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SGI aims high with InfiniteReality
SILICON GRAPHICS (SGI) has begun shipments of its Onyx InfiniteReality "visualisation supercomputer", intended to be a direct rival to high-performance simulator image generators produced by Evans & Sutherland and Lockheed Martin. Initial simulation applications of the InfiniteReality include Hughes Training's contract to build two Lockheed Martin F-16 ...
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Hexcel aims to reduce composite costs
HEXCEL, THE NEWLY revitalised composite-manufacturer, is fighting to cut costs by up to 50%, to ensure a place on the Airbus A3XX, Boeing's proposed 747-500X/600X programme and other future aerospace projects. Hexcel president Juergen Habermeier, speaking about future plans for the first time since the California-based composite specialist ...
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Dow-UT delivers F-22 RTM spars
DOW-UNITED Technologies Composite Products (Dow-UT) has delivered the first ship-set of 44 sine-wave spars for the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 wing. The spars were produced using an advanced resin-transfer moulding (RTM) process developed by Dow-UT (Flight International, 24-30 January). Boeing, which is responsible for the F-22 wing, calculates that ...
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AlliedSignal clinches China joint venture
ALLIEDSIGNAL Aerospace has formed a joint venture with the Chinese Research Institute of Aero Accessories (CRIAA) to produce environmental-control equipment intended for the Chinese and international markets. The company, called CRIAA AlliedSignal Aero Accessories (CASAA), is the latest element of the US companies strategy, to penetrate the Chinese ...
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Helipro Shortsky enters service
HELIPRO International's shortened Sikorsky S-61 "Shortsky" has entered heli-logging service with two Canadian operators. The first aircraft, a converted S-61N, entered service with VIH Logging on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in mid-March, just a month after the type's first flight (Flight International, 28 February-5 March, P9). ...
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Former astronaut killed in Cirrus VK30 test crash
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Former US astronaut Robert Overmyer was killed on 22 March while flight-testing a Cirrus Design VK30 kitplane. Overmyer was conducting full-flap stall tests of a VK30 prototype equipped with a new wing when the crash occurred near Duluth International Airport, Minnesota. A former Space Shuttle pilot, ...
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France may convert missile base into helicopter training site
THE FRENCH DEFENCE ministry is considering the conversion of its Plateau d'Albion missile base into a multi-service helicopter-training site for the Eurocopter Tiger and the NH Industries NH90. A decision to withdraw the M-3 strategic nuclear missile from service was taken as part of the latest round of ...
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Turkey aims to step up fighter training
THE TURKISH air force intends to expand its biannual weapons and tactics course run at its Konya air base, beginning this year, as the basis for a fighter weapons-and-tactics school. The twice-yearly, weapons and tactics course is run by the 132 Filo (Sqn), but the air force wants ...
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Japan rolls out OH-X prototype
KAWASAKI HEAVY Industries (KHI) has rolled out the lead flight prototype of the OH-X - Japan's first indigenously designed military helicopter. The twin-engined scout helicopter is scheduled to have its first flight at KHI's Gifu plant in July, before delivery to the Japan Defence Agency (JDA) in ...
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GE's cost-cutting pays off
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON GENERAL ELECTRIC'S Aircraft Engines business pushed operating profits back above the $1 billion mark in 1995, confirming its place not only as the most profitable of the big three engine makers, but also as one of GE's star performers. In an upbeat annual ...
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STAe picks up a profit
As widely expected, Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) managed to take the edge off its record first-half losses with a modest profit in the second half of the year. The group lost nearly S$49 million ($35 million) in the first six months of 1995, but avoided further damage ...
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Comair acquires low-fare Spirit
COMAIR HOLDINGS, parent company of US regional Comair, has agreed to buy low-fare carrier Spirit Airlines. Eastpointe, Michigan-based Spirit flies ten McDonnell Douglas DC-9s and will be operated separately from Comair, which is a Delta Connection carrier. Spirit is a charter airline, which is expanding into low-fare scheduled ...
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Dassault tackles cabin noise with seat system
Andrew Doyle/PARIS AN INDIVIDUAL SEAT-based active noise-cancellation system for airliners, which eliminates the need for complex acoustic modeling of the cabin, is now under development by French companies Dassault Electronique and Technofirst. The active-noise controller for aircraft seat (ANCAS) system consists of an electronic controller ...
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ESA conducts Envisat tests
MATRA Marconi Space has completed the structural test model of the Envisat Earth-observation polar platform for the European Space Agency (ESA). The model, designed to prove the structural integrity of the spacecraft under launch conditions, is built to full flight standards, complete with dummy units representing the Envisat's ...
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Gulf Air boss calls for action
Gunter Endres/LONDON THE NEW HEAD of Gulf Air, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saif al-Nahyan, has reacted swiftly to the severity of the airline's $159 million loss in 1995 by convening an extraordinary shareholders' meeting to seek agreement on measures designed to bring the multi-national carrier back to profitability. ...
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Philippines sets June date for Clark re-opening
THE PHILIPPINES PLANS to re-open the former US Air Force Clark AB to 24h commercial traffic in June, following completion of restoration work and the installation of new approach aids. Clark is being upgraded for Category I operations, with the installation of a new instrument-landing system (ILS) and ...
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USA and Poland expand air-services agreement
THE USA AND POLAND have amended their air-services agreement, to expand route rights and clear the way, for limited codesharing, between Polish and US air carriers. Announcing the new pact, US Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena said that he hopes to "...continue to liberalise our aviation relations with ...
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Safety target
Helping to raise the low levels of airline safety achieved in developing countries should be a principal objective for the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations, it was agreed at its annual conference in Dublin, Ireland. The Federation says that 20 major airlines own half of the world's fleet, yet ...
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World Airways offers stake to workers
AIRLINE EMPLOYEES may be offered a stake in World Airways as the parent WorldCorp group looks for options to sell its stake in the US carrier. WorldCorp is looking, at options for spinning off, at least part of its 59.3% stake in the airline. President Charles Pollard confirms ...
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Wilcox fights back after WAAS criticism
WILCOX ELECTRIC "...remains confident of its ability to deliver a Wide Area Augmentation System [WAAS] that meets all of the US Federal Aviation Administration's requirements", says the US-based Thomson-CSF subsidiary In its first public statement since the FAA sent Wilcox a letter threatening cancellation of the troubled air-navigation ...