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Sextant avionics
Sextant Avionique says that its Avionique Nouvelle (AN) series of helicopter avionics has been selected for the Eurocopter EC.120, EC.135 and future EC.165. The AN series consists of liquid-crystal multi-function displays, dual-screen vehicle- and engine-management display, global-positioning navigation system and air-data computer. SFIM will supply the automatic flight-control system. ...
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Questions of cash
Signs of recovery in the airline market may be encouraging talk of a future boom in aircraft ordering, but the industry still has to tackle the ticklish question of where the cash will come from. Even on conservative estimates of aircraft deliveries, the sums involved will be vast. ...
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FAA plans explosive test
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is to begin testing later this year of the first explosives-detection system (EDS) certificated for baggage checks. Approved for use late in 1994, the InVision Technologies CTX-5000, a "computed tomography" system, can differentiate explosive material from other materials in cluttered passenger bags. ...
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FlightSafety sets up pilot school in China
FLIGHTSAFETY International is to establish, an airline training centre in Kunming, southwest China, in a joint venture with Xingyun's Yunnan Tobacco Group. Kunming FlightSafety Aviation Training is expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 1996, equipped with Boeing 737 and 757/767 flight simulators. FlightSafety, which will ...
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Chinese airline business booms
CHINA'S AIR-TRANSPORT industry continued to grow at a rapid pace in 1994, according to figures released by the country's civil aviation administration (CAAC). State-owned airlines, including flag carrier Air China, carried a total of 40.27 million passengers, up 19% on the 33.83 million recorded for 1993. Air-freight was ...
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Finnair share oversubscription restores optimism
THE LEVEL OF interest in the Finnair share issue has fuelled optimism that investors are regaining confidence in Europe's airline market. The state-controlled Finnish carrier reveals that the issue was more than twice oversubscribed and says that it has raised the volume of shares on offer to the ...
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Researchers abandon work on take-off monitoring
David Learmount/AMSTERDAM EUROPEAN AND US research on a system to improve airliner take-off safety has ground to a halt, faced with lack of interest from regulators, industry, and operators. Two agencies - NASA Langley in the USA and the National Research Laboratory (NLR) in Amsterdam, ...
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Launch Pressure
Tim Furniss/LONDON Japan's third H2 booster will be carrying the nation's pride and, if successful, will raise post-earthquake morale when it is launched from the Tanegashima space centre on 22 February. After the $575 million losses of the Engineering Test Satellite 6 (ETS) in orbit in August ...
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All change in Japan
Japan is facing up to a major transformation in its aerospace industry. Paul Lewis/TOKYO Japanese defence spending over the last 40 years has been largely responsible for sustaining a small, but highly capable, local aircraft industry. This will change as a post-Cold War reduction in military spending ...
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Sikorsky tries out variable tilt-rotor
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES SIKORSKY HAS tested a scaled version of a variable-diameter tilt-rotor (VDTR). The configuration is "extremely stable" in hover, says the company. The VDTR differs from the traditional tilt-rotor concept in that the rotor blades can be extended during hover and then retracted ...
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Back to the boom?
Are early indications of an approaching boom in aircraft markets premature? Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Recession is barely over, yet many are already beginning to dust off the bunting ready to welcome back another boom in aircraft markets. Whether the reality of the coming year lives up to this ...
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ANA re-jigs aircraft orders in fleet plan
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has announced major new aircraft purchases, order deferrals and cancellations, resulting from a review of its fleet requirement up to 2000 and beyond The changes cover the purchase of 18 new Airbus A321s and A320s and Boeing 767s and ...
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Second production Citation X flies
A SECOND PRODUCTION aircraft has joined Cessna's flight-test programme for the Citation X high-speed business-jet. By the end of January, the Wichita, US, manufacturer had logged some 535h on 355 flights of the prototype and first two production aircraft. The second production Citation X was flown for the ...
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Norway puts back plan for North Sea ATC
Kieran Daly/LONDON NORWAY HAS PUT BACK its intended date for mandating positive air-traffic control (ATC) of North Sea helicopter operations, but still intends to go ahead with the plan. The Norwegian civil aviation authority has previously said that the system would be introduced in 1995, ...
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Bell launches Model 407
BELL HELICOPTER Textron has launched its Model 407, with orders for more than 40 of the new light-turbine helicopters. As expected, the single-turbine 407 and twin-turbine 407T are based on the current Model 206, with the four-blade-rotor dynamic system from the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. Launch customer is Niagara Helicopters. ...
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EC.120 assembly to start shortly
FINAL ASSEMBLY OF THE first Eurocopter EC.120 light single-turbine helicopter will begin soon at Marignagne, France. The first flight is scheduled for the second half of 1995 and initial deliveries for 1997. The 1.5t gross-weight EC.120 is being developed jointly by Eurocopter France, Singapore Aerospace and CATIC of ...
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US schools drop R22s
TWO MAJOR US flight schools have decided to replace their Robinson R22s with Schweizer's new Model 300CB training helicopter, citing as a factor safety concerns with the R22. Schweizer launched the 300CB at Heli-Expo with orders for 23 aircraft, including ten for Concord, California-based Helicopter Adventures. Oakland, California-based ...
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FAA plans to publish standards for helicopter GPS approach
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has completed a four-site test programme to develop standards for helicopter non-precision-approaches, using global positioning (GPS). A GPS based approach was demonstrated at Heli-Expo using an Eurocopter BK.117 equipped with an AlliedSignal Bendix/King KLN-90B GPS and Arnav Systems datalink. Steve ...
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Upgraded A.109 may be on the way
AGUSTA HAS declined to comment on reports that it is developing an upgraded A.109 turbine twin, which will be available with three engine options. Industry sources suggest that the Italian Company has tested an improved Allison-powered variant and is about to begin flight tests of a Pratt & Whitney Canada ...