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Smiths
Keith Butler-Wheelhouse, has been named chief executive of aerospace technology company Smiths Industries, of London, UK, from November. He succeeds Sir Roger Hurn, who will continue as chairman. Butler-Wheelhouse has been chief executive of Saab Automobile in Sweden for the past four years, and will become an executive director of ...
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RAeS/Roll-Royce
Professor Bob Stone, of VR Solutions, and James Angus, of Rolls-Royce, have been awarded the UK Royal Aeronautical Society's (RAeS) Sir Vernon Brown prize for their paper "Virtual maintenance". Stone (left) is seen receiving the Award from the immediate past president of the Society, Sir Donald Spiers. The VR Solutions/R-R ...
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Shorts
Bombardier's UK subsidiary, Shorts, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has appointed Roy McNulty chairman. McNulty has been president since the Bombardier acquisition in 1989. He succeeds Laurent Beaudoin, chairman and chief executive, who will continue as a member of the Shorts board. Ken Brundle has been appointed vice-president and general manager, ...
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Dunlop
Aircraft-component company Dunlop Equipment, of Coventry, UK, has appointed Dennis Scott business-development manager. He was formerly consultant technologist to UK power plant manufacturer Rolls-Royce Aero Engines. Before that, he worked with British Aerospace, Israel Aircraft Industries and Atlas Aircraft of South Africa, before returning to BAe to work on the ...
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Far-seeing Far Eastern view
Sir - An article entitled "McDonnell Douglas's Venture Falters" (Wall Street Journal, 22 May, 1996) states that "-the company envisioned taking an equity stake in the venture, becoming China's full risk-sharing partner". Your prophetic comment "Oriental headache" (Flight International, 13-19 September, 1995) pointed out the longstanding, obvious and ...
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Cargo sale
Cargolux has sold its Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7J-powered Boeing 747-200 Freighter (LX-DCV) to Atlas Air. The aircraft, which had been on lease to Atlas, has been leased back by Cargolux for four months, to cover for seasonal demand. Meanwhile, the Luxembourg-based carrier is seeking to accelerate the delivery of its ...
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Turboprop test
Pratt & Whitney Canada's new PW150 turboprop engine has had its first test-cell run, 12 months after the programme was launched. The engine, a growth derivative of the PW100, is aimed at the 50- to 80-seat turboprop market, and has been selected to power the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400. ...
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JAL confirmation
JAL has confirmed its selection of the Pratt & Whitney PW4090 to power the five Boeing 777-300s which it ordered in December 1995. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin in 1998. The PW4000 powers the airline's already-ordered ten 777-200s. Source: Flight International
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Meridiana light
Meridiana is considering the creation of a "no frills" subsidiary to tackle increasing competition in the low cost sector. The Italian regional operator based in Sardinia will transfer staff from its existing operation to the new operation. The airline is discussing a 15% increase in productivity with no wage increase. ...
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Rolls-Hong Kong
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) to establish its previously announced 50/50 joint venture Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL). The engine overhaul company is scheduled to open in January 1997, with the completion of a 580kN (130,000lb) test cell now being built at Tseung ...
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Rising sun
An awareness of concerted safety action dawns in the Far East and Asia/Pacific. Paul Phelan/JAKARTA OPERATORS IN ASIA/PACIFIC regions, are having to monitor carefully, the stresses on almost every aspect of air safety, caused by the rapid growth of airlines and air traffic in the region. ...
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Six teams compete
OF THE NINE original contenders for the T-38 avionics-upgrade programme, six remain. Lockheed Martin elected not to bid, later re-entering the competition by acquiring Loral, while teams led by Harris and Singapore Technologies Aerospace, were eliminated from contention by the USAF. The six remaining are: Chrysler Technologies ...
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India's private malaise
MODILUFT'S dispute with Lufthansa over lease payments has made headlines, but it also highlights a deeper malaise afflicting India's fledgling private-airline operators. Of the five major private carriers established in India since liberalisation began some three years ago, only Jet Airways and the cargo carriers appear to ...
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Burbank wins thrust-reverser approval
California-based hushkit specialist Burbank Nacelle (BNC) has won a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate (STC) for an acoustic thrust-reverser for McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9s fitted with ABS Partnership Stage 3 hushkits. The key element of the new reverser is an acoustic liner made by Astech Manufacturing ...
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Airbus evaluates age forming for wing skins
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE Airbus is studying the possible introduction of "age-forming" techniques in the manufacture of wing skins for all Airbus narrow-body aircraft, following its successful implementation for part of the upper-wing skin of the A321. The company is using a 14m-long oven supplied by Aeroform of ...
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BA courts JAL as world tie-ups spread
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE BRITISH AIRWAYS is now focusing attention on Japan Airlines (JAL) as a possible strategic partner in Asia, following the UK carrier's recently announced tie-up with American Airlines. BA executive chairman Sir Colin Marshall travelled to Tokyo to meet JAL chairman Susumu Yamaji shortly ...
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Aer Lingus evaluates 180-seaters
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON AER LINGUS IS evaluating the various 180-seat (two-class seating) aircraft types, with a view to introducing a new aircraft in 1997, but more likely in 1998. The airline says that it is in "-the early days of looking at the options available". The ...
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China to resume satellite launches
CHINA GREAT WALL Industry (CGWIC) is to resume satellite launches with Asia Pacific Satellite's Hughes-built ApStar 1A aboard a Long March 3 (LM3) booster from Xichang, in July. This follows a hiatus in launches, after the loss of the first Long March 3B booster on 15 February, along with its ...
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Lufthansa struggles with weak first half
CONCERNS ARE growing among analysts that Lufthansa may be left showing a loss for the first half of the year after a poor set of traffic performances over the first five months of the year. "The traffic figures are not very promising at all. The year has ...
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Manx will make decision on new 50-seater shortly
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON MANX AIRLINES is about to finalise its decision for a fleet of 50-seat regional aircraft, with the Embraer EMB-145 the leading contender for the order. It is understood that the airline could acquire up to eight aircraft, with deliveries starting in time for the 1997 ...