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Entertainment problem hits delivery of Cathay's A330
DELIVERY OF the first Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330 to Cathay Pacific Airways has been delayed by problems with the aircraft's Matsushita inflight-entertainment (IFE) system. Cathay was due to accept the aircraft in mid-January, but that has slipped to 23 February because of "teething problems with the Matsushita ...
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Fighting options
If you need a new piece of military equipment, there are four major ways to acquire it: to buy something which satisfies most of your requirements off somebody else's shelf; to buy something off somebody else's shelf and modify it for your own purposes; to develop it entirely yourself; or ...
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X-31 wrecked after test-flight crash
One of two Rockwell/Daimler-Benz Aerospace X-31 enhanced-fighter- manoeuvrability demonstrators crashed near Edwards AFB, California, on 19 January. German test-pilot Karl Lang ejected safely. The single-engined canard-delta aircraft, designed to be used in high angle-of-attack, post-stall manoeuvres using thrust vectoring, was being flown back from a test flight when ...
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LHTEC engines to power Indian light helicopter
ALLIEDSIGNAL/ALLISON joint-venture LHTEC has signed a contract to supply CTS800 engines for flight testing on India's Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH). The 970kW (1,300shp) CTS800 is the commercially certificated version of the T800 military turboshaft developed to power the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche. Two ...
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USAF grounds GE-powered F16s
THE US AIR FORCE has grounded all General Electric (GE) F110-129-powered Lockheed F-16s following the non-fatal crash on an F-16D in Belgium on 13 January. The front fan from the engine of the crashed aircraft has been returned to GE for testing. The precautionary stand-down is the third ...
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APIC becomes latest Awards sponsor
AUXILIARY POWER International (APIC) has become the latest sponsor to lend its backing to the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards '95. APIC, which is jointly owned by Labinal and Sundstrand, joins eight other leading aerospace and airline companies in backing the Awards (see Flight International, 18-24 January). ...
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Soyuz TM20 separates and re-docks
THE SOYUZ TM20 spacecraft separated from its mooring on the Mir 1 space station on 11 January and re-docked 26min later to qualify the Kurs docking system. Malfunctions of the system have caused several previous automatic docking attempts to be aborted (Flight International, 19-25 October, 1994). ...
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China aims for moon
The Chinese Academy of Sciences' (CAS) next five-year space plan includes a series of lunar and planetary spacecraft, starting with a lunar orbiter to be launched in about 2000. The CAS intends to be "a leader in lunar exploration", says professor Jiang Jingshan, the director of the academy's space unit. ...
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MDC gives F-15D reconnaissance modifications
McDonnell DOUGLAS (MDC) has begun modifying an F-15D for flight tests of a reconnaissance pod beginning in March. A modified F-15 will be offered to meet an emerging US Air Force requirement for a successor to the cancelled Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System (ATARS). The pod will be ...
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Pilots enjoy job boom as US airlines increase personnel
US AIRLINES HIRED more than 8,000 new pilots in 1994, up by 55% over 1993, says Aviation Information Resources (AIR). The Atlanta, Georgia-based consultancy forecasts that US carriers will recruit more than 9,000 new pilots in 1995. AIR says that the 201 US airlines it monitors hired 8,044 ...
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P&W and MTU name engine project chiefs
PRATT & WHITNEY and MTU have named former PW4084 programme manager Tom Davenport as head of the new Mid Thrust Family Engine (MTFE) project, marking the formal start of the joint initiative. MTU's Rainer Schwab has also been named deputy manager of the project, which aims to design ...
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Luxair kills Sabena's Luxembourg pilot-pool plan
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS LUXEMBOURG'S LUXAIR . has rejected a pioneering proposal by Belgian national airline Sabena to form a joint pool of aircraft and pilots across the border in lower-cost Luxembourg. Luxair says that the proposed co-operation, possibly involving an equity stake, would "...involve operational and ...
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Eastern Europeans move closer to NATO
THE CZECH REPUBLIC, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have taken a step toward NATO integration by agreeing to a US Department of Defense (DoD) proposal to unify their respective air-defence and air-traffic-control systems. As an incentive, the USA is offering $25 million over a two-year period in aid to ...
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Avionics deal signed
Daimler Benz Aerospace and Rockwell-Collins have signed a joint -venture deal to develop, produce and market satellite navigation and advanced avionics equipment. The venture will be responsible for marketing. Source: Flight International
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JAST revision hardens ASTOVL project option
Guy Norris/SAN FRANCISO THE US NAVY/US Air Force Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme is being revised radically to allow two finalists to build a total of four demonstrator aircraft. Two will be configured for advanced short take-off and vertical landing (ASTOVL). The changes will bolster ...
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Pilots to influence flight-time limits?
Sir - On flight-time limitations, you say ("Duty bound", Flight International, 14-20 December, P32) that: "The International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) is convinced that the proposed European rules are dangerous..." It is entirely legitimate that professional bodies should say and do whatever they can to further ...
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DRA goes low-level
The UK's Defence Research Agency has begun studies into a next-generation low-level automated flight-control avionics package likely to be earmarked for the RAF's conceptual follow-on to its Panavia Tornado GR1/4 strike aircraft, the Future Offensive Aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Comparison means objectivity
Sir - The letters from Capt John Lewis and D R MacDonald (Flight International, 21 December-3 January, P46) include some emotive comments and inaccuracies. Safety is Airbus Industrie's top priority - as I am sure that it is with other manufacturers - and we welcome objective discussion on ...
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Snecma to lead CFM56-XX development programme
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH ENGINE manufacturer Snecma and its CFM International partner General Electric expect to agree by the end of the year to launch the CFM56-XX turbofan for the growth Airbus A340 variant and other Airbus and Boeing derivatives. New Snecma president Bernard Dufour has made ...
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Expressly Alabama
Alabama Express Airways is to provide daily short-haul flights within Alabama, USA, using five British Aerospace Jetstream 31s. The new regional carrier will be based in Tuskegee, Alabama, but will centre operations on Montgomery and Mobile until Tuskegee's municipal airport is expanded. Source: Flight International