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ValuJet goes back to MDC and Boeing as Airbus waits
VALUJET HAS re-opened negotiations with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) and Boeing after failing to reach agreement with Airbus over the seemingly imminent sale of up to 25 A319s. The negotiations with Airbus, were expected to be sealed by the beginning of October, but appear to have foundered, primarily ...
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NASA starts Phase III of HARV AoA research
NASA HAS BEGUN Phase III of its high angle-of-attack (AoA) research project with the McDonnell Douglas F-18 high alpha research vehicle (HARV). This phase includes evaluating a set of nose-mounted strakes for yaw control. The strakes open independently, or collectively, to interact with vortices shedding off the nose cone, and ...
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Learjet 45 Flight
Learjet hoped to make the first flight of its Model 45 business jet at Wichita, Kansas on 7 October. The first flight had been delayed by test-equipment problems, but Learjet was optimistic that everything would be ready for the flight. Source: Flight International
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USAir bidding war sparks off speculation
PROSPECTS OF a full-scale bidding war for USAir has left airline analysts rushing to predict the likely fall-out for the industry on both sides of the Atlantic. The speculation was sparked off by the surprise revelation from United Airlines that it has opened exploratory talks with USAir ...
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European Union?
EUROPE'S AEROSPACE manufacturers have a new representative body, charged with helping to gain the industry greater funding, political influence and cohesion. It will be a unique body in Europe if it achieves any of those aims. The European Association of Aerospace Industries (EAAI) has double the budget ...
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Shuttles mean business
CORPORATE SHUTTLES are becoming more commonplace, with the NBAA debut of a corporate version of the Saab 2000 high-speed regional turboprop. The aircraft was one of three ordered by General Motors to replace its aging Convair 580 shuttles. Inside, the aircraft is outfitted with 36 passenger seats instead of the ...
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FBOS expand presence
SIGNATURE FLIGHT Support's new Las Vegas general-aviation terminal, at McCarran Airport, was host to the 130-aircraft NBAA static display. The flight-support organisation (FSO) opened for business in early August and is the second of Signature's "new-generation" FSOs, modeled on the two-story terminal at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Connecticut. ...
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HUDS gain ground
HEAD-UP DISPLAYS (HUDs) for business aircraft are finally catching on says Flight Visions. The Sugar Grove, Illinois-based company says, that its FV-2000 low-cost HUD is now certificated on the Cessna Citation II, Learjet 55 and Gulfstream IV. By the end of the year, says President Robert Atac, the ...
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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 ...