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Weather forecastsTHOMSON CSF MADE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR BBJ
NEW ORLEANS, Thomson CSF Sextant In Flight Systems won full certification for its four cameras surveillance system for BBJ. It is based on 4 cameras rounding the plane and permanently controlling the fuselage... more
Weather forecastsUSA TO PROJECT SUPERSONIC BUSINESS JET
NEW ORLEANS, The project, launched two years ago by Lockheed Martin and Gulfstream two years ago, is rumbling on. DARPA, Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, is getting ready to dispense some... more
Weather forecastsAIRSHOW AND MEETINGS
., ASSOCIATION OF AIR MEDICAL SERVICES, AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE Oct. 16-18, Salt Lake City, Utah. Info: (703) 836-8732; e-mail: jwallis@aams.org.... more
AirlinesSINGAPORE AIRLINES HAS CHOSEN ROLLS-ROYCE FOR A3XX ENGINES
SINGAPORE, Singapore Airlines picked the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 series engines to power its A3XX planes. Engines cost is $245 million. The 25 super-jumbo A3XXs will join Singapore Airlines fleet beginning... more
HelicoptersROTORWAY ADDS THREE NEW COUNTRIES TO REPRESENTATION NETWORK
USA, RotorWay added three new representatives to its network distribution. They are Turkey, South Africa, Republic of Georgia. Brent Marshall, Vice President of Sales for RotorWay International, said the... more
IndustryROLLS-ROYCE WINS ORDER TO UPGRADE ATA FLEET
LONDON, Rolls-Royce has been chosen by American Trans Air to upgrade the RB211 engines on its fleet of Lockheed L1011 Tristars. The contract worths $63 million and it includes spare engines. The deal... more
PeopleIRAQ REFUSED TO EXTRADITE SAUDI HIJACKERS
BAGHDAD, Iraqi government said yesterday it won't extradite the two hijackers who took control of a Saudi Arabian aircraft flying from Gedda to London last saturday. The new was reported by Ina press... more
PeopleCONCERNS ABOUT JET ENGINES LUBRICANTS
GREAT BRITAIN, According with Liberal Democrat MP Paul Tyler, there is a new hazard for jetliners passengers and crews: it concern the vapours gives off from lubricants, used in jet engines. These vapours... more
AirlinesDELTA TO START NEW ROUTES TO JAPAN
ATLANTA, USA, Delta Air Lines will operate two new nonstop flights from the United States to Japan, one from New York to Tokyo the other from Los Angeles to Nagoya. The new service will start on April... more
HelicoptersEHI AND SIKORSKY PETITION ON CANADIAN HLICOPTERS BID
OTTAWA, CANADA, EHI and Sikorsky have presented separately two petition to CITT against Canadian Department of defense and Department of public works tenders for the acquisition of heavy transport... more
Press releaseENAC OFFICIAL WILL WORK IN JAA CENTRAL OFFICE
ROMA, Starting november 1, and for the first time since creation of Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), an Italy's ENAC official, Eng. Marco Costantini will take up the office of “Management System Manager” in... more
AerospaceAMBITIOUS CHINESE SPACE PLANS
CHINA, China's space program plans to explore the moon looking for commercially useful resources and to participate in an international expedition to Mars. Although details released on these plans are... more
Accidents(2) FOUND GOVERNOR AIRCRAFT, ALL DIED
HILLSBORO, MISSOURI, USA, The sheriff of the Hillsboro County has declared that the small aircraft crashed with Mel Carnahan, Missouri Governor, his son, Roger "Randy" Carnahan and the governor's political... more
AirlinesTHE QUEEN CHOOSE BRITISH AIRWAYS
ROME, The United Kingdom Queen, Elizabeth II, has choose a "normal" British Airways flight to arrive yesterday in Rome Ciampino Airport, for the third official voyage in Italy. The Prime Minister Tony... more
AccidentsMISSOURI GOVERNOR PROBABLY DIED IN AIR ACCIDENT
USA, A small aircraft with the democratic governor of Missouri, Mel Carnahan, his son and a political adviser on board, has disappeared from radar control displays. The aircraft was heading New Madrid... more
Weather forecastsAIRSHOW AND MEETINGS
