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DefenseNEW UAV DISPLAYED AT ILA 2000
BERLIN, The drone Luna X-2000 was displayed. It was produced by EMT, a german company specialized in this kind of making. The aircraft, without pilot, was already used in Kosovo missions and is going to... more

Finance and economyEADS IS GOING TO ISSUE SHARES
BELINO, A chunk of EADS, the syndicate gathering together Aerospatiale Matra, DaimlerCrysler Aerospace and Casa, the 34 %, will be offered to shareholders in a takeover bid taking place in the next weeks.... more

Sport aviationHELICOPTERS SPEED RACE TO BERLIN
BERLIN, On the occasion of aueronautical exhibition ILA 2000, half a dozen of Bell 407 helicopters are going to fly today from Paris to Berlin in a speed race. The helicopters come from several countries,... more

PeopleGREEN LIGHT FOR NH-90
BERLIN, Italy, (Agusta), Germany and France (Eurocopter), Holland (Fokker), are going to sign up an agreement for the combined making of new helicopter NH-90 that will be used for average transport. About... more

PeopleSCHROEDER IS GOING TO VISIT ILA 2000
BERLIN, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is going to visit ILA 2000 exhibition in Berlin on thursday. Since the german capital moved from Bonn to Berlin, this city reached an higher importance from... more

Finance and economyFAIRCHILD TAKES A THIRD OF REGIONAL FLIGHTS MARKET
BERLIN, The delicate sector of regional air transport (aircrafts with usually less than 100 seats), is expanding thanks to the raising demand of aircrafts for that type of short-range transport. in this... more

DefenseGERMANY INTERESTED IN A-400 M
BERLIN, Airbus project for a transport aircraft of military use, named A-400 M found recently a possible buyer, the german Bundeswehr. Minister of Defense of Germany, Rudolf Sharping, showed his interest... more

HelicoptersAEROVENETA WINS TENDER IN GREECE
VERONA, Aeoroveneta Company, beating several other companies, won the tender for fire-fighting surveillance of greek land. The tender was called by greek firemen's National Corp. The service will be performed... more

Press releasePOSSIBLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN KLM AND BRITISH
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY, According to two newspapers, the german "Handelsblatt" and the american "Wall Street Journal" peliminary talks between top managers of the two companies have taken place to verify... more

Press releaseBANK ROBBERIES CLEAN CUT WITH HELICOPTER SECURITY
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, Robinson Helicopter Company has sold seven four-seat R44 units to LRC Taxi Aereo of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for security and patrol of city's banks. The vehicles, as needed, will be used... more

AccidentsWORKER KNOCKED DOWN AND KILLED AT FIUMICINO AIRPORT
FIUMICINO, A worker aged 28, Paolo Frediani, who was working at luggage zone, was knocked down late at evening by a machine starting up suddenly and out of control. It crushed him onto a track after having... more

AirlinesAIRFRANCE INTERESTED IN A3XX
PARIS, French national company, Airfrance, is interested in purchasing some, nearly ten, Airbus A3XX, as declared by President Jean-Cyrill Spinetta. Airbus, for its part, will announce at ILA 2000, aeronautical... more

AccidentsVICTIMS IN AIR CRASH IN FRANCE
PARIS, A PA-46 Piper, with probably six people on board, crashed in the middle of a big storm in Thury-en-Valois in Oise's province. Rescue team intervened immediately and found only 5 victims. The aircraft,... more

Science and technologyROME AIR SHOW DELAYS FLGHTS AT FIUMICINO
ROME, Thirty minutes delays with peaks of an hour for nearly fifty flights. Those were the consequences of "Ostia Air Show", taking place close to Rome and which was attended by about one million and half... more

SecuritySTOWAWAYS CHANGE MEAN: NOW THEY COME BY AIRPLANE
ANCONA, Now stowaways prefer comfortable trips: an aircraft coming from Ukraine, a YAK 642 with 130 immigrants on board, landed at Falconara, Ancona airport. Three citizens from Moscow were taking immigrants.... more

PeopleEIGHT HOURS IN THE STANDING AIRPLANE
WASHINGTON, Bad weather raging on american east coast is responsible for more than 100 flights to be cancelled. The worst event happened to passengers of flight 1806, of United Airlines, leaving from Chicago... more

AccidentsEIGHT PEOPLE DIE FOR AIR CRASH IN AUSTRALIA
SIDNEY, An aircraft with eight people on board sank approximately 25 kilometers far from south australian coasts. The search, carried out with an helicopter, three aircrafts and several boats, let be discovered... more

