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Launch gets right to the point
THE ACCURATE LAUNCH of a Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS booster in December 1995 has ensured that the European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) will be operational for at least 20 years, rather than six years as originally planned, says ESA. The satellite will reach its operational ...
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No helicopter nimrod
Israel Aircraft Industries has abandoned plans to develop a helicopter-launched variant of its Nimrod laser-guided missile. There have been export orders for the vehicle-mounted surface-to-surface version of the anti-armour missile, but no orders for an air-launched variant. Source: Flight International
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Crew selection
A US astronaut and Russian cosmonaut have been named as part of the three-man crew to become the first to inhabit the International Space Station in May 1998. NASA mission specialist William Shepherd, Russia's Sergei Krikalev and an as-yet-unnamed Russian commander will be launched aboard a Soyuz TM spacecraft ...
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JDAM improved
McDonnell Douglas is to study improvements to the GBU-32 joint direct-attack munition (JDAM), including enhanced anti-jam/anti-spoof global-positioning-system guidance, additional warhead types and integration of the weapon on aircraft without the 1760 weapons databus. Source: Flight International
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Fatal tomcat crash
On 29 January, a US Navy Northrop Grumman F-14A fighter crashed into a suburb in Nashville, Tennessee, killing the two-man crew and three others on the ground. Source: Flight International
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Take a pews
The Kuwaiti air force has formally accepted the Hughes Aircraft-developed preliminary early-warning system (PEWS). The system, initiated in 1992 following the liberation of Kuwait after the Iraqi invasion, provides the air force with surveillance of the nation's airspace and provides an "air picture" for civilian air-traffic controllers at the Air ...
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Iran test launch
The US Department of Defense says that Iran test-fired a Chinese-made C-802 (YJ-2) sea-launched cruise missile in the northern Arabian Sea on 6 January. The test represents "a new threat dimension", says Vice Adm Scott Redd, commander of the US Navy's 5th Fleet. Redd says that Iranian navy Hudong patrol ...
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X-34 Halted
A US astronaut and Russian cosmonaut have been named as part of the three-man crew to become the first to inhabit the International Space Station in May 1998. NASA mission specialist William Shepherd, Russia's Sergei Krikalev and an as-yet-unnamed Russian commander will be launched aboard a Soyuz TM spacecraft from ...
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Arrow freighter
Arrow Air has taken delivery of its first Lockheed Martin L-1011-200F freighter, for use on the cargo airline's principal Miami-San Juan route. Source: Flight International
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Dash 8 returned
US regional Mesa Air has returned its Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-300s to the manufacturer ahead of schedule, citing the aircraft's "severe weight restrictions" on operations in the Rocky Mountain region. Delivery of, "hot-and-high" Dash 8-200s are due, to begin in May. ...
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FedEx go-ahead
China's civil aviation administration has given FedEx permission to launch its first air-cargo service to Beijing and Shanghai from the USA in early March, using a Boeing 747-200. FedEx is the only US-based cargo carrier allowed to operate into China, having acquired the right from Evergreen. The carrier plans eventually ...
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Metros for Malaysia
Asia Pacific Airlines, has added four new 19-seat Fairchild Metro 23s, to facilitate its expansion into local scheduled services. The Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia based company has been operating a single Metro 23, since the middle of 1995. The new aircraft will be delivered with a 50kg reduced operating weight. ...
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CAL/CALCode share
Continental Airlines has signed a code sharing deal with Taiwan's China Airlines providing services between the USA and Latin America and Asia, via Houston, San Francisco and Taipei. Source: Flight International
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Honeywell/CMC DGPS
Canadian Marconi (CMC) has teamed with Honeywell to develop airborne and ground-based global-positioning-system (GPS) receivers for the latter's SLS-2000 satellite landing-system. CMC will provide airborne differential GPS sensors and ground-based remote satellite-measurement units. Source: Flight International
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Midwest expansion
Midwest Express is studying the addition of 30-seat regional turboprops to its fleet of 19-seat Beech 1900s and larger McDonnell Douglas DC-9s and MD-88s. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based airline, is due to add two MD-88s this year. Source: Flight International
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BWIA to Brazil
BWIA international Airlines has launched a weekly McDonnell Douglas MD-83 service from Trinidad and Barbados to Sao Paulo, Brazil, fulfilling a primary goal of its privatisation plan. It will use larger aircraft, or add frequencies for the new market. Source: Flight International
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Jordan approved
Jordan has been re-assessed as fully compliant with international safety-oversight rules (Category 1 status) after making improvements suggested by the US Federal Aviation Administration's International Aviation Safety Assessment programme. Source: Flight International
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Chinese drone
China has test-flown its first remotely piloted helicopter developed by the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The unmanned Seagull is similar to the Russian Kamov Ka-32, with contra-rotating blades and twin tail fin. The 300kg machine is powered by an (60kW) 80shp engine. ...
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Nighthawk upgrade
Loral has won a Lockheed Martin contract, potentially exceeding $10 million, to upgrade its AP-102A computer in the F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, to enhance memory and performance, reduce weight and power and improve reliability and maintainability. Source: Flight International
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A different guard
Tony Newton/LONDON THE SCENE, IS THE flight deck of a scheduled flight into Jersey, in the UK's Channel Islands. The main wheels touch down, but the nose-wheel stays high and finally hits the tarmac with the sort of thud, which passengers feel and engineers worry about. As the ...