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Condor fresh at 40
Lufthansa charter subsidiary Condor Flugdienst is celebrating its 40th birthday with a light-hearted new look for one of its Boeing 757s, courtesy of well-known US artist James Rizzi and Lufthansa Technik's Hamburg paint shop. The aircraft, christened the "Rizzi Bird", has provoked mixed reactions. Condor officials at the 28 March ...
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Aermacchi refuelling tests of MB-339 nearly complete
Aermacchi is completing in-flight refueling tests of its MB-339 advanced jet trainer at the Italian air force base of Pratica di Mare. The aircraft has already been qualified with the Panavia Tornado strike aircraft fitted with a centre-line buddy pod and a Boeing 707 T/T tanker. Tests are continuing to ...
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Congested Africa
THE CONFERENCE debated the rapid increase in flights over Africa and the several critically deficient air-traffic-control systems in the region. Manoeuvres initiated because of TCAS warnings have occurred, IFALPA notes, and selection of the TCAS display to maximum range was debated, but rejected as a policy because of the varying ...
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Baby big fan
The AE3007 turbofan marks a quiet advance in Allison Engine's product range. Guy Norris/INDIANAPOLIS SOLID ENGINEERING, a wealth of military-research work and a degree of luck have all contributed to the successful development of the AE3007, Allison Engine's first commercial turbofan and one of the quietest jet ...
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Going up market
Russia's Orient Avia is getting the best out of its Ilyushin Il-62 airliners. Paul Duffy/MOSCOW THE COMMONLY HELD belief that Russian and ex-Soviet civil aircraft are not able to achieve the high utilisation levels of Western airliners has been challenged by the experience of Orient ...
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GlaStar heads for Berlin
STODDARD-HAMILTON Aircraft plans to display the GlaStar two-seat kitplane outside the USA for the first time at the ILA show in Berlin, Germany, in mid-May. The 860kg aircraft will be flown across the Atlantic via Greenland, an estimated 40h trip, and will be demonstrated in Europe before being returned to ...
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Russia plans to unite MAPO MiG suppliers into one consortium
Russian president Boris Yeltsin has signed a decree calling for the establishment of a consortium to combine 12 Russian production plants and design bureaux involved in MAPO MiG aircraft programmes. The level of integration which will take place is not yet clear, but company officials say that the ...
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Hexcel
Composites and structures developer and manufacturer Hexcel, of Pleasanton, California, has completed its merger with Ciba Composites, of Basle, Switzerland, and named John Lee chairman and chief executive, with Juergen Habermeier president and chief operating officer. Stephen Forsyth will be senior vice-president of finance and administration. Source: Flight ...
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Comparing notes seems a good idea
Sir - Do civil and military flying organisations ever discuss their accidents and incidents with each other? If they do, then they do not seem to learn from them. The report, "Disconnected ailerons are blamed for RAF Hawk crash" (Flight International, 13-19 March, P4), bears an uncanny resemblance ...
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Wake up and join the real world
Sir - At last an accident investigation board, the UK AAIB, has had the courage and professionalism to speak its true mind. The crash of the Boeing 737 freighter at Coventry in December 1994 was contributed to by the likely fatigue of the crew. Crew members, had been on duty ...
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Zambia hit by new air service withdrawal
AIR SERVICES TO Zambia have been hit again, this time by the withdrawal of Air France, a long-time supporter of services between France and Zambia. The airline made its last weekly Paris-Lusaka flight on 27 March, further damaging the southern African nation's tourist-dominated economy. Air France's withdrawal leaves ...
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THAAD misses mark - again
Analysis of flight data is continuing to determine the cause of the Lockheed Martin Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile test failure on 22 March. A THAAD prototype failed to hit its ballistic missile target - the second failure in two intercept attempts. During the test, which ...
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Jet Airways widens routes with new 737s
INDEPENDENT INDIAN carrier Jet Airways is expanding its fleet and sphere of influence. It has signed an agreement with Boeing for the lease of two 737-400s, which will bring its all-Boeing fleet to six 737-400s and four 737-300s. The new aircraft are due to join the fleet ...
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Pilot worries
Not enough of it, sometimes too much of it - pilots remain concerned about technology. Harry Hopkins/DUBLIN AIRLINE PILOTS have issued strong warnings about the premature use of new technology in air-traffic operations, but the absence of technology troubles them as well, it emerged at the annual ...
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US clears UK Apache impasse
Ramon Lopez/FORT WORTH The US Army has agreed to assist the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) in qualifying the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 turboshaft for the Westland/ McDonnell Douglas WAH-64D Apache attack helicopter being procured for the British Army. The US decision to support the engine-integration ...
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Norway briefed on JAST/JSF
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Norway has been briefed formally on the US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), as a potential candidate for its next combat-aircraft purchase. The Royal Norwegian Air Force is looking to replace its Northrop F-5s and is already evaluating the Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter EF2000, Lockheed Martin F-16, ...
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Air France opens hub in drive to improve services
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR FRANCE HAS stepped up its efforts to become competitive with its inauguration on 31 March of a new "hub" at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The airline has spent Fr51million ($10 million) on the changes, which it hopes will increase by 117% ...
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The way ahead
Space minister Ian Taylor is paving a way forward for the UK in space. Tim Furniss/LONDON IAN TAYLOR, THE UK's space minister, is directing efforts to co-ordinate a long-term master plan to obtain full value from an annual budget of about $300 million. The MP ...
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E-Systems awarded place on Premier I
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has selected its sister company E-Systems as integrator of the flight-control system for the new Premier I business jet. E-Systems' Montek division will also manufacture the spoiler actuation system and spoiler/flap electronic control-unit. E-Systems' responsibility includes integration of the Dowty supplied landing-gear and door actuators and ...
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DERA claims world first in hollow carbon fibre
Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE UK DEFENCE Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) claims to have produced the world's first continuous, hollow carbon fibre, from a polyacrylonitrile precursor. Hollow fibres have the potential to improve significantly the compressive properties of composite materials, says DERA, as well as providing further weight ...