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NATCO and BSC to move Cathay simulators
CATHAYPACIFIC Airways has selected Northwest Aerospace Training (NATCO) to move its simulators to Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok Airport. NATCO, a Northwest Airlines subsidiary, has teamed with Binghamton Simulator (BSC) to carry out the project. Planning began in June, and the simulators will be moved early in 1999. ...
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Airbus picks E&S
Airbus Industrie has purchased an Evans &Sutherland ESIG-3350 visual system for installation on an A320 simulator being built for United Airlines by Thomson Training & Simulation. Source: Flight International
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Hughes stays loyal to Chinese launchers
Five Chinese boosters will carry Hughes communications satellites from late 1998, following a new launch agreement by the US company with China Great Wall Industry. Hughes has remained faithful to the Long March, despite commercial-launch failures which have lost China several customers. The booking also includes Ìve additional ...
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ESA will propose a rescue vehicle for Space Station
Tim Furniss/PARIS A European Space Agency (ESA) Council of Ministers meeting in the middle of 1998 is to decide whether to go ahead with the development of a Crew Transport Vehicle (CTV) capsule or a new proposal of a lifting-body Crew Rescue Vehicle (CRV), for use in the ...
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Motorola plans $12 billion system
US company Motorola plans to launch a $12 billion satellite system to provide high-speed multi-media data and video services for business and private users from 2002. The new scheme brings the company's total proposed investment in satellite systems to $23 billion. The new Celestri system will consist of ...
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Cape York boost
Australia's Asia-Pacific Centre in Sydney, which is competing with another national company, Space Transportation Systems, to establish a commercial-satellite launch centre in Cape York, Queensland, has signed an agreement with the Russian-European Starsem consortium for potential launches of the Soyuz booster. The agreement gives Starsem a 5% interest in the ...
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Pathfinder is poised for historic landing
NASA's ambitious plans for a series of Mars Surveyor landers and orbiters, leading to a sample return mission in 2005, depend upon a successful touchdown of the Mars Pathfinder at Ares Vallis on 4 July. The landing site is at the outflow at the bottom of a valley ...
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All eyes on ALCA
Andrzej Jeziorski/PRAGUE A military band played the fanfare from Jesus Christ Superstar as the L-159 - the first new Central European combat aircraft prototype since the fall of Communism - was officially rolled out at Aero Vodochody's factory near Prague, on 12 June. The choice of ...
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Made for each other?
Joint ventures between Western and Central European airlines have mostly failed. Yet the region still has growth potential, and may prove to be fertile ground for meaningful partnerships AndrzejJeziorski/PRAGUE The irony of watching consecutive presentations on successful alliance strategies from representatives of Air France and Czech ...
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Kaman
Brian Barents has been elected to the board of high-technology company Kaman, of Bloomfield, Connecticut. He is president and chief executive of newly formed Galaxy Aerospace, which will manufacture, market and support the Astra and Galaxy business jets developed by Israel Aircraft Industries. Source: Airline Business
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Boeing
James Morris has become vice-president and general manager of the Helicopters division, Boeing Defense & Space Group, succeeding Denton Hanford. Morris was formerly Helicopters division assistant general manager, and Hanford takes responsibility for transition activities following the purchase by Boeing of Rockwell International's aerospace and defence units to create the ...
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Raytheon
Raytheon Aircraft has named Richard Danforth vice-president for operations, with responsibility for factories in Wichita, Salina and Andover, in Kansas, and Little Rock, Arkansas. Danforth, with Raytheon since 1982, was most recently deputy manager for manufacturing at Raytheon Electronic Systems in Bedford, Massachusetts. Kenneth Guss has been appointed president of ...
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Techspace Aero
Emeric d'Arcimoles has been appointed managing director and general manager of Belgian aircraft manufacturer Techspace Aero, of Herstal. He was formerly general manager of the Aeronautical Equipment division of Snecma subsidiary Hispano-Suiza. D'Arcimoles takes over from Pierre Cognet, who will manage newly formed Snecma Services, and who will remain a ...
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Mesaba airlines
Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota-based Mesaba Airlines, operating as Northwest Airlink, has named Scott Durgin vice-president of customer service. He formerly held a similar position at Business Express Airlines. Source: Airline Business
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Mayo
Business-aircraft operator Mayo Aviation, of Denver, Colorado, has named Gilbert Wolin president and chief operating officer and Robert Robuck chief financial officer. Wolin, a management and marketing consultant is a former vice-president of AMR Services, where he led the integration of Combs Gates (now AMR Combs) with its new parent. ...
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Qantas
Australian national carrier Qantas has appointed Tommy Davies (now sales manager for the UK and Ireland) manager for South Africa, based in Johannesburg. Davies, who joined Qantas in 1980, has also been district sales manager and field sales manager in London, UK. Source: Airline Business
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Aircraft news
China Aviation Supplies Import and Export Corporation (CASC) has ordered 20 Airbus A321s and 10 A320s, with deliveries between 1998 and 2000. Sichuan Airlines has confirmed it will take two of the A320s. SilkAir has ordered five A320s and three A319s, with options on 10 more Airbus aircraft, with deliveries ...