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ILS
Richard Tham has become region manager, Asia Pacific, by Inventory Locator Service (ILS) of Memphis, Tennessee. Besides being responsible for ILS representatives in his region, Tham will still handle sales in ILS online services in Hong Kong, the Philippines and Taiwan. Source: Flight International
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Lockheed
Dr Brian Dailey has been named vice-president for strategic development, at US aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin. He succeeds Dr John Egan, who is to retire in 1998, and was previously vice-president, business development for the company's space and strategic-missiles sector. The company has also created the new post of vice-president ...
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Simuflite
Simulflite International Training of the USA has promoted James Huntoon, who has been with the company for three years. He becomes regional sales manager, mid-Atlantic region, and will be based in a new regional sales office at Lane Aviation Corporation, Columbus International Airport, Ohio. Source: Flight ...
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PBN
UK-based aircraft manufacturer Pilatus Britten-Norman (PBN) has appointed Walter Stark chief executive. He has been with PBN since 1988, and was previously sales and marketing director - a function which he will continue to carry out. Stark's appointment follows the departure of the company's managing director Anthony Stansfield. ...
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Delta
Edward West takes the new position of vice-president - financial planning and analysis at Delta Air Lines of the USA. Hiram Cox takes West's former job of corporate controller for the Atlanta, Georgia- based company. Cox was formerly managing director of the Delta Shuttle service, operating between New York City, ...
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Trilectron
Ground-support equipment company Trilectron Industries, of Palmetto, Florida, has made three new appointments. John Moore joins as regional sales manager for Asia, the Pacific Rim and certain North American accounts. He comes from Air-A-Plane Cor-poration, where he was director of marketing and sales. Acting chief of sales and marketing at ...
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Flying display
Wednesday 18 June 1300: Breitling aerobatic display 1314: Extra 300S 1319: Sukhoi SU-29M 1327: Cayliss 1331: Robinson helicopter 1338: NHIndustries NH90, Eurocopter EC120, EC135, Tigre 1355: Socata TBM-700, Tangara 1402: Airbus A319, A340 1416: Dassault Falcon 900, Falcon 2000, ...
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Lockheed signs huge Russian rocket deal
Lockheed Martin has stunned the space industry with an exclusive deal to buy 101 Russian RD-180 rocket engines worth $1 billion. The unprecedented purchase enforces the company's "…resolve to win the US Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)" contract next June, says Mel Brashears, president and chief executive ...
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C172 autopilot
Texas-based flight control system and avionics specialist S-TEC has received US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certfication for its System Twenty, Thirty, Thirty ALT and System 40, 50 and 55 autopilots in the Cessna 172R. Source: Flight International
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Honeywell for LM200
Ayres and FedEx have selected Honeywell's SPZ-5000 integrated avionics system for the Loadmaster LM200 freighter. The suite will include the IC-500 Integrated Avionics Computer, which combines the functions of autopilot, flight director and display processor, and Honeywell's Primus II navigation/communication radios and Primus 440 colour weather radar. The LM200 is ...
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Taiwan in CT7 deal
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) has taken a 7.2% stake in the -6D version of the General Electric CT7 turboshaft, destined for Sikorsky's S-92 transport helicopter. Source: Flight International
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Life saver
Since its introduction in 1982, the Copas-Sarasat international humanitarian satellite search programme has helped save the lives of more than 7,000 people in distress at sea. Source: Flight Daily News
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Florida blooms
Enterprise Florida's attendance at the show is paying dividends with several companies showing a keen interest in taking advantage of the state's aerospace initiative. Domestic and international companies look like prime candidates to set up in Florida, says Ken Cooksey Jr, Director Aviation/Aerospace Industry. "You just never know ...
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Excel contract
Cessna Aircraft has awarded a contract to Litton's Litef division to supply the Fibre Optic Gyro-based (FOG) LCR-93 Altitude and Heading Reference System for the Excel. First prototypes have been delivered and have logged approximately 1,000 flying hours on the Excel. The system incorporates micro-mechanical accelerometers ...
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Honour for CMC
Canadian Marconi (CMC) has been named supplier of the year by GKN Westland Helicopters. CMC has been supplying specialised electronics to GKN Westland for more than two years and was selected for top honours from more than 100 suppliers around the world. Source: Flight ...
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HUD installed
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the first installation of the Honeywell-GEC-Marconi HUD 2020 Head-Up Display in a Gulfstream IV-SP business jet.The HUD will display guidance to the runway for pilots flying in bad weather - even when conditions such as fog, smoke or haze limit visibility. Source: ...
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Bomnardier is foiled by Embraer 50-seat scoop
Two regional jet manufacturers; two $1 billion contract announcements; and the same customer. But the atmosphere at each press conference yesterday could not have been more of a contrast. American Airlines' subsidiary AMR Eagle's decision to purchase its 50-seat regional jets from Embraer and its 70-seaters from Bombardier clearly ...