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Hamilton
Robert Moore has been appointed executive vice-president for aircraft products at United Technologies Hamilton Standard, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Moore, who was most recently senior vice-president for production operations at US helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky, succeeds Hansel Tookes, who has become president for Government engine business at United Technologies Pratt & ...
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Duncan
Service organisation Duncan Aviation, of Lincoln, Nebraska, has promoted Aaron Hilkemann to executive vice-president and chief operating officer. He will also continue as chief financial officer for Duncan Enterprises. He was formerly vice-president and director of financial operations at FirstTier Financial, of Omaha, Nebraska. Tony Gilbert is named manager of ...
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COMSAT
Thomas Collins has been promoted to vice-president and general manager of COMSAT Mobile Communications, of Bethesda, Maryland. Formerly vice-president of finance and planning for COMSAT International Communications, he replaces Christopher Leber, who becomes vice-president and general manager of the newly created Personal Communications division. Source: Flight ...
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BFGoodrich
Adrienne Stevens has become vice-president for sales and marketing at BFGoodrich Aerospace, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She replaces Steve Wilson, who is named general manager of BFGoodrich Test Systems. Source: Flight International
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Wanda Burghart
BELL TEXTRON Bell Helicopter Textron of Fort Worth, Texas, has named Wanda Burghart director of training and development. Burghart, with Bell since 1984, will be responsible for all employee-training programmes, long-range strategic planning and the company's organisational development Source: Flight International
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ICAO mechanism
Sir - The editorial "An unsafe idea" (Flight International, 10-16 April) asserts that the US Federal Aviation Administration's initiative, which "...has led to the application of sanctions against unsafe airlines, or airlines from unsafe countries", was endorsed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). This is inaccurate. ICAO, ...
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MD-90 orders
EVA Air has converted options on four McDonnell Douglas MD-90s to firm orders for itself and two subsidiary Taiwanese domestic carriers. The first will be delivered to Great China Airlines in March 1997, two to EVA in April and July and the final aircraft to UNI Air, formerly Makung Airlines, ...
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Virgin Airbuses
Virgin has signed a contract for two additional Airbus A340-300s for delivery in the second quarter of 1997. The airline says that it will use the aircraft to develop further its network to destinations in Asia-Pacific, Australasia, South Africa and the USA. "Some exciting opportunities in the Caribbean are also ...
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Macau addition
Start-up carrier Air Macau has added Bangkok to its growing network of Asian regional destinations. In addition to its new service to the Thai capital three times a week, Air Macau now operates 61 weekly frequencies to Beijing, Kaohsiung, Shanghai, Taipei and Xiamen. The airline has taken delivery of a ...
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Rokot stalled
The Khrunichev, Daimler-Benz Aerospace Russian/German joint venture, Eurorokot, set up to market the former SS-19 military missile, the Rokot, for launches of 1,800kg payloads to low-Earth orbit, has been delayed for at least year because of a shortage of Russian funds. Source: Flight International
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Express funding
The Russian Government has agreed funding for the Russian Space Agency to manufacture and launch two Gorizont and three Express domestic-communications satellites. One Gorizont and one Express will be launched by Proton boosters in 1997, and the remaining three satellites in 1998. Source: Flight ...
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Air purification
The air-purification system for the Alpha International Space Station has passed a 30-day evaluation test at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama. During a simulation of conditions during manning by four crew, engineers injected carbon dioxide and water and removed oxygen for a 175m3 (6,200ft3) test module. ...
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Accelerated launch
The Japanese Government has approved the development of an uprated H2 satellite launcher, 18 months earlier than planned. The new booster, with additional strap-on boosters and uprated engines, will first be flown in 2000, with a capability to place 4,000kg into geostationary orbit. Source: Flight International
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Recon sat
A Titan 4 booster was launched from Vadenberg AFB, California, on 12 May carrying a classified reconnaissance satellite into near-polar orbit. It was the second of three planned Titan 4 launches this year. The first, from Cape Canaveral, and equipped with a Centaur upper stage, was launched on 24 April.Transbrazil ...
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Hughes TOW success
Denmark will receive nearly 600 Hughes Aircraft TOW 2A anti-tank missiles, worth $18 million, while Egypt is to buy 2,372 TOW 2As, worth $59 million. Source: Flight International