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2000-09-01, BACKFIRE: ISS gets older before its exploitation begins FROM: 2000 Report # 40 2 p.m. CDT, Thursday, August 30, 2000 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas With a visit by the Space Shuttle Atlantis a little over a week away, International Space Station flight controllers plan to conduct a final rehearsal of the station's activities for the upcoming docking on Tuesday. This week, station controllers completed transferring propellants from tanks aboard the attached Progress cargo craft to tanks aboard the Zvezda living quarters module. Controllers in the United States and Russia also conducted a test of the efficiency of the solar arrays on the Zvezda and Zarya modules, finding everything in good shape. An evaluation of problems with two batteries on the station — one in Zarya and one in Zvezda — continued this week, although the problems have no impact on any planned station activities. The problem exhibited by the battery in Zarya, labeled Battery 6, is consistent with normal signs of aging, and battery 6…

2000-08-29, Dron: Here is the ABC article. http://more.abcnews.go.com/secti ons/.../costaricacrash000828.htm l

2000-08-29, Dron: Usual tendency for Russian Aviation Industry to prefer imported engines over their own seems to be comming to an end. This is also backed by the recent Aviadvigatel and Pratt&Whitney agreement. As a part of the contract, Pratt&Whitney expressed its highest readiness to invest over 125 millions of dollars into development of the new generation PS-90A-2 (PS-90A2) engine. The engine which is based on a state-of-the-art PS-90A and is planned to be used on various passenger airliners including Tu-204, IL-96-300 as well as IL-76 freighters which are already in service. New PS-90A2 will have higher thrust ratings, be more reliable and will have extended exploitation resource. However, new engine which is to be completed by 2003 is not actually fully-Russian. Several imported components would have to be used in the construction. This way, besides Pratt$Whitney another 10 western companies joined the project. These represent Sweden, Germany and USA. This however doesn't mean that Russia is lossing any of its…

2000-08-25, Dron: LONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The two crew of a Harrier fighter jet ejected to safety moments before it crashed and burst into flames, Britain"s Defence Ministry said on Friday. A ministry spokeswoman told Reuters the two men ejected 50 ft (15 m) above the runway after the Harrier developed problems on its final approach at the Royal Air Force"s Boscombe Downs air base in Wiltshire on Thursday. "They are both okay. One had some minor back injuries," the spokeswoman said. "At this stage we do not know why the aircraft got into difficulty." The aircraft, which belonged to the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, was destroyed in the crash, she said. The two-seater T-10 model was a training variation of the standard one-seater model. Copyright ABCnews

2000-08-25, Dron: According to REUTERS, a total of 61 MiG-21 fighters were decomissioned from Hungarian service recently. Official reason for this step was said to be the age of the aircraft. No successor announced yet.

2000-08-25, Dron: The Mi-28NE (night-export) helicopter will participate in the South Korean AAH (Army Attack Helicopter) contest alongside with "Apache", AN-1Z, and Ka-50-2. This was reported by the official OKB Mil spokesman earlier this day. The approximate price of a single Mi-28N on world market is estimated to be around 15-17 million dollars. Serial production line is being prepared at "Rostvertol" corporation.

2000-08-24, Zed: Ouch! Dassault must be mad! Good for future Russian developments though...the new processors will be a *must*! Z

2000-08-24, Zed: ...like i said, he does not ghet here until September - you have my word that i will get them to you then...scanner already warmed up... Any more news on these Chinese Su-37KKs? This is of great interest... Thanks Z

2000-08-16, Zed: it posted twice...why???

2000-08-15, Dron: HELENA, Montana (CNN) — A pilot was killed on Sunday when his helicopter crashed while making water drops on one of many wildfires raging in the western United States. The firefighter, whose identity was not released, was battling a blaze in a remote area about 50 miles east of Fallon, Nevada, which had already consumed 37,700 acres. The pilot was the eighth firefighter killed fighting wildfires this year, and the second killed in a helicopter crash this month in Nevada. On Monday, the National Fire Information Center reported 82 large fires burning across 919,710 acres. Although firefighters contended Sunday with seven additional fires, they took satisfaction in their accomplishment.

