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Successful docking starts second Euromir mission
Tim Furniss/LONDON The Soyuz TM22 spacecraft docked with the Russian Mir 1 space station on 5 September, two days after launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. TM22's research engineer is the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, who is scheduled to make a 135-day space ...
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Shuttle contract 'wide open'
NASA SAYS THAT THE competition for the role of contractor for privatised Space Shuttle operations is "wide open", despite the formation of the United Space Alliance by Rockwell and Lockheed Martin, the leading space-agency contractors for the $3.2 billion-a-year programme (Flight International, 9-15 August). The agency is expected ...
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Intelligent seal may be used to boost rocket performance
AN ELECTRONICALLY controlled "intelligent" mechanical seal could increase the payload capacity of liquid-fuelled space vehicles, claims the Georgia Institute of Technology, which has developed a device with support from NASA's Lewis Research Center. The seal would allow higher payloads to be carried, as it is lighter than other ...
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Rolls-Royce quietly confident
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AFTER THREE years spent re-shaping the business, there is growing confidence within Rolls Royce that the company is now poised for an upturn in its lack-lustre financial performance. Chairman Sir Ralph Robins says that the group's extensive restructuring programme, launched at the start of ...
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Traffic boom boosts European airports figures
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON EUROPE'S AIRPORTS have emerged showing the world's strongest passenger-growth over the first half of the year, giving further confirmation of the traffic boom now taking place in the region. Passenger throughput for European airports grew by 7.8%, according to the latest figures from the ...
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Crossair allows public play on flight simulators
SWISS REGIONAL airline Crossair has joined the growing list of airlines offering simulator- training time to the general public. The airline says that it is experiencing very strong demand from people wishing to fly either its Saab 340B or Saab 2000 full- flight simulators at between SFr500 ($417) ...
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EVA opts for six MD-90s
TAIWAN-BASED carrier EVA Air has confirmed plans to buy six McDonnell Douglas MD-90s with the signing of a letter of intent by airline president, Frank Hsu, at the hand-over ceremony of its sixth MD-11. The contract, when confirmed will include options, for an additional six aircraft: four to ...
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Boeing wins US Air Force radome deal
BOEING DEFENSE and Space Group is to begin construction in October of the first of four new radomes for the E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post Aircraft under a $8 million US Air Force contract. The new 8m long, wedge-shaped radome has been designed to contain an extra high ...
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SJ30 production design being finalised
PRODUCTION DESIGN WORK has accelerated on the Swearingen SJ30 light business-jet and ground-breaking for the final assembly plant at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg will take place in several months, says designer Edward Swearingen. While details regarding SJ30 production will be disclosed at the National ...
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Digital autopilot
Lockheed Martin Control Systems, is to design, develop and produce a digital autopilot, for the Lockheed Martin S-3 Viking anti-submarine warfare aircraft. The work could be worth in excess of $20 million. The contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems calls for 78 digital flight data computers for the four-seat, carrier-based ...
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JDA pushes for TFS-X
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE JAPAN'S DEFENCE Agency (JDA) has renewed its push for development of the tandem-seat TFS-X advanced trainer variant of the Mitsubishi FS-X support fighter as a way of extending aircraft production and cutting unit costs. The agency has unveiled plans to order a total ...
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Tan fights for control of PAL
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) chairman Lucio Tan suffered a further setback in his long- running battle for control of the national carrier when the country's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) again barred plans for a new capital call. The SEC has issued a temporary restraining order and injunction preventing ...
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Helsinki Code-Share
Delta Airlines has agreed a code-share/block space agreement with Finnair, following its decision to discontinue its New York (JFK)-Helsinki service on 29 October. Under the agreement, Delta will purchase seats on Finnair's MD-11 service to New York. The deal gives Finnair access to Delta and Delta Connection destinations beyond New ...
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Air Inter to sell A330s as part of re-organisation
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS FRENCH DOMESTIC and regional carrier Air Inter is looking for buyers for its 400-seat Airbus A330-300 long-haul aircraft. The airline's management considers that the aircraft is "too big" for its needs as it repositions itself to become the Air France Group's low-cost European operation. ...
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DASA upgrades Altenburg-Nobitz
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is completing upgrades to the former military airport at Altenburg-Nobitz in Thuringia, Germany, now being rebuilt as a civil regional airport. The contract was issued in 1993 to DASA's information and communications-systems division at Wedel. It included the installation of a new airport-lighting system with ...
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Israviation looks to Gulf marketplace
ST-50 MANUFACTURER Israviation hopes, that the Gulf States could develop into an important market, for the light executive aircraft being developed in Israel. The optimism follows the 2 September flight of the ST-50 prototype for presentation to King Hussein of Jordan. The king, an enthusiastic pilot, is believed ...
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Visions of splendour
The Air Cruiser concept itself may not become the airliner of the future, but Ogle Design hopes that many of its ideas will be aboard. TOM KAREN of Ogle Design has a mission - to make air travel more enjoyable for the mass of ordinary travelers. "If you ...
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Learjet 45 go-ahead delayed
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Learjet says that certification of the Model 45 light business-jet is likely to be delayed until December 1996, but insists that initial deliveries will take place on schedule. Only four aircraft, instead of the planned eight, will be delivered before the end of parent company ...
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Vebeg finds buyer for Grob Egrett
GERMAN Government-owned marketing firm Vebeg has sold one Grob G520 Egrett high-altitude observation aircraft and is looking for customers for a tandem G 520T variant. According to Vebeg, the aircraft has been sold to Hamburg-based electronics specialist FTN Atlas. Both sales are being made on behalf of the ...
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Dutch air force spends $14m on Israeli ACE
THE DUTCH air force is to equip its Lockheed Martin F-16s with the Israeli-developed autonomous combat manoeuvres evaluation (ACE) system. The $14 million contract is for 138 systems and was signed in Israel on 5 September. The Rada-developed ACE has already been selected by the Israeli and Chilean air forces. ...