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EATCHIP: defining the human ATC tasks
EUROCONTROL'S Dr Manfred Barbarino, leading the Job Description Task Force (JDTF), has to determine all the ATC tasks, which will have to be performed in a control centre of the future formed under the European Air Traffic Control Harmonisation and Integration Programme (EATCHIP), then define the role of each of ...
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Glass flightdeck
The CL-215T cockpit has been substantially improved. Both pilots have electronic flight-instrument systems, while liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) show engine and systems data. Subtle changes have improved the aircraft's user-friendliness. New handgrips above the windscreen make it easier to reach the seat, and there are extra padded grips on the back ...
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Beware non-EU pilot licence-holders
Sir - Capt. Rackham would appear to be confused on the subject of licence validation within the European Union (Flight Inter-national, 20-26 September, P76). A European Commission directive in 1991 brought down his perceived barriers to the movement of labour within the EU. All EU licence-holders are subject ...
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Arianespace plans finance company
Arianespace plans to set up a finance company to help fund future telecommunications satellite launches. The company says that talks are being held with its European aerospace partners and a consortium of banks, with the aim of establishing the new financing arm as a joint venture early in 1996. ...
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Western
Western Aircraft, of Idaho, USA and recently sold by Morrison Knudsen (MK), has appointed new co-owner Allen Hoyt as president to head a new management team. Hoyt was previously with Western, between 1982 and 1992 and most recently, was president and general manager of Western sister company Satellite Aero. In ...
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Brazilian order boosts Cessna
CESSNA AIRCRAFT'S authorised sales representative in Brazil, TAM/Transportes Aereos Regonais, has placed an order for 100 single-engine pistons, with deliveries starting in 1997. Cessna says that TAM holds more than 100 additional orders based on the company's option-to-buy agreements. TAM is a big user of Cessna Caravans, operating ...
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NH90 rolled out amid support speculation
NH INDUSTRIES HAS rolled out the first prototype of the four-nation NH90 medium-lift transport helicopter, at Marignanne, France. The event took place on schedule, but against a background of increasing doubt about the programme's future. France, with a 42.4% share, Germany (24%), Italy (26.9%) and the Netherlands (6.7%) ...
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ProLine 21 gives Raytheon jet avionics first
ROCKWELL-COLLINS' Pro Line 21 integrated avionics, launched on the Raytheon Premier I, is the first business-aircraft suite to have large liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). The Premier I has two 200 x 250mm pilot-side displays as standard, with options for third and fourth displays. Collins says that the ...
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Fibre-placement fuselage
PREMIER I FUSELAGES will be produced in two sections, which will be bonded together at the aft pressure-bulkhead. The skins are a sandwich of Nomex-honeycomb core between carbonfibre-reinforced plastic layers, formed on a wooden mandrel using automatic fibre-placement. First a bladder is slipped over the mandrel, then ...
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The four contenders
I-CO I-CO Global Communication's system will cost about $2.6 billion for both the space and ground network, and it is expected to begin service in 1999/2000. It will use ten operational satellites, weighing 1,925kg, with 6.3kW power, in 10,400km circular orbits in two planes, providing about 160 beams ...
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Panavia
Anglo-German-Italian consortium Panavia, industrial prime contractor for the Tornado combat aircraft, has appointed Reinhold Faltlhauser managing director. He was formerly vice-president for finance and control of the military-aircraft division of Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA). He takes over from Oskar Friedrich, who leaves Panavia to become advisor to the managing director of ...
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Premier's engines meet performance targets
WILLIAMS ROLLS Royce's FJ44-2 engine for the Raytheon Premier I and Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 light business jets is meeting its thrust and specific-fuel-consumption targets in ground tests, says company founder Dr Sam Williams. The 10kN engine's third-generation, integrally bladed, "wide-sweep fan" is achieving unprecedented efficiency, he says, and cruise performance ...
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Litton inertial purchase
Litton Industries intends to buy the inertial-systems business unit of Hughes Electronics. With operations in California and Wisconsin, the unit expects sales to total $70 million this year. The business includes maintenance and upgrade of aircraft avionics for commercial and military customers. Terms of the deal, which is ...
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B-1B upgrade
Orbital Sciences' Fairchild Defense division is to supply the data-transfer unit and cartridge for the Rockwell B-1B conventional-mission upgrade. Source: Flight International
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JSTARS engine contract
Miami, Florida-based Greenwich Air Services has been awarded a three-year, $22 million, US Air Force contract to overhaul and modify Pratt & Whitney JT3D engines powering Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Space briefcase
Space Industries (SII) is developing a free-flying, briefcase-sized, 6.8kg, satellite, called the Nanosat, which will be ideal for carrying out video-camera exterior inspections of the space station. The craft is powered by lithium-polymer batteries, uses nitrogen-gas thrusters and miniature gyroscopes for attitude control, and can be operated independently for 12h. ...
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Pegasus failure explained
Orbital Science says, that the strongest evidence of the cause of the Pegasus XL launch failure on 22 June, is that one of three nozzle guides on the second stage, which are situated 120° apart and help to guide the interstage structure off the vehicle during first/second stage separation, was ...
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Telstar launch
The replacement satellite for AT&T's Telstar 402, which was lost in space in September 1994, was launched successfully by the eighth Ariane flight this year on 23 September. The Telstar 402R was launched by the Ariane 42L/V78 and will be followed by the Astra 1E spacecraft aboard the 42L/V79 of ...
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Su-22 upgrade
Israel Aircraft Industries and Elbit have independently completed their design work on Sukhoi Su-22 upgrades. The improvements are based on a cockpit upgrade and the installation of a multi-role radar and advanced electronic-warfare suite. Eastern European air forces are Israel's main targets. Source: Flight International
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Winglet leasing
Aviation Partners is offering to lease its winglets to Gulfstream II operators for six years, at $7,500 a month. The Seattle-based company says that 26 GIIs have so far been fitted with winglets.Transbrazil stake Source: Flight International