., ASSOCIATION OF AIR MEDICAL SERVICES, AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE Oct. 16-18, Salt Lake City, Utah. Info: (703) 836-8732; e-mail: jwallis@aams.org. HELICOPTER SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Oct.... more
AerospaceFIRST GO-OUT FOR DISCOVERY CREW
CAPE CANAVERAL, Yesterday, the first space-walk has been effectuated by two of the Discovery crew, Bill McArthur and Leroy Chiao, that have worked six hour in order to connect antennas and cables on... more
Science and technologyEUROPEAN COMMISSION AGAINST BRITAIN'S OVER BAA GOLDEN SHARE
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, The European Commission will take the United Kingdom to the European Court for its "golden share" in airports management operator BAA plc. According with citation, the government... more
AirlinesSINGAPORE COULD BUY OVER USD1BN IN 747-400 FREIGHTERS
SINGAPORE, Singapore Airlines (SIA) could buy Boeing 747-400 freighter planes in a deal worth about USD$1 billion in the biggest order for the plane so far this year. This could be a sort of consolation... more
AccidentsACCIDENT SURVIVORS AWARDED OVER USD$ 6 MILLION
USA, Anna Lloyd, 22, a survivor of the American Airlines crash at Little Rock airport occurred on June 1, 1999, has been refunded, by jury order, over USD6 million in compensation for the psychological... more
AirlinesQUARREL BETWEEN BA E LUFTHANSA FOR GERMAN INTERNAL FLIGHTS
LONDON, British Airways' (BA) German subsidiary is accusing national airline Lufthansa to try to make a "dangerous monopolization", buying small companies, in order to keep control on internal German... more
DefenseMV-22 DECLARED EFFECTIVE, SUITABLE FOR LAND-BASED OPERATIONS
USA, The Department of the Navy announced that the MV-22 Osprey has been judged operationally effective and operationally suitable for land-based operations, validating eight months of comprehensive... more
PeopleRIAD ASK FOR THE 777 HIJACKERS EXTRADITION
RIAD, SAUDI ARABIA, Appealing to international treaty on air piracy, Riàd has requested the extradition of the two hijackers of the Boeing 777 landed safely at Baghdad airport. Due to rupture of diplomatic... more
AccidentsSIX AMERICAN DOCTORS DIED IN AIR ACCIDENT
WAPA, MEXICO, Six american doctor died in an air accident occurred near Ensenada, about 60 miles south of Tijuana, on the Pacific Coast. No information about type of aircraft and cause of accident are... more
IndustryBOEING-UPS AGREEMENT FOR PASSENGER TO CARGO AIRCRAFT MOD
SEATTLE, USA, U.S. Boeing co. probably will announce for the end of the year the deal with United Parcel Service in order to convert 30 MD-11 aircraft from passenger to cargo. The transaction, worth about... more
AerospaceMIR CORPORATION ON STOCK EXCHANGE TO SAVE MIR SPACE STATION
NEW YORK, The private-controlled Mir Corporation, that owns the right on Russian Mir space station, decided to go on stock exchange in order to collect 117 USD million to renew the old space station. According... more
DefenseRUSSIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS GOES TO IRAN
IRAN, According with a CIA director John A. Lauder report, dated October 5, presented to U.S. Senate Commission for Russian relationship evaluation, Iran own some russian chemical weapons, also suitable... more
PeopleA NEW GARMIN PRODUCT: CANADA MAPS CD
NEW ORLEANS, Garmin International presented its new CD containing Canada maps, compatible with all other GPS-based Garmin products. The new CD feature highly detailed maps up to street-level and navaid... more
PeopleU.S: AIRCRAFTS TO REPLACE CARS IN GARAGES
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN USA, Near Wittman regional airport it's planning the construction of a residential area with 35 houses having garage big enough to pernit pilots park their family airplanes. Many taxiways... more
SecurityMIDDLE EAST: SOME MORE ISRAELIAN HELICOPTER RAIDS
PALESTINE, After Gaza and Ramallah, israelian retaliation against palestinians, accused to lyach two israelian soldiers, continued with more attacks from military helicopters to Jordan, at Hebron,... more