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India
Shri Sen, managing director of Indian Airlines, has become chairman and managing director of Indian Airlines and chairman of Air India. He has been managing director of Indian Airlines since 1994, and also served as joint secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation between 1985 and 1990. ...
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SEOS
Simulation visual-display system supplier SEOS Displays, of Burgess Hill Sussex, has named Ray McKinney general manager of its manufacturing division, in Avondale, Pennsylvania. He replaces Stan Tofield, who returns to Burgess Hill to become engineering manager. Source: Flight International
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Rockwell
Charles Stuff has been named a vice-president in programme management by Rockwell's Collins Avionics & Communications division, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Stuff, who was formerly director of that business area, joined the company in 1987 and became a director in the datalinks business in 1995. Source: Flight International
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IFALPA: It's not a row, just concern
Sir - The article "IFALPA sparks row over use of TCAS logic in RVSM airspace" (Flight International, 12-18 March, P8) is slightly misleading. The International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) is concerned that the UK Civil Aviation Authority has published guidelines for the North Atlantic (NAT) ...
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Orion airways club revival
Sir - It is proposed to hold a re-union meeting in the late spring or early summer of this year for former members, sponsors and guests of the Orion Airways Golf Society. The venue, subject to availability, will be Rushcliffe Golf Club, near East Leake, Leicestershire, UK. We ...
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Irish radio
The Irish Air Corps has selected Park Air's Series 5000M transmitters and receivers for installation at eight of its sites. The UK subsidiary of Northrop Grumman is also supplying its Multi-Access Remote Control system at the sites. Source: Flight International
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The same wavelength
The US Air Force has chosen Rockwell Science Center and Santa Barbara Research Center to develop advanced very-long-wavelength infra-red detectors. It awarded Rockwell a $6 million contract to begin the research-and-development effort. Santa Barbara Research received $8 million. The contracts run through to February 2001. Four firms were solicited and ...
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Primus agreement
International Aviation Services has signed a deal with Honeywell for exclusive rights to the Boeing 727 Primus 1070 system supplementary type-certificate. Source: Flight International
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Precision success
Dunlop Precision Rubber is to supply electrically conductive wing-root seals to Embraer EMB-145 subcontractor Sonaca of Belgium. Dunlop already supplies seals for EMB-145 applications. Source: Flight International
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Securaplane on DC-9s
Tucson, Arizona-based Securaplane has received US approval for a main-ship battery-charger system developed for Northwest Airlines' McDonnell Douglas DC-9 upgrade, using SAFT ultra-low-maintenance batteries. Source: Flight International
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LightSAR progress
NASA has selected four industry teams to study the potential partner arrangements to implement the LightSAR high-resolution, Earth-observation radar-imaging system. Source: Flight International
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Bravo for Fibrebond
Cessna delivered the first Citation Bravo on 25 February, to Louisiana-based Fibrebond. The company, which also flies a Citation V, has a Citation Excel on order for delivery in 1999. Source: Flight International
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City Falcon Jet
The Dassault Falcon 50 tri-jet has received approval from the airport authorities to operate at London City Airport. Approval has already been granted for the Falcon 10/100 to use London City, while approval is pending for the twinjet Falcon 2000 and tri-jet 900. Source: Flight International
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Duncan fits HUD to GIV
Nebraska-based Duncan Aviation has fitted provision for the soon-to-be-certificated Honeywell/GEC HUD2020 head-up display (HUD) in a Gulfstream IV managed by Jet Aviation. Source: Flight International
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FSI adds challenger
FlightSafety International (FSI) has begun Canadair Challenger training at its new Bombardier Business Aircraft training centre in Tucson, Arizona, using a Level D Challenger 601-3A/3R device. Source: Flight International
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Socata flies Tangara
Aerospatiale subsidiary Socata Aircraft has flown its first TB360 Tangara twin-engined trainer, formerly the American General Tiger piston twin, powered by uprated 135kW (180hp) Textron-Lycoming engines. Source: Flight International
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Collins modem deal
Rockwell-Collins is to produce 303 Universal Modem Systems for the US military, to provide secure, jam-resistant, worldwide communications via military and commercial satellites, with low probability of detection. Source: Flight International
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Wessex for Uraguay
The Uruguayan air force is to acquire up to ten Westland Wessex helicopters from the Royal Air Force, for utility-transport and rescue missions. They will become available later this year, when the RAF's Hong Kong-based 28Sqn is run down, after the colony's hand-over to China. Source: Flight International
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Greek F-16s ready
Lockheed Martin has rolled out, ahead of schedule, the first two of a second batch of 40 F-16C/Ds ordered by Greece under the Peace Xenia programme. The first, an F-16C, will be used for flight testing in the USA. The second, an F-16D, will be transferred to Greece in July. ...
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Missile switch
Taiwan has dropped plans to buy Matra BAe Mistral shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles, says defence minister Chiang Chung-ling. Taiwan had reportedly wanted 2,000 missiles worth $360 million, but was blocked by France under pressure from China. The USA will instead supply Taiwan with the Hughes AIM-92 Stinger system, says Chiang. ...