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NASA plans to test forward-looking helicopter radar
NASA WILL flight-test Honeywell's HG9500-based multi-function radar in its Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter testbed in late 1995, to demonstrate the unit's terrain- and obstacle-warning capabilities. The UH-60 Rotorcraft Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory will carry the radar as part of the NASA Ames Research Center's automated nap-of-the Earth (ANOE) ...
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Cutting edge of training
The Diamond Katana provides a low-cost alternative to other two-seat trainers. Paul Phelan/SYDNEY AN UNUSUAL, but highly fuel-efficient, lightweight powerplant, all-composite construction, and an airframe design which clearly reveals its sailplane lineage, are among the distinctive features which set the Diamond DV20 Katana aside from more orthodox two-seat ...
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Safety review
If world airline safety in 1995's first six months continues to be as good through the whole year, it could set a record. David Learmount/LONDON THERE WERE 305 deaths in world air transport during the first six months of 1995, but 150 of them were caused by hostile ...
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Lufthansa extends Airbus cowling life
LUFTHANSA TECHNIK claims to have developed a low-cost method of repairing composite parts of Airbus A300 and A310 engine cowlings which have been damaged by moisture and hot air from anti-icing ducts. Engineers at the company's Hamburg maintenance site repair damage using a bonding system, cure it at ...
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Environmental issues
Sir - The train is hardly "more environmentally friendly" in densely populated areas of Western Europe and E F Chase (Letters, 12-18 July, P54) ignores the staunch opposition from environmental groups against the European high-speed transport (TGV). I agree that trains are safe, but the BFr170 billion ($6 ...
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LOT adds 737
LOT Polish Airlines is to add another Boeing 737-400 to its fleet. The aircraft will be the eleventh 737 in LOT's fleet when it is delivered in 1996. Source: Flight International
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Optical sensors reach the heart of gas turbines
Andrew Doyle/LONDON SIRA HAS demonstrated a multiplexed optical-fibre sensor system capable of providing immediate and precise data on rapidly changing conditions at the heart of gas-turbine engines. The UK contract-research company says that its optical system is simpler, lighter and cheaper than comparable hard-wired electronic systems. ...
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R-R solves RB.211-524H combustor problem
David Learmount/LONDON ROLLS-ROYCE HAS introduced modifications and additional inspection procedures to the RB.211-524H turbofan following an in-flight incident in which a core fairing just aft of the combustion chamber burned through. A UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report of an incident involving a British Airways ...
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Planar Advance wins first contract for new colour display
US DISPLAY manufacturer Planar Advance has received its first contract for a colour display using field-sequential device (FSD) technology. The contract is for a 75mm monitor to be incorporated into a gunnery and missile simulator being developed by Thomson Training and Simulation France and Alcatel STR Switzerland for the Swiss ...
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Thomson comes back to low-cost market with helicopter trainer
Julian Moxon/PARIS THOMSON TRAINING & Simulation (TTS) has re-entered the low-cost helicopter-trainer market with a fixed-base device primarily aimed at military customers. The device is dedicated to visual flight-rules/instrument flight-rules ab initio training. TTS France military programmes director Emanuel d'Ayguesveves says that it will meet what ...
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DC-X demonstrates rotation
THE McDONNELL Douglas Delta Clipper-Experimental (DC-X) re-usable launch vehicle executed a successful critical-rotation manoeuvre on 7 July as part of a series of flight tests at the US Army's White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. During the 2min 4s flight, the DC-X climbed to 8,200ft (2,500m) at a ...
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Euraviation nears base-station deals
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EURAVIATION IS close to signing agreements with the first four base stations which will operate the single-turboprop ST-50 under its Time Sharing Consortium (TSC) programme. The Geneva, Switzerland-based company plans to have ten TSC stations in place by the time ST-50 deliveries begin in July 1996. ...
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MDHS hands over export Explorer
McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) has formally handed over the first Explorer helicopter to go to a non-US customer. The Explorer is the first of 15 sold to Japan's largest helicopter operating company, Aero Asahi. The remaining 14 machines, designated MDJ Explorers, will be delivered over the next ...
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IAI prepares to step up its business-jet production
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) is gearing up for "significantly" increased business-jet production in 1996, the first year in which both the basic Astra SP and high-speed Astra SPX will be produced. A further "substantial" increase is projected for 1997, when production of the widebody Astra Galaxy begins. ...
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Seastar project could be sunk
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE DORNIER SEASTAR CD-2 amphibious-aircraft programme is again on the verge of collapse, this time as the result of Malaysian company shareholders refusing to invest further funds in the project. Plans to build the twin-engined Seastar in Malaysia are now more than a year ...
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Aerospatiale to build Eutelsat 3 satellites
Tim Furniss/LONDON AEROSPATIALE has been awarded the contract to build the new-generation Eutelsat 3 series of communications satellites. Three satellites - plus four options - will eventually replace the Eutelsat 2 spacecraft operated by the 44-member European telecommunications satellite organisation. The Eutelsat 3s will be based ...
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Rationalisation bears fruit for South African Airways
Chris Yates/JOHANNESBURG A SERIES OF COST-reduction measures, including rationalisation of its European network and the closure of offices worldwide, should allow South African Airways (SAA) soon to report significantly improved financial results. "Our official results will be made known within the next two weeks, for the ...
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Improvements are needed for Shuttle/Mir missions
THE SPACE SHUTTLE STS 71/Atlantis returned to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 7 July after a triumphant joint mission with the Russian space station, the Mir 1, which highlighted minor changes required for future flights. This first Shuttle/Mir Mission, SMM-1, delivered two cosmonauts to the Mir 1 ...
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Sights on expansion
Israeli company EL-OP is one manufacturer content to remain in the defence market. Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV WHEN THE FIRST photographs from the Offeq 3, Israel's intelligence satellite, were transmitted to the ground in April, the experts were more than surprised. The small, lightweight, satellite offers only a limited ...
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Fighting chance
Despite opposition, there is strong support in the UK for air-combat- tactics training for helicopter pilots. Douglas Barrie/LONDON TRAINING FOR rotary-wing air-combat tactics (ACT) is a contentious issue: some argue that the dangers outweigh the rewards. Those critical of ACT should try explaining their ...