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Airbus chief backs single currency
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE chief executive Jean Pierson has come out strongly in favour of a single European currency, arguing that it could come to challenge the dominance of the US dollar in aircraft pricing. "A single currency will free us from the sway of the foreign-exchange markets, where a ...
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False pride
THE VERY PUBLIC LOSS of the prototype Ariane 5 on 4 June was not so much a setback for European space activities as it was for European space pride. It should also, however, make European space officials - and their paymasters - reflect on just what is the object of ...
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RAAF to evaluate Python for F-18
THE ROYAL Australian Air Force (RAAF) is to test-fire Rafael's Python 4 short-range air-to-air missile as part of an evaluation of weapons to equip its McDonnell Douglas F-18s. Other F-18 operators, including Canada, Finland, Spain and Switzerland,have asked to be present at the test. The commander of the ...
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Lufthansa pilots unhappy with aircraft maintenance
LUFTHANSA PILOTS are unhappy with the technical state of some of the aircraft they fly, according to an internal report leaked to the German press. The pilots complain that technical problems on aircraft are left unresolved because of "lack of parts, time pressure and lack of personnel". Although ...
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ESA could launch second Ariane 5 in September
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE EUROPEAN SPACE Agency (ESA) plans to proceed with the second launch of an Ariane 5 in September as scheduled, despite the loss of flight 501 on 4 June. The demise of the first Ariane 5 over the skies of Kourou, Guiana destroyed its payload of ...
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Fokker wins a reprieve with big KLM order
FOKKER HAS WON another year's reprieve, after gaining agreement from the Dutch bankruptcy court that it can keep assembly lines open for another year, to produce 15 more aircraft. The agreement removes the immediate threat of closure which has been looming for the bankrupt aircraft maker, but key ...
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BAe teams up with MDC for Nimrod relaunch plans
BRITISH AEROSPACE is offering to restart production of the Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) for export and has linked with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) to try to boost the market potential of its Nimrod 2000. The agreement comes less than a month before the UK Ministry of Defence is ...
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Airbus A3XX plans find market favour
Julian Moxon/toulouse AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is receiving "very positive responses" from the market on financing for its planned 555- to 960-seat A3XX family. "We hope we will soon be in a position to integrate people into the programme", says Jurgen Thomas, head of the newly created large-aircraft division within ...
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Stretched 328 is revived by Fairchild acquisition
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Graham Warwick/Washington DC FAIRCHILD AIRCRAFT of the USA is planning to launch a stretched high-speed version of the 33-seat Dornier 328 turboprop in "a matter of weeks" after its acquisition of a majority stake in the German manufacturer. Mac Williams, Fairchild's president, says that ...
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Energetic upheavals
The Sun may appear rather tranquil to the eye, especially at a time when it is going through a period of what astronomers call "minimum activity". To the instruments of the SOHO spacecraft, however, this comparatively minor star is in a ceaseless turmoil. These four images, at different ...
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NTSB urges 757/767 changes after Birgenair crash
BOEING 757 AND 767 pilots should be given better information about faulty airspeed indications and training to cope with them, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has told the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The NTSB recommendation follows the 6 February Birgenair 757 accident in which all ...
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Unijet to take control of Leisure International
TOUR OPERATOR Unijet is to take full control of Leisure International Airways, by acquiring the 60% equity stake held by the Air UK Group and parent company British Transport Holdings before 30 April, 1997. The move has been widely predicted following KLM's increased investment in Air UK, presaging ...
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What's on
Equipping & Supporting Rapid Reaction Forces 13-14 June, London, UK. Contact: HSA/RRMLC, H Silver & Associates (UK), 2nd Floor, Africa House, 64-78 Kingsway, London WC2B 6BD, UK; tel: +44 (171) 413 0936; fax: +44 (171) 413 0937. Second European Aircraft Valuation Seminar 13-14 June, London, UK. Contact: Commercial ...
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Indonesian navcal
Hunting Aviation is to supply two NAVCAL flight-inspection systems to the Indonesian civil-aviation authority. The equipment is used to inspect the accuracy of VHF omnidirectional-radio-range/instrument-landing-system navigation aids. It will be interchangeable between Socata TBM700 and Beech King Air inspection aircraft used locally. Source: Flight International
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Debonair debut due in June
BRITAIN'S NEWEST low-fare airline, Debonair, will launch European services from London Luton Airport on 19 June. The airline's first destinations will be Barcelona, Dsseldorf and Munich, with Madrid to follow in July. A domestic Luton-Newcastle link will also open in July. Each route will have two or three round trips ...
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ARST demonstration
Demonstrations of the US Army's Autonomous Scout Rotorcraft Testbed (ASRT) are planned for July, using Sikorsky's Cypher unmanned air vehicle and a Georgia Institute of Technology GST 300 air vehicle. The ASRT, -equipped with thermal imagers, is intended to conduct "over-the-hill" reconnaissance missions without outside control. Source: Flight ...
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Re-useable module
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has flight-tested a re-useable navigation-software module in an F-15, six weeks after the same module was tested in an MDC AV-8B. The software was run on a MIPS R4400SC commercial processor in the F-15 and on a Motorola Power PC in the AV-8B. A test in a ...
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Kazakstan bilateral
Singapore has signed a bilateral-air-services agreement with Kazakstan, to allow for a start-up of scheduled services between the two countries. The agreement will allow designated airlines from each side to operate a twice-weekly service. Source: Flight International
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Malaysian link
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) is negotiating a possible technology-transfer programme with Malaysia, involving the joint development of a series of small Earth-observation, science and communications satellites. The work was discussed with Dat' Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the Malaysian prime minister, during a visit to SSTL on 23 May. ...
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Break for a Pepsi...
Russian cosmonauts aboard the Mir 1 space station deployed a giant inflatable replica of a Pepsi Cola can on 20 May under a multi-million advertising deal struck between the US drinks company and the Russian Space Agency. Film of two spacewalkers working outside the Mir 1 with the 1.2m-high inflatable ...