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BMW R-R tackles weight of BR710
BMW Rolls-Royce expects to qualify weight-reduction changes to the BR710 powerplant by mid-1997. The manufacturer expects the changes to be incorporated progressively in batches of engines delivered to Bombardier and Gulfstream to power, respectively, the Global Express and Gulfstream V long-range business jets. Both aircraft manufacturers have acknowledged ...
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History of the Hawker 800
The original DH125 WAS first flown in 1962 having been conceived by the de Havilland design team as a six-seat executive twinjet to replace the twin piston-engined DH 104 Dove. The new aircraft benefited from de Havilland's experience as manufacturer of the world's first jet-powered airliner (the DH 106 Comet). ...
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Flanker advances
The Indian Government has approved the purchase of up to 40 Sukhoi Su-30MKstrike fighters. The order is for 20 aircraft with the option to purchase an additional 20. Details of the package remain scarce. Although the Indian aircraft may the first Su-30s to be fitted with canards. A ...
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Saab backs Aerospace Awards
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS become the latest company to sign up as a sponsor of the 1997 Flight International Aerospace Awards. The deal was signed recently by Bjorn Astrand (right), vice-president of sales and marketing at the Swedish manufacturer of the Saab 340 and 2000 turpoprops and Flight International editor Allan ...
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Blanc insists on fleet mixture
Julian Moxon/Paris Air France president Christian Blanc has made it clear to the French Government that he wants to order a mix of Boeing 777s and Airbus A340s as part of the flag carrier's fleet-renewal programme. Up to ten of each type are likely to be ...
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Germany delays Eurofighter purchase decision
German defence minister Volker Rühe has been ordered to present parliament with a Eurofighter procurement plan by the end of January before the production investment phase of the programme is approved. Rühe failed to secure 1997's funding for the Eurofighter before the critical 14 November meeting of the ...
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MDC pushes tailless F-15
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES NASA, THE US Air Force, McDonnell Douglas (MDC) and Pratt & Whitney plan to accelerate the F-15 ACTIVE thrust-vectoring programme to bring forward demonstration of a tailless aircraft, dubbed the F-15 MANX, boosting the likelihood that MDC will offer a stealthy, tailless derivative of the ...
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Fokker rescue plan put on hold
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SAMSUNG'S PROPOSED rescue of Fokker has been put on hold until the South Korean Government and other other local aerospace manufacturers decide whether or not they should back the programme. The deal ran into a last-minute delay when Samsung sought South Korean Government approval ...
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Safety delegates warned on Third World issues
David Learmount/DUBAI EFFORTS TO IMPROVE the world's air-transport safety will fail while the industry continues to ignore the needs of developing countries and the Third World, where most accidents happen, according to Pakistan International Airlines' Capt Amjad Faizi. Delegates from 40 nations attended the combined Dubai ...
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The sequence of events leading to the mid-air collision
The Boeing 747, one of eight Series 168Bs (ie, the -100B) operated by Saudi Arabian, departed New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport at around 18.33 local, and headed on a westerly course (270¹) from the Delhi VOR navigation beacon (DPN). The 747, which seems to have been operating ...
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AEA breaks into robotics market
AEA technology has picked up its first major order for robotics equipment from an aerospace customer, for use in the production of an electro-thermal de-icing system on the leading edges of helicopter blades. Aerospace Composite Technologies has placed the ú500,000 ($795,000) order with the aim of increasing production ...
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FAA approves Boeing antenna
Boeing's phased-array communication antenna has been certificated for operation by the US Federal Aviation Administration, after it was fitted to a corporate Boeing 757 at the Associated Air Center in Dallas, Texas. The antenna is able to receive live television and business data, including stock-market reports and financial ...
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China venture opens
The Xiamen, China-based Lucas Aerospace/Taikoo Aircraft Engineering (TAECO)joint-venture company has become operational, following approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The centre specialises in the repair and overhaul of aircraft engine and flight controls, and power-generation systems. TAECOis owned by Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering, Xiamen Aviation Industrial, CAAC, ...
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Reasons for A3XX wing arrangement
Sir - Airbus Industrie is glad to see the interest that the A3XX is creating among Flight International readers. This is reflected in the recent proposals for the wing arrangement which we have read in your magazine. Since the mid-1980s, during the development of the A3XX, various configurations ...
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Vanguard Variations
The Merchantman's origins lay with the 100- to 140-seat Vickers Vanguard of the early 1960s. The four-engined turboprop was first flown from the Vickers-Armstrongs factory at Brooklands on 20 January 1959, and entered service with British European Airways (BEA) in December 1960. Although very economical to operate, the design was ...
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MLU kit delivery
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first five production kits for the F-16A/B Mid-Life Update programme to SABCA in Belgium, ahead of schedule. Kits will be forwarded to depots in Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway, and the first of 305 European F-16s to be upgraded in the MLU production phase is ...
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British Airways
Colin Matthews has been named managing director for British Airways Engineering, with effect from January 1997. He is now vice-president and general manager for General Electric Hydro, based in Montreal, Canada. He has been with GE since 1988 Source: Flight International
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Aerospatiale to build new Arabsat craft
A new-generation communications satellite for the Arab League, the Arabsat 2-BSS1, will be built by Aerospatiale, with the payload to be provided by Alcatel Espace. Aerospatiale has built three Arabsat 1s and two Arabsat 2s, the second of which was launched on an Ariane 4 on 13 November ...
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ESA sets date for critical Cluster mission meeting
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Space Science Programme committee is to meet on 28 November to decide whether to endorse a plan to refly the $500 million Cluster mission following the destruction of the four component satellites on board the failed maiden flight of the Ariane 5 in June. ...
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MMS test fires UK-10 ion thruster
Matra Marconi Space (MMS) has test-fired the UK-10 ion thruster in a newly commissioned chamber at the company's Portsmouth factory, marking a new milestone in a five-year MMS development programme. This will culminate in the flight of two similar thrusters on the European Space Agency's (ESA) Artemis satellite. ...