control laws for a full-scale 85.4m wingspan BWB ...
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Station 12 eyes aero market
Ian Sheppard/GRONINGEN NETHERLANDS Land-Earth Station (LES) operator Station 12, which holds 15% of the Inmarsat mobile-telecommunications market, has indicated that it may be interested in providing a satellite-communications service for airborne receivers. Paul Frank, Station 12 head of business development, says that the company is considering ...
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Retina-projected images may have civil application
MICROVISION HAS signed agreements to demonstrate helmet-mounted displays (HMDs) using technology which projects images directly into the pilot's eye. The company will deliver one virtual retinal display (VRD) to Boeing Saab and two to an unnamed systems integrator. The Seattle, Washington-based company plans to have production VRD-based displays ...
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The inconsistencies involved with noise-reduction issues
Sir - The editorial "Noise blight" (Flight International, 16-22 July) points out a flaw in the proponents of aircraft-noise reduction. Frequently, our cause is diluted by these apparent inconsistencies and unrealistic demands which occur between the various interested parties. This same inconsistency is used against us at seminars ...
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Looking at accident causes
Sir - I take issue with the statement in the article "Sparks ßy over TWA 800" (Flight International, 16-22 July, P12) that "-the FAA has so far failed to adopt fuel safety recommendations issued by the NTSB [US National Transportation Safety Board]". The article also states that "-the NTSB still ...
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Modern Magyar
Tamas Erdei has led a personal crusadeto modernise Hungarian ATC Julian Moxon/Budapest Hungary, today, is often cited as a shining example of how a former communist-controlled East European country has rapidly adapted to Western European ways. The aviation sector has been no exception. ...
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Military helicopters
The military helicopter arena continues to be a case of too many cooks chasing a limited amount of kitchen space: the market is oversubscribed with suppliers battling for too few buyers. Just when it appeared some progress towards rationalisation was taking place - the acquisition of McDonnell Douglas ...
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Trimble
Doug Merrill has been appointed managing director of global-positioning-system company Trimble Europe, of Hampshire in the UK, the European base of Sunnyvale, California-based Trimble. Merrill, formerly director of sales for precise positioning and navigation, replaces Mike Coles, who will focus on business development at Trimble. Paul Theaker, director of finance, ...
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RAF strike command
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison (right) joined Headquarters Strike Command at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief and Commander Allied Forces Northwestern Europe, at an informal ceremony at the headquarters on 25 July. He succeeds Air Chief Marshal Sir William Wratton (left), who is to ...
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Emery
International freight carrier Emery Worldwide, of Palo Alto, California, has appointed Peter Quantrill vice-president international. He succeeds Chutta Ratnathicam, who was recently named senior vice-president and chief financial officer of Emery's parent CNF Transportation. Before joining Emery, Quantrill was with freight carrier UPS. Source: Flight International
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MDC wins Thor 3 launch for Delta
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has been awarded a contract from Telenor of Norway to launch its Thor 3 communications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit in June 1998 aboard a Delta 2 booster, pictured launching the global-positioning system GPS 2R satellite on 23 July (Flight International, 6-12 August). The Thor 3 is ...
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Spacehab aims for ISS cargo work
Tim Furniss/LONDON Spacehab, which supplies the pressurised equipment-carrying module for the Space Shuttle, is working on a lightweight, unpressurised Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) unit designed to provide a commercial cargo service to the International Space Station (ISS). The ICC will carry up to 5,400kg of cargo ...
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Pegasus XL launches commercial OrbView 2 remote-sensing satellite
Orbital Sciences (OSC) air-launched the OrbView 2 commercial remote-sensing satellite aboard a Pegasus XL booster on 1 August. Images from the satellite will contribute towards a better understanding of the Earth's carbon cycle processes and their effect on global-warming trends. The 146kg OrbView 2 carries a Hughes Electronics ...
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Single-engined flight correction
Sir - I was angered by the addition of something which I would not have written in my letter headed "UK CAA and single-engined flights" (Flight International, 23-29 July, P40). I did not, and would never have, written that Mr Crowe "-asked to operate under Joint Aviation Requirements ...
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TRW
Robert Strickler has been named vice-president and general manager at Cleveland, Ohio-based electronics company TRW's intercontinental ballistic-missile prime- integration programme. He is now president and general manager of the TRW Environmental Safety Systems unit. Source: Flight International
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Hamilton
United Technologies systems-manufacturing company Hamilton Standard, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, has appointed Richard Burrell president of Dynamic Controls and vice-president of Flight Systems. Arthur Lucas is named vice-president of engineering. Mohammed Sattar becomes vice-president of propulsion systems and Joseph Triompo is appointed vice-president of engine controls and accessories. ...
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Sabreliner
Patrick Quinn has been named programme manager of the Eagle programme (which is a subcontract to Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems) at St Louis, Missouri-based maintainer and modifier Sabreliner. Source: Flight International