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P-3C Upgrade
Litton has begun production of more than 200 modification kits, to upgrade ALR-66A(V)3 electronic-warfare systems on US Navy Lockheed P-3C maritime-patrol aircraft following the successful completion of development testing. The ALR-66B(V)3 as the upgraded hybrid system is known, houses a modified direction finding antenna fitted in a belly mounted radome. ...
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The dangers of an SRA approach
Sir - I know little of the Boeing 737 accident at Coventry Airport on 21 December 1994, accident, but alarm bells rang in my mind when I read that a surveillance radar approach (SRA) was used. At Hamburg in 1991, I flew such an approach in instrument ...
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Alaska
Raymond Vecci, Alaska Air's chairman and chief executive, has resigned because of differences with the company board. Executive vice-president John Kelly has been named chairman, chief executive and president. He will continue as chief operating officer until a replacement is named. Vecci worked at Alaska Air for two decades. ...
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Select Advice On ATC
A UK Parliamentary transport select committee report on air-traffic-control (ATC) privatisation is recommending that the Government publish detailed arguments as to why it does not favour the creation of a "profit-making public-sector company", instead of outright privatisation. It also recommends that, if the plan proceeds, the Civil Aviation Authority's safety-regulation ...
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Mesa places big Dash 8 order
MESA AIR IS to buy 25 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200s with 25 options in a deal, which launches the model in the US market. The -200 version is tailored for "hot-and-high" requirements and will be used by Mesa's Mountain West Airlines division - a Denver-based United Express ...
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Jetstream wins Air Atlantic
BRITISH AEROSPACE'S Jetstream Aircraft division has sold ten Jetstream 41s to Air Atlantic - launching its latest product in Canada. Jetstream says that the deal is worth about $70 million and first delivery is due in March, with four more following in the second quarter of the year ...
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In and Out Club
Greek flag carrier Olympic Airways has appointed Prof. Rigas Doganis as its chairman and chief executive. Doganis is head of the department of air transport in the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield University in the UK. Embraer has appointed Juarez de Siqueira Britto Wanderley as president, following Ozires Silva's resignation. ...
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Arctic cold thaws A340/777 relations
THE ICY RELATIONS BETWEEN Airbus and Boeing thawed a little recently when the Boeing 777 and Airbus A340 came face-to-face for the first time, at Fairbanks Airport in Alaska. The Pratt & Whitney PW4084-powered 777, in United Airlines colours, was undergoing cold-soak and cold-weather flight-testing, while its European rival was ...
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Australian Radar
Australian defence company MRad has won a A$18 million ($24 million) contract to provide the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with a Hornet Radar Evaluation Facility for its McDonnell Douglas F-18 fleet. The RAAF will use the system for technical evaluation of its AN/APG-65 radar's performance under simulated operational flight ...
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South Africa drives J41 boost
Jetstream AIRCRAFT is working on a fresh round of improvements for its J41, aimed at increasing hot and high performance for airfields in countries with developing infrastructures. From 1996 the aircraft will be offered with a 2.2% increase in engine power, revised stall speeds and the introduction of ...
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Rafael Flies 'Popeye Plus'
Israeli missile developer Rafael, is understood to have test flown a turbofan-powered version of its Popeye stand off missile. The company is looking at several engine manufacturers, including Williams-Rolls and Turbomeca, to provide the power plant for an extended-range variant of the weapon. Source: Flight International
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Heat Rejection
Loral Vought has been awarded a $13.3 million extension-contract to redesign six heat-rejection system radiators for the international space station. The 1,050kg, 3m-long radiators will extend to 25m in orbit and will be capable of releasing 11kW of excess heat using a pumped liquid-ammonia heat-transfer system. ...
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Cellular Go Ahead
The US Federal Communications Commission has granted licences to Motorola, TRW and Loral/Qualcomm to operate the worldwide hand-held cellular-telephone satellite systems Iridium, Odyssey and Globalstar, but not to Constellation Communications and Mobile Communications. Inmarsat plans a competitive system, called Inmarsat P. Source: Flight International
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New-Generation F-18 Trainer
An advanced McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18 operational flight trainer, in which pilots can practise and be scored on air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons delivery and electronic countermeasures, has been delivered to the US Naval Reserves by Hughes Training. The unit delivered to the New Orleans Naval Air Station on 18 February ...
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Second C-17 Squadron
The first McDonnell Douglas C-17 transport has been delivered to Charleston AFB, South Carolina, for the formation of the second operational C-17 squadron. The 14th Sqn of the 437th Airlift Wing is switching to the C-17 from the Lockheed C-141. It will be operated alongside C-17s of the 17th Airlift ...
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GB Airways
GB Airways, now a British Airways franchise carrier is adding four per week services to the Spanish destinations of Valencia and Murcia in the northern summer. Source: Flight International
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Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines is beginning services from Vienna to Beijing and Almaty, while Austrian rival Lauda Air is starting a daily Salzburg-London Gatwick service. Source: Flight International
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Air Engiadina
Air Engiadina of Switzerland is transferring its Berne-London service from London Stansted to London City Airport using the Dornier 328. Source: Flight International