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Chek Lap Kok date put back
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE EXPECTED completion date of Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok Airport has been pushed back to April 1998, following the signing of a long-awaited agreement with China on the overall financing of the project. The Hong Kong Government has admitted for the ...
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Tailwheel GlaStar kitplane tested
STODDARD-HAMILTON is flight-testing the GlaStar kitplane in tail-wheel configuration, having completed more than 170h flying with tricycle gear. The two-seat GlaStar, is designed to be easily convertible, between tricycle, tail-wheel, float and ski landing gear. The Arlington, Washington based company has begun shipping tail and wing kits. Several ...
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Europa Aviation says that it
EUROPA AVIATION says that it has sold almost 230 kits for its Europa light aircraft, with customers in 20 countries. The first customer-completed aircraft, one of which was on show at the recent Popular Flying Association rally at Cranfield, in the UK, are to be flown shortly. ...
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No better in South Africa
The slow recovery, from recession in South Africa has been compounded, by a weak economy and concern over stability, during the transition period and the first 12 months of multi-racial government. While corporate flying in this part of the continent has always been a necessary business tool, FBOs have been ...
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F-22 derivatives study under way
LOCKHEED MARTIN AND BOEING have begun studying derivatives of the F-22 air-superiority fighter under a 24-month, $9.5 million, US Air Force contract (Flight International, 15-21 March). Missions under study are strategic attack/interdiction; lethal and non-lethal suppression of enemy air-defences; reconnaissance; and surveillance. The study is in two phases. The first, ...
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GE invades European sector
Tim Furniss/LONDON GE AMERICOM IS TO be the first US Company to invade the European communications-satellite industry following a 1992 decision by the European Commission to deregulate the sector by opening it to international competition. The US Company, through its subsidiary GE Capital Satellites International ...
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Delta 3 engines selected
McDONNELL DOUGLAS has selected Pratt & Whitney and Alliant Techsystems to provide the second-stage engine and solid-rocket boosters for the new Delta 3 booster, respectively. The P&W RL10B-2 cryogenic engine will power the vehicle's second stage. This is a derivative of the RL-10 engine, which has been in ...
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Spot the difference
THIS MULTI-TEMPORAL SYNTHETIC-APERTURE radar (SAR) image of the Gulf of Gaeta, Italy, was created by combining the first SAR image from the European Remote Sensing satellite, ERS 2, taken on 2 May, 11 days after its launch, and two ERS 1 images, taken on 27 March and 1 May. Parts ...
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Texas works on HARM upgrade
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IS considering developing its ASQ-213 high-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM) targeting pod, to meet performance requirements originally intended to be met by the now-cancelled McDonnell Douglas precision direction-finding system. The company has completed a $3 million study into such a project, and hopes to test an upgraded ...
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Liaison Replacement
The Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF) is looking for a replacement for its fleet of 17 Mitsubishi MU-2s (designated LR-1) liaison and reconnaissance aircraft. Replacement types reportedly under consideration include the Beech Super King Air, Piper Cheyenne and Piaggio Avanti. A selection is expected to be made by mid-1996, with ...
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Premiair Picks FLS
Scandinavian charter airline Premiair has concluded a long-term agreement with FLS Aerospace to maintain its fleet of four McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10s. FLS will do the work at its Manchester airport maintenance hangar in the UK, where it has already undertaken work on a DC-10s and Airbus A300s for the airline. ...
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Kollsman wins more NTS work on US Marine Corps SuperCobra
THE US NAVY HAS awarded US manufacturer Kollsman a $36 million contract to build 44 additional night-targeting systems (NTS) for the Bell Helicopter Textron AH-1W SuperCobra attack gun ships operated by the US Marine Corps. The NTS, which was developed by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Kollsman, is ...
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BA urges restraint on open-skies deal
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON British Airways chairman Sir Colin Marshall has called on US transportation secretary Federico Pena to resist pressure to force the pace on a UK-US open-skies agreement in the current round of bilateral negotiations. He also cautions against rushing European moves towards an open-skies policy. ...
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Cobra Venom given boost from GE engine offer
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE GEC/BELL Helicopter team has put the final pieces of its Cobra Venom offset in place in the closing stages of the British Army attack-helicopter contest, with an offer by General Electric to place up to £380 million of turbo-shaft engine work in the UK, if ...
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AlliedSignal plans turbine closure
ALLIEDSIGNAL IS drawing up plans to move production of turbine engines from the former Textron Lycoming plant at Stratford, Connecticut, after a base-closure commission voted to close the US Army-owned factory. The commission's proposed list of closures, could still be vetoed by President Clinton, as it recommends closing ...
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Air LA'S Conquest
US regional Air LA has acquired Conquest Airlines for $6 million and is to move its headquarters from California to Conquest's base in Austin, Texas. Conquest services seven Texas cities with six Fairchild Metro IIIs. Source: Flight International
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Clinton supports Taiwan F-16 plan
US PRESIDENT BILL Clinton has given cautious support to a proposal to sell Pakistan's 28 embargoed Lockheed Martin F-16s to Taiwan and the Philippines, and return money from the sale to Pakistan. The proposal was made by the senator, responsible for the embargo, which has blocked delivery of ...
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IAE volunteers for ETOPS ban
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) has excluded some early production V2500-A1 engines from Airbus A320 extended-range twin operations (ETOPS) until it completes a retrofit of redesigned compressor blades. IAE says that no A320 operators are directly affected. A test of the redesigned blade is expected soon, IAE adds, and ...
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JAST avionics competition to be launched in August
A REQUEST FOR proposals covering the first avionics for the US Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) aircraft programme is expected to be issued around mid-August. The JAST programme office says that the design, research and technology maturation contracts will probably be awarded on 10 November. The effort covers ...
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Japan to study third Tokyo airport
JAPAN'S MINISTRY OF Transport is to launch a study into building a third new airport for Tokyo, as part of a long-term plan to relieve congestion at the Narita and Haneda airports. The feasibility study is contained in the ministry's next five-year plan for airport development between ...