Science and technologyFAILS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITISH AND OLYMPIC
ROME, British Airlines decided not to take over the 20% of greek company Olympic Airlines, because of its difficulties. The pre-emptive right won't be therefore taken up and the greek airline will take... more

DefenseF-104 PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
ROME, The Honourable Gramazio, of Alleanza Nazionale, sent a parliamentary question about the dangerousness of F-104 flights for people. He also asked for new funds for AMI, to provide it of state-of-the... more

Science and technologyPARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ABOUT FIUMICINO AIRPORT
ROME, Honourables Malagnino and Abaterusso, from Olive-Democratic-Socialist Party, sent a parliamentary question regarding the interventions of operating and structural retraining of flight infrastructures... more

AirlinesPARLIAMENTARY QUESTION REGARDING ALITALIA
ROME, The Honourable Armosino, of Forza Italia party, sent a written parliamentary question to know if Alitalia will start up the course Torino-Reggio Calabria. more

Science and technologyNEW PRESIDENT FOR VENICE AIRPORT
VENICE, Save Company, which runs the business of "Marco Polo" Venice Airport, has a new President, Enrico Marchi, elected unanimously at company meeting which took place yesterday evening. Marchi, aged... more

Science and technologyAMERICAN AIRLINES INAUGURATES ROME-CHICAGO NO- STOP FLIGHT
ROME, American Airlines inaugurated the new no-stop daily connection between Fiumicino Airport and Chicago O'Hare airport. "The course between Rome and Chicago was the most crowded course between Italy... more

PeopleBALL WATCHING INSTEAD OF AIRCRAFT WATCHING
MILAN, About eighty air traffic controllers received a notification of investigation. The count of indiction was fraud towards Enav. About fifteen controllers would be prosecuted for breaking and disturbing... more

AirlinesALITALIA ON INTERNET
ROME, Alitalia national company gets into e-commerce with a new portal dedicated to allocation of services and products related to tourism. Alitalia's board of directors therefore started up this project... more

DefensePARLIAMENTARY OPINION ON AM-X MODERNIZATION
ROMA, Italian Minister of Defense, Honourable Mattarella, of PPI party, delivered the request of parliamentary opinion about AM-X fleet modernization plan by letter dated May 25th. The 4th Permanent Commission... more

PeopleSPECIAL SAFETY BELT FOR QUICK TEMPERED PASSENGERS
LONDON, An ex police man thought up a device called "Body restraint package" that will be used by flying attendants on airplanes to "cool down" passengers furies in case they are taken by paroxysms dangerous... more

DefenseNO SPARE PARTS FOR BRAZILIAN AIRFORCE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Top-ranking officers of Brazilian air force said nearly 60 percent of the service's aircraft are grounded because of a lack of spare parts, which government can't buy because it needs the... more

DefenseHOW MANY AIRCRAFTS ARE OPERATED BY PENTAGON?
WASHINGTON D.C., Does the Pentagon really need 346 support aircraft -- including luxury jets used to ferry top brass around the country? The General Accounting Office thinks not, according to USA Today.... more

PeopleNO AGREEMENT BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL FOR FLIGHT ZONES
EL CAIRO, The agreement between Israel and Egypt about flight zones, which would have allowed the aircrafts coming from El Cairo to cross the air corridor to get to Gaza airport, has failed. Israel resolution,taken... more

IndustryAIRCRAFT CARRIER ACCIDENT REVEALED ONLY TODAY.
PACIFIC OCEAN, A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, adopted by American Navy, crashed down from a bridge of a not specified US aircraft carrier. The crash was due to a a mistake in landing. The helicopter landed... more

SecurityGRANNY WILL FLY AROUND THE WORLD BY HELICOPTER
LONDON, Jennifer Murray has just yesterday moved from Weybridge with a Robinson 44 helicopter. She is 59, with three sons and two grand children,and she intends to fly around the world in 86 days. The... more

AirlinesSUSPENDED TWO ALASKAN AIRLINES PILOTS
SEATTLE,USA, Six months of suspension have been suggested for two pilots of Alaskan Airlines. The reason is that even tough oxygen masks for passenger were started up, they kept on flying as the oxygen... more

Sport aviationUN ROTORWAY CONQUISTA ANCORA UNA VOLTA IL GRAND CHAMPION
CHANDLER, ARIZONA,USA, Ancora una volta un elicottero della Rotorway ha vinto il Grand Championship, uno dei maggiori eventi della EEA. Bob Fiorenze, di Winter Park, Florida, ha ottenuto il primo posto... more

