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Lockheed Martin aims to bolster maintenance
Aircraft maintenance is being targeted by Lockheed Martin as the remaining sector where the US aerospace giant now intends to bolster its business with acquisitions, according to Lockheed Aeronautics president Mickey Blackwell. After a period of consolidation, Lockheed Martin now has a growing US maintenance business based at Greenville, ...
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China Southen floats on pair of stock exchanges
China Southern Airlines is to become the largest mainland Chinese carrier yet to float its shares publicly, with a dual listing on the New York and Hong Kong exchanges. The Guangzhou-based airline is to make an initial public offer of around 32% of its stock at the end of ...
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Quincy collision: never assume
Sir - From the little I know about the Beech King Air/ United Express Beech 1900 accident [at Quincy Municipal Airport, Illinois, in November 1996], it seems clear that the King Air pilots were lax and deserved criticism, but to this timid pilot it is inexcusable if the 1900 pilots ...
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London City
Maurice Boyle has been appointed to the newly created post of operations director at the UK's London City Airport, with effect from September. He is now general manager of Servisair at London Gatwick Airport, and he has also been employed by Britannia Airways, Canadian Airlines, Dan-Air and Wardair. ...
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Hamilton
United Technologies' aerospace-systems division Hamilton Standard of Windsor Locks, Con- necticut, has appointed Donald Tetreault vice-president of business development and marketing. He was most recently vice-president and general manager of engine controls, accessories and flight systems. Source: Flight International
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Dragonair
Algernon Yau has become general manager planning and international affairs at Hong Kong regional carrier Dragonair, replacing Augustus Tang, who returns to Dragonair's major shareholder, national carrier Cathay Pacific Airways. Ronnie Choi has been named general manager for customer services, a position which was formerly held by Yau. Choi, who ...
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Avtech
Robert Horgan, who was previously shop manager with Raytheon Aircraft, has been appointed director of maintenance at Avtech Executive Flight Center, of McCollum Field, near Atlanta, Georgia. He replaces Dwayne Pittsenbarger, who has taken up a position with the US Federal Aviation Administration. Source: Flight International
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BFGoodrich
Steve Minor has been named contract administrator for the business and general-aviation sales group at BFGoodrich Avionics Systems, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Before joining the company, Minor was a contract administrator at Smiths Industries. Source: Flight International
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Delta
Delta Air Lines has named Frank Meditz regional manager for multi-national accounts - Europe, based in London, UK. He is now manager for corporate sales. Peter Hannaford is appointed manager for multi-national and key accounts, also based in London. He now holds the position of account executive - London. Roman ...
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America West
America West Airlines, of Phoenix, Arizona, has appointed David Huntzinger vice-president of corporate safety. He was formerly responsible for the design, development, deployment and monitoring of advanced methods for improving safety management and safety programmes at US airframe manufacturer Boeing's Commercial Airplane Group, and has also worked for Bell Helicopter.. ...
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Ronson
Thomas Sullivan has joined US fixed-base operator Ronson Aviation of Trenton, New Jersey, as vice-president of sales and charter operations. He has also been vice-president for eastern aircraft sales for Learjet aircraft and vice-president of marketing at American Aerospace Industries and Raytheon Beechcraft. Source: Flight International
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Unit records HUMS
SEAKR Engineering of the USA has introduced a flight-data/voice recorder which can record data for a health and usage monitoring system (HUMS). The solid-state device consists of a signal-acquisition unit and crash-survivable memory unit, with a separate solid-state memory for HUMS recording. Source: Flight International
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Crash report
A UK Department of Transport and Environment air-accident report into the Learjet 25B business-jet crash at RAF Northolt has blamed the lack of crew-resource management (CRM) as one of the major causes. The incident occurred on 13 August, 1996, when the Spanish-owned aircraft overran the runway and collided with a ...
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Span addes Beeches
Indian feeder air-taxi operator Span Aviation has acquired six used aircraft from Raytheon, four Beech King Air B200s and two Beech 1900Cs, in a deal worth $15 million. Source: Flight International