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Air Inter springs profit surprise
FRENCH DOMESTIC airline Air Inter unexpectedly recorded a profit during 1994, the first positive result for four years. On a turnover of Fr11.74 billion ($2.24 billion), the airline made a Fr21 million profit, when a loss of around Fr100 million had been predicted. The improved figures were because ...
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Moonlighting can cause problems
Sir - The letter from the director-general of the International Air Carrier Association (Flight International. 11-17 January, P45) struck a chord with me. A few years ago, a newspaper article reported that an airline captain had fallen asleep while taxiing in after night duty. What was ...
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Taiwan Bilaterals
Taiwan has concluded a bilateral air-service agreement with Switzerland, under which Swiss Air Asia will operate three flights a week between Zurich and Taipei from 7 April. It has also signed an agreement with Italy to start twice-weekly flights. China Airlines and privately owned EVA Air are competing for the ...
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Murders baffle Russian industry
THE RUSSIAN aerospace industry has been hit by a spate of murders and an apparent suicide, which claimed the lives of three senior executives over a six-day period. Promexport director Oleg Borisov was found dead in his Moscow apartment on 15 January, having apparently shot himself. ...
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Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines has confirmed that it is to acquire four 79-seat Fokker 70s, with options on a further four. Deliveries of the first two Rolls-Royce Tay-powered aircraft are due in September and October 1995, with the second pair to arrive in March 1996. The type has now attracted 44 orders ...
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MDHS to offer EH101 to US Navy
McDONNELL DOUGLAS plans to offer the EH Industries EH101 to meet a US Navy requirement for a fleet-support helicopter. Other likely competitors include Sikorsky, with a cargo version of the Navy's SH-60 Seahawk anti-submarine helicopter, and possibly Kaman, with a military derivative of the K-MAX external-lift helicopter. McDonnell ...
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Ariane Delay
The Ariane V71 launch has been delayed from late this month to 14 March because it will take longer than expected to modify the third-stage engine following the failure of the V70 on 1 December, 1994 (Flight International, 4-10 January). The V71 will carry Brasilsat B2 and Eutelsat 2F6. ...
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Safety must be paramount
Sir - I refer to your editorial "Difference of opinion" and the article "ATR tests rival types to challenge FAA actions" (Flight International, 21 December, 1994-3 January, 1995). It is my view that the French Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGAC's) primary focus is the support of French products, with ...
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Funded Japanese spacecraft
NASDA GMS 5 Latest in a series of operational geo-stationary orbiting meteorological satellites, to be launched by the H2F3 on 22 February; Hyflex Hypersonic space plane demonstrator, to be launched by the J1F1 in February 1996; ADEOS Advanced Earth-observation satellite to carry multi-spectral scanners, ...
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Kazakhstan DC-10 will be first to be operated in CIS
THIS McDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-10-30CF is seen at Stansted Airport in the UK, before delivery to Avcom in Kazakhstan. The ex-World Airways freighter is thought to be the first of the type to be operated in the CIS. A Source: Flight International
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Loral UK MPA Team
Loral Asic has teamed with E-Systems, Marshall Aerospace and Computing Devices to bid for the Royal Air Force's British Aero-space Nimrod MR.2 maritime-patrol-aircraft replacement programme. Loral intends to offer upgraded Lockheed P-3 airframes. Source: Flight International
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Rolls-Royce
John Sandford has returned to head up Rolls-Royce's US operation as president and chief executive. He left the USA two years ago to become managing director of the Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group at Derby, UK. He succeeds George Davis, who is to retire. Source: Flight International
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Corporate Tay 727
Dee Howard is re-engineing an Australian-based executive Boeing 727-100 with Rolls-Royce Tay turbofans to meet Stage 3 noise limits. It is the US firm's first conversion for a passenger 727 and is based on the 727 Quiet Freighter developed for United Parcel Service. The US-registered aircraft is being re-engined under ...
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Grob Strato 2C takes shape
GROB HAS COMPLETED the airframe of its Strato 2C high-altitude research aircraft, with the aircraft now in final assembly. A first flight is now scheduled for this year. The German Company has been seeking additional funding from the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology to complete the project. The twin-engine ...
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Helidyne fits Bell 230 for news
HELIDYNE SYSTEMS HAS EQUIPPED a Bell 230 to allow it to be operated as an electronic news gathering helicopter, with video-production capabilities, for the Korean Broadcasting System. The helicopter, with a crew of six, can carry two independent microwave receive-transmit systems with deployable skid antennae for simultaneous aerial broadcast and ...
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Genesis I goes with the flow
GROUP GENESIS OF MARION, Ohio, says that its all-composite Genesis I Standard Class racing sailplane is displaying laminar flow past 50% chord-wise of the wing top-surface and past 90% on the underside. The picture shows NASA flight research engineer Einar Enevoldson, best known for his work on spin-analysis and recovery ...
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Kentron Pointer
South African missile manufacturer Kentron, has received the cardinal-points specification, for the UK Ministry of Defence's Staff Requirement (Air) 1236, for a conventional stand-off missile. Source: Flight International
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Liquid-Crystal Contract
Litton will supply EASI liquid-crystal engine instruments to Bell for the new Model 407 light-turbine helicopter, providing a tenfold increase in reliability over conventional engine instruments. Source: Flight International
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Chrysler Tacamo Work
Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems has won a $95.5 million contract to modify six EA-6 TACAMO aircraft to EA-6B configuration. Source: Flight International