September 28, 1992

September 28, 1992

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ECONOMY OVERSHADOWS NEW AIRCRAFT AT NBAA

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS

HEADLINE NEWS

BAE, TAIWANESE AGREE ON REGIONAL JET VENTURE

By CAROLE A. SHIFRIN

HEADLINE NEWS

U. S. FARE WAR PLUNGES TOWARD ARMAGEDDON

By JAMES OTT

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ECONOMY OVERSHADOWS NEW AIRCRAFT AT NBAA

DALLAS Despite record attendance and talk of new, long-range, large cabin business jets, the languishing economy cast a pall over the National Business Aircraft Assn.'s 45th annual meeting. Although attendees showed much interest in the products and services offered by vendors, suppliers and manufacturers at Dallas last week, the overall mood was one of conservatism and reluctance to buy.

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS

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BAE, TAIWANESE AGREE ON REGIONAL JET VENTURE

By CAROLE A. SHIFRIN

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U. S. FARE WAR PLUNGES TOWARD ARMAGEDDON

More airlines are likely to fall victim to the fare war with the industry's financial recovery still a year away

By JAMES OTT

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COVER STORY

QUICK RESPONSE KEY TO NEXT U. S. LAUNCHER

Aiming for 5-day vehicle set-up, OSC's Taurus is DARPA's assault on space launch standing army

By JAMES R. ASKER

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EUROPEAN TREATY VOTE CLOUDS MILITARY UNITY

PARIS BONN The razor-thin French approval of the Maastricht Treaty further clouds the outlook for post-cold war European security structures that European military leaders had hoped would accrue from new unity, which is now suddenly less certain.

By CRAIG COVAULT,PIERRE SPARACO,MICHAEL MECHAM

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CONSENSUS EMERGING FOR AX STRIKE-FIGHTER

WASHINGTON As the Navy moves closer to setting its requirements for the AX, a consensus is emerging for a multimission strikefighter aircraft with an increased emphasis on endurance rather than range. Rear Adm. Riley Mixson, Navy director of air warfare, said the Air Force and Navy are "coming to closure" on requirements.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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WEAK DOLLAR BENEFITS EYED

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI

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PARTIAL NASA FUNDING APPROVED

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

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MODEL 45 FILLS LEARJET VOID

DALLAS Learjet Inc.'s Model 45 business jet introduced here last week is scheduled to make its first flight in fall, 1994, followed by certification and initial deliveries in 1996. The aircraft, which retains traditional Learjet appearance but was designed "from a clean sheet of paper," is intended to fill a void between the company's entry-level Model 31A and the mid-size cabin Model 60, Brian E. Barents, president and chief executive officer of Learjet, said.

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS

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TAIWAN FIGHTER SALES PLANS CURB CHINA TRANSPORT DEALS

HONG KONG Chinese ire over planned U. S. and French weapons sales to Taiwan is delaying the near-term sale and lease of up to $4 billion worth of new Western transports to the mainland's airlines. The Chinese government threatened to cancel new orders of French-assembled Airbus or U. S.-made Boeing and McDonnell Douglas transports if either country sold major weapon systems to arch-rival Taiwan.

By PAUL PROCTOR

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