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Virgin draws up regional shortlist
VIRGIN ATLANTIC Airways has stepped up its plans to launch a European regional airline based in Brussels, Belgium, by selecting a shortlist of possible aircraft suppliers. The move follows presentations in October by Boeing, British Aerospace Asset Management Organisation (the jet-leasing arm of BAe), Fokker, Avro Aerospace and ...
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Chinese F-10 details revealed
THE FIRST description of the Chinese F-10 fighter being developed in a collaborative programme with Israel, have been made available from line drawings prepared by the US Central Intelligence Agency. The drawings were derived from satellite pictures. NBC News reported on 9 November that the $5 billion programme ...
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Agent of change
DANIEL GOLDIN became the ninth NASA Administrator in April 1992 and quickly earned a reputation as an agent of much-needed change in the space agency. His first initiative was budgetary reform in which long-term programmes, such as the Space Station, received long-term commitment, while at the same time he reduced ...
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USAF re-affirms its F-5 support commitment
THE US AIR Force is re-assuring Northrop F-5 operators that it will continue supporting them, despite the planned closure of the dedicated F-5/T-38 San Antonio Air Logistics Center (ALC) at Kelly AFB, Texas. Three new homes are being considered for the SA-ALC, which manages the USAF T-37/T-38 fleets, ...
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Sri Lankan MPA
The Sri Lankan air force is understood, to want to purchase four small maritime-patrol aircraft, equipped with a search radar, a forward-looking infra-red sensor and under-wing hard points. Interest centres on the Pilatus Britten-Norman Defender and the Cessna U-27A. The requirement is in response to a series of Tamil separatist ...
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Kitted out
Carolle Doyle/KIRKBYMOORSIDE THE UK'S EUROPA AVIATION has begun a series of tests of the first customer-built Europa kitplane at its headquarters in Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire. The company intends to carry out similar tests on the first ten kits made by customers. The Europa was launched by Europa ...
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Dutch air force flies Fokker 60U
The first flight of the Fokker 60U military utility-transport aircraft on order for the Dutch air force took place successfully on 2 November. The Fokker 60U, a stretched derivative of the Fokker 50, has been fitted with a defensive-aids suite, including wingtip-mounted ALR-69 radar warning receivers (right) and pylon-mounted Per ...
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Lockheed
Ed Phillips has been appointed vice-president for operations at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems, of Marietta, Georgia. He replaces Bill Bullock, who moves to Fort Worth, Texas, to become executive vice-president for Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems. Phillips, who joined Lockheed in 1960, was most recently director of operations for the ...
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Sukhoi share sale
Shares in Russia's Sukhoi design bureau will be put up for auction on 17 November, although the sale is being limited to a minority stake of only 25.4%. Russia's privatisation committee had originally envisaged the sale of a controlling stake in the military design bureau, but senior Russian defence officials ...
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Novel design
Peter Henley/NORTH WEALD A MERE GLANCE at the Grob 200 reveals its designer's novel approach to his task. The airframe is constructed of composite materials, its engine is mounted behind the cabin (driving a three-bladed pusher propeller which lives on the end of a long tailcone), directional stability ...
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Dan dares
NASA's administrator Daniel Goldin has taken the US space organisation into a "faster, better, cheaper" era. Tim Furniss/WASHINGTON DC DANIEL GOLDIN HAS taken NASA by the scruff of its neck and brought it out of the post-Challenger doldrums into a new international era, with a "faster, better, ...
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Catching up
Large numbers of personnel and aircraft are no compensation for the Chinese air force's lack of modern technology. Paul Lewis/BEIJING THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China has attracted considerable international attention in recent years. Reports of large-scale purchases of Russian arms, underwritten by double-digit ...
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Egyptian airline takes Metros
ORCA AIR, a new Egyptian airline based at Sharm el Sheikh on the tip of the Sinai peninsula has ordered, two 19-seat Fairchild Metro 23s and taken options on four more. The aircraft will be the first 23E models, incorporating an electronic flight-instrumentation system (EFIS) cockpit. The first ...
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Dash for growth
Bombardier Regional Aircraft landed a double coup at the show, confirming an order from Great China Airways of Taiwan for six de Havilland Dash 8-400s, with options on a further six. The aircraft will replace Dash 8-300s operated by the Taiwanese carrier. The second deal is with Japanese carrier Ryuku ...
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UAE carries on Rafale evaluation decision date slips for UAE
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS A DASSAULT RAFALE multi-role fighter is to be flown to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Tanagra air force base for evaluation, immediately after the Dubai air show ends on 16 November. The continuing evaluation of combat aircraft is the clearest indication to date ...
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Boeing's stretched 747 will not fit in at UK airports
Sir - Guy Norris refers to the probable stretching of the Boeing 747 in his article "Boeing heads for 700-seater launch decision next year" (Flight International, 11-17 October, P5). In the fifth paragraph, he suggests that a span of 79m (260ft) would permit existing 747 gates and stands ...
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Flight of fancy?
The debate about free-flight air navigation continues. In the USA... Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration and the civil-aviation community "...stand at the threshold of a great opportunity to safely re-order the [nation's] air-traffic system". This statement supporting "free-flight" air navigation is taken ...
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Shaping the future
New companies using new technologies are challenging established light-aircraft manufacturers. Karen Walker/ATLANTA A TYPICAL light aircraft's shape most likely to come to mind is almost cruciform - a squarish wing across a squarish fuselage. Now think of a modern yacht and its smooth, curvaceous, outline. While the ...
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Southern star
Korean Air president Yang Ho Cho explains the airline's success. Paul Lewis/SEOUL EACH OF ASIA'S national airlines has a rich and varied past. While some have their roots in post-war independence movements, others were created by the endeavours of individual entrepreneurs. Korean Air (KAL) and ...
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Columbia returns
The US Micro-gravity Laboratory 2 mission came to a successful conclusion at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 4 November, with the landing of the Space Shuttle STS73/Columbia, after a 15-day, 21h flight, the second longest in the programme's history. Source: Flight International