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Co-operative upgrade
Northrop Grumman describes the architecture of its F-5 avionics upgrade as a pyramid, the broad base of which is formed by a 1553B databus. Layer after layer of modular modernisation can then be built on this digital foundation, depending on the mission requirements and money available. The first ...
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MDC prepares for F-18 antenna testing
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has mounted a full-scale model of the US Navy's F-18E/F fighter on a 14.6m tower for antenna-integration testing, to begin this month. The 3,900kg aluminium model with production radome and canopy, was built by Virginia based Advanced Technology. The first F-18E/F is to be flown in December. ...
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1,000-seat design winner
The 1,000-seat airliner might still be just the stuff of a feasibility study, but students at the Coventry University School of Art & Design in the UK have been visualising what its cabin interior may look like. The winner of a recent design competition for the students, sponsored by Ogle ...
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Aerobatic Sales Success
AkroTech Aviation has sold more than 20 G-200 aerobatic kitplanes and expects sales to pass the 100 mark by the end of 1995. Oklahoma-based Task Research has taken over kit production. The first customer-built aircraft, are expected to be flown, on the contest circuit, in 1995. Source: Flight ...
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Initial F-16 ASRAAM trials successful
British Aerospace has successfully completed initial captive carry trials, of its Advanced-Short-Range-Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), on a Lockheed F-16. During the tests, carried out from the US Air Force's Eglin AFB, Florida, the aircraft was flown at up to Mach 1.6 inside an envelope of +7g to -1.5g. The missile is ...
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Maintenance
FINNAIR MAINTENANCE In the production of our Airliner Maintenance Directory (15-21 February), the country header for Finland and the entry for Finnair were unfortunately omitted. The details for Finnair are as follows: FINNAIR, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, 01530 Vantaa. Tel: +358 (0) 818 81; fax: +358 ...
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LLV 2 development
Design work has begun on the Lockheed Launch Vehicle (LLV) 2, in an effort to attack the growing commercial market for launches of 1,800kg payloads into low-Earth orbit (LEO). Lockheed's first vehicle, the LLV 1 - which will resemble this engineering model at Vandenberg AFB, California - will be launched ...
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Raytheon Wins JTCTS
A Raytheon-led team has won a $74 million deal to develop the joint tactical combat-training system (JTCTS) for the US Air Force and Navy. The JTCTS will replace current land-based instrumented air-combat ranges and allow Navy aircraft, ships and submarines to conduct simulated combat manoeuvres at sea. Source: ...
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EU ministers pave way for Swissair
THE 15 EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers of transport have ruled that Sabena will remain an EU airline, even if Swissair takes a majority share in Belgium's national airline. The ministers concluded at a 14 March meeting that the deal would come under an EU law saying that an ...
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TCAS In France
BFGoodrich Aerospace Avionics Systems has received French approval for its TCAS 791 traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS 1) - the first TCAS approval in France, it says. Source: Flight International
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Israeli air force chief will conduct Indian sales drive
THE commander of the Israeli air force, Gen. Herzel Budinger, is to visit India at the end of this month as part of Israel's efforts to sell a wide range of equipment to the Indian military-aerospace market. Although officially the guest of his Indian counterpart, the tour is ...
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Norman Thagard
As a research engineer aboard Soyuz TM21, launched from Pad 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 14 March, NASA astronaut Dr Norman Thagard is the first American to be included in the crew of a Russian rocket. He will also be the first of four NASA astronauts to stay ...
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Aeronautical humour sought
Sir - I am compiling a book of aeronautical jokes and tales, both civil and military. I require ridiculous jokes (rude or not, language optional) and true-to-life silly short stories. No particular airline will be named, unless it is pertinent. If you wish I will publish names, but that will ...
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Unfair criticism of ex-Soviet aircraft
Sir - I feel that Clifford Tonkin (Flight International, Letters, 8-14 March, P64) is being unfair to former Soviet Bloc aircraft by trotting out the old cliche, that these aircraft do not meet recognised standards. AirRep has operated more than 2,000 uneventful cargo flights in the last couple ...
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Job market hard for rotary pilots
Sir - With reference to the letter "Frustration of seeking a job" (Flight International, 8-14 March, P64), such frustration is not exclusive to the fixed-wing world. I started to apply for a new job as an experienced helicopter pilot at the end of 1994. I sent applications all ...
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BMA 737: were precautions needed?
Sir - I refer to the report "Oil loss forces down BMA 737" (Flight International, 8-14 March, P16). When I was an apprentice, my airline did not permit scheduled maintenance on more than one engine per aircraft input, even on three-engine types. At another airline, I was not ...
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Maintenance Sale
Loss-making US conglomerate Morrison Knudsen, is exploring the sale of non-core businesses, including maintenance company Western Aircraft. Boise, Idaho-based Western can handle heavy maintenance of aircraft, ranging from the de Havilland Twin Otter to the Boeing 727. Source: Flight International
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SBS Quits Simulation
Albuquerque, New Mexico-based SBS Engineering is to sell or shut down its flight-simulator division. It is to concentrate on its electronics-products business. Source: Flight International
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Litton Acquisition
Litton Systems' Special Devices unit has acquired the assets of Aeronetics, a subsidiary of AAR Manufacturing. Aeronetics' instrument-manufacturing operations have been moved to Springfield, Pennsylvania. Source: Flight International
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Swissair To Taiwan
Swissair is to form a subsidiary, called Swissair Asia, to operate to Taiwan in the same way that other flag-carriers have been forced to create new companies to avoid the wrath of Beijing. A single McDonnell Douglas MD-11 will bear a "Chinese expression about happiness and Switzerland", instead of the ...