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Three Su-27 crashes trigger Russian row
A ROW HAS broken out between the Russian air force and navy over responsibility for the crashes of three Sukhoi Su-27 fighters of the Russian Knights aerobatic team. The aircraft hit a hill on approach to Cam Ranh air base in Vietnam on 12 December, killing four pilots. ...
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ANZ takes control at Air Nelson
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ), has acquired full control of regional scheduled-service operator Air Nelson. ANZ previously held a 50% shareholding in the carrier. The move further tightens ANZ's hold on the local regional market in the wake of its deal to acquire a 25% stake in Australian carrier ...
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Brazil plans $2.4 investment in new airports
Brian Homewood/RIO de JANEIRO BRAZIL INTENDS to invest $2.4 billion in airports, between now and the year 2000, and wants to encourage private investment, says airport authority Infraero. One-third of the investment will be in Brazil's northeast because of its increasing importance as a tourist region. ...
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Finmeccanica and Fiat in engine merger talks
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA STATE-OWNED Finmeccanica is negotiating a possible rationalisation of the Italian aero-engine business with the Fiat Group. A successful outcome to the talks would see Fiat Avio merge with the smaller Finmeccanica operation at Alfa Romeo Avio. Previous attempts to marry the ...
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Airbus pressured to speed up A3XX studies
Julian Moxon/PARIS A STRING OF major airline orders involving the Boeing 747/777 combination is increasing pressure on Airbus Industrie to "accelerate its studies" into a rival programme known as the A3XX. "We can't leave the 747 to dominate the market," says an Airbus source, "so ...
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Comanche flies
The Boeing Helicopter/Sikorsky Aircraft RAH-66 Comanche next-generation attack helicopter was flown for the first time on 4 January, when it took off from Sikorsky's Development Flight Test Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. The first RAH-66 was rolled out in May 1995. A second prototype, fitted with a reconnaissance mission-equipment ...
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New Brasilsat
Brazil's Embratel communications organisation has ordered a third satellite from Hughes Space and Communications. Called the Brasilsat 3A, the HS-376 model will be launched by an Ariane booster in 1997. It is the 50th HS-376 to be ordered from Hughes, which received orders in 1995 for 29 satellites. Eleven Hughes ...
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Chromed Gripen
Saab Dynamics is investing £35,000 ($54,000) in a precision hard-chrome coating facility, for parts of the flight-control-actuator system of the JAS39 Gripen fighter aircraft. It is being provided by Southampton UK-based Poeton Coating Technology part of Poeton Group. Source: Flight International
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Cobra cost cut
Horizons Technology is developing a computer-based system aimed at reducing the cost of maintaining US Marine Corps Bell AH-1W Cobra helicopters. San Diego, California-based Horizons says that the system will monitor the performance of 78 critical components which are known to have finite lives, with the aim of accurately predicting ...
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Fairchild
Scott Stultz has been appointed head of the customer-support operation at regional-aircraft manufacturer Fairchild Aircraft, of San Antonio, Texas. He was formerly the company's technical representative and regional support manager in the Pacific/Far East and North America. Don Jenkins becomes vice-president for regional sales in the South Pacific. He was ...
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China may buy Varyag from Ukraine
CHINA IS ONCE again considering purchasing the aircraft carrier the Varyag, with discussions taking place during the recent visit of the Ukrainian president Leoind Kuchma to Beijing. The Varyag, the first Soviet-designed carrier intended to be equipped with a steam catapult, was three-quarters complete at the Nikolayev shipyard ...
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Sudan takes extra Chengdhu F-7s
SUDAN HAS received, an additional six Chengdu F-7s (MiG-21s) from China, with Middle Eastern intelligence sources claiming that, Iran has financed the deal. The air force of Sudan is playing a considerable operational role in the offensive against the rebels in the south of the country and it ...
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Sulzer Metco coating saves EF2000's skin
Andrew Doyle/LONDON SULZER METCO has developed a rapid solution to a potentially serious problem, which has already caused delays in flight-testing the Eurofighter EF2000. British Aerospace (Military Aircraft division), asked the UK-based Sulzer company, to specify a suitable thermal-protection coating for the prototype aircraft DA2's ...
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Permali supplies DC-8 cabin interior
PERMALI GLOUCESTER HAS supplied a fireproof cabin interior for an African International Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-8-54F freighter. The cabin walls are made from a woven-glass composite material, called WFT/22, which was chosen for its self-extinguishing, low-smoke, low-toxicity characteristics. WFT/22 is a phenolic-based material, which is water-resistant and has a high ...
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Cargo plan
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (HACTL) has unveiled plans for a HK$7.8 billion ($1 billion) multi-storey cargo-handling site at Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok Airport. The SuperTerminal 1 will cover 274,000m2 (25,500ft2), with a further 46,000m2 set aside for a dedicated express centre, and will be capable of handling ...
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SIA orders ATEC test system for use on 777s and A340s
Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE AEROSPATIALE HAS sold one of its ATEC Series 6 automated test systems to Singapore Airlines (SIA) for use on the carrier's Boeing 777s and Airbus A340s. The French company says that it expects the airline to order more "...once its 777 budget is in place". ...
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Eurocontrol invites tenders for POEMS radar
EUROCONTROL, THE European air-traffic management organisation, has issued an invitation to tender for the development of two Pre-Operational Mode S (POEMS) radar ground stations. Manufacturers have been invited to bid for the construction of two new ground stations in France and the UK, with a third station in ...
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Banned aid?
THE EUROPEAN Commission has set some far-reaching policies and made some bold decisions in its time. Some of them have been good; some of them bad. Few have been as misguided as its latest decision over support for Iberia Airlines (Flight International, 20 December, 1995 - 2 January, P5). That ...
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American 757 crashes
An American Airlines Boeing 757, which left Miami for Cali, Colombia on 20 December, crashed into mountains at night, killing all but four of the 167 people on board. The aircraft was on its descent into Cali from the north, which requires a step-letdown procedure using VHF-omni-range/distance-measuring-equipment navigation beacons. The ...
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Airlines win battle to delay noise controls
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE AIRLINE industry has won a reprieve from the threat of a stringent new set of noise and emission controls, which risked wiping billions of dollars off the value of the world fleet. The immediate threat receded as the Committee on Aviation Environmental ...