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767 AWACS makes first flight
THE FIRST BOEING 767 AIRBORNE Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft had its maiden flight on 9 August, with a 2h 55min sortie from Everett, Washington. The flight marks the start of a seven-month test programme, before the installation of the aircraft's prime mission equipment (Flight International, 14-20 August, P4). ...
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Learjet 25B pilots 'fought' in cockpit over go-around
THE crash of a Learjet 25B, which overran the runway at Royal Air Force Northolt in London in the UK and burst through the perimeter fence on to a road, had followed an argument between captain and co-pilot, says the passenger, actress Lisa Hogan. She says that the co-pilot had ...
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Looking at the priorities
Looking at the priorities Sir - I was surprised at the substantial coverage of the IPTN N250 project in the Indonesian air show supplement (Flight International, 19-25 June, P17). I have lived, and flown in, Indonesia for two years and believe it to be a country ...
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Pratt & Whitney
Stephen Finger has been named senior vice-president for operational military-engine programmes at West Palm Beach, Florida-based Pratt & Whitney's Government Engine & Space Propulsion unit. He was previously senior vice-president of propulsion systems for the PW2000, JT8D and V2500 programmes and is a former director of engineering on the F100 ...
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AAR
AAR Engine Group, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, has named James Vincent senior vice-president and general manager for AAR Engine Sales & Leasing. He was most recently vice-president and general manager for the Pratt & Whitney product line at AAR Aircraft Turbine Center. Source: Flight International
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Southampton
Colin Hobbs has been named managing director of BAA's Southampton International Airport in the UK, with effect from 19 August. He worked for UK airports operator BAA for ten years and is a former director of marketing and external relations for London Stansted Airport. He was most recently managing director ...
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Rockwell
US technology company Rockwell Aerospace's North American Aircraft Modification division has appointed Edward Laase its director of programmes. Laase, who is based at Anaheim, California, was formerly manager of airborne-electronic-warfare programmes for Raytheon's E-Systems Goleta division. Source: Flight International
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Brand X
Vance Brand, former astronaut and assistant chief of the Shuttle and Flight Support Office at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California, will lead the five person official inquiry into the crash of the McDonnell Douglas/NASA Clipper Graham DC-XA after its landing at White Sands, New Mexico, on 31 ...
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Fast launch
NASA's Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST) satellite is to be air-launched by an Orbital Sciences' Pegasus XL booster over the Pacific Ocean on 16 August. The $45 million FAST satellite will be used to investigate how particles are accelerated in space to create auroras. Source: Flight ...
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Space insurance
The state-owned People's Property Insurance Company of China is insuring the Chinasat 7 and DFH 3 communications satellites for $228 million. The Hughes-built ChinaSat will be launched on 18 August aboard a Long March 3 and the domestically manufactured DFH 3 will be launched on a Long March 3A in ...
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Rescue accident
A Eurocopter BO105 helicopter of Russia's central rescue detachment crashed on a test flight close to Fisht Mountain, Sochi, near the Black Sea. Deputy head of the detachment Igor Pokopchik was killed and four others seriously injured. Source: Flight International
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Whittle dead
Sir Frank Whittle, the inventor of the jet engine, has died at the age of 89. The Royal Air Force officer filed the first jet patent in January 1930, and set up his own company, called Power Jets, test-running the WU engine in 1937 while still a serving officer. The ...
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MDC eyes purchases
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) chief executive Harry Stonecipher has confirmed that the aerospace group is looking for acquisitions and that it has the resources to spend in the region of $5-6 billion. Source: Flight International
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ILFC profits
US leasing company, International Leasing (ILFC) reports an 18% increase, in pre-tax profits over the first half year, to reach $193 million. Revenues grew by 17%, to $787 million, of which some $694 million came from aircraft rentals. Mid-year assets stood at $13.9 billion. Source: Flight International
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Air Lanka stake
Sri Lanka says that a 40% stake and effective management control of Air Lanka will be offered to a strategic airline partner. The country's privatisation commission says that potential partners will be contacted shortly, with a mid-September deadline set for bids. Another 9% of the flag carrier's shares are due ...
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Maersk disposals
The UK division of Maersk Air, Maersk Air Ltd, has completed the sale of its four ex-British Airways BAC One- Eleven 400s to Nationwide Air Charter of South Africa. The Birmingham-based airline, which flies as a British Airways partner, is replacing the One-Eleven 400s with Boeing 737-500s. ...
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Merpati separation
Merpati Nusantara Airlines plans to complete its separation from flag carrier Garuda Indonesia by the end of the year, according to the country's transportation minister, Haryanto Dhanutirto. The regional airline reportedly lost Rs93.12 billion ($40 million) in 1995 and is need of urgent restructuring. Source: Flight ...
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Grob crash
Konrad Lewald, sales manager of German aircraft manufacturer Burkhart Grob, has died in an accident involving one of the company's G115T aerobatic trainer aircraft. His co-pilot, an air force major from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was also killed. The accident occurred near Schwabm_nchen. Eyewitness reports suggest that the aircraft ...