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Russian An-124 offer fuels FLA fears
A RUSSIAN OFFER to supply Antonov An-124 heavy-lift aircraft as settlement for the country's debt to Germany is raising fears that the Federal finance ministry could use it to undermine procurement funding of the Future Large Aircraft (FLA). According to the German defence ministry, the offer is to ...
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US Coast Guard ups Schweizer order
THE FIRST OF three Schweizer special-reconnaissance aircraft for the US Coast Guard (USCG) will undergo flight tests this month, six months later than previously planned, according to company officials. Unofficially known as the SA 2-38/RG-8A Twin, the aircraft is a heavily modified version of Schweizer's SA 2-37A/RG-8A single-piston, ...
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Belgian scandal embroils NATO chief
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS BELGIUM'S helicopter corruption scandal has claimed more victims. Three leading figures in the country's Socialist party have been arrested and NATO Secretary General Willy Claes and European Commissioner Karel van Miert have become involved in investigations into the 1988 deal between the Belgian Government ...
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Job shake-up heralds more change at Alenia
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A FURTHER ROUND of restructuring is expected at Alenia following a shake-up of the top jobs at the Italian aerospace group by its parent Finmeccanica. Giorgi Zappa has been appointed to head Alenia, while joint presidents Fausto Cereti and Enrico Gimelli will move ...
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ERA claims charges were fatal for Euro Direct
THE EUROPEAN Regional Airlines Association (ERA) is holding up the demise of UK regional Euro Direct as an example of how airport charges are threatening smaller carriers. Euro Direct was to have ceased operations by 26 February in a controlled fashion - promising to pay staff and creditors ...
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MoD budget windfall may offset savings shortfall
THE UK MINISTRY of Defence (MoD) has received an unexpected £600 million cash windfall in this year's military budget, and may use it to offset savings shortfalls in the Defence Cost Studies (DCS). UK Treasury figures released last week, reveal an under-spending in the 1994-5 defence budget, with ...
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Northwest is to spread out its Boeing deliveries
NORTHWEST will take delivery of 15 Boeing 757s earlier than scheduled, but will delay 25 more and possibly defer delivery of four 747-400s under an agreement with Boeing. Under the pact, Northwest, which now operates 33 757-200s, will take delivery of the 15 additional 757s this year and ...
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Westland woos Canada on EH101
Jim Bagnall/OTTAWA WESTLAND is again attempting to persuade Canada to purchase the EH Industries EH101 as the helicopter programme is believed to be about to receive a considerable fillip with an UK Ministry of Defence order for around 25 aircraft. A procurement to meet the ...
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Expansionist Air Canada swings back to profitability
AIR CANADA HAS posted its first profit in five years, and chairman Hollis Harris plans to keep the momentum rolling in 1995 with a further double-digit capacity expansion. Group net profits of C$129 million ($92 million) in 1994 mark a dramatic turnaround from the C$326 million loss ...
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US airlines face FDR upgrade task
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES US AIRLINES will be ordered to undertake major upgrades of flight-data recorders (FDRs) on more than 4,000 aircraft by the end of 1997 if the Federal Aviation Administration mandates a new recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Upgrades on 739 ...
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IAI offers Phalcon technology to China
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES (IAI) is offering China airborne-early-warning (AEW) technology based on its Phalcon AEW aircraft to meet a Chinese air force requirement. The Chinese have an outstanding AEW requirement, with several companies pursuing the business. GEC-Marconi Avionics is believed to have supplied its Argus system, based on ...
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Marshall wins second order for TriStar freighter work
MARSHALL AEROSPACE of the UK is to convert three Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStars to freighters for International Air Leases (IAL), and the company has also negotiated additional options. The deal is the second major TriStar freight-conversion contract for Marshall, which again beat rival Lockheed Aeronautical Services (LAS) for the ...
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Airbus boss raises doubts over FLA
AIRBUS MANAGING director Jean Pierson has cast doubt on the ease with which the military Future Large Aircraft (FLA) programme can be integrated into Airbus Industrie. The partner nations in the European military-transport aircraft want to place the programme on a "commercial basis" within Airbus to control costs, ...
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Belgium holds bilateral talks with USA
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BELGIUM AND the USA met on 28 February to finalise the latest transatlantic open-skies agreement, so dealing another blow to European attempts to develop a common response to the US bilaterals offensive. A Belgium deal would also allow Delta Airlines, Sabena and Swissair ...
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Lucas fights US defence ban over gearbox failures
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON LUCAS INDUSTRIES is preparing to fight attempts by the US Navy to bar it from competing for any future US military contracts. The UK group is also fighting on a second front to defend itself from an action for civil damages being brought against its ...
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Tired Questions
NASA has added fuel to the burning issue, of airline pilot flight time limitations (FTLs), by claiming scientific evidence that maximum standard crew duty times, should be well below almost, all existing national limits. In doing so, it has probably wrong-footed Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) on a highly emotive ...
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ARINCand Magellan sign with GlobaLink customer
ARINC and Magellan Systems have signed a memorandum of agreement with a launch customer, an unnamed regional airline, for the GlobaLink/CNS integrated satellite-navigation and data-link-communication systems. The agreement includes $2.4 million-worth of Magellan CNS-10 avionics units, which sell for under $10,000 each. San Dimas, California-based Magellan ...
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Fruit Flies Fly
Russia's Foton 10 recoverable micro-gravity research capsule was launched on a Soyuz booster from Plesetsk on 16 February. The Foton carries the fourth European Space Agency experiment to fly on such a craft. Called the Biobox 2, it is an incubator with experiments on cells to study bone mineralisation in ...
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Heron High Flier
The Heron long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) developed by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) reached an altitude of 32,000ft (9,750m) during a test flight on 20 February. The Heron is 8.5m long and has a wingspan of 16.6m. The eventual maximum altitude of the UAV will be 35,000ft, with a maximum ...
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USN upgrades E-6A to command post
One-third of the US Navy's Boeing E-6A TACAMO (take charge and move out) long-endurance communications relay fleet are likely to be modified and upgraded to incorporate the capabilities of the US Air Force's Strategic Command's Boeing EC-135 Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) aircraft. The upgraded aircraft will be re-designated ...