2000-08-14, Zed: My Greek friend had the camera...he'll be in the UK on about the 6th September...i will get them scanned for you then

2000-08-11, Dron: Two bodies have been recovered and two people are missing following the crash Thursday of a U.S. Navy helicopter in the Gulf of Mexico some 15 miles south of Corpus Christi, Texas, a Navy spokeswoman told CNN. Two other crewmembers were rescued from the water shortly after the crash of their MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, the Navy said. One crewman was rescued almost immediately after the crash by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and the second was plucked from the water by another Navy MH-53E flying from a minesweeping ship operating in the area, according to the Navy. The rescued crewmembers were taken to Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi. Their condition was said only to be "stable," according to the Navy. Navy search and rescue teams, assisted by the Coast Guard and the USS Gladiator, a mine countermeasure ship that was in the vicinity, were searching for the missing crewmembers. The downed helicopter, used primarily for airborne minesweeping and mine hunting, was on a "routine training mission" when…

2000-08-09, Dron: LAS VEGAS (AP) - An F-16 jet crashed in the Nevada desert Tuesday after apparently clipping another jet during a training exercise, military officials said. The lone pilot ejected safely and the other plane landed without incident. The plane crashed about 5 p.m. some 70 miles north of Nellis Air Force Base, base spokesman Lt. Allan Herritage said. Another F-16 landed a short time later with minor damage, leading investigators to speculate the planes struck each other in midair, he said. The extent of damage to the second plane was not released, but Herritage said the pilot was not hurt. A helicopter crew was dispatched to rescue the downed pilot, who suffered scrapes and bruises. It was the second jet crash in a week for the base. An F-15 crashed north of Rachel, Nev., on Thursday while the pilot was leading seven other planes in a training exercise. The pilot ejected and was not injured. His plane crashed into a dry lake bed 125 miles north of Las Vegas. copyright Associated Press Note: It was 6th F-16 loss…

2000-08-01, Dron: In the past 7 days there were 3 incidents involving American military aircraft taking lives of 14 people. - On July 25, Lockheed C-130 of the Jordanian airforce carrying 14 troops on board smashed into the desertous land killing all of its passengers. In the official statement, Jordanian authorities mentioned that the cause of the crash was technical failure of some of the vital systems of the aircraft. - Two days later, US Navy F-14D Tomcat carrying 2 pilots on board lost control during the ordinary training mission and smashed into the waters of the Red Sea. No official statement on the accident followed with the only note that both pilots ejected and are now in hospital. - August 1, 2000. The F-16C of the Israeli Air Force crashed shortly after the take off. Pilot ejected safely. He reported after that within minutes after the take-off he noticed that the engine was on fire and seconds later the decision to eject was made. So far this is only fifth crash of the F-16 series this year with 4 pilots killed…

2000-08-01, Serge Pod: Sea Launch Places Communications Satellite in Orbit A Zenit 3SL rocket successfully launched an American communications satellite for the multinational Sea Launch company Friday, the first since a failed launch in March. The Zenit lifted off on schedule at 6:42 pm EDT (2242 UT) Friday, July 28, from Sea Launch's mobile, floating launch platform, located on the Equator at 154 degrees west longitude in the Pacific Ocean. Its payload, the PAS-9 satellite for PanAmSat, was placed into a geosynchronous transfer orbit about one hour and 45 minutes after launch. "Today's success clearly establishes Sea Launch's position as a proven launch services provider," said Sea Launch president Will Trafton. "We how have three very successful missions and have moved into full scale operations." The launch is the first for Sea Launch since a March 12 launch that failed to place its payload, the ICO F-1 satellite for communications company ICO, into orbit. That failure was traced to a software glitch that failed to close a…

2000-08-01, Serge Pod: Zvezda Docks with International Space Station The Russian-built Zvezda service module successfully docked with the International Space Station Tuesday evening, completing a key step in the assembly of the orbiting facility. Zvezda made contact with the Zarya module of the ISS at 8:45 pm EDT Tuesday evening (0045 UT Wednesday). No major problems were reported with the automated docking, which took place while the spacecraft passed over Kazakhstan, in range of Russian ground stations. "We have contact confirmed, capture is confirmed," said NASA spokesperson Kyle Herring, covering the docking from the Russian mission control center in Korolev, outside of Moscow. "We have a successful capture of the Zvezda as it becomes a permanent member of the International Space Station." During the docking Zvezda served as the passive target, as the ISS — composed of the Zarya and Unity modules — maneuvered towards Zvezda. During the final approach the ISS approached Zvezda at the rate of just 0.2 meters per…

2000-07-31, Serge Pod: MOSCOW, July 27 (AFP) - Russia is likely to sell 10 Il-76 troop transporter planes to China, the head of Russian aeronautics firm Ilyushin, Victor Livanov, said Thursday, quoted by the AVN news agency. A preliminary contract for the planes, worth between 30 and 35 million dollars each, has been agreed and Livanov said the deal would probably go ahead. A second contract for a further 10 planes is also possible. Russia's last sale of Il-76s to China was in 1994. China is one of Russia's main arms clients.

