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A global competition
PanAmSat plans to become the first private operator of a fully global communications satellite system. Tim Furniss/LONDON PanAmSat, of Greenwich, Connecticut, will not let a little problem like a failed Ariane launch and a lost satellite get in the way of its bold plans ...
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Avro introduces maintenance and refurbishment services
Avro International, the British Aerospace regional-jets subsidiary, has begun offering maintenance and refurbishment services through its flight-test department at Woodford, UK. Under the Avrotec name, the company will initially offer support for the BAe146/Avro RJ series, but in the future it intends to extend its work to cover ...
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Hiller Aircraft flies again
HILLER AIRCRAFT has flown its first new-build UH-12E3 light utility helicopter after the production machine was rolled out earlier this month from its assembly site in Newark, California. The helicopter is the first of a batch of 20 machines to be built for a Thai investor group which ...
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London's firefighters test Eurocopter's BK.117
THE LONDON Fire Brigade (LFB) in the UK is to run a six-week trial of a helicopter on emergency operations. It will hire a Eurocopter BK.117C-1 from McAlpine Helicopters as part of a continuing evaluation of the possible role of helicopters (Flight International, 4-10 January). During ...
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Air Belfast
Brian Beal has been named group chief executive of Air Bristol Group and chairman of Air Belfast, a member of the Group. Tony Auld becomes managing director of Air Belfast. A founder of Air Bristol in 1993, he joined the airline from Maersk Air UK, where he was commercial manager. ...
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Re-learning some old lessons
Sir - With reference to the continuing investigation into the Boeing 737 accidents in March 1991 at Colorado, and in September 1994 at Pittsburgh, I wonder whether old lessons can be re-learned. In the 1950s, the single pole, electrically operated tailplane on the Canberra often ran away to ...
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McDonnell Douglas retains defence lead Pentagon ranking
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) again hung on to its place as the US Government's biggest defence supplier in 1994, but Department of Defense (DoD) figures suggest that the newly merged Lockheed Martin could overtake the group this year. MDC received the largest single value of prime-contract awards, raising its ...
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IAI develops glide bomb
Israel Aircraft Industries MBT division is developing a dual-mode seeker stand-off glide bomb in an effort to produce a family of advanced guided weapons. The dual-mode seeker consists of an active synthetic-aperture radar for guidance, with an electro-optical sensor used for target recognition during the terminal phase of ...
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Precise positioning
Boeing plans to evaluate GPS-based landing systems in parallel with the FAA. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Boeing is leading an industry programme to validate use of the global-positioning system (GPS) for Category III automatic landings. While the US Federal Aviation Administration intends to demonstrate Cat III GPS, Boeing's ...
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Rafael unveils Python 4 picture
ISRAELI MISSILE manufacturer Rafael has released the first picture of its previously classified Python 4 infra-red guided air-to-air missile, revealing a weapon optimised for high manoeuvrability. The image shows a missile with two sets of fins to the rear of the seeker, coupled with a highly swept set ...
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BA profits soar but its alliances falter
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS HAS once more cruised to a record set of results, helped by a mix of premium-passenger growth and cost-cutting. The performance was marred only by continuing problems at alliance partners TAT and USAir. Group pre-tax profits were at a new high of ...
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Charles Millon
Three top priority tasks face France's new defence minister, Charles Millon (pronounced Miyon). Described as a decisive man of action, he will have soon to: decide on the withdrawal or maintenance of French troops in the UN peace-keeping force in Bosnia; consider a limited number of underground nuclear tests in ...
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Aerospatiale struggles with break-even target
Julian Moxon/PARIS CUT-THROAT competition from the USA and the slide in the value of the dollar mean that Aerospatiale will be hard-pressed to reach its target of break-even in 1995, says president Louis Gallois. The state-owned French manufacturer has been struggling to reduce its debt burden, ...
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US Navy fires Hellfires from HH-60 Seahawk
THE US NAVY HAS test-launched Rockwell Hellfire missiles from a Sikorsky HH-60 Seahawk as part of a programme to mount the laser-guided anti-armour weapon on some of its combat-rescue HH-60Hs and anti-submarine SH-60Bs. Three ground and three airborne firings were conducted at the Navy's Patuxent River, Maryland, test ...
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Hercules update
Edmonton-based CAE Aviation has received a C$135 million ($100 million) Canadian Forces contract to update the avionics in 30 Lockheed C-130 Hercules transports. Rockwell-Collins will supply avionics for the update. Source: Flight International
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Thai profits in decline
PROFITS AT THAI Airways International fell by 25% in the first half of the carrier's financial year, with the blame largely being laid on a higher wage bill resulting from its staff reorganisation. The airline, which staged a recovery a year ago, has now seen net profits drop ...
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Satellite centre rescued
THE WESTERN European Union has decided to continue with the operation of the WEU Satellite Centre in Torrejon, Spain. The future of the Centre, which has 50 staff and a $46 million budget lasting until the end of this year, had been in doubt. The Centre was established ...
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ST50 belly-lands after engine fails
THE PROTOTYPE of the ST50 single-turboprop business aircraft was slightly damaged during an emergency landing in Israel on 19 May after an engine failure forced the pilot to land in a field near the airstrip. The all-composite ST 50 has been developed by the Minnesota, US-based Cirrus Design ...
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UK contest seen as crucial test
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The UK attack helicopter competition is being viewed as a crucial test of how the three main airframe manufacturers competing for the contract will fare in future battles to dominate world export markets, says Fred Hubbard, senior vice-president at Bell Helicopter Textron. At a ...
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When an inspection calls
Operators are seeking better, less expensive ways to evaluate ageing airframe condition Graham Warwick/ATLANTA While cost-conscious carriers are keeping aircraft in service longer, they want to minimise the maintenance burden of ageing airliners. New inspection techniques provide one answer. The goal of NASA's Airframe ...