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Bouncing back
The Oshkosh '95 show provided clues for those on the trail of a GA comeback. Karen Walker/OSHKOSH RECENT INDICATIONS that the US general-aviation (GA) industry is turning the corner out of recession have been reinforced by Oshkosh '95, the annual convention and fly-in of the ...
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Canadian turnaround
Bombardier is setting world standards for manufacturing methods. Graham Warwick/MONTREAL BOMBARDIER, ALMOST single-handedly, has restored Canada to a position in the major league of aerospace nations - initially through acquisitions, then with product launches, and now in sales growth. Next, it aims to lead the ...
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Why lemons can make pilots sick
Gunter Endres/LONDON WHAT WOULD YOU do if you are a pilot and you smell lemons in the cockpit? You would most likely to assume that the cabin staff is serving a gin and tonic, or cleaning the toilets, and you would ignore it. What you probably will ...
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Orbital Sciences to absorb MDA merger
SATELLITE AND launcher builder Orbital Sciences has agreed to acquire Canadian remote-sensing specialist MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA). The deal, which needs US and Canadian regulatory approval, will be structured as a merger with Orbital exchanging shares, for all of MDA's outstanding stock. MDA supplies commercial remote-sensing ground ...
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USA tests precision approach advance
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A UNIQUE PRECISION-approach aid has been installed at Watertown Airport in Wisconsin and is awaiting approval. Final US Federal Aviation Administration approval of Advanced Navigation & Positioning's (ANPC) transponder landing-system (TLS) is expected in October. The TLS is a low-cost Category I landing system ...
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Duncan pushes turnaround performance
DUNCAN AVIATION IS guaranteeing customers a reduced turnaround time for the maintenance, refurbishment, or painting of light- and medium-sized business-jets. Lincoln, Nebraska-based Duncan's new PowerTurn programme specifies penalties if the company fails to redeliver the aircraft by the guaranteed date. "[Corporate] flight departments are increasingly expected to maximise ...
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Evas Sales Success
US telecommunications-giant MCI and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have both taken delivery of VisionSafe's emergency vision-assurance systems (EVAS). The portable systems will be used on the RAAF's Dassault Falcon 900s and MCI's corporate fleet, to ensure visibility of the instruments in the event of dense, continuous, smoke in ...
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O-ring anomalies delay the Shuttle missions
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA HAS POSTPONED the launch of the Space Shuttle mission STS 69/Endeavour until late this month, to complete a review of hardware associated with O rings in the nozzle joints of the solid-rocket boosters (SRBs). Examination of the two boosters used for the ...
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Hawker focuses on Vee-8 improvements
HAWKER SIDDELEY Canada's Orenda division has delayed certification of its Vee-8 aero-engine, originally due in December, by up to 11 months while design improvements are incorporated. Flight-testing of the 445kW (600hp)-class engine is to begin in the third quarter of 1995 on a Beech King Air C90 and a de ...
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Alpha Jet deal hit by nuclear-test issue
AUSTRALIA HAS dropped the Dassault Alpha Jet ATS from the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) $740 million lead-in fighter contest as part of an escalating row over French plans to conduct a series of nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Defence minister Senator Robert Ray announced the move, ...
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Foreign interest raises Qantas flotation price
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AUSTRALIA'S long-running airline-privatisation programme has come to an end with the flotation of the remaining 75% state holding in Qantas Airways. Despite early doubts over demand for the shares, the Australian Government estimates that it will receive around A$1.45 billion ($1 billion) from ...
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US-1A follow-on work begins
SHINMAYWA INDUSTRIES plans to modify an US-IA amphibian with new engines and avionics, to serve as a development testbed for a possible replacement search-and-rescue aircraft for the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF). The company has been pressing Japan's Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI) for funding to develop ...
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SAIC develops radar training
SAIC HAS DEVELOPED A RADAR SIMULATOR designed for use as a cost-effective training tool for radar users. The UK based company's Radsim system, uses a database-generation tool called Photomap, to create high-resolution imagery. Photomap creates digitised imagery from various sources, including digital-terrain models and satellite photographs. Appropriate "reflectance values" are ...
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El Al plans to switch from purchasing to leasing
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV EL AL HAS APPROVED a new strategic plan in which the Israeli carrier will freeze a scheme to purchase new aircraft over the next five years and switch to a policy of leasing. El Al has previously purchased all of its aircraft. ...
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El Al to evaluate cockpit system
EL AL IS TO EQUIP two of its Boeing 747-200 freighters with a wall-mounted, removable integrated cockpit-information system developed by Elisra subsidiary, Avionitek. The evaluation could lead to the airline equipping the bulk of its fleet with the unit. The idea is to provide each member of ...
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MEADS project partners make overtures to UK
THE USA, Germany, Italy and France have informally invited the UK, to join the medium extended air defence system (MEADS) missile project. The MEADS partners' overtures towards the UK have come to light in the Parliamentary Defence Committee's report into the 1995 Defence Estimates. According to ...
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Learjet crash blamed on miswiring
THE FATAL CRASH of a Learjet 35A on 14 December, 1994, in Fresno, California, was caused by improperly installed electric wiring which led to an inflight fire, says the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Two pilots were killed and 21 people on the ground injured when the ...
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AN.4 Campana unveiled at Moulins
THE PRE-PRODUCTION VERSION of the Campana AN.4 was shown for the first time at the annual Reseau du Sport de l'Air rally at Moulins, France. A prototype of the aircraft was flown for the first time in 1993. Campana Aviation, of Tarbes in south-west France, has developed the AN.4 as ...
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French agency considers Topex-Poseidon successor
Julian Moxon/PARIS French space agency CNES is looking for a successor to its Topex-Poseidon oceanic-research satellite, produced in co-operation with NASA and launched in 1992. The "Topex follow-on" craft will be smaller than the 2,430kg Topex, at around 450kg, and will cost around Fr1 billion ($208 ...
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MDC offers the USAF 88 more Globemasters
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has submitted a proposal to the US Air Force covering the purchase of up to another 88 aircraft at prices ranging from $212 million, down to around $190 million per unit. The proposal was submitted to the USAF as part of the preparations for the ...