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Mehdorn 'set to leave' DASA
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) board member and aircraft group president Hartmut Mehdorn is to leave DASA in October, say German press reports. The reports say that Mehdorn is leaving the aerospace industry to take over as chairman of the board of printing press manufacturer Heidelberger Druckmaschinen. DASA ...
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Prowlers land Bosnian missile role
THE US NAVY IS BASING five Grumman EA-6B Prowlers ashore at Aviano AB in Italy, to counter the continuing Serb surface-to-air missile threat to NATO's Operation Deny Flight. US Air Force Rockwell EF-111A Raven jammers were deployed to Aviano in November 1994, but have since been re-deployed. The Prowlers, from ...
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World Airline Directory
Flight International's annual World Airline Directory is always in great demand. This year's is bigger and more comprehensive than ever, listing details of over 1,100 airlines. The new edition carries more details of airline personnel; services such as maintenance; and executive names, in a new and more accessible format. ...
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Mustering support
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS On the eve of Australia's 1994 cattle mustering season, 54 helicopter pilots attended a three-day, privately conducted helicopter safety-awareness refresher course. It was one of more than a dozen runs in the past two years, by two highly experienced helicopter pilots, doubling as flight safety ...
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Fatigue Protest
The European Cockpit Association, which claims to represent 18,000 pilots and flight engineers, ran a "day of action" on 9 March to protest against proposed European flight and duty times. It says that it will continue to fight the regulations. Industrial action is not proposed yet, however. Source: ...
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Black Hawks for Israel
Israel is to procure an unspecified number of additional Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters. The air force already operates ten UH-60s which it received second-hand from the US Department of Defense Source: Flight International
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Citation X Boost
Cessna has boosted the maximum Mach number of the Citation X high-speed business jet, from Mach 0.9 to M0.92, following flight-testing (Flight International, 15-21 February, P24). Source: Flight International
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FTL: the snags with legislation
Sir - The letter from R P Holubowicz "Pilots to influence flight-time limits?" (Flight International, 25-31 January, P52) clearly illustrates the difficulties of trying to legislate in the area of flight-time limits (FTL). FTL should fall into two separate areas. The first is the national, or now-planned, European ...
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JAR: airlines and schools the losers
Sir - Your article "Licence to change" (Flight International, 22-28 February, P25) provided a good overview of the proposed changes in Joint Aviation Rules (JAR) flight crew licences (FCL) Draft 5, but one statement is rather misleading. In the article postscript, which outlines the requirements of JAR FCL Part 1, ...
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The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators
London, UK ...Sir - Mr Holubowicz asks: "Why should increased productivity be detrimental to safety?" As a captain, flying Boeing 737s, I can answer this. The cumulative effect of changing sleep patterns, altered rosters, 12-14h days and restricted or no summer leave can result in a ...
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Kaman Goes Ballistic
The US Air Force has awarded Kaman Sciences a $9.6 million contract to support flight-mission operations involving the High Altitude Balloon Experiment. The project will help demonstrate acquisition of a tactical ballistic-missile target during the boost phase of its flight. The 33-month contract will produce two flight payloads and pay ...
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Sanders Order
Lockheed Sanders is to deliver three mission-support systems to the Royal Saudi Air Force under a $5.6 million foreign-military sales contract. The systems are associated with the McDonnell Douglas F-15S purchased by Saudi Arabia. The system is a derivative of the US Air Force's mission-support system, a computer-based pre-mission planning ...
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Smart Northrop Move
Northrop Grumman has won a $1.6 million, 15-month contract to design, test and manufacture smart focal-plane electronics for the US Army's Space and Strategic Defence Command. Smart focal planes are infrared sensors capable of putting signal-processing functions in ultra-compact structures directly on the focal plane. Current signal-processing practices involve large ...
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Belgian Open Skies
Lockheed Aeronautical Systems will provide Belgium with the sensor package needed to verify compliance with the Open Skies Treaty. The Special Avionics Mission Strap-On Now (SAMSON) Pod will be used by Belgium and nine other countries. The surveillance device will be mounted on a Lockheed C-130 used to monitor the ...
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Bedek's Spanish Tie-Up
Iberia and the Bedek aviation group of Israel Aircraft Industries are to co-operate on aircraft and engine maintenance work following the signing of a memorandum of understanding in late December. Initially, the two companies are to market their services in Boeing 747 pylon modifications. ...
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Section 41 Success
Singapore Aviation Services (SASCO) has signed two contracts, worth S$8 million ($5.5 million), for section 41 modification to two South African Airways Boeing 747s and a Middle East Airlines 747. SASCO will also perform engine-pylon modifications to the aircraft. It has signed a letter of intent to carry out similar ...
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Tomahawk Contract For Litton
Litton has received a Hughes Missile Systems contract, potentially worth more than $200 million, to produce guidance units for Tomahawk cruise missiles. Sole supplier Litton as built more than 3,500 units since 1976. Source: Flight International
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Racal Records Deal
Racal Recorders has received a contract worth almost $4 million from the US Air Force to supply 28 Storehorse 14-channel recorders, (up-graded to 28 channels) for use on the Boeing EC-135 Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Rockwell GPS
Rockwell's Collins Avionics & Communications division has received a $4.2 million ARINC Research contract to supply FMS-800 flight-management systems with embedded global-positioning systems (GPS) for installation on US Air Force Boeing E-4s and McDonnell Douglas C-9s and KC-10s. Source: Flight International