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Downwind turns: more to do with pilot perception
Sir - In reply to the letter "The dangers of down-wind turns" (Flight International, 13-19 December, 1995), I believe that Mr Maskens is barking up the wrong tree. The dangers of low-level turns have nothing to do with "the sum of potential and kinetic energy", but everything to do with ...
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US carriers should think again
Sir - It may well be time for US carriers to dwell upon their previous track records when it comes to defining future strategies. Delta Air Lines, for example, currently "vocal of the month", is pressuring for increased codeshare capacity into Heathrow - not to mention its desire to obtain ...
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Premier service from Manchester
SPANISH CHARTER company Centenniel Airlines, has added a scheduled Manchester-Palma service to its successful Palma link from London Gatwick. The new service, marketed under the Centenniel Premier label, began on 15 December and will initially be flown once a week, with a second flight scheduled from March. Centenniel ...
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Angola accident
A Trans Service Airlift Lockheed Electra has crashed in Lunda Norte province, Angola, killing 139 of the 144 people on board. The Kinshasa, Zaire-based airline had been chartered by the Angolan political movement UNITA to operate the flight from Jamba, Lunda Norte, on 18 December. Source: Flight International
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THAAD misses the target on first intercept
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE USA suffered a setback on 13 December when the Lockheed Martin Theater High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) missile failed to intercept a ballistic-missile target over the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. It was the THAAD's fourth flight and the first of 11 planned ...
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General aviation
Graham Warwick/US Editor BASED ON THE YEAR JUST ended, 1996 looks promising for the general-aviation (GA) industry. US General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) figures suggest that aircraft shipments have already passed the low point and are now increasing, albeit slowly. The reasons are well documented: ...
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Air transport
Andrew Doyle/TECHNICAL REPORTER Kevin O'Toole/BUSINESS EDITOR THE GOOD NEWS, at least for manufacturers, is that aircraft deliveries reached the bottom in 1995. The less good news is that the upturn in 1996 will be moderate. The big three, airframe manufacturers (Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas), ...
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Boeing to raise output as markets begin to stir
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BOEING IS TO raise aircraft production rates towards the end of 1996 in a move, which the company says reflects the beginnings of an upswing in aircraft demand, as well as efforts to catch up from the ten-week strike. Production is expected to recover ...
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UN uncovers secret Iraqi ballistic missile project
Alan George/LONDON IRAQ HAS LAUNCHED at least one long-range missile project since the end of the Gulf War, according to the latest United Nations (UN) report on efforts to dismantle Saddam Hussain's weapons of mass destruction. The revelation is certain to put back the date ...
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Extending credit
Western financiers continue to approach business deals in Eastern and Central Europe with caution Paul Duffy/PRAGUE IT IS FIVE years since the economies of Eastern Europe started shifting towards the styles, structures and modus operandi of the West, yet the problems facing Central and Eastern European airlines ...
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Las Vegas lasers shut down
Alan Staats/PHOENIX Hotel and casino operators in Las Vegas have been ordered to suspend their laser displays following an incident involving a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 first officer being temporarily blinded by a burst of laser light. The event occurred even though the hotel involved ...
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Malaysia to use A-4s as tankers
THE MALAYSIAN AIR FORCE is retaining six of its elderly McDonnell Douglas A-4PTM Skyhawks for use as tankers. The Curtiss Wright J-65-V420 powered-aircraft are fitted with an underfuselage-mounted "buddy" hose-reel pod and are used to support Malaysia's probe-equipped BAe Hawk 200s. The A-4s have been replaced in front-line service by ...
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Commander boost
Commander Aircraft's recovering finances have been boosted by an order for 14 aircraft, 12 114AT trainers and two turbo charged 114TCs, from an unspecified flight school which plans to train students exclusively on Commanders. The first four aircraft have been delivered. Source: Flight International
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Late Skyhawks
New production Cessna Aircraft 172 Skyhawks will not be rolled off the company's new $45 million manufacturing plant at the Independence, Kansas, municipal airport until December - about three months later than planned. Poor weather had slowed down progress. Source: Flight International
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Kitplane upgrade
Aero Designs has added hydraulic brakes and a cabin heater as standard to the $19,450 Pulsar XP kitplane, in response to growing customer demand for features available in certificated, factory-produced, aircraft. Aero Designs says that 350 kits are under construction and 100 Pulsars are being flown. ...
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EVA Air
Pictured (left to right), are Eva Air president Richard Huang and chairman Shen Chih-Cheng with Fritz Bisschop, director of the Netherlands' Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on the occasion of Eva's launch of its Netherlands-Taiwan service. Also seen are Adm Tien Hsia, of Taipei's economic and cultural office in the Netherlands, and ...
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Mexican overhaul
Standard Aero, of Winnipeg, Canada, and Mexican overhaul company Servicios Aereos Del Centro, have won a C$1 million ($725,000) renewable yearly contract from the Mexican Government to repair and overhaul Allison 250 and Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engines powering the Procuraduria General de la Republica's fleet. Source: ...
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SJ30 tests make progress
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA SINO SWEARINGEN Aircraft (SSAC) has completed bird-strike testing for the SJ30 light business-jet. Tests were conducted at windshield manufacturer PPG in Huntsville, Alabama, and SSAC says "...the metal cockpit structure required no repairs after the 320kt [590km/h], 4lb [1.8kg] bird strikes." The first US ...