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Bold venture
Developing the X-33 VentureStar re-usable launcher prototype will present a difficult challenge. Tim Furniss/LONDON "The VentureStar is going to revolutionise the world of space launch-it is going to open up a thrilling new frontier in space - the business frontier", says Micky Blackwell, president and chief ...
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USAir and Emirates boost Airbus
Ramon Lopez/Washington DC and Max Kingsley-Jones/London Airbus Industrie has won two significant orders, securing agreements with USAir for up to 400 single-aisle aircraft and with Emirates for as many as 23 A330-200s. Both deals were won in the face of fierce competition from Boeing and McDonnell Douglas. ...
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Australia accepts AlliedSignal runway monitor
Air Services Australia has accepted the AlliedSignal Aerospace precision runway-monitor (PRM) installed at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport. Sydney is the first airport outside the USA to be equipped with the PRM, an electronically scanned, monopulse, secondary-surveillance radar which, enables simultaneous approaches to multiple parallel runways. The PRM scans ...
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Airbus upgrade
Aerospatiale maintenance and overhaul subsidiary Sogerma-Socea has signed contracts with Air France and Air France Europe covering the supply of equipment for Airbus A320s and A340s.The company is to upgrade galleys and crew rest areas for seven Air France A340s. Delivery of the first two ship sets is due in ...
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US GAO backs CH-60 Black Hawk over Huey upgrade
US GAO backs CH-60 Black Hawk over Huey upgradeSource: Flight International
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GAO reports on US airline safety
New US airlines suffer higher accident rates than those of established carriers, Congressional investigators say. Start-up carriers during their first five years of operation were also shown to have higher incident- and enforcement-action rates. The US General Accounting Office says that the analysis highlights the need for better ...
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Boeing considers options for fixing 737 rudder units
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is sifting through the data from worldwide inspections of almost 2,700, 737 rudder power-control units (PCUs) and will make recommendations on possible design changes to the US Federal Aviation Administration by the end of the month. The action follows an alert service-bulletin from ...
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Boeing ups 777-200X weights
Boeing's studies of a heavyweight, very-long-range "-200X" derivative of the standard-body 777 are now focusing on an even heavier maximum take-off-weight design which has a strengthened wing, increased fuel capacity and a new wingtip design. "We're getting feedback from the airlines on these models", says 777 product development ...
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Centennial ceases
Centennial Airlines has ceased operations and filed for voluntary bankruptcy. The Palma de Mallorca, Spain-based charter carrier operated five leased McDonnell Douglas MD-83s and reportedly had debts of Ptas3.5billion ($27 million). Source: Flight International
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Hughes WAAS
Hughes Aircraft has signed a contract worth more than $483 million to continue development of the US Federal Aviation Administration's wide-area augmentation system (WAAS). The FAA says that Hughes, unlike original WAAS contractor Wilcox Electric, has the skill to design, develop, test and deliver the system with minimum cost, schedule ...
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VLM add Fokkers
Belgian commuter airline VLM is increasing its Fokker 50 fleet from four to seven. Source: Flight International
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EGPWS on A320
AlliedSignal Aerospace's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) has been certificated by the US Federal Aviation Administration for use on United Airlines' Airbus A320s. United will evaluate EGPWS on 20 A320s and may subsequently install the safety device on its entire 560-aircraft fleet. Source: Flight International
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PS-90 power by hour
Perm Motors is proposing a power-by-the-hour deal for the PS-90 engine on the Ilyushin Il-96-300 and Tupolev Tu-204. Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) could be the first to conclude an agreement, covering 60 engines. Source: Flight International
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Hainan plans float
Hainan Airlines plans to be the first Chinese carrier to go ahead with a public flotation on the Shanghai stock exchange. The rapidly growing domestic airline hopes to proceed with the public offer shortly, following approval from the local Chinese regulatory commission. The airline is one of China's most progressive, ...
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AGM-86 tests
The US Air Force has test- fired two upgraded Boeing AGM-86B Block I conventional air-launched cruise missiles from a Boeing B-52H. The missiles scored two direct hits on the targets. Source: Flight International
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Helicopter training
UNC Aviation Services has received a $19 million contract to provide helicopter flight-training services at the US Army's Fort Rucker, Alabama. If four contract options are exercised, the total value of the contract will grow to $102 million. UNC won the work over eight other bidders. The rotary-wing flight-training support ...
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CATS venture
RADA, the Israeli manufacturer of the commercial aviation test system (CATS), and Horsham Enterprises, a British Virgin Islands-based company, have formed a joint venture which will establish three avionics maintenance sites in Asia-Pacific. Source: Flight International
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Outrider recovery
BRS of St Paul, Minnesota, is to produce a parachute-recovery system for Alliant Techsystems' Outrider unmanned air-vehicle (UAV), which forms a part of the US Department of Defense's $53 million Tactical UAV advanced concept technology demonstration programme. Source: Flight International
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Orion colours
Lockheed Martin has received a $1.4 million contract from Fujitsu for initially four video-distribution control systems, to provide Japanese P-3C Orion with colour-display capability. The system was developed to up- grade US Navy P-3s. Deliveries will begin in November 1997. Source: Flight International