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Locator rule irks Australian AOPA
AUSTRALIAN GENERAL-aviation pilots are trying to block a new Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) requirement for all light aircraft to carry aircraft-mounted emergency locator transmitters (ELTs). The Australian Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) says that while over three-quarters of its membership agrees that ELT carriage should ...
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Prithvi deployment will test control rules
THE IMPENDING deployment of India's Prithvi short-range ballistic missile, along with Pakistan's response, is being viewed as a litmus test of the effectiveness of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). India had been expected to deploy the Prithvi by the middle of this year, but a mix of ...
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Sri Lanka close to Kfir purchase
SRI LANKA and Israel are finalising the $50 million purchase of eight former Israeli air force Kfir C2 fighter aircraft. The sale of the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)-built fighter has been approved by the US administration - clearance was required because the aircraft are fitted with the General ...
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Israeli air force to re-engine Cobras
THE ISRAELI air force is planning to re-engine its 40 Bell AH-1G/S Cobra attack helicopters with the General Electric GE T700 engine. A prototype of the re-engined helicopter is being prepared by Mata, the helicopter division of Israel Aircraft Industries, which won a contract to perform the programme. ...
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Arkia lease deal
Arkia, the Israeli private airline, has signed a purchase/lease-back deal with Canadian Airlines International. The Israeli airline has purchased six Boeing 737-200s from the Canadian airline and leased them back for a six-year period. Canadian will pay $624,000 a month for the lease of the aircraft. The 737s cost Arkia ...
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Powered Texas JSOW flight-tested
THE POWERED VARIANT OF Texas Instruments' Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) has had its first free-flight test. The JSOW, which is being offered to meet the Pentagon's Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile and the UK's conventionally armed stand-off missile, is powered by the Williams WJ-24 engine previously used in target drones. ...
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Sargent Fletcher develops probe-equipped tank
A DROP FUEL TANK which doubles as an aerial-refuelling tanking system is entering the development phase, says its maker, Sargent Fletcher. The hybrid aerial-refuelling tank/system (ART/S) consists of a retractable fuel probe mounted in an otherwise standard-looking wing-mounted fuel tank. The ART/S is mainly aimed at expanding interoperability ...
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Road to Damascus
Lord Hesketh, the charismatic chairman of British Mediterranean Airways, celebrates the airline's first anniversary in style. Guynter Endres/BEIRUT and DAMASCUS BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN Airways' charismatic chairman Lord Alexander Hesketh might not be the archetypal airline boss, but he has achieved success in one of the ...
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Military simulator directory
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS has provided a lifeline to military-simulator manufacturers over the past 12 months as individual domestic opportunities have failed to materialise as expected. Delays in programme starts and contract awards have continued to plague the industry, making planning and forecasting difficult. Industry consolidation ...
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Galaxy advice
Astra Jet has formed an operators advisory committee to provide input on the design, operation and support of Israel Aircraft Industries' Galaxy business jet, now under development. The first quarterly meeting took place in October in Pearl River, New York. The committee will work with IAI, and its marketing arm ...
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CFM goes for out-of-the-box ETOPS
CFM INTERNATIONAL is to apply for clearance for extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) at entry into service for the CFM56-7B on the next-generation Boeing 737 series. CFMI and Boeing hope that the move may entice long-range scheduled and charter operators to place earlier orders and expects strong interest in ...
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Vnukovo completes privatisation
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW VNUKOVO AIRLINES has become the first of Russia's state-owned carriers to complete its privatisation, with the sale of a 41% stake to a Russian investment company for $150 million. The holding was purchased by VIL, a little-known Russian trading company, after the privatisation auction ...
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Eurowings code-swap deal agreed
EUROWINGS (EW), a leading German regional airline, has made aviation history with the first-ever flight-designator code swap, with an Australian airline. The airline acted to take advantage of a new International Air Transport Association (IATA) resolution (which allows the direct swap code between consenting airlines) when it learned ...
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Lithuania seeks L-39 financing
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE LITHUANIAN air force is pushing for funding to buy eight new L-39 Albatros jet trainers from Czech manufacturer Aero Vodochody. According to Aero Vodochody president and chief executive Zdenek Chalupnik, the company is now making efforts to find a financing package to allow ...
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Germany gives go-ahead to research helicopter
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN Government has confirmed that it will fund a new Eurocopter EC 135-based helicopter technology demonstrator, to fly by the end of 1998. The aircraft, called Helicopter Simulator for Technology, Operations and Research (HeSTOR), will replace the Eurocopter BO 105-based Advanced Technology Testing ...
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Engine makers fight for stretched A340
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS CFM INTERNATIONAL partners Snecma and General Electric, and rival Pratt & Whitney, are engaged in a battle to secure an exclusive position as powerplant supplier for the planned stretched version of the Airbus Industrie A340. The US/French partnership pressed its case in St Petersburg, ...
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AeroMexico reverses losses despite passenger decline
AEROMEXICO, FRESH from its financial restructuring, has delivered a third-quarter net profit, despite another heavy fall in passenger numbers. The Mexican airline turned around 1994's losses to end the September quarter with net profits of NP143 million ($20 million). The result leaves the carrier close to break-even so ...
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Inmarsat to test cheaper satcom
INMARSAT PLANS a flight trial of its new Aero-I satellite-communications (satcom) service in January 1996. The service, allowing use of smaller, cheaper, avionics and antennae, will become available with the launch of new Inmarsat 3 communications satellites early in 1996. Spotbeams will be used to concentrate satellite power, ...
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Peace shield dividend
Hughes Aircraft has delivered the $1 billion Peace Shield air-defence system to the Royal Saudi Air Force six months ahead of schedule, winning a $50 million bonus which Hughes Aircraft will share with project workers. Source: Flight International
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Northwest action to block hostile bids angers KLM
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON SPECULATION OVER an impending shake-out in the US airline industry has sharpened with attempts by Northwest Airlines to put a cap on the amount any one shareholder can own in the carrier. The move has already run into controversy, with Northwest's partner KLM preparing ...