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F-18 development
McDonnell Douglas has flown the fourth of seven F-18E/F development aircraft. The aircraft, a single-seat F-18E, will be used primarily for high-angle-of-attack testing. Source: Flight International
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SJ30 interior
Isaacman Design Associates is to design interiors for Sino Swearingen Aircraft's six-to-eight-seat SJ30-2 light business-jet. Four versions of the standard interior will be offered. A cabin mock-up will be displayed at the US National Business Aircraft Association convention in November. Source: Flight International
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International boosters launch five
Tim Furniss/LONDON LAUNCHERS from the USA, China and Europe successfully lofted five satellites into orbit during the first nine days of July. The most significant was a Chinese Long March 3 (LM3) booster launch of the Hughes HS-376 communications satellite, the ApStar 1A, into geostationary-transfer orbit ...
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Hughes books flights on uprated H2
THE PLANNED uprated Japanese H2A launcher is in demand from Hughes, which has booked ten flights between 2000 and 2004. Each launch will cost $77 million, about $90 million less than the commercial rate for a standard H2 launch. The H2, marketed by Rocket Systems, has been uncompetitive because excessive ...
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Shuttle record
The Space Shuttle Columbia landed at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 7 July after a record-breaking 16-day 21h mission. The STS78 Life and Microgravity Spacelab flight was an intensive research mission by seven crew. Source: Flight International
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Kenya soars despite pilots pay award
PROFITS CONTINUE TO soar at Kenya Airways, but the newly privatised carrier has outlined a major round of cost cuts following the court award of a massive pay hike to pilots. The pay award, which virtually doubles salaries, came after the airline's 108 pilots referred a pay dispute ...
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Messier deal
Kuwait Airways has selected Messier-Bugatti to overhaul the landing gear of its entire Airbus Industrie fleet from 1999, in a deal potentially worth Fr40 million ($7.8 million). The contract covers five A300-600s, four A310-300s, three A320s, and four A340s. Source: Flight International
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Handling BA
British Airways has placed a £87 million ($135 million) contract with GEC Alsthom for the design and installation of a fully automated cargo-handling system at the airline's new World Cargo-centre at London Heathrow Airport. The site is due to open in 1999, with an annual capacity of 800,000t. ...
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Airtran caution
Airways Corporation, parent of low-cost US start-up AirTran Airways, has warned analysts that it is likely to underperform in the latest quarter, partly because of a slow-down in bookings in the immediate aftermath of the ValuJet McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crash in May. Source: Flight International
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ATR 500 milestone
Air Mauritius has placed the 500th order for the ATR programme, with a contract for two ATR 42-500s for delivery in April and June, 1997. Recent orders include two ATR 72-210s for Yangon Airways, for delivery in October and December, and two ATR 42-400s for a European maritime-patrol operator. ...
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Jenkins departs
Canadian Airlines International's president and chief executive Kevin Jenkins resigned on 28 June, claiming that the carrier's "best interest will be served by a change in leadership". He will be replaced by, chief financial officer, Kevin Benson. Source: Flight International
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Flight UK directory
The 1997/98 edition of the Flight International Directory - Part 1, UK and Ireland will for the first time feature a business section, which will include financial and legal organisations specialising in the airline industry. Companies engaged in this field are invited to send a copy of their headed notepaper ...
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PMAT for 747-400
California-based Demo Systems and Boeing have signed a licensing agreement for a software package which will enable Demo's portable maintenance access terminal (PMAT) - originally developed for the Boeing 777- to interface with the Boeing 747-400 central maintenance computer. The development has been asked for by several airlines, which would ...
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Atlas deal for GE
General Electric Engine Services has won a $300 million, ten-year contract to maintain and repair CF6-50 engines powering 15 Boeing 747-200 freighter aircraft operated by Atlas Air. The Colorado-based cargo specialist expects to have a further ten freighters enter service by mid-1997. Source: Flight International
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VASP gets eighth MD-11
VASP Brazilian Airlines took delivery of its eighth McDonnell Douglas MD-11 from Long Beach, California, on 2 July. The Sao Paulo-based operator introduced its first MD-11 into service in 1992. More than 150 MD-11s are now in service with 19 operators. Source: Flight International
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Tangara debut
Socata is to unveil its TB360 Tangara twin-engined light trainer at the Farnborough air show in September. A development of what was originally the Grumman Cougar, a programme which the French company acquired in mid-1995, the aircraft is re-engined with 135kW (180shp) Textron Lycoming piston engines to improve climb performance, ...
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Pilatus base
Swiss business and utility aircraft manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft, has chosen Broomfield, Colorado as it is US and Western-hemisphere headquarters. A new company, Pilatus Business Aircraft, has been established to market the PC-12 turbine single and to provide support. Source: Flight International
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UNS-1 challenge
Canadian-based Innotech has installed dual Universal Avionics UNS-1B Plus flight-management systems on a Bombardier Canadair Challenger 601-3R. The systems replace standard Honeywell units and will interface with two Universal global-positioning-system GPS-1200 12-channel receivers. Source: Flight International
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Litton IFF boost
Litton's California-based Guidance and Control Systems division, has won a $22.3 million US Army contract, to produce "several hundred" PPX-3B identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) interrogator sets. The interrogator sets will be linked to shoulder- or vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft weapon systems such as the Stinger, Chaparral or Avenger, and will be used to send ...
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Hughes hits
The Hughes Aircraft SEA LITE beam director successfully illuminated and actively tracked a Black Brant missile during the boost phase in tests at the US Army Space and Strategic Defense Command's High Energy Laser Test site at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The system is made up of ...