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F-22 tests smoke-out possible problems
LOCKHEED MARTIN/BOEING has almost finished its planned 16,930h wind tunnel testing of the F-22 following the completion of tests for extreme angle-of-attack and to measure aerodynamic and propulsion inlet-effects. Some 900h of tests remain, principally weapons-separation testing with the GBU-30 Joint Direct Attack Munition and the AIM-9X air-to-air missile. ...
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Israel adds Eagles
Israel has exercised its option for four additional McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle strike fighters, taking the total order to 25 aircraft to be delivered between 1997 and the end of 1998. Source: Flight International
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Malaysian Hawk fleet is under the weather
Paul Lewis/KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S FLEET OF new British Aerospace Hawk 100/200s is suffering from a low level of operational readiness, apparently caused by a combination of systems failures and spares shortages, along with a lack of trained manpower. The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has ...
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FS-X 2 on blocks
Mitsubishi is preparing the second FS-X prototype for its maiden flight in early December. Six basic verification flights have been completed so far on the lead aircraft, which is due to be delivered to Japan's Technical Research and Development Institute in March for more extensive testing and envelope expansion. Prototypes ...
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Boeing begins new 737 despite strike
MAJOR ASSEMBLY of the first of the new-generation Boeing 737-700s is still scheduled for 1 December, despite a decision by company workers to reject a deal aimed at ending the seven-week strike. Boeing was optimistic that the 30,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers' ...
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Lufthansa sells its 737 Advs to Jetz
LUFTHANSA IS selling its 19 remaining Boeing 737-200 ADVs to US leasing firm JETZ. The aircraft were among those, which Lufthansa originally planned to sell to Indonesia before the sale stalled when the Delaware-based company offered "a better deal". The aircraft will be handed over starting in May ...
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Cathay to take test A330s
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE will modify and refurbish two of its A330 test and development aircraft for commercial use by Cathay Pacific Airways. The revamped aircraft will fulfil a recent Cathay Pacific order for two additional A330 twinjets. The carrier is already taking delivery of nine Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered A330s, ...
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Re-engineing RAF Nimrods powers BAe's RMPA bid
Douglas Barrie/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE IS offering to re-engine the Royal Air Force's fleet of Nimrod MR2s with the BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 turbofan in its bid to meet the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) £2 billion ($3.1 billion) replacement maritime-patrol-aircraft (RMPA) requirement. The BR710s would replace ...
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Air New Zealand takes on the competition
AIR NEW ZEALAND has responded to growing competition on routes between New Zealand and Australia by introducing a new service operated on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary, Mount Cook Airlines. Mount Cook will wet-lease a Boeing 757 from UK charter operator Britannia, flying from Hamilton and Dunedin ...
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Balkan Airlines gets $45m loan
A $45 MILLION loan from Bulgaria's State fund for Reconstruction and Development will allow the national carrier, Balkan Airlines, to embark on a badly needed fleet-modernisation programme. According to reports in the fortnightly journal, East European Markets, the loan, which has just been approved by the Government, forms ...
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Austrian plans expansion for CIS
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES is planning a significant expansion of operations east of Moscow over the next 12 months. The carrier is hoping to add CIS Republics Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to its list of destinations, says company vice-president Helga Tomaschtik, while conceding that the talks are still in the early ...
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MDC ground-tests F414 on Super Hornet
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HAS CARRIED OUT ground-test runs of its F-18E Super Hornet's General Electric F414 engines, including after-burning trials, in the run-up to the aircraft being flown for the first time in December. Plans call for up to 1,000 examples of the advanced Hornet derivative to be purchased by the ...
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Russia keeps its Stiletto sharp
RUSSIA IS TO EXTEND the service life of its UR100MU (SS-19 Stiletto) intercontinental ballistic missile, with the missile now forming part of the Strategic-Missile Force's (SMF) arsenal into the next century. The SS-19 originally had a guaranteed service life of ten years, but this has been extended to ...
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LCA is rolled out
INDIA'S HINDUSTAN Aeronautics (HAL) rolled out the technology demonstrator of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) project on 17 November, some 13 years after the programme began. The first flight of the aircraft is not expected for another 12 months, and the future of the whole programme is far ...
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Pentagon muddies UAV waters
US DEPARTMENT OF Defense efforts to merge the close-range and maritime unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) programmes will complicate industry attempts to produce the next members of the US military's drone family, say industry sources. The rethink comes as senior Pentagon officials are determining the fate of the TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries ...
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Python 3 in South African service
THE FIRST FIRM evidence that the South African Air Force (SAAF) has acquired the Israeli Rafael Python 3 short-range infra-red air-to-air missile (AAM) has emerged in photographs of an air force Dassault Mirage F-1C. The Python missile chassis may also form the basis of an active-radar-guided beyond-visual-range ...
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JetCo collapses
UK-BASED FRACTIONAL-ownership company Jet Network (JetCo), has closed down after the management fell out with the principal shareholder, over strategy and failed to meet sales forecasts. The company, in which aircraft broker Air London had the major share, was formed in 1994 in an effort to establish a ...
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Scandal jeopardises Raytheon's $1.4 billion Brazilian contract
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA RAYTHEON'S $1.4 BILLION contract for the SIVAM Amazon surveillance system is being jeopardised by an influence-peddling scandal, which has forced the resignations of Brazil's aeronautics minister and a presidential aide. The companies interim contract has been renewed by the Brazilian Government while a ...
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Qantas is anxious to limit ANZ Ansett stake
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS QANTAS IS PRESSING The Australian government to limit Air New Zealand's stake in Ansett to 25% - the same ceiling applied to British Airways' equity in Qantas in 1993 As Australian and New Zealand governments study the ramifications of Air New Zealand's move ...