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Magellan's global views of Venus
NASA HAS RELEASED A COMPOSITE of the complete radar imaging of Venus made using the Magellan mapping orbiter between September 1990 and October 1994, when the spacecraft entered the deeper portions of the Venusian atmosphere and was destroyed. Image A features the North Pole, including, the mountain Maxwell Montes, while ...
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Crash and murders hit China Airlines profits
CHINA AIRLINES (CAL) has reported a sharp cut in 1994 profits following the crash of an Airbus A300-600R a year ago and the slump in the number of Taiwanese tourists visiting China. The airline's 1994 pre-tax profit plunged to NT$642 million ($25 million), down from NT$3.4 billion. CAL ...
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Fairchild and Let drop joint venture plans
FAIRCHILD AIRCRAFT and Czech regional-turboprop manufacturer Let Kunovice have finally dropped long-standing plans for a joint-venture company, according to Let president Zdenek Pernica. Pernica says that the companies have backed away from the plan because the privatisation and restructuring process of the Czech Company was taking too long. ...
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Czechs to drive ahead with MiG-21 upgrade
THE CZECH DEFENCE ministry is to push ahead with a contentious upgrade for at least 24 of its Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbed fighter aircraft, despite objections that it is a waste of scarce resources. The ministry is expecting to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for an upgrade of ...
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Ansett Australia director resigns
ANSETT AUSTRALIA has declined to link the sudden resignation of its operations director with the outcome of internal inquiries into the partial wheels-up landing of one of its Boeing 747-300s on 19 October 1994. The director, Capt. John Dorward, resigned on 12 April. Following the accident, a consultancy ...
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More US astronauts head for Mir date the Mir space station
FOUR US ASTRONAUTS have been selected by NASA, for further missions aboard Russia's Mir 1 space station, as the agency builds up towards long duration operations, on board the planned international Alpha space station. Shannon Lucid, Jerry Linenger, John Blaha and Scott Parazynski are the astronauts named for ...
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Komplex presses on with Start
RUSSIAN LAUNCHER Company STC Komplex will press ahead with plans to offer international commercial launches, despite the failure of its Start satellite launcher on March 28, claims director Yuri Solomonov. Solomonov claims that the booster is still operational despite the failure of the inaugural launch, which resulted in ...
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More Pads
Launches of the Russian Zenit medium-lift booster will be possible from the national Plesetsk Cosmodrome in 1996, following the construction of two new launch pads. The Zenit is now restricted to launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. One of the pads will also be available for a range of ...
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Gentle giant
It seemed remarkable to be flying the 777 a mere year after it was first unveiled, but such has been the pace of the programme from the start. Flight test hours have grown at twice those for previous models, in a schedule of certificating three engine types and early qualification ...
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USA/Russia optimistic on bilateral deal
US AND RUSSIAN aviation officials, are confident of reaching agreement on the first certification bilateral, between the two nations by mid-1996, significantly easing development problems which threaten several joint ventures. US Federal Aviation Administration aircraft-certification service director Tom McSweeney says that the latest meetings with the Russian Department ...
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MarkAir returns to bankruptcy
MARKAIR, THE Alaska-based carrier which emerged from Chapter 11 in 1994, has again sought federal bankruptcy-court protection following a demand for overdue lease payments from General Electric's GE Capital Aviation Service (GECAS). MarkAir filed for Chapter 11 after GECAS warned the carrier that it would repossess four ...
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BAE Systems puts Denver luggage troubles behind it
BAE AUTOMATED Systems, the much-maligned contractor for Denver International Airport's (DIA) automated baggage-handling system, at last believes that it is over the worst of the fall-out resulting from the troubled contract. Technical problems dogged the development, delaying the airport's opening by 16 months, but BAE President Gene Di ...
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Open for business
Heralded as "the airport for the 21st century", sceptics began to believe that Denver International (DIA) might not see its first passenger until then. Technical problems involving the airports automated baggage-handling system, delayed DIA's grand opening four times, for a total of 16 months. Each month cost the ...
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Southern gateway
The first 11-gate phase of Miami Airport's new concourse A is due to open in June as part of the southern gateway's $2.7 billion expansion and redevelopment programme which is due to last until 2010. Gateway is the operative word at Miami, Florida, which boasts more carriers - ...
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Alenia to extend Aspide's range
ITALIAN DEFENCE manufacturer Alenia has started work on an upgraded power plant for the surface-to-air version of its Aspide semi-active radar-guided missile, but has halted work on the active Aspide Mk2 air-to-air missile (AAM). The engine upgrade, intended to be available from late 1996, is designed to improve ...
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TAT finalises Orly plans
BRITISH AIRWAYS' French subsidiary TAT is at last ready to reveal plans on how it will exploit its hard-won access to the domestic hub at Paris Orly. Several other airlines have already begun competing with incumbent French domestic airline Air Inter between Orly and Marseilles, Toulouse and Nice, ...
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Dispute threat to DASA/Aerospatiale space merger
CONTINUING disagreement between France and Germany over funding for the Helios 2 and Osiris military- observation satellites is threatening the merger of the Aerospatiale and Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) satellite businesses. France is preparing to go it alone on the successor to the Helios 1A/1B satellites if Germany does ...
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Boeing upsets Asians on regional-jet venture
CHINA AND South Korea are leaning towards co-operation with European manufacturers to develop a planned joint 100-seat regional passenger aircraft, following Boeing's decision to launch the 737-600. The two countries are looking for a Western partner to provide key technology and marketing, in exchange for a 20% stake ...
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Racal builds up base for EW bids
RACAL DEFENCE RADAR believes that the acquisition of the Thorn EMI sensor division at the end of March has given it a "world-class capability" in air systems which will strengthen the group's hand as it bids for future contracts, especially in the electronic-warfare (EW) market. Simon Mountfort, ...
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Canadian Marconi FMS/GPS qualifies
CANADIAN MARCONI (CMC) says that it has received the world's first primary-means oceanic/remote approval for a flight-management/global-positioning system (FMS/GPS). The US Federal Aviation Administration has granted the approval for a dual CMC CMA-900 FMS/GPS installation in an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-200. Primary-means oceanic/remote approval allows the ...