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Laser tests show wake-vortex surprises
David Learmount/MALVERN analysis of an aircraft wake-vortex study has encouraged the UK Civil Aviation Authority to consider sponsoring more detailed work on the subject. A sample analysis of extensive, but complex, data gathered by the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), using laser-radar technology, has shown that ...
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Australian Army CDRs
Canberra-based Aerospace Technical Services has been named preferred bidder on a A$7.5 million ($5.5 million) contract to design and install crash-data recorders (CDRs) in the Australian army's helicopters. A total of 128 aircraft will be modified. Each system has a cockpit-voice recorder, flight-data recorder and crash-position indicator. Source: ...
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Paintless-aircraft testing gathers pace
Graham Warwick/PATUXENT RIVER FLIGHT TESTING OF a McDonnell Douglas (MDC)F-18 coated with plastic film, instead of paint, is to be extended for a second year, and will include at least two deployments to evaluate the material's suitability for use on carrier-based aircraft. The US Navy F-18 is being ...
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Peace in our time
The European Commission (EC) has apparently emerged from its skirmish with Boeing with the deal it wanted. Boeing will have its merger with McDonnell Douglas (MDC), but with strings attached, and there will apparently be no trade war. Now that the drama is over, it is worth asking exactly what ...
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Veteran flight
NASA is considering a suggestion that veteran astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, in 1962, fly on a Space Shuttle mission to study and compare the effects of spaceflight on a 76-year old. Glenn, a US senator, undergoes regular medical tests by NASA. ...
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Satellite planned
The former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan plans to operate a communications satellite in 2000. The satellite will be launched on a Proton booster. Source: Flight International
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Space debris
The Aerospace Corporation has established a centre in California for orbital and re-entry debris studies. The centre will analyse space debris, collision-avoidance systems and the possibilities for deliberate re-entry of some debris into the Earth's atmosphere. Source: Flight International
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Sextant buys Air Lab
France's Sextant Avionique is to buy Triumph Group's Air Lab instrument-overhaul division and to make the US company's A Biederman aircraft-instrument division as a distributor and repair-station for some products. Source: Flight International
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Zantop base acquired
Whitehall has completed the acquisition of Zantop International Airlines' Macon, Georgia, maintenance operation. The centre specialises in McDonnell Douglas DC-8s and has annual sales of $20 million. Whitehall owns Florida-based maintenance company Aero Corporation. Source: Flight International
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Parker purchase
Parker Hannifin's Parker Aerospace unit has purchased the fuel-system-components product line of California-based XAR Industries. The deal is expected to add $3 million a year in sales. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon pays for TI
Raytheon has completed the $2.95 billion purchase of Texas Instruments' defence business, boosting annual revenues to $14 billion. The $9.5 billion acquisition of the Hughes defence-electronics business is still pending. Raytheon has sold its home-appliance division for $750 million and plans to raise $2.5 billion in debt to pay for ...
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Hamre nominated
US President Bill Clinton has nominated John Hamre, now the Department of Defense's comptroller, to become defence secretary William Cohen's deputy. Hamre, who has prepared the Pentagon's budget submission since 1993, would take over from John White. Source: Flight International
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MAPO investigation
Russia's general prosecutor and the country's federal security service are investigating the alleged misuse of $237 million from the state budget. The money was intended to finance production of MAPO MiG-29s for the Indian air force. Source: Flight International
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Ethiopian
Ato Bisrat Negatu has been appointed chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines. Negatu has been with the airline for 24 years, and has management experience in human resources planning and development, fleet planning and aircraft evaluation, bilateral and commercial agreement negotiations and market research and development. He has also served as ...
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SimuFlite
SimuFlite Training International, of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, has named Cliff Reavis manager of the Learjet programme. He is a former chief pilot for Million Air of Addison, Texas. Marjorie De-Long is appointed to the new position of market development manager. She was most recently manager of sales and marketing information ...
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Carnival Air
Lee Steele has become president of scheduled passenger carrier Carnival Air Lines of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He replaces Raymond Vecci, who moves to Northwest Airlines. Steele has been a consultant to Carnival for the past four months, and has held senior positions within MGM Grand Air, Arrow Air and Eastern ...
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FAA fines Lone Star
Fort Worth, Texas-based Lone Star Airlines has been fined $375,000 by the US Federal Aviation Administration for carrying a cardboard box containing flammable fuel-tank sealant. Rules on transporting hazardous materials were tightened after the May 1996 ValuJet crash. Source: Flight International
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Pittsburgh ruling due
The US National Transportation Safety Board may soon close the book on the mysterious crash of the US Airways Boeing 737-300 on 8 September, 1994. Rudder-system malfunction is suspected. Source: Flight International
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Northwest
Northwest Airlines, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has appointed Don Washburn president of its Northwest Cargo unit, and named him executive vice-president for flight operations of Northwest Airlines. Washburn replaces Bill Slattery, who is to retire in April 1998, at Northwest Cargo. Raymond Vecci is appointed executive vice-president for customer service of ...
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Raytheon
Raytheon Aircraft, of Wichita, Kansas, has appointed Stephen Lynch vice-president of international special-mission Hawker deliveries, responsible for the Hawker U-125A search and rescue aircraft destined for the Japan Air Self Defence Force. He joined the company following Raytheon's purchase of British Aerospace's corporate-jets business in 1993. Source: Flight International