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Russia reveals Angara launcher
RUSSIA'S KHRUNICHEV company is spearheading the planned development of a new satellite launcher, the Angara, capable of placing a 26t payload into low-Earth orbit, or 4.5t directly into geostationary orbit. Funding permitting, it could be available for launch by 2000. The first stage uses the RD-170/171 liquid-oxygen and ...
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Monarch to take on Alitalia leases
Gnter Endres/LONDON MONARCH AIRLINES is on the verge of taking over the contentious wet-leased Boeing 767-300ER operation, now provided by Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services on behalf of Alitalia. The new deal is an extension of a long-standing agreement between Monarch and Ansett, under which the UK ...
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Eurocontrol 'on target' with ATC goals
Julian Moxon/BRUSSELS EUROCONTROL HAS inaugurated its new ECU 117 million ($87.5 million) Brussels centre with assurances that measures to improve Europe's air-traffic-control (ATC) system are "very much on target". Located near the Brussels airport at Haren, the building brings together Eurocontrol's headquarters, the Central Flow Management ...
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Coltec to buy AlliedSignal landing-gear business
COLTEC INDUSTRIES, parent of undercarriage supplier Menasco, has agreed to buy AlliedSignal's aircraft landing-gear business, and form a strategic alliance to develop landing-gear systems. The deal, which includes development and production of landing gear for the McDonnell Douglas F-18E/F, makes Menasco the leading supplier of undercarriage for US ...
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Embraer forced to impose job cuts
Brian Homewood/RIO DE JANIERO BRAZILIAN AIRCRAFT manufacturer Embraer, privatised in late 1994, is to make 1,700 of its 5,550 employees redundant in a bid to cut costs, says president Juaraz de Siqueira Britto Wanderley. The redundancies, most of which will be voluntary, began in June. ...
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Rockwell ties up Australian ASTA purchase
ROCKWELL International has completed the purchase of state-owned AeroSpace Technologies of Australia (ASTA), in a deal which values the aerostructures and defence business at A$40 million ($29 million). Rockwell has drawn up a business plan which outlines the transfer of A$130 million in additional aerostructures work to ASTA ...
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Japanese sign up for K-MAX deal
KAMAN AEROSPACE has signed a deal to distribute the K-MAX external-lift helicopter in Japan. Japanese distribution company Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha (KBK) has purchased one K-MAX for delivery in October and taken options on four more. The contract, which includes a refurbished Kaman H-43 Husky for use as a ...
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Australia cuts price of Qantas
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has slashed the expected price of its remaining 75% stake in Qantas, in a bid to boost the privatisation, which has been flagging in the face of weak financial markets and expectations of a poorer operating performance from the airline group. Estimates for the price ...
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VASP to expand MD-11 fleet
BRAZILIAN AIRLINE VASP has placed firm orders for two McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11s and announced long-term plans to operate a fleet of up to ten of the tri-jets. The Sao Paulo-based carrier took delivery of its first MD-11 in February 1992 and is revising its fleet plans after ...
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Work begins on 'smart'-wing concept
A NORTHROP Grumman-led team has begun work on a two-year "smart"-wing contract from the US Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to develop and demonstrate lift enhancement and optimal transonic cruise concepts. A smart wing uses advanced materials and structures to sense changes actively in air speed and pressure, ...
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Jet Aviation backs business-jet timeshare-scheme launch
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA JET AVIATION is backing a new business-jet timeshare scheme, the Corpavia Club, launched by a group of investors from Europe and the Middle East. The scheme will start with two Learjet 31As, on order for delivery in September and October, which will be based with, and ...
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Steering towards union
Manfred Bischoff, DASA's new chief, is likely to have his reputation for pragmatic management tested this year. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH With Jurgen Schrempp moving over to take the helm of industrial giant Daimler-Benz in Stuttgart, the leadership of Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) has now passed to former finance ...
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Avatar rockets into top ranks
A NEW COMPANY has propelled itself into the top level of the world's spares resellers with a $400 million cash deal to buy Delta Air Lines' surplus-parts inventory. Avatar Alliance believes that the acquisition of some 17 million parts for 12 aircraft types "...may be the largest transaction ...
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North Dakota reforms praised
GENERAL-AVIATION product-liability reforms enacted by North Dakota have been hailed as a model for other US states. North Dakota has established a ten-year limit on an aircraft-manufacturer's liability for manufacturing defects, arguing that the 18-year statute of repose passed by US Congress in 1994 does not go far enough. ...
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Pacific first for Saab 2000
AIR MARSHALL ISLANDS' FIRST Saab 2000 arrived in Majuro, the island nation's capital, late in June. The delivery was the first in the Pacific region, although Australian carrier Kendell Airlines has two options which could be converted to firm orders later this year. The Saab 2000 will replace Hawker-Siddeley 748s ...
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Transwede is forced into radical change
INCREASINGLY unsustainable losses have forced independent Swedish airline Transwede to initiate a radical restructuring programme centred on the establishment of three separate business units. From this month, scheduled, charter and maintenance activities will be operated as independent profit centres. The move, which involved 160 redundancies at the end ...
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Vympel launches R-77 ramjet from Su-27
Douglas Barrie/LONDON RUSSIAN MISSILE manufacturer Vympel says that it has carried out air-launch tests of a ramjet-powered variant of the R-77 (AA-12 Adder). The tests were performed from the air force's Ahktubinsk test centre using a Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker as the launch aircraft, according to Vympel. ...
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Super Science
The European Space Agency plans to take the lead in space science, with the imminent launch of six satellites. Tim Furniss/PARIS Six European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft are being prepared for launch in 1995, which is described as Europe's "year of glory" by Roger Bonnet, director ...
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UK forced to modify RAF Tornado ADVs
Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE ROYAL AIR FORCE has been forced to introduce engine modifications on its fleet of Panavia Tornado F3 ADVs (air-defence variants) following the crash in 1994 of an aircraft over the North Sea. Speed restrictions placed on the aircraft after the accident have been ...
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German authorities resist R44 grounding
THE GERMAN Federal Aviation Office (LBA) is resisting calls from the air-accidents investigation authority (FUS) to ground all Robinson R44 light piston-engined helicopters in Germany. The row has been inflamed by the German R44 accident near Riesa, Saxony, in May, in which all four occupants of the helicopter ...