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The various claims for EF2000
Sir - I was interested to read the article "Terminal velocity" (Flight International, 13-19 November, P33) and in particular the reported Royal Air Force simulations with the Eurofighter EF2000/AIM-120B and its "poor exchange ratio" against Sukhoi Su-27 and Flanker Plus derivatives. This is at variance with claims made ...
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Goodnight MDC
BOEING'S $13.3 billion McDonnell Douglas (MDC) acquisition will make the company the world's largest manufacturer of military, as well as commercial, aircraft. While Lockheed Martin will remain the number one US defence contractor, Boeing will take up and expand MDC's mantle as the leading producer of combat aircraft. The merger ...
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Goodnight MDC
Combined, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas will become the world's largest manufacturer of combat and commercial aircraft.MDC expertise will lift Boeing's JSF hopes The main product line-up for the new Boeing BoeingMDC Civil business Airframes737MD-80 747MD-90 757MD-95 767MD-11 777 HelicoptersMD 500 Explorer BB609 (with Bell)MD 600 SpaceSpace StationDelta launcher US ...
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Second Ariane 5 test is delayed to July
The second test flight of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Ariane 5 booster has been delayed from April to July 1997. ESA and French space agency CNES made the decision to ensure that "each individual operation" can be closely analysed. The third qualification flight, Ariane 503, to be ...
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View from the bridge
The view from the flightdeck of the Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS80 mission shows the payload bay and the Remote Manipulator System robot arm with the Wake Shield free-flying manufacturing spacecraft attached (Flight International, 18-31 December, 1996). The STS81/Atlantis is due for a 12 January launch on the fifth ...
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Inmarsat launch
An ILS International Launch Services Atlas 2A booster lofted the Lockheed Martin Astro Space/Matra Marconi Space-built Inmarsat 3F3 mobile communications satellite into geostationary-transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 17 December. The new satellite will serve the Pacific Ocean region, complementing the first two satellites over the Indian and Atlantic ...
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Indonesian orders boost Space Systems/Loral
Indonesia's PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara, of Jakarta has ordered one M2A satellite from Space Systems/Loral for its Multi Media Satellite System, plus long-lead parts for a second craft, and options for a further five satellites in a deal worth $350 million (Flight International, 2-8 October, 1996). Loral will ...
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KC aviation
Gary Hartwig, formerly director of service operations, has been promoted to general manager for Appleton, Wisconsin-based maintainer KC Aviation. Greg Miller has been promoted to director of service operations at Appleton. He was previously Falcon programme supervisor. Source: Flight International
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Airlines
There can be little doubt that one of the recurring themes running through the world airline industry in 1997 will be the continued US-leddrive towards world open skies. In its wake, expect further manoeuvring among carriers to strengthen transpacific and transatlantic alliances. Arguably, the most significant (and certainly ...
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NASA small
NASA has assigned several payloads to small-class boosters tbd: EO-2/98, EO-1/98, SAC-C/99, ESSP-01/99, SMEX-06/00, Deep Space 3/00, ESSP-02/00, SCISAT-1/00, SMEX-07/01, SMEX-08/02, ESSP-04/02 Source: Flight International
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X-33 suborbital
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to develop and test fly the unmanned sub-orbital flight test vehicle in 1999, which may lead to the development of a new manned/unmanned re-usable SSTO VentureStar launch vehicle (RLV) to replace Space Shuttle, capable of flying 18,000kg to LEO, starting in 2005. The new vehicle ...
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X-34
Orbital Sciences is developing the X-34 small re-usable launcher in an industry-led/government assisted venture as part of the RLS technology programme. Suborbital tests 1997, first orbital test1998. X-34A - possible vehicle to transport 550kg to LEO, after air launch from OSC's TriStar. Source: Flight International
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Digital panel
Northrop Grumman and Boeing have completed the first digitally designed and manufactured 747-400 fuselage panel. Boeing has switched to this method on the next-generation 737, shortening manufacturing cycle time. Source: Flight International
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Wessex sell-off
The Royal Air Force has sold its last six remaining Hong Kong-based Westland Wessex helicopters to Uruguay for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes training and support for the 33-year-old utility machines. The six helicopters will be shipped to South America in June, after the RAF's 28sqn disbands as part ...
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The disadvantages of supersonic travel
Sir - A 350t, 250-seat supersonic transport (SST), more than twice the size of the Aerospatiale/ British Aerospace Concorde was mentioned in an advertisement (Flight International, 4-10 September). You reported a similar concept from NASA of the USA (Flight International, 17-23 April). Could I place these concepts in relation to ...
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Columbia returns with new record
The Space Shuttle Columbia's extended STS80 mission was completed with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 7 December. The mission duration of 17 days 15h was a new Shuttle record. The prime objectives of the mission were completed successfully. These were to deploy and retrieve ...
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New launchers
Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing and Alliant TechSystems have been awarded initial $30 million contracts to design versions of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) to replace the Delta, Titan and Atlas. The first of a single family of EELVs may fly in 2000. 31 Navstar GPS Block 2F satellites ...
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Launcher proposals
EUROPE Aerospatiale, SEP and BPD of France and Italy are discussing the development of the Ariane Complementary Launcher (ACL). The company-funded ACL would place 1,000kg into 800km LEO. ITALY Vega. Italy's proposed solid-propellant satellite launcher, formerly the San Marco Scout. It comprises two Zefiro ...
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800 XP APU
Raytheon Aircraft is to install AlliedSignal's 36-150 auxiliary power-unit (APU) as standard on the Hawker 800XP mid-sized business jet, beginning in 1997. The 35-150Wis certificated for in-flight operation. Source: Flight International