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Hymatic
Richard Thwaites has been appointed business-development director, and joins the board, of the UK's Hymatic Engineering, of Redditch, Worcestershire, part of the Cobham Group and which specialises in the design and manufacture of cryogenic systems for infra-red imaging, and other applications for aerospace and defence. He was formerly with Ultra ...
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China previews Iridium launch
China Great Wall Industry, which is to launch 11 Long March LM2C boosters in 1998, carrying 22 US Motorola Iridium communications satellites, conducted a unique demonstration flight from Taiyuan on 1 September. An LM2C, equipped with the Iridium Smart Dispenser satellite-deployment upper stage, placed into low-Earth orbit two ...
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Damage to Huygens probe delays Saturn launches
The launch of the $3 billion NASA Cassini Saturn orbiter and its European Space Agency Huygens Titan moon probe has been delayed from 6 October. The Huygens probe has been damaged on the launch pad and the spacecraft have been removed from the Titan 4 launcher and returned ...
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Chiefs plan to fly on final SMM
Tim Furniss/LONDON The chiefs of the US/ Russian Shuttle Mir Mission (SMM) programme plan to fly to the Russian space station on the ninth and final SMM, the STS91/Discovery, due in June 1998. Former cosmonaut Valeri Ryumin, deputy director of the Energia company and the Russian ...
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TRW plans
TRW plans to operate a $3.4 billion, 19-craft, high-speed communications-satellite system in geostationary and medium-Earth orbit, while its plans to operate the Odyssey worldwide mobile-telephone communications system are near collapse after the withdrawal of major investor, Satelindo of Indonesia. Source: Flight International
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Space Station service module stays on schedule
The International Space Station (ISS) project remains on schedule, despite the three-months-late shipment of the Russian Service Module (SM) from manufacturer Khrunichev to Energia in November, caused by the late delivery of components from subcontractors. To make up for the delay, Khrunichev will take over from Energia the ...
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Sponsoring flying training: the debate continues
Sir - I can sympathise entirely with Christopher Stone, who is having difficulty finding an airline to sponsor him to fly. I have been trying since I was 16 (I am now 23), with no success. Despite having spent a fortune on my private pilot's licence, I have ...
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Qatar takes first Mirage 2000s
Julian Moxon/Paris Dassault Aviation has delivered the first three of 12 Mirage 2000-5 fighters to Qatar from its factory in Merignac, Bordeaux, as it continues to battle to win a major order for up to 80 aircraft from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The versions delivered ...
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Hamilton acquires
Hamilton Standard, a division of United Technologies, is to acquire the operating assets of Dynamic Controls. The South Windsor, Connecticut-based producer of electronic and electromechanical controls and systems for military and civil aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Innotech
Canadian full-service business-aircraft company Innotech Aviation of Dorval, Quebec, has named Nigel Argent director of sales and marketing for its Vancouver operations. He was formerly with Odessey Aviation, a Mississauga-based management and charter firm. Source: Flight International
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BFGoodrich
Carol Comer has been promoted to marketing manager at aircraft-safety systems and components company BFGoodrich of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was formerly marketing-services representative for the company. Source: Flight International
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Swearingen
Ralph (Bud) Francis has become chief test pilot on the SJ30-2 business-jet programme at Sino Swearingen, of San Antonio, Texas. He was formerly flight-test certification pilot with Beech Aircraft. Source: Flight International
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FLS Aerospace
UK maintenance organisation FLS Aerospace of Stansted Airport, Essex, has appointed sales manager Mike Wilson head of sales; Phil Whitehead, key account manager, becomes head of key accounts; Mervyn Yaffe is promoted to key account manager from contract officer; Jackie Gregory becomes key account support manager, having been customer support ...
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BMed
British Mediterranean Airways (BMed) of London, UK, has appointed Roger Page technical and quality manager and Sarah Vince catering manager. Page was involved in the operational setting up of Region Air in Singapore and, before that, he was director of engineering at Inter European Airways. Vince was formerly catering trading ...
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Stevens
Aircraft maintainer Stevens Aviation, of Greenville, South Carolina, has promoted Sheldon Early to vice-president of business development. Before joining Stevens in 1995, he was with US Department of Defense contractor AEL Industries of East Alton, Illinois. Source: Flight International
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A J Walter
UK aircraft-spares supplier and overhauler A J Walter Aviation of Partridge Green, Sussex, has named Sean McKiernan technical director. He was formerly with Maersk Air Engineering. Iain Sturrock becomes commercial director. Until 1996, he was with Jet Aviation in Basle, Switzerland. Source: Flight International
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JSF Alliant ducts
Alliant Techsystems of the USA has been awarded a $6.2 million contract to manufacture the composite inlet ducts for the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) demonstrator aircraft. Source: Flight International
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USAF awards contracts
The US Air Force has awarded contracts for competitive development of sensors for the National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). Hughes Aircraft received $37 million and ITT Aerospace/ Communication was awarded $36 million to develop and design the Cross Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) and Visible/Infrared Imager ...