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Government order reprieves Kania
Poland's Kania multi-role-helicopter programme has been granted a stay of execution following the placing of four new orders by the Polish Ministry of the Interior - the first new sale of the Kania in five years. The deal came at a time when some at manufacturer WSK PZL-Swidnik were pushing ...
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Corpsam teaming
Loral Vought Systems has teamed with TRW Data Technologies and Westinghouse Electronic Systems to bid for the US Army's CorpsSam programme to replace the Hawk surface-to-air missile. France, Germany and the USA are discussing co-operative development of the CorpsSam. Source: Flight International
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Information required, please, on the Fairey Gannet
Sir - I am researching UK carrier aircraft and would like to make contact with the designers, pilots and engineers who flew and maintained any Fairey Gannet. Is there a flyable aircraft somewhere? Where can one be seen? Those residing in the USA can call collect to ISAM, Neil ...
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Hubble stars again
The European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera aboard the Hubble Space Telescope has located one of the smallest stars in the Universe. Designated the G1623b and located 25 years away in the constellation of Hercules, the smaller component of a binary-star system is ten times less dense than the Sun. ...
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Orenda licensed
GE Aircraft Engines has licensed Hawker Siddley Canada's Orenda division to manufacture selected turbine discs and other rotating components for its J85-, T58- and T64-series engines. Mississauga, Ontario-based Orenda has also been licensed to support and overhaul all J85 variants. Source: Flight International
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Germany embarks on GPS testing
THE GERMAN air-navigation-services agency, the DFS, has begun a satellite-navigation test programme which could lead to satellite-based non-precision approaches being allowed this year. The programme, begun in December, 1994, is being carried out in co-operation with the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) and Nuremberg-based regional carrier Eurowings. ...
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Orders hit the bottom
Orders for jet-powered airliners in 1994 were the worst for more than a decade Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The jet-airliner market provided little to shout about in 1994, but the performance may prove more encouraging than some of the headline figures suggest. Boeing is right to point out ...
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Russia agrees deal with India for aircraft carrier from Russia
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW RUSSIA HAS AGREED to sell to India the Kiev-class 37,000t aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov (formerly the Baku) in a move which may have wider implications for the strategic balance in the Asia-Pacific region. India operates two ageing former UK aircraft carriers, the 28,700t Viraat ...
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Expensive mistakes
The number of airline accidents rose a little in 1994, and insurance costs beat all records. David Learmount/LONDON World airline accident fatalities increased in 1994, compared with 1993, and exceeded the decade annual average. The increase is an insignificant variation in the context of annual figures during the ...
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Too close for comfort
The TCAS 2 mandate is being met as the FAA pushes the TCAS 1. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC For the past year, all civil airliners with more than 30 seats operating in or into the USA have been equipped with the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS). ...
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European spies
Europe will make its space-surveillance debut when the Helios satellite is launched in 1995 Tim Furniss/LONDON The French Matra Marconi Space (MMS) Helios 1A satellite, to be launched by an Ariane 4 before the end of April, will provide Europe with the world's fourth military-surveillance capability, ...
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In praise of excellence
Winners of the Aerospace Industry Awards will be revealed at the Paris air show. Should your company be among them? Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Aerospace, more than any other industry, has thrived on a constant stream of innovation. Yet there are few enough opportunities to applaud those who ...
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PNG begins shut-down of aviation infrastructure
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS PAPUA NEW Guinea has begun the progressive withdrawal of major elements of its aviation infrastructure because of a lack of funding. The closures could eventually result in a complete shut down of the country's airways system and its airports. Air-traffic-control (ATC) services ...
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Interstate signs GPS landing deal
INTERSTATE Electronics and Airport Systems International have combined to develop ground-based landing systems based on global-positioning-system (GPS) technology. Interstate will supply the differential-GPS (DGPS) system while Airport Systems will provide the datalink radio, installation hardware and services. Anaheim, California-based Interstate, which has developed GPS receivers and tracking systems ...
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Spain decides in favour of USNavy F-18s
SPAIN PLANS TO buy 24 McDonnell Douglas F-18As from the US Navy, to fill a gap in its fighter force until the Eurofighter EF2000 enters service. The country has rejected a US Air Force offer of secondhand Lockheed F-16s. The Spanish air force has sent a letter of ...
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Back to basics
Airline pilots have, for years, been warning over the growing threat of a mid-air collision in African airspace. On 13 September they appear, unfortunately, to have been proved right, with the apparent en route collision of a US Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter and a German air force Tupolev Tu-154 ...
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GEC HUMS passes design review
THE AIRBORNE-SYSTEM critical-design review for the GEC-Marconi Defence Systems-developed Integrated Health & Usage Monitoring System (IHUMS II) has been completed successfully. The IHUMS II is scheduled for certification on the Sikorsky S-76C+ this year. The system uses high-speed computer processing to diagnosis engine, transmission and rotor-system health. ...
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Antonov An-70: heir apparent
Antonov's An-70 had its maiden flight in December, but funding shortages threaten its development. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW A large crowd of workers, designers and officials received an early, but welcome, Christmas present at Svyatoshino airfield, Kiev, on 16 December, 1994, when the Antonov An-70 took off for ...
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Kawasaki presses JDA for transport-launch cash
Paul Lewis/TOKYO KAWASAKI HEAVY Industries (KHI) is pressing the Japan Defence Agency (JDA) to fund the development of the proposed indigenous C-X transport aircraft as a replacement for its C-1A. The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) has a requirement for a new, long-range, medium-size, military transport ...
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China loses satellite following fuel loss
Tim Furniss/LONDON CHINA'S FIRST three-axis stabilised, advanced 24 C-band, communications satellite has been declared a loss in geostationary orbit (GEO) after all its reserves of attitude-control propellants were prematurely exhausted (Flight International, 11-17 January). The 1,000kg satellite failed to reach its planned operational station, having reached ...