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Turkey targets
Turkey has signed a $12 million deal for an Israeli-developed night-targeting system to equip its Bell Textron AH-1W SuperCobra helicopters - the first contract to be signed between the two countries' defence industries. The system, which was developed by Israel Aircraft Industries subsidary Taman, will be supplied jointly with Kollsman, ...
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Cracks cured
The US Air Force's fleet of 244 Lockheed C-141B transports is now operational with no restrictions, following completion of wing-crack repairs. Aircraft requiring a wing lower-surface replacement to overcome weep-hole cracking were the last to be returned to service. Source: Flight International
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Boeing qualifies primer
BOEING HAS qualified Dexter Aerospace's Hysol EA 9257 low-volatile organic compound (VOC) adhesive bonding primer to its BMS 5-137 qualification. Dexter says that it is the first time Boeing has qualified a production low-VOC, water-based bonding primer. The company believes that the primer processes in a ...
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BA to take first growth GE90 for 777
BRITISH AIRWAYS IS TO TAKE delivery of the first growth-version of the GE90 engine for use on its Boeing 777 B-market twinjet in December 1996. Certification is scheduled for May 1996. The growth version will produce 410kN (92,000lb) of thrust, although it is understood British Airways will operate the engine ...
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Dan-Air decision
British Airways has increased a compensation offer, to £14,000 each, to some 110 of the 340 Dan-Air pilots whom it made redundant when it bought the collapsed UK carrier in October 1992. The move follows an industrial-tribunal decision heavily criticising the BA move The remainder of the pilots have been ...
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First Inmarsat 3 payload delivered
THE MATRA MARCONI SPACE (MMS) communications payload for the first of five planned Inmarsat 3 satellites has been delivered to Martin Marietta Astro Space. The first will be launched in December 1995 and will allow mobile communications via portable terminals. The project has been delayed for over a year because ...
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Engine-balancing system launched
A NEW AIRCRAFT engine-balancing system which virtually eliminates the need for installed-engine ground runs because of fan imbalance has been launched by UK company Endevco. The system, known as Trimfast, is an integrated measurement and diagnostic unit which provides optimal weight and angle-balance solutions to reduce vibration caused ...
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Martin Marietta qualifies for BSI rating
MARTIN MARIETTA ELECTRONICS & MISSILES has become the first US aerospace contractor to become registered by a non-US organisation under the international quality standard ISO 9000. The British Standards Institution (BSI) awarded the registration to the company on 1 February. The ISO 9000 is fast becoming an essential qualification in ...
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Manchester will buy explosive- detection system
INVISION Technologies is to supply Manchester Airport in the UK with ten explosive-detection systems. All ten of the CTX 5000 systems are expected to be integrated into Manchester's baggage-handling system by March 1996. The purchase will allow the airport to comply with UK requirements that 100% ...
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Crash penalty
Taiwanese flag carrier China Airlines warns that 1994 profits have plummeted because of its Airbus A300B4 crash at Nagoya in Japan in April 1994. Pre-tax profits are expected to fall to around NT$500 million ($19 million), down from NT$3.44 billion in 1993. Provisional figures reportedly indicate a 13% drop in ...
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Iberia cash plea
The Spanish Government has presented its case to the European Commission for a Ptas 130 billion ($980 million) cash injection to flag carrier Iberia. A decision on whether the aid contravenes European air-transport-liberalisation rules is not expected for several months. Source: Flight International
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Air Seychelles
Freddy Karkaria has been appointed executive chairman at Air Seychelles. Karkaria, formerly Seychelles director-general of civil aviation, replaces Conrad Benoiton, who becomes managing director of the newly created Seychelles International Business Authority. Gilbert Faure, director of airport management, replaces Karkaria as director-general of civil aviation. Source: Flight International
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Reliable upgrade
Coltec Industries' Chandler Evans Control Systems division is offering to exchange the Allison 250 turbine-engine main fuel-pump for a new, more reliable and maintainable, pump "for about the price of an overhaul". Source: Flight International
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Priming the pump
Aviall Distribution Services has been made worldwide distributor for the AeroControlex Group's AeroProducts pumps and valves. Source: Flight International
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High speed strut team
Lufthansa Technik has set up an Express Strut Team at its Hamburg maintenance base. Strut attachments on all Boeing 747s are being modified after three accidents in which strut structural elements played a role. Source: Flight International
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Atlas lift-off
Martin Marietta Commercial Launch Services launched its second Atlas booster in 18 days from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 28 January, carrying the US Navy's Ultra High Frequency, UHF F4 communications satellite. It was the sixth launch of an Atlas 2 model. Hughes has a $1.7 billion contract to build ten ...
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Euro trio
Three European astronauts have been selected to fly on the 1996 Space Shuttle STS 75 which will attempt to deploy the Italian Tethered Satellite. The first attempt during the STS 46 mission in August 1992 was thwarted by technical faults. The astronauts are Claude Nicollier of Switzerland and Italians Maurizio ...
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Ukraine satellite
The first Ukrainian national satellite will be launched from Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome in June. Called Sich 1, the spacecraft will be a modification of the remote-sensing satellite which was formerly flown under the Soviet Union guise of Okeon O. The Sich launch will also carry Chile's FASat Alpha microsatellite, built ...
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FLA in Japan
Sumitomo has agreed to market the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) in Japan. The country's Defence Agency has a requirement for a new long-range transport aircraft to support its overseas peace-keeping operations. The McDonnell Douglas C-17 and Kawasaki's proposed C-X will also be considered. Source: Flight ...
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JDAM for F-22
The US Air Force has awarded a $105 million contract to Lockheed to develop a capability for the F-22 combat aircraft to carry the Joint Direct Attack Munition weapon. The work is to be completed in March 2002, according to the USAF. Source: Flight ...