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BEA recovers
BE Aerospace swung back into profit for 1996 after a couple of years of losses as it attempted to consolidate its break-neck expansion in cabin-interior equipment and in-flight-entertainment systems. Net profits came in at $13.7 million for its financial year to February 1997, turning around a loss of $83 million ...
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Smiths advance
The surge in Boeing deliveries helped profits at the Smiths Industries aerospace business, where core contracts include the 737 flight -management system (FMS). Profits were up by one-third at nearly ú23 million for the half year to the end of January. Smiths says that it is actively looking for new ...
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Beyond the pilot
THE TRAINING of maintenance personnel needed to service sophisticated aircraft is no longer a matter of using chalk, a blackboard and a box full of surplus parts. With the rapid, accurate detection, diagnosis and correction of faults becoming increasingly important to the turnaround time of an airliner or military aircraft ...
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Grob modifies G115 after unauthorised repaint causes crash
German composite aircraft maker Burkhart Grob has modified the rudders on aerobatic G115s to overcome restrictions imposed after a fatal crash caused by an unauthorised repaint. The US Federal Aviation Administration banned G115C and D pilots from performing aerobatics, following the loss of a G115D-1 in Florida in ...
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GV certification
Gulfstream Aerospace has received full US certification for the Gulfstream V long-range business jet. Provisional certification was granted in December 1996, pending completion of flight testing, allowing deliveries of "green" GVs to begin. The first completed GVs are due to enter service in the second quarter of 1997. Gulfstream had ...
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Rutan Boomerang returns interest
BURT RUTAN is evaluating two requests to take his Boomerang asymmetrical twin into production. The twin-boom aircraft was originally built by Rutan's Scaled Composites as a one-off personal transport. Rutan says that he would make changes to the Boomerang before it entered production. These include a lower wing-loading; ...
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BFGoodrich leads avionics launches with SkyWatch
BFGOODRICH has launched its SkyWatch collision-avoidance system, which provides traffic alerts for aircraft within 11km (6nm). Priced at just under $25,000, the system uses its own transponder and directional antenna to interrogate other aircraft transponders. Traffic information is displayed on either a dedicated monochrome display, or superimposed on the display ...
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Flightstar unveils Cyclone
FLIGHTSTAR Sportplanes used Sun 'n Fun to introduce the German-designed Ikarus C-42 Cyclone sport aircraft to the US market. "The interest in the Cyclone has been far better than we expected," says Thomas Peghiny, chief executive of Ellington, Connecticut-based Flightstar, which is flight-testing the two-seater in preparation for certification and ...
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Estimates put the number of...
Estimates put the number of aircraft flown in to the USExperimental Aircraft Association's Sun 'n Fun fly-in at Lakeland, Florida, at more than 4,000. Reports and photography by Dave HigdonSource: Flight International
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Diamond tests re-engined Katana
Diamond Aircraft is flight-testing its Katana two-seater with a Teledyne Continental engine. The fuel-injected 95kW (125hp) Continental IO-240 has transformed the Katana DA20-C1 into an aggressive performer, with climb rates of up to 1,050 ft/min (5.3m/s) at maximum gross weight - more than 50% better than the performance achieved with ...
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Mooney's M20K has Encore appearance
MOONEYAIRCRAFT received an amended US type-certificate for its M20K high- performance piston-single on the eve of the show. The four-seater, once known as the Mooney 252, is re-introduced as the Encore, with increased payload and other improvements. The $300,000 aircraft has a cruise speed of about 215kt (400km/h) ...
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Poles are permitted to fly Gripen
Poland and Sweden have signed a new security deal which will allow Polish air force pilots to ßy the Saab JAS39 Gripen. The move comes as the various competitors for the Polish fighter requirement step up their marketing efforts. The agreement covers the protection of classified military information, ...
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Tiger Stinger tests
The Eurocopter Tiger anti- tank helicopter has undergone a successful series of five live test firings of the Stinger air-to-air missile. The launches were made from the fifth prototype Tiger in various flight conditions, including hover, descent at 500ft/min (2.5m/s) and 50kt (90km/h) forward speed. Source: ...
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Unmanned U-2 pitched at USAF
LOCKHEED Martin Skunk Works is studying an unmanned variant of the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, which it believes could meet various US Air Force requirements. The firm outlined its concept in an unsolicited proposal to the USAF in March. The U-2U variant would augment the manned U-2S for ...
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Tilt-rotor arrives at initial-production hurdle
The Bell/Boeing V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft is expected to be cleared for low-rate initial production before the end of April, but a production increase is dependent on US Congress decisions. Backers of the Osprey military tilt-rotor were disappointed late in 1996, when the US Government rejected a proposal for ...
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Gradual development
By the mid -1980s, the Soviet Ministry of Aviation Industry (MAI) began to seek proposals from design bureaux for a replacement for the Antonov An-24 short-haul regional twin-turboprop, which had been in service since 1962. The idea was that the new aircraft could also serve as a replacement for the ...
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A bullish business
Claims by some market analysts that Arianespace is losing its lead in the international commercial-launcher market have been belied by the company's latest successes. Orders to launch the Intelsat K-TV and Eutelsat W3 satellites have swelled its orderbook to 39 spacecraft, worth $3 billion in launch revenue. The contract to ...
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Training together
OPINION DIFFERS on how good, or bad, a year 1996 was for the commercial ßight-simulator industry, but manufacturers agree that sales will increase over the next two years before the boom cycle ends in 1999 and business returns to what passes for normal in this dynamic industry sector. ...
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Training rigs
Most offshore oil and gas installations around the world are supported by helicopter operations, and yet the work, particularly the landing on rigs, continues to be dangerous, often combining a cramped industrial environment with bad weather conditions. Helideck crews on rigs, therefore, need to be prepared for the worst - ...
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The big one
Mid-September is the deadline for what may be regarded as the most important launch in the history of the European space programme - the Ariane 502. If the second European Space Agency (ESA) development flight of the Ariane 5 satellite launcher is successful, the $366 million loss of the 501 ...