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Fairchild Dornier is shaken up with major management changes
Earl Robinson, vice-president of programmes and aircraft development at Fairchild Dornier, has resigned and 328JET programme manager James Brown has left in a major shake-up at the regional aircraft company. Robinson's resignation came as the company appointed former Douglas Aircraft executive John Wolf as chief operating officer, reporting directly ...
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An ATC competitive market 'on the way'
Pending privatisations could create a competitive market in European air traffic control (ATC)services, complete with cross-border acquisitions, believes Sir Malcolm Field chairman of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, now preparing for the sale of its National Air Traffic Services (NATS). Field points to the experience of the airports, where ...
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New Garuda boss plans to slash aircraft fleet
The Indonesian Government has appointed Robby Djohan, the new president of national carrier Garuda, as part of a shake-up of the financially stricken airline's board of directors, senior management and operations. Djohan is a relative newcomer to the airline industry, having previously headed Citibank Indonesia and Bank Negara. Observers ...
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Bombardier/Grob selected for RAF contract
Bombardier Services has been selected by the UK Ministry of Defence as the preferred bidder for the Royal Air Force light aircraft flying task contract, with Grob Aircraft's G115D having been chosen as the replacement for the RAF's fleet of Scottish Aviation Bulldog trainer aircraft. The 10-year contract, which has ...
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IPTN looks for international backing for delayed N250-100
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE IPTN has been forced to delay scheduled certification of the N250-100 until late 2000, as the Indonesian company seeks international support for the twin turboprop programme and the planned follow-on N2130 jet development. IPTN vice-president Ilham Habibie, speaking exclusively to Flight International, states: "We're no longer ...
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Tour war hots up
UK tour operator First Choice, owner of Air 2000, has bought Unijet, owner of UK-based Leisure International Airlines, for £110 million ($179 million), while UK tour operator Thomas Cook has purchased Flying Colours for an undisclosed sum, believed to be around $50 million. Source: Flight International
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Montreal Mirabel Metro crash
A Fairchild Metro II was destroyed in a crash at Montreal's Mirabel Airport on 18 June. All 11 people were killed on the Propair flight, which had departed from Dorval Airport en route to Peterborough, Ontario. Early reports speak of the pilot declaring an emergency, with smoke in the cockpit. ...
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Alliant accused of Outrider conspiracy in lax suit filing
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A former partner in the US Defense Department's Outrider Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (TUAV) programme has filed a law suit alleging that prime contractor Alliant Techsystems incurred "cost overruns of millions of dollars" while trying to attain unachievable performance parameters. Mission Technologies also claims it has ...
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Ministers approve European safety authority
A European safety authority could be set up within 18 months following an agreement by 15 European Union transport ministers on 18 June to establish a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Membership of the agency will initially be open to all 27 members of the European Joint Aviation Authorities. ...
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Finnair Hushkits
Finnair has awarded a contract to the ABS partnership of Sparks, Nevada, to supply hushkits for its 12 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51s, as part of a $30 million programme to update the aircraft. Work is scheduled to start in September and will be performed by the carrier, with each shipset taking ...
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Rolls-Royce sets the pattern with spares deal
Rolls-Royce is changing the way it handles internal spares supply in a deal with outsourcing specialist Pattonair International. The initial agreement could lead to a wider tie-up, including the involvement of overseas operations such as R-R's US subsidiary, engine maker Allison. A memorandum of understanding has already been signed ...
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Ultra prepares STC application for contactless prop de-icer
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Ultra Electronics has successfully test flown a propeller de-icing system which avoids the need for a slip-ring contact assembly, offering potential maintenance savings of several thousand dollars an engine a year. Flight testing took place in Wichita, Kansas, from 13-18 May with the Hub Integrated Power and Switching ...
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UAV
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is without question the most experienced of armed services when it comes to the operational utilisation of tactical unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). Deployed in earnest during the Bekaa Valley in 1982, the UAV is well established in the IDF's armoury. There is little sign ...
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Controlling interest
Privatising the UK's ATC service is part of a world wide move to put control of the airways on a commercial footing Having swung between ambiguity and hostility over possible privatisation of the UK National Air Traffic Services (NATS) while in opposition, the UK's Labour Government caught everybody flatfooted ...
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Discovery returns after final Shuttle Mir mission
The Space Shuttle STS91 Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center on 12 June after its nine-day, 19h flight, including four days docked to the Russian Mir 1 space station on the ninth and final Shuttle Mir Mission. The joint flights, which began in June 1995, have involved seven stays ...
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Ariane 5 hit by W-2 withdrawal
Tim Furniss/PARIS Eutelsat has withdrawn its W2 communications satellite from the next Ariane 5 development flight, leaving the European Space Agency (ESA) to fill the void with a mock-up of the Aerospatiale spacecraft. As a result, ESA's Ariane 503 development flight this October will not carry a commercial ...
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NRO flies atlas
The US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has contracted ILS International Launch Services to launch a satellite in 1999 aboard the new Atlas 3A booster. ILS beat Boeing's Delta III in a head to head sealed-bid competition. The NRO, which normally uses Titan IV boosters, will be the second customer for ...
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MMS delivers X-ray telescope control system
Matra Marconi Space (MMS) of Bristol has delivered the $47 million Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) for Europe's largest spacecraft, the X-ray Multi Mirror (XMM) telescope, to prime contractor Daimler-Benz Aerospace Space Systems. The AOCS is the "heart of the mission" of the European Space Agency's (ESA) XMM, ...
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Facing the future
Fifty years into their lives, the Israeli air force and the country's defence aerospace industry are confronted by a rapidly changing strategic environment and industrial challenges as the global defence market restructures. In the first five decades of their existence both have proved adept at meeting these. As Israel begins ...
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Solar telescope
China and Germany are co-operating on the development of a 2,000kg solar space telescope to be launched in 2003. China says that it will provide 80% of the projected $60 million funding. Source: Flight International