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Williams proposes JASSM/Darkstar advanced engine
WILLIAMS International hopes to outfit the Lockheed Martin/Boeing DarkStar high-altitude-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with a more powerful turbofan engine, and to replace Teledyne Continental as the powerplant vendor for the Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM). The Walled Lake, Michigan, engine maker is suggesting the Tier III Minus ...
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Under oversight?
FIRST, THE FEDERAL Aviation Administration in the USA was the target: now it is the Civil Aviation Authority in the UK. Each has been accused of failing to maintain satisfactory oversight of airline maintenance operations. If they cannot satisfy the expectations of the travelling public and their legal representatives, are ...
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China takes first MD-90
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has delivered the first of 11 MD-90 TrunkLiners to China Northern Airlines, marking the culmination of a four-year development effort. The delivery followed the long-delayed signing of a purchase agreement in Beijing on 17 July which had been threatened ...
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Industry opposes airline safety ranking
US AIRLINES ARE opposing a US Federal Aviation Administration proposal to rank airlines by safety. The concept is favoured by consumer groups and by some US lawmakers, who say that the US Transportation Department should go beyond ranking airline on-time performance only. The FAA is studying the issues ...
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Japan seeks Asian co-operation for low-cost regional-aircraft programme
JAPAN IS LOOKING at co-operating with other Asian countries to develop a small, low-cost regional aircraft, as a possible alternative to earlier plans to develop a larger 90- to 110-seat twinjet. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) says that it is seeking finance-ministry funding in ...
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Rockwell is to market Cyclone
ROCKWELL Space Systems is to provide worldwide marketing, sales and payload integration services for the NPO Yuzhnoye of Ukraine Cyclone launch vehicle. The Cyclone, developed from the SS-9 intercontinental ballistic missile, is capable of lifting an 1,360kg payload into low-, or medium- Earth orbit. The deal is " vital for ...
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British Midland fined
British Midland Airways has been fined £150,000 ($233,000) by a UK court after admitting "negligently endangering life", following an unprecedented criminal prosecution brought by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The case relates to an incident in February 1995, when one of the airline's Boeing 737-400s made an emergency ...
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US airlines on a roll
A SPECTACULAR ROUND of second-quarter results from the major US airlines has put the industry on course for the best quarterly results in its history. The big nine network carriers collectively earned net profits of more than $1.5 billion in the quarter, on the back of soaring traffic ...
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Keeping out of helicopters' way
Sir - At about 17.45 on 14 July, I observed a Royal Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules C3 at around 500ft (150m) above ground level, about 5km (3nm) west of Cranfield, Bedfordshire. As this was the day of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone (some 20km north-west ...
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Boeing to review 777 cabin pressure after diversion
BOEING IS AGAIN reviewing the design of the 777 cabin-pressurisation system, following the diversion of a United Airlines (UAL) aircraft to Gander, Newfoundland, while being flown on a transatlantic flight. The 777 suffered "a loss of pressure" rather than a sudden depressurisation, says the airline, which adds that ...
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Funding blow hampers Modiluft's fleet-expansion plans
MODILUFT'S plans to expand its fleet could be hampered by the refusal of the Indian Government to permit it to undertake a bond issue to fund the acquisition of additional aircraft. The Delhi-based domestic carrier is already faced with the prospect of finding replacements for its entire ...
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UK first in Germany
DEBONAIR HAS become the first UK airline and first independent EU carrier to operate scheduled services between major German cities since the country's re-unification, with flights between Munich and D_sseldorf. The new Luton-based carrier has also introduced daily flights from Munich to Barcelona. Source: Flight International
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British Aerospace
The tragic loss of British Aerospace's de Havilland Mosquito on 21 July means that we have not only lost a marvellous aircraft, but a Total Aviation Person in Kevin Moorhouse who died in the crash along with his engineer Steve Watson. Kevin was one of those who self-improved all the ...
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Operation Chernobyl
Ten years ago, helicopters played a major part in preventing greater catastrophe at a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl. Tony Booth/MINSK ON 26 APRIL, 1986, the number four reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, began to melt down after ...
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Stepping up
Russia is transforming parts of the Baikonur Cosmodrome to handle increasing commercial business for the Proton launcher. Tim Furniss/LONDON DESPITE TIGHT BUDGETS, and with a little US help, Russia is bringing the parts of the Baikonur Cosmodrome which it leases from Kazakhstan for $115 million a year up ...
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Dashing looks
Modified Dash 8s are to be used in Australia for maritime-patrol missions. Flight International test-flew one of them. Harry Hopkins/OSLO COASTAL PATROL IS increasingly vital to countries with extensive shorelines, whether they be interested in smuggling, illegal immigration, unapproved fishing or sea pollution. Well over a dozen ...
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Brazil orders missiles and support systems
The Brazilian Navy has ordered Aspide missiles and support equipment from Alenia Sistemi Navali, to equip its fleet of six Niteroi-class frigates, which are the subject of a modernisation programme. The $48 million order includes seven interrogation systems, 13 command and control consoles, and associated maintenance equipment. Alenia won a ...
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On the right track
Aerospatiale is positioning itself for merger with Dassaultand a central role in European consolidation. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE STATE-owned industrial giants of France are not renowned for their financial openness, and Louis Gallois, outgoing chairman of the country's aerospace flagship, Aerospatiale, admits that his company has been no ...
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Sikorsky selects medical-interior supplier
SIKORSKY HAS chosen Air Methods to supply aeromedical interiors for more than 90 UH-60Q medical-evacuation helicopters planned for the US Army and National Guard. Air Methods supplied the interior for a proof-of-concept UH-60Q completed in 1993, but had to bid competitively for production. The Denver, Colorado-based company ...
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Transaero upgrade
Florida-based Jetaire Services is to upgrade McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s operated by Russian carrier Transaero on lease from American Airlines. The aircraft will be fitted with Trimble 8100 global-positioning systems, and their dual Omega systems will be replaced by dual LTN-72 inertial-navigation systems. Source: Flight International