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Apstar 2 satellite lost in Long March explosion
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE APSTAR 2 communications satellite was destroyed on 26 January when a Long March 2E rocket exploded 51s after launch from Xichang, China. The spacecraft loss was a record for the local insurance industry - Pacific Insurance of Shanghai had insured Apstar 2 for $160 ...
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Air France to prune fleet
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR FRANCE is to cancel all its outstanding orders and options for Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and sell part of its existing fleet as part of the restructuring plan, introduced by its president, Christian Blanc. The programme, introduced in 1994, has already succeeded in reducing ...
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SAS and Baltic International seal Latvian airline deal
SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINE System (SAS) and Baltic International USA (BIUSA) are to press ahead with their joint-venture airline in Latvia. BIUSA says, that the pair are immediately forming a joint-venture company, as the first step in setting up a carrier, which is expected to start operations in the second ...
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Crash cause may never be known
Ramon Lopez/PITTSBURGH THE CAUSE OF the 8 September, 1994, crash of a USAir Boeing 737-300 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is unlikely ever to be known for certain, according to US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators. The aircraft inverted and dived to earth from 6,000ft (1,800m), killing all ...
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Boeing warns over production cuts
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BOEING EXPECTS airliner sales to fall again this year and warns that production rates may have to edge down further if some financially troubled US airlines fail to recover. The airlines have not been named by Boeing, but Continental Airlines has admitted that ...
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Fiinding the way
The only surprise in the regional-airliner tie-up between Aerospatiale, Alenia and British Aerospace is that it is happening. The tie-up does not represent the end of the restructuring of the European regional-airliner industry, but the beginning of a new route for which there are, as yet, no maps. By including ...
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Surprise HAI debut for MD 630N
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) has surprised the rotary world by unveiling a flying prototype of the MD 630N, a stretched version of the MD 520N, at the Heli-Expo '95 exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The seven- to eight-seat helicopter has been ...
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Alitalia steps up pressure on pilots
ALITALIA IS understood to be preparing to wet-lease further Boeing 767s, unless its pilots agree to accept a package of concessions on wages and working practices. The Italian carrier has already leased two 767s, together with crews from Ansett Worldwide Air Services (AWAS) to fly on transatlantic routes. ...
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Dutch delay helicopter choice again
THE NETHERLANDS Government has delayed for a second time the selection of an attack helicopter to meet a NGL1.5 billion ($875 million) requirement for 32 aircraft for the army. Cabinet officials say that the choice could now be put off until March. The leading contenders for the deal ...
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Regional rivals welcome ATR's alliance with BAe
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON EUROPE'S regional-aircraft manufacturers have given a broad welcome to the alliance between ATR and British Aerospace's Jetstream and Avro operations, but all acknowledge that the real battle for leadership will come when the issue of new-aircraft development arises over the next couple of years. ...
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Socata discusses light- aircraft tie-up with Grob
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH general-aviation manufacturer Socata is talking to its German counterpart Grob about a possible alliance. "Our product lines are very complementary," says Socata president, Jean-Marc de Raffin. The Le Bourget, Paris-based Aerospatiale subsidiary says that it is also talking to Italy's Piaggio, and ...
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Agreement will improve BAe's financial fortunes
WITH THE ATR alliance under its belt, British Aerospace believes that it is close to stemming the losses from its regional-aircraft operations, which brought the UK group close to collapse two years ago. The most immediate financial impact from the alliance will come from BAe's decision to close ...
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European duty-time argument is all about safety...
Sir - In response to the letters from R P Holubowicz (Flight International, 11-17 January and 25-31 January), the issue of European flight and duty-time regulation is about safety. European pilots believe that the proposed regulation is unsafe, and is supported by the aero-medical establishment in Europe and the USA. ...
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Much thought was put into JAA's FTL proposals
Sir - The article "Duty bound" (Flight International, 14-20 December, P32) is inaccurate both in detail and in the overall impression given. The proposed flight and duty time limitations and rest (FTL) requirements contained in the draft JAR-OPS 1 Subpart Q were not "thought up" by the Joint ...
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End of an era for combat aircraft?
Sir - According to your report "Worth fighting for" (Flight International, 14-20 December, 1994, P40) the French air force is planning to buy Dassault Rafale fighters for use until 2055. Although I have great respect for the aircraft that literally brought the house down on a US defence ...
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UK Denies CH-47 Purchase
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is refuting claims that it has decided to purchase only Boeing CH-47 Chinooks to meet a support-helicopter requirement. The CH-47 is in competition with the EH Industries EH101. According to the MoD, pricing negotiations are continuing, but no recommendations have yet been made to ...
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Japan EH101 Agreement
Japanese trading house Okura is to market and sell the EH Industries EH101 helicopter in Japan. Source: Flight International
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Comet Launch
The Comet, the ill-fated Commercial Experiment Transporter, will be launched aboard a Conestoga booster from Wallops Island, Virginia, on 29 March, after having been grounded since May 1994, when NASA stopped project funding. NASA has now provided $14 million, to allow a single fully commercialised mission to proceed. The Comet ...
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Leasing success boosts turnaround for BAe regional-aircraft operations
BRITISH AEROSPACE'S success in turning round its ailing regional-aircraft operations has been further underlined by a record performance from its leasing organisations, which manage the regional jet and turboprop fleets still held on the group's books. The idle fleet of BAe 146 regional jets has been eliminated ...
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NASA F-16XL laminar-flow tests will aid HSCT effort
NASA EXPECTS TO begin, a year-long laminar-flow flight-test programme, on a Lockheed F-16XL by October, in support of US industry efforts to build a next-generation high-speed commercial transport (HSCT). The work follows delivery of a new laminar-flow panel to the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards ...