The former passenger terminal at Edmonton (Canada) City Centre Airport is up for lease to aerospace-related businesses. The two-story, runway-side property is five minutes from downtown and has clear-span floor space, some 14-ft. ceilings and unobstructed airport views. The city has rezoned the property for a wide range of uses, and there is parking for 1,000 cars in an adjacent parking structure. Tenancies of 7,000-100,000 sq. ft. are available, including restaurant areas, according to Mark Kolke, leasing broker for Colliers International in Edmonton.
Votes cast by Delta Air Lines' pilots for a new clause in their contract designed to reflect hourly pay rates for the carrier's new Boeing 777s are scheduled to be counted June 10. If approved, Delta management and the pilots would have six months to negotiate rates for the 777, which is scheduled to enter service this month. An official with airline labor watchdog The Newfoundland Group predicts the vote ``will pass by a wide margin'' and give Delta's Air Line Pilots Assn. leadership authorization, if necessary, to request that pilots not fly the 777 beyond Nov.
More turmoil hit Washington-based Iridium last week. Vice Chairman and CEO Edward F. Staiano resigned and was replaced by a five-member executive committee. Investors are upset that the $4.85-billion mobile satellite telephone venture, which began commercial operations in November, is months behind schedule in signing up subscribers (AW&ST Apr. 5, p. 15). The company received a 60-day waiver from lenders last month when it failed to meet minimum subscriber and revenue covenants.
Photograph: IIMorrow is working on software to allow ADS-B information to be integrated on cockpit EFIS and weather radar screens. Flight tests of IIMorrow's Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast on-board traffic management and conflict system are demonstrating the device's ability to give pilots accurate aviation traffic information in real time. Initial Supplemental Type Certification of ADS-B ``as an aid to visual acquisition'' using the Mode S data link was received Apr. 9, following more than 200 hr. of data collection and flight testing.
Photograph: Voice and flight data recorders and two of three FADECs from the Korean Air MD-11 freighter that crashed on Apr. 15 have been returned to the U.S. for analysis. WIDE WORLD Under pressure from the stock market and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, Korean Air announced a shakeup last week that reached to the top of the family dynasty that has run the airline since its founding 30 years ago.
The Aerospace Corp. has set up a Colorado Springs-based Space Operations Support Office charged with providing on-call troubleshooting services to commercial satellite operators. Using its extensive database of spacecraft anomalies, Aerospace will conduct in-depth analysis of service interruptions caused by space ``weather'' and other factors, helping operators mitigate disruptions attributed to radiation, spacecraft charging, micrometeoroids and space debris.
The 16-Channel Isolated Thermocouple Junction Unit provides reference temperature simulation for up to 16 thermocouples of any standard base or noble material. Each circuit is self-compensating and fully isolated and shielded. Accuracy is 30 microvolts from reference temperature EMF measured at 70 5F ambient temperature and does not exceed 100 microvolts over a temperature range of -40-185F with standard base thermocouple materials. The standard unit is tested to 18.8g RMS over a range of 20 Hz. -2 KHz. Hades Manufacturing Corp., 151 Verdi St., Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735.
Brig. Gen. Martin Berndt Copilot Ulf Cedermark Richard DeMary Second Officer Dudley Dvorak Dennis Fitch Flight Crew of Helimed One Flight Crews from USCG Air Station Clearwater Flight Crew from USCG Air Station Sitka Flight Crews of an RAF Westland Sea King and Sikorsky S-61N Flight Crews from USAF Reserve 920th Rescue Group Flying Doctors of Mercy Lt. Col. Christopher J. Gunther Capt. Thomas O. Hanford
Intertechnique has contracted to provide the electrical and fuel supply systems for Bombardier's new Continental business jet. The French manufacturer already supplies electric fuel pumps and windshield wiper motors for Bombardier's CRJ 700 regional jet. Intertechnique also has concluded an agreement to acquire Sfim's 50% interest in Eros, a supplier of aircraft on-board oxygen-generating systems. Intertechnique earned 15.6 million euros ($17.2 million) last year on sales of 333 million euros and recorded 330 million euros worth of new orders.
Photograph: An A318 production go-ahead could come as early as this week Airbus Industrie has scored three major orders, including a landmark sale of long-range aircraft in Latin America, as it prepares to formally launch a new 100-seat model. Sources here indicate that the four-nation Airbus consortium is on the verge of giving a production go-ahead for the A318, a shortened 107-seat version of the A319 that would offer A320 family operators expanded flexibility (AW&ST Sept. 14, 1998, p. 26).
