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The times they are a-changin'
BOEING IS ABOUT TO COMPLETE TESTS of its 737-700 at the UK Defence Research Agency's 5m (16ft) pressurised wind tunnel. It uses the Farnborough tunnel, to provide highly accurate low-speed test results at 3bar pressure, in this case on a 1/11th scale model. The contract highlights the absence of a ...
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Long-range Trigat on target
The first full guided-firing trial of the Euromissile long-range Trigat anti-armour missile has been successfully completed. It was launched against a target over 3.5km (1.9nm) away. Test firing is being carried out at the Royal Artillery range at Larkhill in the UK. The long-range Trigat imaging infrared missile, is the ...
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Hughes Drops GM
GM Hughes Electronics has dropped the General Motors (GM) initials from its name, while its Hughes Aerospace and Electronics unit will operate as Hughes Aircraft. The GM subsidiary says that better customer recognition for the Hughes name is the reason behind the name change. Source: Flight International
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Oryx kitplane deliveries imminent
FRENCH KITPLANE BUILDER Construction Aeronautique Technologie Avancee is about to commence deliveries of its LMK.1 Oryx two-seater. Three kits are expected to be delivered by June, followed by one a month until the end of the year. Production of the Toulouse based company's low-wing composite aircraft is expected to reach ...
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Raven Flight
Northrop Grumman is flight-testing the first US Air Force EF-111A Raven upgraded under the system improvement programme, which increases the signal-processing capacity and speed of its AIL Systems ALQ-99E tactical-jamming system, and improves operability, reliability and maintainability. USAF flight-testing will begin in mid-1995. Source: Flight International
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Minister confirms Tarom bomb threat
ROMANIAN TRANSPORT minister Aurel Novak has confirmed that bomb threats against the Romanian airline Tarom had been received from unknown sources during the months before the Tarom Airbus A310-300 crash at Bucharest Airport, Romania, on 31 March at 08.10 local time. On the day of the accident, which ...
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DGPS Deal For Canada
Honeywell and Pelorus Navigation Systems have sold five local-area differential global-positioning-system (DGPS) landing systems to Saskatchewan, Canada, for $1.5 million, for installation at regional airports. The first SLS-1000 will be installed at Regina Airport in the third quarter of 1995 certificated initially to Category I approach standards. Source: ...
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Neil Kinnock
For a former head of the UK Labour party to become the European Commissioner responsible for transport may seem an unlikely move, but Neil Kinnock is no stranger to the political in-fighting posed by the job and has made his mark since taking up the post in January. ...
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Fatalities In Kiwi Crash
A Beechcraft Queenair belonging to Kiwi West Aviation crashed near Hamilton in New Zealand on 29 March, killing all six passengers and crew. The twin-engine aircraft, under contract to Air New Zealand subsidiary Eagle Airways, was heading for New Plymouth when it crashed shortly after taking-off from Hamilton. ...
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Chek Lap Kok Deal
China and the UK have reached an agreement to establish a corporate body to manage Hong Kong's New Chek Lap Kok Airport, after more than a year of negotiation. The new organisation will replace the Provisional Airport Authority responsible for construction of the new airport. The two countries are also ...
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Kuwaiti A340 Delivered
Kuwait Airways has taken delivery of the first of four Airbus A340-300 airliners on 29 March. The aircraft is the first to be fitted with the 150kN (34,000lb)-thrust CFM56-5C4, the most powerful engine in CFM International's CFM56 range. The Kuwaiti A340s will be operated on routes to New York via ...
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TRW Contract
TRW has signed a $75 million contract with Korea Aerospace to develop jointly the Korean multi-purpose satellite, KOMSAT, which will carry scientific and communications payloads. The 400kg satellite will be launched in 1999. Source: Flight International
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Japan's Space Boost
Japan's space-programme budget for 1996 has been increased by 5%, to $2.5 billion (Flight International, 8-14 February). The lion's share, $1.9 billion, is allocated to the National Space Development Agency, while the Institute of Astronautical and Space Sciences receives $240 million. The remainder is allocated to other agencies involved in ...
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DC-X To Fly Again
The McDonnell Douglas DC-X single-stage-to-orbit technology demonstrator will fly again no earlier than 8 May says the company. After the four new flight tests - funded by the US Air Force and NASA - to push the vehicle into the "high-risk portion", the DC-X will be handed over to NASA ...
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Trendy Monitor
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Shadin has introduced the DigiTrend, which combines a fuel-management/air-data computer and engine trend-monitor in a single instrument for single- or twin-engine piston-powered aircraft. Shadin says that it can be interfaced with any popular navigation receiver. Source: Flight International
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High-Life Battery
Lockheed Martin is to co-operate with Newark, New York-based Ultralife Batteries to develop batteries for defence and aerospace applications using Ultralife's lithium-ion solid-polymer technology. This is claimed to offer higher energy density, to weigh less and to give a longer cycle-life than does nickel-cadmium. Source: Flight ...
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Dangerous-Goods Training
Sabena World Airlines and Wicat are to develop jointly a dangerous-goods training course for flight crew. The personal computer-based course will meet the new Joint Aviation Regulations OPS Europe 1 standard. Source: Flight International
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SITA Selected By Korean
Korean Air has signed a contract for SITA's Airfare Fare Quotation and Itinerary Pricing Service. The software allows carriers with IBM-based reservation systems to benefit from one of the largest international fares databases available. Source: Flight International
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Smiths Arrows In
Smiths Industries Aerospace is to supply the Royal Air Force Red Arrows with engine-life computers for its British Aerospace Hawks. They will be used primarily to monitor low-cycle fatigue levels. Source: Flight International
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Westinghouse JAST Deal
The US Navy has awarded Westinghouse a $5 million contract to perform a concept study and demonstration of weapons-guidance and weapons-integration precision-targeting capabilities for the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme. The research effort will focus on critical strike-warfare targeting and target identification requirements. The Swiss Government is ...