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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. ...
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Fokker 60 military Utility due in May 1996
The first Fokker 60 Utility aircraft for the Royal Netherlands Air Force is undergoing final assembly at Fokker's Amsterdam production plant. First flight is scheduled for September, with deliveries due to begin in May 1996. The Fokker 60 Utility, a development of the Fokker 50 and powered by up-rated Pratt ...
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USA is 'willing to work with Europe'
THE USA WILL WORK with any European nation where there is "...a real commitment to prompt and fundamental liberalisation of air services with the USA", says US transportation secretary Federico Pena. The senior US official made the remark after meeting with his European counterparts in Vienna. Pena recognises ...
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Finmeccanica merges missile companies
Julian Moxon/PARIS ITALIAN HOLDING company Finmeccanica has brought the disparate elements of the Italian missile industry under one banner, preparing it for a possible alliance with the Aerospatiale/ Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) group now being negotiated. The newly formed Alenia Oto Sistemi Missilistici combines the missile ...
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B-2 programme cuts rejected
THE US HOUSE of Representatives turned down an amendment that would have stripped the $553 million in B-2 funding added by the House National Security Committee, but not requested by the Pentagon. US defence secretary William Perry opposes building more than 20 B-2 bombers, but the House voted ...
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Chinook Crash
Controlled flight into terrain has been given as the cause of the Royal Air Force Boeing Vertol Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, on 2 June 1994. There were no discernible technical faults, says the official RAF report, although investigators had no flight-data recorder or cockpit-voice recorder to ...
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Lockheed is close to APALS test partners
Kieran Daly/PARIS LOCKHEED MARTIN IS close to securing the airline partners it needs to run trials leading to certification of its pioneering Autonomous Precision Approach and Landing System (APALS) The company has already signed a memorandum of understanding with an unidentified US regional operator to ...
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Boeing narrows NSA propulsion bidders' field
BOEING HAS short-listed three competing turbofan engines to power its proposed 90- to 108-seat New Small Aeroplane (NSA), due to enter service early in the next century. The three candidate engines are the BMW Rolls Royce BR.715, CFM International CFM56 Lite and the planned standard version of the ...