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Northrop
Biggs Porter has been appointed vice-president for business management at Northrop Grumman's Dallas, Texas-based Commercial Aircraft division. Judith Northup becomes vice-president for Materiel Operations. Porter takes on his new role when Bill (Mac) McMillan, vice-president for business management, retires from the company on 31 May. Source: ...
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Dassault
Dassault Falcon Jet has promoted six members of its flight-operations department at Teterboro Airport, South Hackensack, New Jersey. Jerry Tritt becomes chief pilot - technical, responsible for technical and regulatory matters. David DeAngelis has been promoted to chief pilot for operations. His remit includes safety, standardisation, the flight-operations manual and ...
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Garrett
Brendon Docherty has been named avionics sales manager at Garrett Aviation Springfield. Docherty, who has 12 years' experience in avionics sales, was formerly director of sales and marketing and flight operations at Flight Visions, and also spent ten years with engine manufacturer AlliedSignal. Source: Flight International
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Israeli Astronaut
An Israeli air force colonel has been selected to train to fly as a payload specialist on a US NASA Space Shuttle mission in late 1998. The pilot, who is unidentified for security reasons, will conduct national science experiments provided by Israel, but the US space organisation will pay for ...
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Doing the business
As France's only business-jet manufacturer, Dassault Aviation, is competing in a market that has become particularly hard fought. Not only are manufacturers in the USA introducing new products across-the-board, but others elsewhere in the world are knocking on the door of the traditional suppliers. The business decisions made ...
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Restructuringf or a European future
Just ten months after the scheme was launched by defence minister Charles Millon, France's ministry of defence has finished planning for a fundamental restructuring of the national armaments directorate, the Délégation Générale pour l'Armament (DGA). At the heart of what is a profound re-organisation of the way the ...
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Germany certificates Extra E400 tourer
The German civil-aviation authority has awarded type certification to the Extra Flugzeugbau E400 tourer. The certification meets FAR part 23 standards, but does not yet cover the all-composite six-seater's pressurised cabin, or operations under instrument flight rules (IFR)or in icing conditions. These points will be dealt with progressively, ...
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AASI begins revised Jetcruzer stretch
Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures (AASI) has begun work at its Long Beach factory in California on the stretched Jetcruzer 500P, a pressurised high-speed version of the original Jetcruzer 450. "It will be pressurised to 30,000ft [9,150m] with a good high-altitude engine," says AASI executive vice-president Gene Comfort. "We're ...
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Rafale relief
As the agility of the Dassault Rafale multi-role fighter is demonstrated in the skies above spectators at the Paris air show in June, the French aerospace industry will be breathing a sigh of relief following the signature of the first production contract. Unless there is a last-minute hitch, ...
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Europe's denouement
By the end of this year, the die will have been set for the future shape of the European aerospace industry. If all goes well, plans will have been agreed for Airbus Industrie's transformation into a standalone company and the groundwork laid for cross-border consolidation in the military aircraft and ...
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Test centres revitalised
When talking of aeronautics test centres in France, most think immediately of Istres, near Marseilles, which for many years has been the traditional home of flight testing for the country's fighter aircraft. Istres, however, is but one of 20 national aeronautics test centres and laboratories, employing 12,000 people, which have ...
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Aero partner selected
The Czech Government has chosen a Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Czech Airlines (CSA) team as the strategic partner for jet- trainer manufacturer Aero Vodochody. The team will now acquire a stake of between 34% and 40% in the company. MDC is trying to sell its F-18 fighter to the Czechs ...
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Israel focuses on new fighter acquisition
The Israeli air force could decide as early as mid-1998 on its next fighter purchase, according to senior air force sources. Deliveries could start early in the next century. Israeli studies into the requirements have effectively narrowed the field down to two or three US contenders. The sources ...
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AR/Bombardier join on international-operations training
AR GROUP HAS signed an agreement with Bombardier Business Aircraft to provide international-procedures training for operators of Canadair Challenger and Global Express business jets. The course will be integrated with crew instruction at the Bombardier Aerospace Training Centre in Montreal, Canada, in July. The training will be provided ...
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Slovaks take delivery of first corporate jet
Slovak steel manufacturer VSZ has taken delivery of the country's first corporate jet - a Raytheon Aircraft Hawker 800XP. The aircraft, operated for VSZ by Cassovia Air of Kosice, will be used to transport management to plants throughout Europe and the CIS. Cassovia Air has operated a Beech King Air ...
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Northrop Grumman joins Lockheed Martin on JSF
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has joined the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team. Lockheed Martin says that the deal does not preclude a teaming agreement with British Aerospace, also being courted by rival JSF contractor Boeing. Northrop Grumman will bring experience with low-observable and carrier-borne aircraft, as well as ...
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UK AAIB investigates BA services with damaged 747-400
The UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has launched an investigation into an accident in which a British Airways Boeing 747-400 sustained significant damage in a "heavy landing", but continued to be flown on two revenue flights before the extent of the damage to the aircraft was realised. ...
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Boeing maps out strategy for near-term development plans
Boeing has confirmed that it is studying development of a further stretched version of the next-generation 737, but is giving more immediate priority to launching longer-range and higher-capacity versions of the 777-200/300 and possibly the 747-400. The company is looking at a higher-capacity 737 version, primarily for European ...
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Crash breaks China's accident-free run
A fatal China Southern Airlines Boeing 737-300 crash has broken an accident-free run of nearly three years by China's rapidly growing air-transport industry. The aircraft (B-2925), from China Southern's Shenzhen branch, was on flight from Chongqing to Shenzhen International Airport near Hong Kong, on 8 May, when, because of stormy ...
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Dasa backs Lagardere bid
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)has thrown its weight behind Lagardère's bid to take over Thomson-CSF, offering to contribute its space, missiles and eventually defence electronics businesses with the aim of creating a series of powerful European units to match the size and scope of the emerging US giants. The move ...