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Saab signs Hungarian Gripen MoU
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hungary, covering the "evaluation and possible procurement" of the JAS39 Gripen multi-role lightweight fighter. The Swedish sales effort is being couched as part of a wide-ranging industrial co-operation agreement with Hungary. Hungary is due to decide by the ...
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RSAF receives first F-15S
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS OFFICIALLY HANDED OVER the first of its F-15S strike aircraft to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) on 12 September. Saudi Arabia has some 72 aircraft on order, to be delivered at the rate of one a month. The aircraft is shown with the Martin Marietta LANTIRN navigation ...
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Aeroflot DC-10 ready for service
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines expects to start cargo services with a leased McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10-30CF at the end of this month - the first MDC aircraft operated by the Russian carrier. The aircraft will enter service on routes serving Moscow and the Far East when crew training, being undertaken ...
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Uneven distribution
A country-by-country breakdown of the world fleet of turbine business aircraft provides a few surprises for manufacturers looking for expanding markets. Forbes Mutch/LONDON NORTH AMERICA dominates the business aircraft market, both in terms of manufacturing and operation. Fact. South America continues to emerge as the market most ...
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Reaching for the sun
AeroVironment has launched its solar-powered Pathfinder UAV on its highest climb yet. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES AEROVIRONMENT'S PATHFINDER flying wing, was flown to 50,500ft (15,400m) on 11 September, using solar power alone a new-world record. The test flight, at NASA's Dryden Research Center in ...
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Code TAP failure
Delta Air Lines is to end its code-sharing agreement with TAP-Air Portugal on flights between Lisbon and New York, accusing TAP of failing to make sufficient efforts to sell the stipulated 60 seats a day on Delta flights. TAP denies the accusations. Source: Flight International
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Damage limitation
Helicopter safety is about more than not having accidents. David Learmount/LONDON ...
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IAI continues Galaxy search
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) is negotiating with eight manufacturing companies worldwide in an effort to find a partner for its Galaxy executive jet. IAI was teamed with Russian manufacturer Yakovlev, but difficulties at the latter's Saratov production plant forced IAI to look for another partner to produce at ...
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US anti-trust immunity sought
DELTA AIR LINES, Swissair, Austrian Airlines and Sabena have filed for US anti-trust immunity, allowing for closer co-operation between the carriers, once Belgium signs an "open-skies" air-services agreement with the USA. Northwest Airlines and KLM already have anti-trust immunity. Delta now has code-sharing/blocked-space agreements with the three European ...
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Texas
Larry James has been appointed controller of Texas Instruments Defense Systems & Electronics Group, of Dallas, Texas. Steven Roemerman becomes vice-president. James, with Texas since 1968, has served as manager of Texas Instruments financial relations and controller for Texas Instruments, Japan. Roemerman was formerly manager of interdiction weapon systems. ...
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Profits help Kenya Airways towards privatisation
KENYA AIRWAYS HAS taken another step towards its privatisation after producing better-than-expected profits for the latest financial year. The airline revealed a net profit of $17 million on sales of $173 million for its year to March 1995, easily beating earlier forecasts of $14 million. In 1993/4, the ...
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World turbine helicopter accidents and incidents
Compiled by David Learmount/LONDON ACCIDENT DATA have been drawn from Flight International's own research, and extensively from the databases of Airclaims and Lloyds Aviation. Airclaims now researches and publishes the World Airline Accident Summary on behalf of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, and it has an exclusive ...
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Uncomfortable with 777 ETOPS
Sir - The article on the British Airways Boeing 777 General Electric GE90 delivery date and extended twinjet operations (ETOPS) certification (Flight International, 6-12 September, P4) makes me feel uncomfortable. ETOPS, I am told, is a means by which a two-engine aircraft can be flown over water. The ...
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NASA tests hypersonic design
Andrew Doyle/LONDON A HYPERSONIC-aircraft concept, known as the "wave-rider", which would be capable of speeds ranging from Mach 4 to M6, is undergoing wind-tunnel tests at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. The wave-rider series, powered by air-breathing hypersonic engines, would be particularly suitable as ...
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Learjet renaissance
Bill Lear created a market when he designed the first Learjet. Now Learjet is seeking to revitalise that market with the all-new Model 45. Graham Warwick/WICHITA ...
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Denel makes its mark
Denel has progressed rapidly in a short time. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON DENEL HAS COME a long way in a short time, says its chief executive Johan Alberts. It is hard to disagree. The group was formed a little over three years ago, as South ...
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The right image
Scientific-Atlanta has received a $7.6 million contract to supply three ground stations and two system simulators to Space Imaging, the commercial remote-sensing-satellite company formed by Lockheed Martin, E-Systems and Mitsubishi. Source: Flight International
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Icelandic
Icelandair and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) have extended their 1993 marketing agreement to include a code-share on all flights between Iceland and Scandinavia. The Icelandic flag carrier operates from its Reykjavik hub to Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm, while SAS operates two daily flights to Reykjavik during the summer. Icelandair already ...
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JetStream
Mike O'Callaghan has been confirmed as managing director of JetStream Aircraft, following Allan MacDonald's departure to take up the position of director of regional marketing at British Aerospace. O'Callaghan was previously managing director designate at BAe's regional turboprop division. ...