AirlinesLA COMPAGNIA DI ELICOTTERI ROBINSON INIZIA IL NUOVO MILLENNIO GUADAGNANDO IL 65 % DEL MERCATO
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, La compagnia di elicotteri Robinson ha inaugurato l'anno 2000 con la vendita di 88 nuovi mezzi nel primo quadrimestre, un enorme aumento delle vendite, superiore al 64% rispetto allo... more

Science and technologyDE PALACIO IS COMING TO ROME ON THE 23RD OF JUNE
BRUXELLES, Airports International Council's annual meeting will take place on the 23rd of june and will be featuring Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of European Commission. The meeting will treat the... more

AirlinesGOLDWIN INTRODUCES ITSELF IN PALERMO
PALERMO, A new airline is coming up in Sicily: It is called Goldwin Airlines and it is going to introduce itself to world press and operators on the 9th of june at fascinating setting of Palazzo dei Normanni... more

Press releaseAIR LITTORAL
ROME, Air Littoral is the first french regional Airline. It owns a fleet of 39 Aircrafts, such as ATR 42-5000 and Fokker. It carries over 4000 passengers each day and its network is based on Nice's and... more

AerospaceSAILING TO THE STARS ON SOLAR WIND
ALABAMA USA, According to NASA scientists within the decade a new and revolutionary propulsion system, an immense and super-lightweight sailing, will be at disposal. It will let the power of solar photons... more

Press releaseILA 2000
BERLINO, La mostra internazionale aerospaziale di ILA 2000 si terrà presso l'aeroporto Schoenefeld di Berlino, zona sud, dal 6 al 12 giugno 2000. L'ILA è in notevole espansione, almeno 2000 metri quadrati d... more

AirlinesSICILIAN INQUIRIES FOR UNDUE REFUNDS
PALERMO, A notorious sicilian aereonautic entrepreneur,Luigi Crispino, ex President of Air Sicilia, is, according to "La Repubblica", in the eye of storm for inquiries by Judiciary Court. According to... more

HelicoptersEH-101 FIRST FLIGHT
VERGIATE, "Cormorant First Flight Ceremony", inauguration of EH-101 helicopter first flight, took place this morning at Agusta's factory of Vergiate (Varese). The helicopter is manufactured by alliance... more

Sport aviationENGLISH MAN TRYING NORTH POLE UNDERTAKING
OSLO, NORWAY, Davis Hempelman Adams, an english man aged 44, just yesterday left Longyearbien, main town of Svalbard isle, in Norway, for a flight of about four days which should allow him to overfly... more

Science and technologyALITALIA SEARCHING FOR A EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP
ROME, According to Adnkronos Press Agency report,Iri's President Piero Gnudi declared Alitalia is searching for a european partnership after the break up of negotiations with Klm. On the contrary he didn't... more

Science and technologySAILING TO THE STARS ON SOLAR WIND
ALABAMA, USA, According to NASA scientists within the decade a new and revolutionary propulsion system, an immense and super-lightweight sailing, will be at disposal. It will let the power of solar photons... more

Science and technologyNEW AIRCRAFTS MATRICULATIONS IN ITALY
ROME, ITALY, New matriculation fligth licences released by Enac during the month of April 2000: AERO CLUB VALLE D'AOSTA -PIPER AIRCRAFT CO.PA-18-150-I-EWAN-STANDARD/ ESERCENTE ESTERO - AGUSTA A109E-11072-EXPORT/... more

Science and technologyAMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT TO CHICAGO INAUGURATION
ROME, American Airlines Company will inaugurate with launching the first Rome-Chicago direct flight. The ceremony, in collaboration with Rome Airports, will take place on the 2nd of june at Leonardo da... more

AccidentsSTILL CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE ULTRALIGHT PASSENGER
VICENZA, Still stable and critical the clinical conditions of the passenger of ultralight crashed last sunday in the wood close to convent it was flying on. It accidentally bumped the convent cross up... more

AerospaceFROM SPACE AGAINST MOSQUITOS
ROME, Able to protect us from mosquitos won't be Star Trek spaceship but a new satellite placed a height of 830 km, which will control areas infested by mosquitos every 2 days. The project of biological... more

Science and technologySTILL HOLLAND FOR ITALY
MILAN, After the break up between Alitalia and Klm, Holland comes forward again to "help" Italy in aereoportual questions connected to Malpensa's hub. According to "De Volkskrant" newspaper Schipol Amsterdam... more