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French companies to refurbish Lebanese aircraft
FRENCH DEFENCE companies are to refurbish fighters and helicopters belonging to the Lebanese air force, say Middle East sources. Agreement for the upgrade, was reached during a visit by French defence minister, Charles Millon to Beirut, in late February. Under the terms of the agreement, French companies - ...
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Indian negotiation
India is negotiating with Hungary over the potential purchase of 16 secondhand Mikoyan MiG-21UM Fishbed Mongol B two-seat trainers. The deal is estimated to be valued at some $28.57 million. The two-seat trainer will be used for converting pilots for the Fishbed. Source: Flight International
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BAe
The newly formed British Aerospace Asset Management, into which are integrated the Asset Management Organisation (AMO) and JSX Capital (formerly part of British Aerospace Regional Aircraft), has announced its key-executive team. Tony Rice is chief executive; Bob Wheeler becomes finance director; Bernard Bradpiece is named director of corporate finance; Jeremy ...
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The difficulties of MDA level flight
Sir - David Learmount's article "Research pinpoints non-precision risks" (Flight International, 6-12 March, P5) on research by the Netherlands National Aerospace Laboratory into non-precision approach and landing procedures puts figures to what has been articulated by air industry for many years. One aspect of the non-precision approach should ...
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Catering for tropical needs
Sir - In your editorial "Filling the gap" (Flight International, 10-16 January) you place great emphasis on the ability of Airbus Industrie to "...create a world-bearing product-line, with world-beating technology". While it may be able to create advanced airliners, Airbus appears to have little or no consideration for ...
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Air France wins pilot fight
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS AIR FRANCE CHAIRMAN Christian Blanc has won a major round in his battle to cut costs, with the company's two main pilots' unions settling a drawn-out dispute over working conditions. The deal could boost pilot productivity by 30% and bring to an end a series of ...
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Eurocopter aims for profit in 1998
FRENCH-GERMAN helicopter builder Eurocopter aims to break even in 1997 and turn a profit in 1998, despite recording another year of heavy losses. The Aerospatiale/Daimler-Benz helicopter joint venture reported a tenfold rise in losses to above Fr3.9 billion ($770 million) in 1995, although the figure includes a goodwill ...
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Meeting the challenge
The effects of the recession may be subsiding, but the general-aviation community continues to face some tough problems, as delegates attending the UK General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association (GAMTA) annual conference at the Forum Hotel in London on 7-8 March, heard. Andrew Doyle, David Learmount and Forbes Mutch report. ...
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Future flat-top
Can the US Navy afford to develop a new aircraft carrier? Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US NAVY IS MOVING "full steam ahead" to develop the aircraft carrier for the 21st century. The research work, however, is competing for limited research-and-development (R&D) funding against other innovative ...
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Airbus partners scale up combined R&D for A3XX
Andrew Doyle/LONDON AIRBUS INDUSTRIE IS pushing for an unprecedented level of co-operation between its partners and suppliers during the research-and-development (R&D) phase of the proposed A3XX ultra-high-capacity airliner. The new approach, under the so-called "3E Plan", is seen as crucial to the consortium's efforts to keep the aircraft's ...
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Pegasus XL flies at third attempt
Tim Furniss/LONDON ORBITAL SCIENCE'S (OSC) Pegasus XL satellite launcher had its first successful flight on 8 March. It carried the US Air Force's $5 million, 110kg, REX 2 science satellite into a 720 x 700km polar orbit after an air-launch from the company's Lockheed L-1011 mother craft, 39,000ft ...
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Learjet modifies 45 tests
LEARJET HAS SHIFTED flutter testing of the Learjet 45 business jet to the second prototype, to avoid grounding the first aircraft. The move has delayed the first flight of the Learjet 45-002, but has allowed flight-testing of aircraft -001 to continue, the company says. Wichita, Kansas-based Learjet ...
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Former managers return after Alitalia's boardroom coup
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IN A COMPLEX SAGA, worthy of the politics of ancient Rome, yet another management team has been swept from power at Alitalia. This time, former managers have returned to take control of the airline. The final act came, as chairman Roberto Riverso, handed ...
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Airports grow again
Airports report continued strong passenger growth for 1995. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE WORLD'S MAJOR airports have reported a fourth successive year of strong passenger growth for 1995, although the rate of expansion now appears to be slowing. Preliminary figures from the Airports Council International ...
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Noise rules could muzzle sales
INCREASINGLY STRINGENT noise regulations are seriously threatening future development and sales of light piston-engined aircraft in Europe, according to Bob Wilson, technical director at Pilatus Britten-Norman. Wilson told delegates at the GAMTA conference that "tremendous pressure" is building up - particularly in France and Germany - for ...
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T-minus 56 days and counting
THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY'S (ESA) $5 billion Ariane 5 satellite launcher, is scheduled to have its maiden flight on 15 May. The booster is being assembled at Kourou, French Guiana, and will resemble the vehicle mock-up pictured above in 1995. The 30.5m-high Ariane 5 will be used to fly two ...
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MCI builds new joint venture
MCI COMMUNICATIONS and The News Corporation, with Loral Space, have formed a joint venture to launch two $400 million communications satellites in 1997-8. The satellites will provide high-power digital direct-to-home television services from a co-location at 110¡W longitude in geostationary orbit. The first Loral-built satellite will be launched ...
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Hyped down
The re-entry capsule of the Chinese FSW 1 remote-sensing satellite launched in October 1993 re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 11 March. Any capsule remains, which survived re-entry landed in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The 900kg recoverable capsule was stranded in orbit, when its retro-rocket misfired. (Flight International, 10-16 November 1993). ...
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Israel plans new reconnaissance satellite for 1998
EL-OP OF ISRAEL, manufacturer of the optical-imaging system for the national Ofeq satellite, and OHB Systems of Germany have joined forces to develop a $10 million satellite, called the David, to provide 5m-resolution images for the commercial market. The 150kg satellite could be launched in 1998. The move ...
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UK set to re-examine foreign pilot-training policy
UK CIVIL AVIATION Authority chief Sir Christopher Chataway has told the UK General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association (GAMTA) that he will "look again" at the policy of allowing CAA-approved foreign flying-training schools to issue UK commercial pilot licences. GAMTA chief executive Graham Forbes says that UK flying-training-school ...