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US Government resists Thai bid to buy Popeye
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) wants to purchase the Lockheed Martin/Rafael AGM-142 Popeye air-to-surface missile (ASM) for its Lockheed Martin F-16A/B and McDonnell Douglas F/18C/D fighters, but it is facing resistance from the US Government. According to US Government sources, Washington has asked Thailand to defer any ...
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French forces hit by Tiger delivery delays
Delivery of the last Franco-German Eurocopter Tiger anti-tank/support helicopter to the French armed forces is expected to suffer an 11-year delay, with delivery of the final helicopter not now expected until 2025, say programme managers. Signature of the production-investment contract, giving the go-ahead to gear up for production ...
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Mikhailov unseated
Aviastar has elected a new general director to replace Viktor Mikhailov, who was ousted by a group of local investors in the Ulyanosk aircraft factory. Gennadi Koradnev, formerly personnel director, has been elected as new general manager, although Mikhailov retains a non-executive directorship. Source: Flight International
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ALX goes Elbit
Elbit has signed the contract to develop mission avionics for the Brazilian air force Embraer ALX light attack aircraft, and will begin to supply the systems in 1998 (Flight International, 1-7 January). The Israeli avionics manufacturer will supply a suite including a central computer, multi-function liquid crystal displays, head-up displays ...
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Flight Directory on CD
The 1997/8 Flight International Directory - United Kingdom and Ireland is now available, priced £64. Purchasers of the hard-copy version will also be able to obtain a free CD-ROM version. The directory will be shown publicly for the first time on the Flight International stand at the European Business Aviation ...
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Paris travel plans
Flight International will again be offering a series of one-day visits to the Paris air show at Le Bourget this year, in conjunction with London travel agency Pathways Travel. The trips, costing £145 per person, take place on 17-19 June, and include economy travel with Air France, departing from London ...
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MD 600N ticket close
The delayed US certification of the McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) MD600N is expected early in May. MDHS has raised the rotor minimum speed and moved the tail-thruster exit to on top of the tailboom to eliminate blade strikes on the boom caused by rotor droop during control reversals at ...
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Avatar
Avatar Alliance, the provider of aviation components and logistics services, has made two appointments. John Poindexter is the new director, international sales. He joins Fairburn, Georgia-based Avatar from Airstar International Airlines, where he was president. Dane McBroom, appointed director, engine programs, was recruited from Interturbine TEAM. ...
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Garrett
Vincent Ambrosia has been appointed airframe administrator at Garrett Aviation in Long Island, New York. Ambrosia joins from Glaxo Wellcome's flight department where he was chief of maintenance. He will be responsible for Gulfstream and Raytheon Hawker aircraft projects. Source: Flight International
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BFGoodrich
BFGoodrich Avionics Systems, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has promoted Linda Shoaf to sales representative for the Military and Government Sales group, where she was senior contract administrator. She joined the group in 1989. Source: Flight International
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AIOA
Keith Selby, head of aviation underwriting at Swiss Reinsurance in the UK, has succeeded Barry Wilkes, London aviation underwriter for Italy's Generali insurance company, as chairman of the UK's Aviation Insurance Offices' Association (AIOA). Graham Nichols, chief executive of the Westminster Aviation Insurance Group, becomes deputy chairman. Source: Flight ...
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Sloane
Sloane Helicopters of Northampton, UK, has appointed four sub-dealers. The Cabair Group, Thurston Helicopters, Grampian Helicopters and Helicopter Training and Hire (HTH) are Sloane's first official agencies. From the left are Sloane chairman David George, Mike Wildes, Cabair group sales manager, chief flying instructor Peter Driver, Thurston managing director Mark ...
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Sundstrand
Robert Jenkins is the new chairman of Sundstrand, succeeding Don O'Hare who has retired after 46 years with the group. Jenkins is promoted from president and chief executive. He joined the company, based in Rockford, Illinois, in 1995. Source: Flight International
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Corporate EHPWS
K-C Aviation claims to have installed the first AlliedSignal enhanced ground-proximity warning system to be certificated for a corporate aircraft, in a Bombardier Challenger 601-3A. The Dallas, Texas-based company plans more installations in Challenger 601s, Dassault Falcon 900s and Hawker 800s. Source: Flight International
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US air-traffic-control fees draw foreign fire
NEW USER FEES which cover flights through US-controlled airspace which neither take off from or land in the USA have raised a storm of protest from foreign airlines. The fees, to be assessed against commercial and general-aviation aircraft, were authorised by US Congress in 1996. The US Federal ...