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Solving problems in development
Sir - One aspect not specifically covered in your forecast for 1996 (Flight International, 3-9 January, P26) is a review of problems and progress towards solving them. Two examples stand out, the General Electric GE90 certification programme for the Boeing 777 and the introduction of fly-by-wire control. In ...
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Beyond the basics
Aptitude is not enough to win airline sponsorship for today's ab initio pilot-training courses. David Learmount/LONDON IT IS ALREADY axiomatic in the airline industry that today's airline pilots are expected not only to retain traditional piloting and airmanship skills (despite practising them less on the modern flight ...
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Overshoot issue is a universal one
Sir - The article "Dynamic overshoot" (Flight International, 24-30 January, P30) claims that engineers "completely overlooked" the phenomenon. I hope that this is not true, as it is not only aerospace structures, which are affected. Bridges, for example, experience dynamic overshoot, because of rolling loads. The ...
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IAI flies Eye View
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES (IAI) unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) division, Malat, has flown its Eye View lightweight UAV for the first time. The flight, which took place in early January, lasted 15min. The UAV will be equipped with a day/night plug-in optronic payload weighing 15kg. The Eye View is 2.9m long, has a ...
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Finnish consolidation
Helikopteripalvelu, the oldest helicopter-service group in Finland, has acquired the operations of Rovaniemi-based companies Helijet and Helijet Maintenance. The combined companies have annual revenues of $4 million and operates 14 helicopters. Source: Flight International
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Twenty years young
The Concorde is set to remain in airline service for up to another 20 years. Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE BRITISH AEROSPACE/Aerospatiale Concorde is a unique airliner in many ways, not least because it has been in revenue service for two decades and there is still no new aircraft ...
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Missile contract
Loral has been awarded a $33 million US Army contract to produce a final 50 Army Tactical Missile System Block I missiles to be delivered by July 1997. The follow-on Block IA will have a greater range. The company has also received $31 million from the US Army to continue ...
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Hunting Aviation
HUNTING AVIATION was inadvertently omitted from Part I of the Flight International Third party Maintenance Directory (24-30 January). UK Hunting Aviation - Aircraft Engineering Division, East Midlands Airport, Castle Donnington, Derby DE74 2SL, UK. Tel: +44 (1332) 813 167 or +44 (1332) 810 910; fax: +44 ...
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Hong Kong
Richard Siegel has been appointed director of civil aviation for Hong Kong, following the retirement of P K N Lok. Siegel joined Hong Kong's civil aviation department in 1973 after a career in airline operations. He was general manager of Kai Tak Airport from 1980-90, before becoming deputy director. ...
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UTC
John Balaguer has been promoted to executive vice-president at US aero-engine manufacturer United Technologies (UTC) Pratt & Whitney, of West Palm Beach, Florida. With UTC for more than 30 years, he retains the title and duties of president for Government Engines & Space Propulsion. He was formerly with UTC's Sikorsky ...
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RAF Cranwell
Air Cdre Jon Ford has taken command of RAF Headquarters Air Cadets, based at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire. He takes over from Air Cdre Peter Stean, who is to retire from the service. Source: Flight International
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Tadiran
Col (Res) Lior Almagor has been appointed vice-president for marketing at Israeli military-equipment manufacturer Tadiran Communications and Systems. Most recently marketing director, he was formerly in charge of telecommunications marketing at Elul Technologies. He also held senior posts in the Israel Defence Forces, his last being that of the head ...
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MTU remains shy of BMW R-R merger as hurdles fally
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace's (DASA's) aero-engine subsidiary MTU Munchen has dampened speculation that it is to be merged with BMW Rolls-Royce. Although the move has not been entirely ruled out, the company says that it is unlikely. Links will be tightened through parts-manufacturing contracts, says ...
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Solar power
THE US ARMED FORCES ARE proposing a new generation of ultra-high-technology weapons, which would make today's best armaments, look prehistoric by comparison. The weapons they foresee, such as hypersonic aircraft and lasers, should prove to be more than a match for any foreseeable threat apart from one: the lack of ...
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Harriers given more space for Typhoons
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE'S British Aerospace Harrier GR7s will be able to be fitted with up to 20 BAe Typhoon anti-armour missiles if the company wins the contest now under way to supply anti-armour weapons for the aircraft. BAe Dynamics has introduced quadruple-launcher pylons on the aircraft, abandoning the previous ...
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UK delays Swanwick opening by one year
THE OPENING OF the new en route air-traffic-control centre for England and Wales has been delayed until December 1997, says the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The £350 million ($530 million) Swanwick Centre, near Fareham, Hampshire, has been plagued by problems with integrating the air-traffic-management system's 2 million lines ...
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USAF will extend the life of Singapore air force F-16s
THE REPUBLIC OF Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has reached an agreement with the US Air Force to carry out a structural life-extension on its Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs. USAF civilian contractors will perform the depot-level work locally at Singapore's Tengah AB. The structural strengthening "Falcon Up" and modification programme ...