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Out of the wilderness
The new chief executive of Air Niugini, Moses Maladina, is leading the national airline of Papua New Guinea towards privatisation. Paul Phelan/PORT MORESBY AIR NIUGINI'S new chief executive and former company secretary, 31-year-old lawyer Moses Maladina, faces daunting tasks in his work of grooming the airline ...
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Falcons helped by CATS
Dassault Aviation is planning to offer Falcon business-jet operators a computerised, CD-ROM-based troubleshooting system, to speed up fault diagnosis and improve dispatch reliability. The Computer Assisted Troubleshooting System (CATS) was initially developed to assist Dassault's Falcon help-desk to evaluate the symptoms of a malfunction and propose the most ...
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Light fighter, big punch
The British Aerospace Sea Harrier Blue Vixen/AIM-120 upgrade is proving its worth with the Royal Navy. Douglas Barrie/YEOVILTON WHEN the Royal Navy's British Aerospace Sea Harriers were armed with Raytheon AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles, engagement with an enemy was compared to having a "knife fight in a phone ...
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KLM tries to pacify Northwest
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON KLM HAS MOVED to patch up its strained boardroom relationship with Northwest Airlines, proposing that the carriers be locked into their alliance agreement for up to five years at a stretch. Until now, the agreements have been ratified annually, but KLM chairman Pieter ...
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Scientists work on software to help damaged aircraft land
Andrew Doyle/LONDON Aircraft, which suffer major equipment failures or explosions, could be landed safely using software developed jointly at NASA Ames Research Center and McDonnell Douglas (MDC). The new research envisages that in less than 1s a damaged aircraft's computers would be able to "relearn" ...
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Third EGNOS satellite considered
Max Kingsley-Jones andKieran Daly/LONDON THE PARTNERS responsible for developing the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) now have leases for the first navigation transponders to be flown on two Inmarsat satellites, and are considering the need for the use of a third satellite. The EGNOS ...
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Japanese H2 may be used as Artemis launcher for Europe
Tim Furniss/LONDON A DEAL WHICH could include the free launch of the European Space Agency's (ESA) troubled Artemis communications-technology satellite aboard a Japanese H2 booster is being negotiated between the European and Japanese space agencies. The deal would be part of a wide-ranging agreement between the two agencies. ...
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UK envisages future in Earth observation
A DRAFT PLAN looking at future UK space policy, has confirmed a continued commitment to remote-sensing Earth-observation programmes, which could form the second fully commercialised space industry, after communications (Flight International, 10-16 April). The plan was released by UK space minister, Ian Taylor at the second Space Policy ...
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NASA selects new Millennium targets
NASA's FIRST New Millennium craft, the Deep Space 1, equipped with an ion-propulsion system and to be launched in July 1998, will fly past the asteroid McAulliffe and the comet West-Kohoutek-Ikemura, NASA has announced (Flight International, 10-16 January). Another New Millennium spacecraft will be flown in formation with ...
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Rolls-Royce stands to benefit from turbine-materials study
An UK UNIVERSITY-industry consortium has been awarded a £3.3 million ($5.1 million) Government grant to develop advanced materials for use in aero-engine turbine blades. The consortium, headed by Professor Colin Humphreys from the department of materials science and metallurgy at the University of Cambridge, will involve engine manufacturer ...
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Date set for Ariane 5 report
THE REPORT of the official enquiry into the loss of the European Space Agency's (ESA) first Ariane 5 booster after launch from Kourou, French Guiana, on 4 June, is due to be released on 15 July. The second Ariane 5 launch is still scheduled for October. The accident ...
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Third-party maintenance directory
Part 2: The Americas Jennifer Pite/LONDON IN THE USA, many providers of third-party maintenance are having a difficult time. Significantly, however, Sabretech has leased the ex-Page Avjet site in Orlando, Florida, and is planning to offer heavy maintenance and modifications, initially for Boeing 737s and Lockheed L-1011 TriStars, ...
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UK taxes tilt training balance in US favour
David Learmount/LONDON TAX CHARGES ARE THE prime reason that the UK flying-training industry is unable to compete against US rivals, according to the draft of a study of US flying-training organisations (FTOs) undertaken by the UK General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association (GAMTA). A UK ...
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Boeing holds tanker talks with Kawasaki
BOEING IS discussing a co-operative tie-up with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to offer the 767 tanker/transport multi-mission aircraft to the Japan Defence Agency (JDA). The US manufacturer views Japan as the most likely launch customer for its proposed 767-300 tanker/transport derivative. To secure JDA funding, Boeing wants ...
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Manila narrows fighter choice
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE PHILIPPINE AIR force is expected to narrow its evaluation of competing fighter aircraft to a shortlist of two or three final contenders by October. According to local sources, the air force is looking at new-build and upgraded secondhand fighter types. The number ...
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USAF ponders T-38 air-inlet redesign
THE US AIR Force is considering, a fleet-wide adoption of a redesigned engine inlet for Northrop Grumman T-38s, after a successful NASA programme cleared an increase in the maximum take-off weight temperature limit to 39°C, from 34°C. The NASA initiative was originally begun to improve the hot-weather take-off ...
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Pemco/Airod team
Pemco Aeroplex has teamed with Airod of Malaysia to bid for the US Air Force's worldwide Lockheed Martin C-130 overhaul contract. The USAF's C-130 programmed depot-maintenance contract is due to be awarded in the second half of 1996. Source: Flight International
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Theseus flies
The Aurora Flight Sciences Theseus remotely piloted aircraft had a successful 1h 17min flight on 1 July at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California, when it reached an altitude of around 8,000ft (2,450m). The first flight of the Theseus was cut short by problems with the propeller controller ...
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Lockheed Martin begins talks with Czech manufacturers
LOCKHEED MARTIN has held negotiations with Aerovodochody and engine manufacturer Motorlet on possible industrial offset packages which could accompany a deal to sell F-16 fighters to the Czech Republic. A team of industrial experts from the US manufacturer arrived in Prague on 1 July for discussions with several ...