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Striking a balance
IN THE BAD old days, when airliner manufacturers were awash with orders they could not meet, it seemed natural that shopfloor workers would want a bigger reward for building those airliners - and would strike if they felt they were not getting a fair share. In the great recession of ...
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what's on
AOPA Expo '95 19-21 October, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Contact: AOPA, 421 Aviation Way, Frederick, Maryland 21701, USA; tel: +1 (301) 695 2060; fax: +1 (301) 695 2375. Finding Solutions to Airport Congestion 19-20 October, Frankfurt, Germany. Contact: Nathalie Bonnin, Euroforum, 35 rue Greneta, 75002 Paris, France; tel: +33 ...
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Royal Jordanian bail-out decision nears
The Jordanian Government says that it will decide by the end of the year on a bail-out plan for its loss-making flag carrier. A report on the restructuring proposes that Royal Jordanian's share capital is tripled to Dinar 210 million ($295 million), possibly including a debt-for-equity swap with ...
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US Navy backs JSOW warhead
Texas Instruments has received $236.4 million from the US Navy to begin engineering and manufacturing development of the Joint Stand off Weapon (JSOW) unitary warhead. The AGM-154A unitary warhead is a variant of a family of smart weapons designed to provide the USN with stand off attack capabilities. ...
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CL-415 - fighting fit
Canadair's dedicated fire fighting amphibians are not beautiful, but they are effective. After evaluating the CL-215 30 months ago, Flight International tests its follow-on, the CL-415. Harry Hopkins/MONTREAL FIREFIGHTING IS A matter of timing - getting sufficient water to the right place (even remote places) early, and ...
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Explorer in Germany
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) has sold its first MD Explorer in Germany, to IBCOL Group, its Munich-based distributor. The eight-place, twin-turbine helicopter will enter service with Bonn-based Air Lloyd early in 1996, for customer demonstrations and short-term charters. MDHS' African distributor, Comair, has delivered three MD 500Es to the ...
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The future's controller
Air traffic control in the foreseeable future will continue to depend heavily upon direct human input. David Learmount/BRUSSELS THERE IS A BALANCE to be struck in air-traffic-control (ATC) provision for the future: the balance between the capabilities of advancing technology and the fact that ATC will involve ...
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Russia makes final launch of Resurs F spacecraft
THE FINAL RUSSIAN Resurs F remote-sensing satellite, was launched by a Soyuz booster from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, on 26 September. The spacecraft are based on the Vostok capsule, and the first example was first launched in September 1979 under the official Resurs label. Photographic images are returned to ...
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Snecma rejects idea of selling stake to GE
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS SNECMA CHAIRMAN Bernard Dufour has dismissed the idea of General Electric taking a stake in the French group, if and when it comes up for privatisation. Previous comments from Snecma, under Dufour's predecessor Gerard Renon, had suggested that the group was open to ...
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Piper eyes corporate market for Malibu
NEW PIPER Aircraft is offering the Malibu Mirage high-performance piston single as an economical alternative to turboprops and light business jets for companies considering moving to smaller corporate aircraft. Piper president Chuck Suma says that, on a 300nm (550km) mission with four passengers, the 250kt (460km/h)-cruising speed Malibu ...
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At the crossroads
The future direction of the European Space Agency will be decided later this month. Tim Furniss/LONDON THE SUBJECT DOMINATING THE European Space Agency's (ESA) Council of Ministers meeting in Toulouse, France, on 18-20 October will be the international space station, code-named Alpha - the first internationally ...
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Additional ATR 72s
British Airways Express franchise operator CityFlyer Express has ordered two additional ATR 72-200s. The first will be delivered in November, and the second in February 1996. The order brings CityFlyer's ATR fleet to four ATR 72s and six ATR 42. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon SAR on JDAM
Raytheon has been selected over Loral to demonstrate the compatibility of the Hammerhead synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) seeker on the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). The US defence contractor received an initial $12 million US Air Force contract to provide three Hammerhead SAR seekers and associated equipment to test on JDAM. ...
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Corporate competition
Was it Vegas glitter or industry recovery, which brought record crowds to this year's National Business Aircraft Association convention? Graham Warwick/LAS VEGAS AGGRESSIVE MARKETING gave the 1995 NBAA convention in Las Vegas an edge not previously experienced at this generally amiable annual event. Bombardier and Gulfstream were ...
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Lucas pays the price for US Navy dispute
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON LUCAS INDUSTRIES has agreed to pay $88 million to settle its long-running contract dispute over the supply of accessory gearboxes for US Navy McDonnell Douglas F-18s. The group says that the Lucas Western Geared Systems operation in Utah, which was at the heart ...
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ZFL reveals helicopter-transmission concept
Andrew Doyle/ AN INNOVATIVE power-transmission system for the next-generation of advanced helicopters has been unveiled by ZF Luftfahrttechnik (ZFL), which claims its design gives scope for significant weight savings and increased reliability. Friedrichshafen, Germany-based ZFL presented the idea to delegates attending the Aerospace Transmissions Technology ...
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Meggitt in Citation deal
Meggitt Avionics has won a production contract for its solid-state secondary flight-display system from Cessna Aircraft, for incorporation in the Citation family of business jets. Meggitt Avionics, based in Fareham, UK, claims that the product is the first system integrating conventional instruments indicating attitude, altitude and airspeed into a single ...
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Airbus ozone project gathers momentum
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is close to completing in-flight analysis of the ozone layer in the first phase of a European Union (EU)-backed atmospheric research programme. Airbus, which is leading the project with France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientific (CNRS), hopes that the results of the project will be used by ...
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FANS pays its way
Airlines are demanding hard cost benefits as FANS moves off the drawing board and into the sky. Kevin O'Toole and Julian Moxon/AMSTERDAM ALMOST BY definition, the debate over the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) has been strong on the benefits of tomorrow's technology, but a little weaker ...