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Valujet trainer
ValuJet Airlines has selected Aviation Resources Group to supply a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 main-door and over-wing-exit trainer. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company has supplied an Airbus A340 door trainer to Virgin Atlantic Airways and two Boeing 747-400 door trainers to Canadian Airlines International. ...
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Paris expansion
FlightSafety International (FSI), is building a third Bell 412/212 flight simulator, for installation at its Paris Le Bourget training centre. The Level D-standard helicopter simulator will be equipped with FSI's ChromaView visual system and MultiView panoramic display. Two 412/212 simulators at FSI's Bell training centre in Fort Worth, Texas, will ...
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Korean chooses CAE
CAE Electronics has won a C$16.5 million ($12.25 million) Korean Air contract to build a Boeing 777 full-flight simulator with a CAE MaxVue visual system, for delivery in March 1997 to the carrier's Incheon training centre. Source: Flight International
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TWA ready to buy
Trans World Airlines (TWA) says, that it is in discussions with Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas over plans to replace its Boeing 727s and Lockheed L-1011s, and expand its fleet over the next five years. TWA says that the Boeing 757 and 767, McDonnell Douglas MD-80, -90 and ...
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Alaskan start-up
Air Cargo Express, a new Fairbanks, Alaska-based freight airline, has begun operations with a single Douglas DC-6. The carrier, which now runs a four times weekly cargo between Fairbanks and Barrow, plans to acquire further DC-6s and enlarge its network. Source: Flight International
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El Al deal with P&W
Israeli national airline El Al has signed an engine-maintenance agreement with Pratt & Whitney, which could last up to 15 years. The contract covers "power-by-the-hour" maintenance for its 14-strong fleet of PW4056-powered Boeing 747s. The repair work will be performed at P&W's site in Cheshire, Connecticut. Source: Flight ...
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CIS buys 757s and 767s
Boeing has taken orders for 757s and 767s worth almost $400 million from CIS carriers. Two 767-300ERs and one 757 have been ordered by Uzbekistan Airways, while the National Civil Aviation Authority of Turkmenistan has ordered two 757s. The Turkmenistan carrier already operates a single 757 and three Boeing 737-300s. ...
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Mistral for Taiwan
France has agreed, to sell up to 550 Matra Mistral light surface-to-air missiles to Taiwan, according to sources based in Taipei. The deal was cemented during a visit to France by Taiwan's army chief Li Chen-Lin. The agreement includes launch systems for the missiles and associated equipment. The sale has ...
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Italian purchase
The Clinton Administration intends to sell to Italy 1,219 Hughes TOW 2A/2B wire-guided anti-armour missiles worth an estimated $51 million. The 2B, is the latest version of the missile, and is a top-attack anti-tank weapon. Source: Flight International
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Quiet Casino
Elko, Nevada-based regional airline Casino Express has ordered an AvAero Boeing 737 hushkit and placed options on two more. The hushkits will enable Casino to operate its 737s within Stage 3 noise limits up to 54,000kg take-off weight. Source: Flight International
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Mi-8 crashes
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter chartered by Canadian mining company Cameco crashed on 4 October in the Tien-Shan mountains of Kyryzstan, Central Asia, killing 12 passengers and two crew. The aircraft was en route from the Kumtor gold mine to the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek. Wreckage was found at 12,500ft (3,800m) ...
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Cabin sensor
A low-power-consumption aircraft cabin-pressure sensor for cabin/cockpit pressurisation controls, oxygen-mask-release systems and cockpit-depressurisation alarms is to be marketed by Moorpark, California-based Kavlico. The ceramic capacitive transducer has a range of 0-1bar, and can be mounted on a personal computer circuit board if required. It uses a 5V DC power supply. ...
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Solution taped
NASA says that its Jupiter-bound spacecraft, the Galileo, may be able to undertake its full science mission, after early indications that its balky tape recorder can play back data. The tape deck is faulty, but the tape is not broken. Source: Flight International
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Extended mission
Cash shortages have delayed the production of a Soyuz booster to launch the Russian Soyuz TM23 to the Mir 1 space station in December. The launch, will be delayed until February 1996, resulting in, a stay in space by the TM22 crew aboard the station. The 135-day mission by the ...
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A nice little mover
With plenty of power and manoeuvrability, the Grob G115T is a delight to fly. Peter Henley/NORTH WEALD Although it shares a similar designation with other family members (the G115A to D inclusive), the Grob G115T is, in fact, a new design. It is intended for the highly ...
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Photographic Beech Starship completed
A RAYTHEON Beech Starship 2000A has been equipped for digital photography by Omni Solutions International. It will be used to collect data for commercial- and military-mapping applications. The all-composite Starship has been equipped with Omni's Direct Digital Panoramic aerial-imaging system. This includes a high-resolution camera, data-handling unit and ...
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Cold War relic
With the end of the Cold War, the USA's Milstar communications satellites have had their roles switched to ensure survival. Tim Furniss/London A LOCKHEED MARTIN Titan 4/Centaur is scheduled to launch a Block 1 Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (Milstar) satellite into geostationary orbit (GEO) from Cape ...
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SIA warms to 777-100X
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES is showing increasing interest in the extra-long-range Boeing 777-100X, and was given detailed briefings with 12 other major carriers on the aircraft during a "brain-storming" session in Seattle at the start of October. Other airlines attending the 777-100X briefing included Cathay Pacific, ...
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Fokker 70 trials nearing completion
Fokker says that completion of flight trials of the Fokker 70 in Granada, Spain, clearing the aircraft for steep descents to airports such as London City is "imminent". European Joint Airworthiness Authorities approval will allow Air France to introduce Fokker 70s now operated by Air Littoral in time for the ...
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School uses GPS to check proficiency
EMBRY-RIDDLE Aeronautical University is experimenting with the global-positioning system (GPS) as a means of evaluating students and instructors in its flight-training programme. GPS position data is being recorded in flight then replayed on the ground, to evaluate pilot proficiency objectively. Embry-Riddle's campus in Prescott, Arizona has developed an ...