2000-07-28, Zed: Bummer! Z

2000-07-26, Serge Pod: Russia and China to cooperate on use of GPS 25 July 2000 The Russian Interfax agency has reported that Russia and China could be close agreeing co-operation in the use and future development of Russia's global navigational system Glonass. Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov has said that ways of such bilateral co-operation were explored during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Beijing at Putin's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Jiang Zemin. Glonass, is a twin of the American GPS system that allows aircraft and "smart" munitions to calculate with high precision their position anywhere in the world. The first GLONASS satellites were launched into orbit in 1982. The constellation now comprises 10 active satellites and is due for an upgrade in the next few years. DSD

2000-07-21, Zed: Not exactly aviation related, but interesting never the less: http://www.newscientist.com/nl/0 722/bullet.html Zed [Редактировалось Zed (21-07-2000 в 22:33).]

2000-07-20, Serge Pod: FI2000: The Aircraft List The following aircraft are those expected to appear at Farnborough International 2000, according to show organizers SBAC. Alenia will present two C27J Spartan (one on Static, one to fly), an ATR42MP Surveyor (static) and the AMX (static/fly). The C27J Spartan has a similar cockpit display to the C130J and in this configuration is making its first appearance at Farnborough International. An ATR42 Maritime Patrol aircraft is also making its Farnborough debut. Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey - The first time at Farnborough International. Two aircraft, one on Static Display, one in the Flying Display Boeing 767-400ER - the first time for this variant at Farnborough International. The aircraft will be on Static Display only. Boeing F-18E/F Super Hornet - The first time at Farnborough International for the Super Hornet. Two F-18F (ie, two-seat) aircraft will be coming to the Show - one on Static Display and one in the Flying Display. Boeing Business Jet - The first time at Farnborough…

2000-07-05, Zed: Hi all, I need some help with the Korean war kill numbers. What are the quoted numbers of aircraft shot down by both sides in Russia? Also there is much made of 5 Australian Meteors shot down on the 26th September 1951 - the Australians claim that there was no contact with Soviet forces on that day....any ideas, any information? Thanks Zed

2000-07-04, Serge Pod: Australian Trials for Su-35 and Su-32 As part of the ongoing effort to keep Russia in the frame for the replacement of the Australian F-111s and F/A-18s under the Air 6000 contract, timed to occur in distant 2020 and 2015, respectively, Sukhoi have offered the Australian Air Force an Su-35 and Su-32FN for extended trials. This is a recurrence of reports of an offer made earlier this year after presentations by Sukhoi and Rosvooruzhenie in Australia in November 1999. The effect of the offer, according to local media, has been to make Sukhoi serious contenders Sukhoi have also reiterated their desire to become involved with Australian producers in the future development of the aircraft. The initial offering involved the possible production of wings by Hawker de Havilland, but recent reports suggest that the Russians have also proposed cooperation on a long-range air-to-air missile. From ConCISe Aerospace ( http://www.concise.org ) http://www.aeroworldnet.com/6tw0 7030.htm

2000-07-04, Serge Pod: Inside Kazan`s Best-Kept Secret [24 May 2000] The Kazan helicopter plant fell on hard times in the last decade but has started to thrive since it became a private enterprise. KAZAN – Until the early 1990s, this was a closed city to foreigners. What made it such a sensitive site was the Kazan Helicopter Plant, which manufactured up to 300 military choppers a year and was considered to be one of the most important facilities of its type in the country. Russia`s military may have fallen on hard times over the last decade, but the helicopter plant, now operating as a private enterprise, has succeeded in adapting to a post-Soviet role. And most observers say it is continuing to thrive as the new century gets under way. But what doesn’t seem to have changed is the sensitive nature of the plant’s operations. After repeated promises, first for an interview with plant officials, then for answers to general questions, the firm`s management suddenly decided not to talk, saying only that: ``It`s not in our interest to…

2000-06-30, Serge Pod: [30 Jun 2000] All 18 crew members and passengers aboard an Mi 8 helicopter were killed when it crashed on Sunday afternoon /June 25/ in Lao central province of Xiengkhouang, Lao official news agency KPL reported Thursday. The helicopter, which belongs to Lao Aviation, was scheduled to take off from the Vientiane airport at 09:00 but rain and cloud delayed the flight until 13:00. It reached Saysomboun Special Zone airport at 13:30. It left again at 13:55 and crashed 15 minutes later in a mountainous area, 28 km from Xiengkhouang province airport. The crash was attributed to the thick clouds and storms with lightning and hail, said KPL. The Lao government has set up a special task force to investigate the accident. /XINHUA/