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Telephonics
Communications-systems supplier Telephonics of Farmingdale, New York, has appointed Charles (Chuck) Campbell director of business development, communication-systems division. He was formerly manager of business development for the company's Digital Airborne Communications Systems. Source: Flight International
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Signature
Bruce Van Allen has been promoted to executive vice-president and chief operating ofÌcer, with responsibility for overseeing operations, marketing and human resources at Signature Flight Support, of Orlando, Florida. He was formerly senior vice-president of operations. Blake Fish and Chuck Bobbitt have been appointed vice-presidents of operations, reporting to Van ...
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Japanese engine spares
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) is constructing a ´10 billion ($87 million) jet-engine parts plant at Soma, Japan. IHI expects the plant, due to open in October 1998, to generate annual sales of around $300 million. Source: Flight International
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Test equipment
Sabena Technics is to design and produce test equipment for International Aero Engines V2500 engines for Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL). The Belgian company has also signed similar contracts with Air France and Iberia for test equipment for CFM56-5Cs and CFM56-7s. Source: Flight International
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Aydin on JSF team
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has awarded AYDIN Telemetry a $6 million contract to supply the flight-test instrumentation equipment for its two Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) demonstrator aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Space weather
The US Los Alamos laboratory has obtained its first accurate readings of the polar wind which flows off the Earth. Its POLAR satellite's plasma-source instrument emits xenon ions to neutralise the plasma flowing past the spacecraft. Monitoring interference caused by polar and solar winds, major factors in "space weather", is ...
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Brazilian Black Hawks
The Brazilian army has ordered four Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawk helicopters for delivery in August, to be based in Patuca, Ecuador. The helicopters will be used on peacekeeping missions along the disputed border between Ecuador and Peru. Source: Flight International
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Top rate weapon
Textron Systems has delivered the first sensor-fuzed weapon under the $157 million, 521-unit, full-rate-production contract awarded by the US Air Force in April 1996. A $142 million contract for a further 542 weapons was awarded to the US company in March. Source: Flight International
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Dolimiti shares
Air Dolimiti, the Italian airline and Lufthansa partner, has gone ahead with its new share issue, which puts 25%of the company into the hands of three financial institutions. The Leali family still controls the rest of the airline. The share and accompanying bond issues raised L16 billion ($9 million), which ...
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ValuJet optimistic
ValuJet ended the second quarter with a net loss of $9.2 billion, slightly less than for the same period a year ago during which it had to suspend operations. Load factors continued to rise, reaching close to 55% although average fares are down by around 20%on a year ago. ValuJet, ...
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Float raises $631M
China Southern Airlines' initial public offer on the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges raised $631 million, in what represents the largest single float of a Chinese airline stock to date. The offering, representing around 32% of the carrier, was sold at the upper end of the target range ...
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Georgia modernisation
Northrop Grumman will modernise the air-traffic-control system of Georgia under a $16 million contract. The financing is being guaranteed by the US Export-Import Bank, the first for Georgia, which plans to repay the loan through revenue generated by overflight fees. Equipment to be provided includes two monopulse secondary surveillance radars ...
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Cathay retrenches
Cathay Pacific Airways is to make 350 staff redundant, as a result of a planned move to Hong Kong's new airport. The redundancies are mainly in ancillary-service areas, which will disappear with the closure of Cathay's site at Kai Tak Airport in 1998. Source: Flight International
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Singapore signs
Singapore and India have signed a new bilateral air-services agreement, increasing capacity between the two countries by 40%, equivalent to six extra Boeing 747 weekly frequencies. It gives Singapore Airlines access to Trivandrum, in southern India, and allows Indian carriers to operate via Singapore to New Zealand, Australia and three ...
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-as China Eastern leases ten A320s
Paul Lewis/Singapore China Eastern Airlines is set to lease its Ìrst ten Airbus Industrie A320s, giving the European consortium another major new inroad into the fast-developing Chinese air-transport market . The Shanghai-based international carrier intends to replace its ßeet of ten Fokker 100s with the larger A320s, while deferring an ...
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737-800 takes to the air for seven months of flight testing
The first Boeing 737-800 made a successful 3h 5min-long maiden flight from the company's Renton production site in Washington on 31 July. The 39.5m-long -800 is the second of the Next Generation family to be flown. Boeing test pilots, Capts Mike Hewett and Jim McRoberts, report "a flawless flight", which ...
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A risky business
The Mir's troubles are only to be expected in the course of manned spaceflight Tim Furniss/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER By 7 August, Russia's Soyuz TM26 should have arrived at the troubled Mir space station. It will be a member of the next mission to the Mir who will be ...