The FAA is ordering on-wing tests of Pratt&Whitney PW4000-series engines to prevent high-pressure compressor (HPC) surges, which can occur during takeoff and climb. According to the agency, the surges are caused by excessive clearance between the blade tips and the stator assembly in the aft stages of the HPC. The PW4000 powers the Boeing 747 and 767, MD-11 and Airbus A310. There are 546 engines in the U.S. fleet affected by the directive.
Russian cosmonaut Victor Afanassiev and French astronaut Jean-Pierre Haignere have completed a 6-hr. 19-min. spacewalk on the Mir orbital facility that will serve as a warm-up for assembly of the International Space Station. The extra-vehicular activity (EVA), performed as part of the six-month Franco-Russian Perseus mission, resulted in the recovery and installation of two French experiments, Comet and Exobiology, but the spacewalkers were only able to partially complete five experiments planned by Russian scientists.
Science instruments on Mars Polar Lander were tried out for the first time recently as the spacecraft continues to travel toward the planet for a planned landing at a near-polar site in December. Five of the lander's science instruments were activated and calibrated, with each performing properly. Science objectives for the mission include searching for water and studying the history of the Martian climate. The Mars Climate Orbiter is scheduled to arrive at the planet in September.
The dawn of aviation will forever be a landmark of the 20th century. Aviation's remarkable birth, its rapid development and its astonishing growth are a marvel. Mere decades after the first airlines began carrying a few bold passengers, hundreds of millions of people routinely fly each year.
Each year, Aviation Week&Space Technology gives special awards of recognition to young people who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and academic skills, and have chosen to pursue careers in aviation and aerospace. These are the people who will take over where today's leaders and visionaries leave off, and they deserve our wholehearted encouragement and support. Outstanding cadets at the service academies, with a demonstrated interest in aviation, receive Breitling Aerospace watches, courtesy of Breitling USA.
A U.S. District Court judge has ordered the Allied Pilots Assn. to pay $45.5 million in compensatory damages to AMR Corp. because of a pilot ``sickout'' in February, but the ruling also is a clear signal to airline labor unions that courts may deal more harshly in the future with alleged illegal job actions by its members.
Honored for ``the last two decades of his military career as a developer of spearhead technology including the ICBM, military space vehicles and a new generation of aircraft.'' Aviation Week&Space Technology, Dec. 26, 1966
NORTHROP GRUMMAN WILL UPGRADE A NUMBER of systems on USAF's E-8C Joint-STARS surveillance aircraft under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a potential value of $1.2 billion. The first will improve satellite communications. Others include an attack support upgrade to the Link-16 and modifications to the APY-3 radar. The company also has a contract for a nine-year development effort of the next-generation radar, which is expected to exceed $1.3 billion.
Cyclone Aviation Products, recently acquired by Elbit Systems of Israel, has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to produce structural parts for F-16 aircraft. Production is to start within six months on the work, which is estimated to be worth $30 million over the next five years.
President Clinton has nominated Lt. Gen. James L. Jones to succeed Charles C. Krulak as Marine Corps commandant and Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to succeed Dennis J. Reimer as Army chief of staff.
Lockheed Martin Missiles&Space Co. has contracted with Tecstar to provide triple junction solar cell assemblies for use on Lockheed A2100 satellites and other spacecraft programs. The cells, currently on Deep Space 1, were developed by Tecstar in cooperation with NASA and the U.S. Air Force.
A modified Russian SS-18 ICBM launched an experimental British satellite into low Earth orbit on Apr. 21. The converted ``Dnepr-1'' launched Uo-SAT, a 350-kg. (770-lb.) experimental communication and remote sensing spacecraft built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. Dnepr-1 was the first SS-18 modified into a launcher. Kosmotras, a Russian-Ukrainian company, has acquired rights from the Russian government to convert as many as 150 of the SS-18s into launchers by 2007. The START 2 treaty requires Russia to destroy or convert all of its SS-18s.
Famous Airliners chronicles the history and evolution of the commercial transport. During the Pioneering Era of the 1920s, air travel was noisy, uncomfortable and expensive. In the Air Travel Comes of Age era, commercial aviation established itself as a safe and cost-effective alternative to the railroad and steamship. The Modern Age of Airliners is dominated by the appearance of the jet engine. The book features more than 150 vintage and color photographs, and a table detailing aircraft specifications and capabilities. Plymouth Press, 101 Panton Road, Vergennes, Vt.
Photograph: Peter Sutch, chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways When Peter Sutch joined Cathay Pacific Airways in 1970, it was a regional airline with limited ambitions. Certainly few in Hong Kong's aviation circles thought it would ever need the new wide-body 747s that Boeing was beginning to place in service. How would it ever find the passengers to fill them? Today, Cathay has 31 747s among its fleet of 59 aircraft and ranks as the world's 11th biggest international airline. It has been an adviser to Boeing on development of the 747-400 and 777.
