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Bedek's Spanish tie-up
Iberia and the Bedek aviation group of Israel Aircraft Industries are to co-operate on aircraft and engine maintenance work following the signing of a memorandum of understanding in late December. Initially, the two companies are to market their services in Boeing 747 pylon modifications. ...
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Section 41 success
Singapore Aviation Services (SASCO) has signed two contracts, worth S$8 million ($5.5 million), for section 41 modification to two South African Airways Boeing 747s and a Middle East Airlines 747. SASCO will also perform engine-pylon modifications to the aircraft. It has signed a letter of intent to carry out similar ...
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Learjet 45 first flight delayed
HOPES OF FLYING THE FIRST prototype Learjet 45 light business-jet, before the opening of the NBAA convention in Las Vegas on 26 September, faded when the emergency-egress system on the first aircraft had to be removed, retested, and re-installed, delaying the start of high-speed-taxi tests to 22 September at the ...
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HOAC unveils plans for a composite four-seater
AUSTRIAN manufacturer HOAC has revealed plans to develop a new single-piston-engine four-seat aircraft aimed at the private and flying-school markets. The aircraft, still in its conception stage, is expected to be an all-composite design. HOAC will draw on its experience gained in the design of its Diamond ...
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Canadair prepares CL-415 upgrades
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA CANADAIR IS PLANNING a series of improvements to the CL-415, which will increase the fire fighting aircraft's utility and provide the basis for the development of planned special-mission variants. The Bombardier subsidiary says that upgrades now being defined include tail anti-icing and cabin ...
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Uprated Hawker nears completion
COMPLETION OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION Hawker 800XP business jets is under way at Raytheon Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. The XP is a Hawker 800 upgrade, with increased design weights, aerodynamic improvements, system upgrades and up-rated AlliedSignal TFE731 engines. Source: Flight International
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Hughes wins bidding battle for Magnavox defence consolidates
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC HUGHES AIRCRAFT HAS won the bidding war for Magnavox Electronic Systems, marking another step in the US defence industry's increasingly frenetic consolidation. The acquisition adds sales of more than $400 million to the Hughes defence-electronics business, as well as ...
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Qantas will fit TCAS to domestic fleet wide
QANTAS IS TO SPEND about A$10 million ($7.5 million) fitting traffic-alert and collision-avoidance systems (TCAS) to its entire domestic turbofan fleet, following a recommendation from its safety department after an increase in near-misses in Australia. The systems will be fitted to some 40 Boeing 737s and Airbus A300-B4s. ...
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ILS plans Proton threat to Ariane 5
Tim Furniss/LONDON US/RUSSIAN SATELLITE-launcher company International Launch Services (ILS) is planning to introduce a Proton M model in 1997, capable of carrying two Hughes HS-601-class satellites into geostationary orbit (GEO). The launcher will compete head-on with Arianespace's Ariane 5. ILS, which markets the US Atlas ...
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Medical cost-cutter
LUFTHANSA Technik has developed a device for moving seriously ill patients on board airliners, which it claims is up to 60% cheaper to use, than a private-ambulance aircraft. The patient-transport compartment (PTC), includes breathing apparatus and a 13,000litre oxygen supply. Until recently, the carriage of such a large amount of ...
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Russia seizes Rimsat satellites
RUSSIA'S Informcosmos organisation has taken back control of two orbiting communications satellites which US operator Rimsat claims to have "fully paid for". The satellites operate in geostationary orbit for Southeast Asian customers. Informcosmos, which Rimsat believes is working with the support of the Russian Space Agency and ...
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Ringing the Earth
TEN HUGHES HS-601 Inmarsat P satellites will ring the Earth with worldwide blanket-coverage mobile-communications services in 1999. The HS-601s are being built under a $1.3 billion contract, with a first launch due for 1998. The operational system requires two planes of five satellites, each in intermediate circular 10,400km orbits. Each ...
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Atmospheric instrument
NASA has selected an atmospheric science instrument, called the pressure modulator infra red radiometer, to be flown aboard the Mars Surveyor orbiter in 1998. Source: Flight International
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Iraq reveals capability to manufacture Scud engine
Allan George/LONDON IRAQ HAS ADMITTED to United Nations officials that it had manufactured its own Scud rocket engines, throwing into question Baghdad's present missile-engineering capabilities. The Iraqis claim that they acquired the capability to build the engines by reverse engineering. It had been known that ...
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Singapore and Taiwan agree $200 million satellite deal
SINGAPORE AND Taiwan have agreed to develop jointly a $200 million commercial television, telephony and data-communications satellite system, to be inaugurated in 1998. Singapore had earlier planned to develop its own system, with six geostationary orbital slots reserved. The country's technological university has also signed a $7.7 million ...
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Flying firefighters
The London fire service has been conducting an extensive trial in the use of helicopter air support. Brian Walters/LONDON EVERY WORKING DAY, about 2.5 million motor vehicles enter London, resulting in acute traffic jams at peak hours. In those conditions, it is hard for emergency services to ...
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USA orders Ultra Electronics equipment for Harriers
ULTRA ELECTRONICS has received its first major order from the US Government, covering the supply of HiPPAG 320 systems and support equipment for US Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers. The contract is valued at $5.7 million. The HiPPAG 320 is an electronically controlled air-compressor and purification unit which ...
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BAA wins contract to manage Indianapolis airport system
UK AIRPORT OPERATOR BAA has signed a contract with the US Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA) for the management of the city's airport system, consisting of Indianapolis International Airport, Downtown Heliport, and the four general-aviation (GA) fields of Mt Comfort, Speedway, Metropolitan and Eagle Creek. The ten-year agreement, to ...
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Gamblingon growth
The US National Business Aircraft Association annual convention and exhibition comes to Las Vegas, Nevada, for the first time on 26-28 September. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA NEWS AT THIS year's National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) convention will come from an unusual source. Raytheon Aircraft is not accustomed ...
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Rotary ambitions
The European helicopter forum in St Petersburg highlighted the Mil and Kamov design bureaux. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW HIGH-RANKING representatives of major helicopter manufacturers from Europe and the USA attended the European helicopter forum in St Petersburg, Russia, from 2 August-2 September intent on exploring market opportunities ...