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United trials ERS
For One-Step FANS UNITED AIRLINES has begun a six-month evaluation of a computer-based electronic-resource system (ERS), developed by Minnesota-based Computing Devices International, on 5 June. The ERS, fitted to a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, is "basically the pilot's interface to the FANS [Future Air Navigation System]," says ...
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A fair fight?
Philippine Airlines battles with competition and domestic deregulation. Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Philippine Airlines (PAL) has suffered more than its fair of share of turbulence over the last 54 years. Buffeted by a succession of political crises, military coups and corrupt mismanagement, control of the airline has routinely ...
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Intertechnique targets USA for expansion plans
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS FRENCH EQUIPMENT manufacturer Intertechnique believes that it is back on course for expansion and is targeting the US market with two small acquisitions already in prospect. The company, which is known for its oxygen masks and its fuel-management and environmental-control systems, emerged from ...
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Hughes rethinks Canadian ATC project
HUGHES AIRCRAFT and the Canadian Department of Transport have agreed to revise the terms of a C$659 million ($478 million) programme to modernise the country's air-traffic-control (ATC) system after the project ran into technical, budgetary and scheduling difficulties. The new deal essentially pays Hughes more to deliver ...
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DoT relaxes rules
THE US DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DoT) will no longer require US carriers to file mechanical delays and flight cancellations as part of normal on-time reporting. The change re-instates reporting requirements, in place until January, when the DoT required major US carriers to include aircraft problems and flight cancellations ...
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Alitalia pilots' dispute gains momentum
THE BATTLE BETWEEN Italian flag carrier Alitalia and its pilots is intensifying, with another round of strikes announced for 23 June. This will have a further impact on Alitalia's balance sheet, which, so far this year, has suffered a reversal of some L50 billion ($30 million), according to ...
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Sub-Orbital Rockets
NASA has awarded Bristol Aerospace, a Rolls-Royce company, a $12.7 million contract for more than 50 Black Brant sub-orbital rocket systems. The Black Brants will be integrated with other Bristol-supplied hardware and NASA-furnished equipment into several configurations, the largest of which is the four-stage Black Brant XII. They will be ...
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BATA claims UK capacity sufficient
RUNWAY CAPACITY at the UK's two prime international airports, London Heathrow and Gatwick, is "close to gridlock", according to a capacity index published by the British Air Transport Association (BATA). BATA chairman David Hopkins says that the figures give a warning to BAA, the operator of London's three ...
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Fokker slashes jet build times
Andrew Doyle/LONDON FOKKER WILL have cut build times for its JetLine family of Fokker 70 and 100 regional jets from 30 months, as it stood in 1992, to just nine months by the second half of 1995, the company claims. The Dutch manufacturer has set three separate ...
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Jersey European back in profit
JERSEY EUROPEAN Airways (JEA), an Exeter, UK-based domestic airline, has announced a significant turnaround in its financial performance. The airline has recorded a net profit of nearly £1.8 million on a turnover of £56 million in its 1994/5 fiscal year to 31 March. The profit figure includes receipts of £350,000 ...
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FAA to address rule changes for commuter flights
THE US Federal Aviation Administration is to host a meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 June to discuss proposed commuter aircraft rule changes, which it estimates could cost the industry $275 million over the next ten years. The proposed rule change will require Part 135 commuter ...
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Livermore tests corrosion device
Guy Norris/SEATTLE A DUAL-BAND infra-red (IR) corrosion-detection system is being tested on aircraft skins by scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California in the hope of developing a non-destructive commercial system. The IR system uses flash lamps to heat the metal skin with uniform ...
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Bright light
A NASA-led initiative may help GA emerge from the doldrums - almost Karen Walker/ATLANTA Once upon a time there was a thriving general-aviation (GA) industry in North America - and you do not have to be especially well informed to know that this story may not end ...
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Cargolux
Cargolux Airlines International has ordered another Boeing 747-400F for delivery in the last quarter of 1995. The carrier's decision to go ahead with the purchase is based on the improvement in productivity and efficiency it has achieved with its two 747-400Fs. These made a substantial contribution to the airline's return ...
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Fokker will challenge Avro's jet monopoly at London City
Andrew Doyle/LONDON DUTCH MANUFACTURER Fokker is working on airframe and avionics modifications to its JetLine family of Fokker 100 regional jets, to allow them to be operated at London City Airport, threatening Avro International Aerospace's long-standing monopoly on jet operations at the airport. Fokker's move ...
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Finnish fighter gear
The Finnish air force has selected ML Lifeguard Equipment to supply aircrew clothing for its fighter pilots. The initial order is for complete garment assemblies for use with the service's new fleet of McDonnell Douglas F/A-18s. ML Lifeguard offered the air force a customised kit designed to its own specific ...
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McDonnell Douglas expands DC-X operating envelope
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE MCDONNELL Douglas Delta Clipper experimental launch vehicle (DC-X) had its operating envelope expanded to an altitude of 5,700ft (1,740m) and 70° angle-of-attack (AoA) during the latest test flight at the US Army's White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The DC-X flights, ...
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Khrunichev signs signs network deal
RUSSIAN COMPANY Khrunichev has signed a $2 million contract to buy three Intelsat satellite ground stations to establish an integrated network between the company, the Baikonur Cosmodrome and foreign customers. Khrunichev, which with Energia and Lockheed, markets the Proton satellite launcher, has decided to establish "an up-to-date communications ...
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NASA X-ray Explorer arrives
NASA's X-RAY TIMING Explorer (XTE) has been shipped from the Goddard Space Flight Center, in Maryland, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for its Delta 2 launch on 31 August. The 3,045kg XTE will gather data about X-ray-emitting star systems and other sources within the Milky Way galaxy and beyond. ...
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Rocsat Launch
Taiwan has selected the Lockheed Launch Vehicle (LLV) to launch the first of three technological-demonstrator satellites, the TRW-built Rocsat 1, in 1998. The LLV now has seven launch commitments. Its maiden flight will carry the CTA Gemstar satellite. Two launches are required for the Lockheed Space Imaging remote sensing satellite. ...