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Domestic bliss?
South Africa's domestic aviation market is a potential gold mine waiting to be exploited. Chris Yates/MANCHESTER TO AN OUTSIDER, the recent bout of high-profile airline collapses in the South African aviation industry might appear indicative of a market still in a state of flux. This ...
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European firms form alliance to develop small launcher
AEROSPATIALE AND SEP of France and Italy's Fiat BPD have formed an alliance to develop a new small launcher based on the solid-rocket boosters developed for the Ariane 5. Development costs have been estimated at Fr1-2 billion ($200-400 million). The venture is aimed at capturing the growing market ...
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Military pilots gain attitude
A COCKPIT-BASED indicator system which could help fighter pilots maintain the desired attitudes while flying in low-visibility conditions is being developed by the UK's Defence Research Agency (DRA). The ambient attitude indicator (AAI) consists of a canopy-arch-mounted strip of lights, which provides pilots with peripheral visual information ...
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Northrop Share Offer
Northrop Grumman plans a major share-sale to help pay off some of the debt built up after the $3 billion acquisition of Westinghouse Electric in March. Seven million shares will be offered, mainly in the USA, but no price has yet been set. The company reported a first-quarter income of ...
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Ryanair boosts UK route network
IRISH INDEPENDENT AIRLINE RYANAIR has further expanded its route network to the UK, with the launch of a new service from Dublin to Bournemouth in southern England. The airline will use a Boeing 737 on the daily flight - making nearly 100,000 seats available on the route in the first ...
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Kitplanes rev up for air-racing market
TWO KITPLANE manufacturers believe that they have identified a potential market for high-performance racing aircraft as low-cost alternatives to the "warbirds", such as the North American P-51 Mustang, now widely used. Both companies cite the high cost of buying and racing aircraft such as the P-51, and the outcry caused ...
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Europa hails US sales success of two-seater
EUROPA AVIATION of the UK has sold more than 50 of its Europa two-seat kitplanes to US customers since introducing the aircraft to the North American market 12 months ago at the 1995 Sun 'n Fun exhibition. The company has set up a US distributors' office in Lakeland, ...
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Gulfstream completes GV static testing
GULFSTREAM HAS completed static testing of the Gulfstream V long-range business jet. The test airframe, is now being refurbished for use as a demonstrator aircraft and is scheduled to be displayed at the US National Business Aircraft Association convention in Orlando, Florida, in November, equipped with a full interior. ...
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Mooney makes financing move
MOONEY AIRCRAFT HAS established a financing division in a bid to make it easier to purchase its high-performance piston-singles. Mooney, which sells aircraft at prices beginning at $200,000, says that the move to set up a financing arm recognises that customers want purchase agreements similar to those they ...
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Piper researches future products
NEW PIPER AIRCRAFT is conducting a major market-research project during 1996, with a view to launching new aircraft types beginning in 1997. The company, which has recently undergone a major re-organisation to emerge from bankruptcy protection, says that it realises the need to introduce new products to meet ...
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Italy's Tecnam targets US school market
A CERTIFICATED LIGHT aircraft produced in Italy has been introduced into the US market, aimed at flying schools. The Tecnam P92-J will sell at prices starting from $80,000 and will be in head-on competition with aircraft such as the Canadian-produced Diamond Katana, says the Naples based company. ...
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Toyota/Hamilton Standard examine engine potential
HAMILTON STANDARD and Toyota are studying potential applications for a jointly developed piston aero-engine. The FV2400-2TC is a 4litre, twin-turbocharged Vee-8 based, on Toyota's Lexus car engine and equipped with a Hamilton Standard full-authority digital engine-control (FADEC). Hamilton Standard received US Federal Aviation Administration type certification for the ...
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Zenith launches kitplane twin
A TWIN-ENGINE kit-built aircraft costing under $20,000 is expected to be available for sale from August. Zenith, US producer of the Zodiac family of kitplanes has launched the CH620 Gemini twin-engine kit, in anticipation of opening a new market, aimed at second-time kit builders. The Gemini will share ...
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UK MoD considers Sea King upgrade bids
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), is completing the technical evaluation of bids from GEC-Marconi Avionics (GMAv) Racal Electronics and Lockheed Martin, for the £100 million ($150 million) upgrade, of the Royal Navy's fleet of Westland Sea King airborne-early-warning AEW2 helicopters ahead of a final decision, which is expected in ...
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Alliance moves to expand East African partnership
Gunter Endres/LONDON THE CHAIRMAN OF EAST African carrier Alliance has proposed a merger with Air Tanzania and Uganda Airlines - both 10% stakeholders in the multi-national long-haul carrier. The merger call by Ugandan parliamentarian and Alliance chairman, Adrian Sibo is seen as an attempt at ...
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MMS wins sixth Eurostar contract in six months
Tim Furniss/LONDON MATRA MARCONI SPACE (MMS) has been awarded a contract to build the Hot Bird 5 direct-broadcast communications satellite for Eutelsat, the European telecommunications-satellite operator. A launcher for the 1998 lift-off has not yet been selected. The company built the Hot Bird 1 (launched in ...
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Hughes pushes satellite-navigation service
HUGHES Telecommunications and Space (HTS) is to continue to pursue development of civil satellite-based augmentation to the global-positioning system (GPS), despite a rebuff from Inmarsat with its decision not to invest in navigation payloads for its new-generation ICO global communications satellites. Although Inmarsat, has declared its lack ...
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Alliance takes over Shuttle
THE LOCKHEED Martin/ Rockwell United Space Alliance has assumed responsibility for the Shuttle Processing Contract (SPC) and the Space Operations Contract (SOC), in the first step towards becoming NASA's prime contractor for launch processing and operations for the Space Shuttle fleet (Flight International, 28 February-5 March). The SPC ...
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Japan and USA sign cargo bilateral
JAPAN AND THE USA HAVE signed a new bilateral air-cargo accord, with little reference to solving the more fundamental problem of passenger services between the two countries. US transportation secretary Federico Pena and his Japanese counterpart Yoshiyuki Kamei had been expected to seal the cargo deal in Washington, ...
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Daewoo tweaks KTX-1 design
DAEWOO HEAVY Industries (DHI) of South Korea is making further changes to the design of its KTX-1 turboprop basic trainer, to improve manoeuvrability and stability. A fourth prototype, scheduled to have its maiden flight in May, will incorporate structural and aerodynamic modifications. The aircraft is the final flying ...