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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 ...
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Lockheed C-130J gets moving
Lockheed has moved the cockpit section of the first C-130J Hercules 2 ready for mating with the rest of the fuselage. Final assembly is due to begin, in April and the first aircraft will be completed in September, ready for a first flight in November. Source: Flight International
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Rapier thrusts into the limelight
BRITISH AEROSPACE'S RAPIER 2000 low-level air-defence system will enter service with the Royal Air Force Regiment in late 1995. The system was rolled out officially on 18 January. The Ministry of Defence has ordered 57 fire units to be divided between the RAF Regiment and the Royal Artillery. The system ...
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Norwegian Offset Target
Norway's biggest defence companies, Norsk Forsvarsteknologi and Raufoss, have formed a joint marketing firm, Kongsberg-Raufoss, to secure offset agreements tied to Norway's procurement of new fighters. Source: Flight International
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Hexcel Reorganisation
US composites-specialist Hexcel expected to emerge from Chapter 11, bankruptcy protection at the end of January, following court approval of its reorganisation plan. Citicorp had agreed to provide, up to $45 million of exit financing. The plan provides for $50 million in new equity - $9 million from the sale ...
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Learjet 45 powers towards first flight
ELECTRICAL POWER WAS TO BE applied to the first Learjet 45 before the end of January, the next step towards the maiden flight of the business jet in mid-1995. The aircraft's two AlliedSignal TFE731-20 turbofans are ready for installation. Shorts, was scheduled to deliver the fuselage, and de Havilland the ...
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Lockheed F-16s Return
The US Air Force began returning General Electric F110-129-powered Lock-heed F-16s to flight status in late January after determining that foreign-object damage to the engine's fan was the likely cause of an F-16D crash (Flight International, 25-31 January). The service has ordered inspections of all F110-129 fan blades and tightened ...
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USA tests Texas Instruments JSOW
The US Navy has conducted the first guided free-flight test of the Texas Instruments Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW). The test flight was used to demonstrate separation under autopilot control and wing deployment, says Texas Instruments. It was the first controlled JSOW flight in the engineering and manufacturing ...
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Engine fire brings down Falcon 20
A DASSAULT FALCON 20E, of air taxi company Lead Air-Unijet, crashed shortly after takeoff from the operator's base, at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France, at 17.30 on 20 January. The crew reported a fire in one of the aircraft's General Electric CF700-2D2 engines and was returning to land. ...
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Imperial approach to luxury travel
IMPERIAL AIRLINES, LAUNCHED BY a Bermuda-based consortium of private investors at the start of 1994 to serve the luxury-charter market, expects to begin operations on 15 February with a 14-day trip for an unnamed client from Washington DC to the Far East. The airline operates a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-52, purchased ...
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MDC cleans in a flash
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) HAS BEGUN marketing its Flashjet paint-removal system to other aircraft manufacturers, operators and maintenance centres. The Flashjet uses a combination of pulsed light-energy and carbon-dioxide pellets to remove paint without creating toxic waste. The system was developed for the US Air Force, which is installing a production ...