August 6, 1990

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HEADLINE NEWS

House Arms Panel Cancels Production Funds for B-2, Slashes SDI Request

WASHINGTON The House Armed Services Committee, driven by the deficit and the diminished Soviet threat, voted to cancel production funds for the B-2 bomber and cut the Bush Administration’s Strategic Defense Initiative request by $2 billion.

By PATRICIA A. GILMARTIN5 min

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Configuration for NASP To Be Decided This Month

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHIO A conceptual design philosophy for the National Aero-Space Plane embodying the best features from the independent designs of the program’s five major contractors is expected to be developed as early as mid-August, and a government oversight group could give its approval in October.

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO5 min

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Increased Demand for Kit-Built Aircraft Highlights EAA Convention

WITTMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT, OSHKOSH, WIS. Escalating demand for kit-built and upgraded certificated aircraft highlighted the Experimental Aircraft Assn.’s 38th Annual International Convention and Sport Aviation Exhibition held here.

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS5 min

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U. S., China Begin Talks on FAA Certification of Chinese Aircraft

HONG KONG The People’s Republic of China and the FAA have begun negotiations to establish a comprehensive aviation bilateral agreement that would allow FAA certification of Chinese-manufactured aircraft and parts. The agreement would make China significantly more competitive in world aircraft and parts markets.

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Robinson Helicopter Co. Is Flight Testing New Four-Place Piston-Powered Helicopter

LANCASTER, CALIF. Robinson Helicopter Co. is flight testing a new, four-place, piston-powered helicopter expected to sell for about onehalf the price of a small turbine rotorcraft. Designated the R44, the new design incorporates many of the features and concepts currently used on the company’s smaller two-place helicopter, the R22.

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