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Lockheed Martin JAST tests begin
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HOVER TESTING of the Lockheed Martin Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) model started at the NASA Ames Research Center in California on 10 July. The 86%-scale model is being tested at NASA's outside aerodynamic reference site, which will evaluate jet thrust, airframe "suckdown", ...
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US Congress backs Comanche
THE US CONGRESS favours increased funding for the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche helicopter, with the House National Security Committee (NSC) boosting the fiscal year 1996 Comanche budget by $100 million, and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) adding $174 million to the Pentagon request. The US Army wants ...
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U-2 offer revived for RAF
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES LOCKHEED MARTIN is to hold exploratory talks with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) later this month over the possible sale of the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft to the Royal Air Force. The talks are thought to be unrelated to briefings which Lockheed Martin ...
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Working together
The big keep getting bigger, as consolidation, renovation and expansion continue among fixed-base operators (FBOs). For the bigger FBO chains at least, business appears to be getting better, although the expansion of manufacturer-owned service-centre networks poses a challenge. Cessna Aircraft now operates eight US Citation service centres, ...
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Avro International Aerospace
Avro International Aerospace of Woodford, Cheshire, UK, has received the first set of Avro RJ wingsets to be manufactured by British Aerospace Aerostructures of Prestwick, Scotland. Seen, left to right, are Matt Welsh, emergent manufacturing manager, Prestwick; Dave Hebron, manufacturing centre manager, Woodford, Gordon Gibson, manufacturing manager, Prestwick and Marq ...
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CAE will supply MiG-29 trainers to Malaysia
CAE ELECTRONICS has been awarded a C$48 million ($35 million) contract to supply two Mikoyan MiG-29 simulators to Malaysia. The contract, placed by Malaysian prime contractor Sapura Holdings, is for one operational flight-trainer and one full-mission simulator for the Malaysian air force's MiG-29M fighters. Each trainer will have ...
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FSI places order for two Saab 340 Level D devices
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) has ordered two Saab 340A/B Level D full flight simulators to enter service by the end of 1996. Locations for the regional-turboprop simulators will be decided later this year, and FSI is evaluating the possibility of placing one in the Asia-Pacific region. FSI has also ...
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Atlantis Aerospace and IVEX join study of low-cost FTDs
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA ATLANTIS AEROSPACE and IVEX have joined forces with Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) to study the potential use of low-cost flight-training devices (FTDs) to meet pending regulations requiring US regional carriers to use simulators for pilot training. The initiative is a follow on to ...
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UND Aerospace moves to increase safety margins
UND AEROSPACE, the University of North Dakota's aviation college, is re-organising its flight operations to increase safety margins following a safety audit by the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF). UND has more than 700 students logging up to 100,000h a year on a fleet of some 100 aircraft. The ...
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Canadian Tie-Up
Bombardier has signed a joint-venture agreement with CAE Electronics to build a training centre at CAE's Montreal plant. The centre will house CAE-built simulators and other training equipment for the Canadair Regional Jet and Challenger business jet. Source: Flight International
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Finnair embarks on trials of mobile-telephone detector
FINNAIR HAS BEGUN trials of a system, which can detect mobile-telephone signals inside aircraft cabins. Cabin crew will be equipped with the portable device to catch mobile-phone users, whose calls may interfere with aircraft systems. The carrier says that, despite being alerted to the potential dangers, a small ...
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Hughes tries out Peace Shield software
Hughes Aircraft technicians are testing software on the multi-purpose consoles of the $1 billion tactical-air-operations system for Saudi Arabia. Called the "Peace Shield", the system will integrate existing radar and communications equipment with Hughes workstations and large screen displays. The Peace Shield, originally developed by Boeing until it was ousted ...
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Impulse falls out with BAe over return of Jetstream 41 fleet
TROUBLED AUSTRALIAN regional carrier Impulse Airlines has announced that it is returning its fleet of five Jetstream 41s to the British Aerospace subsidiary in a deepening row between the two companies. Impulse managing director Gerry McGowan has cited "...a changing relationship with the manufacturer due to the restructuring of our ...
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US regionals balk at FAA proposals
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US REGIONAL-airline industry is trying to water down the US Federal Aviation Administration's programme to bring Part 135 regional carriers up to the same safety and training standards as the Part 121 major long-haul US carriers. The 90-day comment period on ...
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Phantom of the skies
CROSSAIR UNMASKED ITS latest Saab 2000 delivery on 2 July, when the aircraft, painted in the colours of the musical The Phantom of the Opera, went into service on the Basle/London Heathrow route. The airline will be the official carrier for the Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, which opens in Basle ...
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Boeing cuts narrowbody rates as recovery lags
BOEING'S DECISION TO make further cuts in production rates for its 737 and 757 narrow bodies is being seen as a temporary measure until an anticipated recovery in 1997. The company says that 737 production will be reduced from seven to five a month in April 1996, ...
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Bea In Doldrums
Sales and profits continue to slip at BE Aerospace, but there are signs that cabin-equipment orders are picking up, says chairman, Amin Khoury. In the group's first quarter to the end of May, sales were down by 3%, to less than $56 million, and net profits were little more than ...
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Arianespace aims for US military market
Julian Moxon/PARIS ARIANESPACE IS TO join with a US team to compete for the supply of a new family of US Air Force medium/heavy launchers, marking its first attempt to break into the virtually closed US military-launcher market. The Pentagon's Evolved Expandable Launch Vehicle (EELV) contract, ...
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Helicopters put online in Quebec
QUEBEC HAS implemented a datalink network, supplied by Arnav Systems, to track and communicate with Quebec Hydro Electric's helicopter fleet. The GeoNet system consists of 50 earth stations in five districts. The network is being used for flight following and data messaging between Quebec Hydro's ground operations and ...
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Executive Jet takes first NetJets Ultra
EXECUTIVE JET International (EJI) has taken delivery of the first of 25 Cessna Citation Ultra business-jets on order for its NetJets fractional-ownership programme. The Montvale, New Jersey-based company will receive 16 Ultras by the end of 1995, and says that it has 85 part owners already signed up. ...