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Speed Demonstration
Cessna plans to demonstrate the capabilities of the Citation X high-speed business-jet on 11 May by flying from Teterboro, New Jersey, to Van Nuys, California, and back to Westchester, New York, on the same day. The manufacturer expects to complete the east-west flight in less than 5h and the return ...
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Approval for Citation's SimuFlite
SimuFlite Training International of Dallas, Texas has received US Federal Aviation Administration Level C training approval for its Cessna Citation V full-flight simulator, its 14th Level C simulator and its first new business-jet simulator since 1985. SimuFlite completed the partially built simulator in-house. Source: Flight International
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Damascus connection revived with UK
After a gap of 12 years, two UK scheduled airlines have started services to the Syrian capital, Damascus. British Mediterranean Airways and British Airways have started services almost simultaneously. Each flies twice weekly out of London Heathrow, BA using Boeing 767s, via Amman, Jordan, and British Mediterranean Airbus A320s, via ...
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Chile Receives Phalcon
The Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Phalcon airborne early-warning aircraft was delivered to the Chilean air force on 2 May. The Phalcon had been scheduled for delivery in mid-March, but the Chilean officers who observed the test flights claim that not all the problems with the different electronic systems had been ...
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Special deal
Travelers from the UK may care to take advantage of a special deal set up by Pathways Travel in association with Flight International and Aeroplane Monthly. Three one-day visits to Le Bourget have been arranged between Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 June, departing from Heathrow and flying with Air France. ...
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Aircraft modifications
A heavy-lift helicopter, which is capable of lifting at least 1,800kg out of ground, effect is required for most site-equipment operations. The operator will usually have to select commercial aircraft, which are not designed specifically for the oil and gas industry and modify them accordingly. Weight stripping is ...
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Choosing an operator
Although an oil company, or its seismic contractor, would be wise to choose a reputable helicopter operator with a known track record for safety, this is not always possible when Latin American governments apply pressure to use the local companies, or even the military forces. Using the military can ensure ...
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United With GTE
GTE says that all United Airlines' 450-aircraft domestic fleet is now equipped with the Advanced Digital Airfone system, which allows passengers to make and receive calls and send and receive facsimiles via lap-top computer. Source: Flight International
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Lancashire
The new chief executive of the UK's Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace (CLA) is Ron Bertolini. The consortium represents over 100 aerospace and high- technology engineering companies in the northwest of England. Bertolini was previously director of supply management at British Aerospace (Defence), Military Aircraft division, and has also been chief ...
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George Mikelsons
Appointing American Trans Air (ATA) chief-executive George Mikelsons chairman of Allison Engine is a sure sign that new owner Rolls-Royce intends to continue the US power plant manufacturer's drive into the commercial arena. Indianapolis-based ATA is the USA's biggest charter carrier and the nation's tenth-largest airline. It is ...
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No Vacancies
For the second year running, no new cosmonauts have been selected by Russia, and at least nine of the 51 active cosmonauts, those trained to fly the now-cancelled Buran space shuttle, have no chance of flying, says the Russian Space Agency. Source: Flight International
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Gulfstream Crash
A chartered Gulfstream business-jet crashed in the Andes, 22 miles south of Quito, Ecuador, on 4 April, killing all seven people on board. The dead included the head of Argentina's largest oil company and senior executives of Chile's state oil company. Wreckage was discovered off the normal approach path to ...
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Tibetan High Flyer
China Southwest has launched a weekly scheduled service between Chengdu and Bangda, the world's highest-altitude airport, using a modified Boeing 757. To operate from the 14,200ft (4,330m)- high airport in Tibet, the altitude trigger limit for the aircraft's emergency oxygen and cabin-pressure systems, has been raised. Source: Flight ...
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FAA Flight Safety Award
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded nine business-aircraft pilot training contracts to FlightSafety International. The three-year contract for pilot and recurrent training includes the Cessna Citation, Learjet 55, Westwind 1124, Beechjet 400 and Sabreliner 40. Additional deals covering the Gulfstream II and IV and Canadair CL-600 are in place, ...
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Turbofan Service
Jet Aviation's Teterboro, New Jersey, maintenance base has been appointed an authorised service centre for the AlliedSignal TFE731 turbofan which powers Dassault Falcon, Learjet, Israel Aircraft Industries Astra and Raytheon Hawker business jets. Source: Flight International
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Liquid launch
The Space Shuttle STS 70 mission in June will be a routine Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment and experiments flight, with a five-person crew under the command of US Air Force Col. Terrence Henricks. Its first eight minutes of flight, however, will make history. One of the ...
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EngineAir uses Chevrolet V8 for kitplanes
A heavily modified automobile engine is being developed by Daytona Beach, Florida-based EngineAir to power high-performance kitplanes. The 310kW (420hp) liquid-cooled, all-aluminium, V8 engine is expected to be flown in August, powering a Lancair IVP pressurised, four-seat, kitplane. EngineAir chief executive James Rhom says that the engine is ...
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Future thrust
The next two months will see the debut of key military engine technologies on both sides of the Atlantic. Eurojet's EJ200 should be flown for the first time, while Pratt & Whitney was due to begin testing its latest combat core, the XTC-66. Europe's latest collaborative military engine ...
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AlliedSignal launches GPS receiver
ALLIEDSIGNAL Aerospace has introduced the world's first hand-held combined global-positioning-system (GPS) receiver and VHF communications transceiver. The company booked orders for more than 1,000 Bendix/King KLX 100s within days of launching the $1,400 GPS/comm. unit at the Experimental Aircraft Association's Sun 'n Fun fly-in at Lakeland, Florida, ...
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Thought control a step nearer
SCIENTISTS AT THE Aeronautical Systems Centre (ASC) at the US Air Force's Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, are studying the use of brain-actuated control techniques as a means of controlling aircraft. While project officials admit that a totally hands-off cockpit environment is still many years away, test pilots are beginning ...