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GAMA
Washington DC-based US national trade organisation, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), has named Darby Becker director of government and international affairs. Becker was formerly legislative director in the office of US Representative Jerry Costello. Source: Flight International
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Western
Fixed-base operator and US-certificated repair station Western Aircraft, of Boise, Idaho, has appointed Doug Hart chief executive. He also becomes vice-chairman of the overall board for all companies owned by Western owner and chairman Al Hilde. Hart has re-organised the firm into three operating groups: Aircraft Sales, Aircraft Operations and ...
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Boeing
Larry Clarkson, senior vice-president of planning and international development at Boeing, has been named president of newly created company Boeing Enterprises, based at Renton, Washington, which will establish and direct new commercial-aircraft-related business entities. Source: Flight International
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British Airways
David Noyes has been appointed regional director for the UK, Africa and the Middle East at British Airways. He succeeds George Cooper, who became regional director for Europe in early February. Martin George is named marketing director, having held senior posts in the airline's UK and Ireland sales. Source: ...
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ECAC/Eurocontrol agreement is a 'raw deal' for all concerned
European aviation organisations have reacted with scepticism to the recent agreement reached by European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) transport ministers to revise the Eurocontrol convention, and International Air Transport Association (IATA) general director Pierre Jeanniot describes the reforms as being a "raw deal" for airlines and passengers. In ...
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Cargo gets top priority in China
China plans to virtually triple its cargo-aircraft fleet to 660 by the year 2000. The increase forms part of ambitious plans to expand its airborne freight market by around 14% a year, making it the main priority of the national aviation growth strategy. Zhou Baokou, deputy director of ...
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Chinese negotiate for ATR 42/72 production
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) says that talks are proceeding well with Aero International (Regional) AI(R) over the possible setting up of licensed production of the AI(R) ATR 42 and ATR 72 regional turboprops in China. AVIC vice-minister and executive vice-president, Wang Ang, says that the talks are ...
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Jordan receives C-130H
Jordan has taken delivery of a Lockheed Martin C-130H from the US Government, the latest part of a military-aid package donated by Washington to boost the Arab nation's defence forces. Jordan now has five C-130s and is hoping for more, according to its air force chief-of-staff Maj Gen Mohammad Ababneh. ...
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TEAC records deal for AV-8B video
TEAC HAS RECEIVED a US Navy contract to supply 209 airborne video-tape recorders for US Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas (MDC)AV-8B Harrier IIs. The same system will now be offered to Italy and Spain, both of which countries are operators of the AV-8B. The Navy had planned to exercise ...
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US Air Force launches its first Titan 4B from Cape Canaveral
The first uprated Titan 4 booster was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 22 February, carrying a US Air Force Defense Space programme missile early-warning satellite into geostationary orbit (GEO). The $200 million, TRW-built DSP was boosted into its final orbit by the Boeing IUS upper stage. The ...
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US Air Force F-16s drop JDAMS in early weapons test
OPERATIONAL US Air Force pilots have dropped Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) in an early look at the performance of the weapon, now under development by McDonnell Douglas (MDC). The JDAM is a tailkit which adds global-positioning/inertial-navigation guidance to 900kg bombs. During the so-called integrated-systems experiment at Nellis ...
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Asia-Pacific safety infrastructure is scheduled for overhaul in June
Asia-Pacific's commercial air-transport safety infrastructure needs a major overhaul, according to the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) group's air-safety experts. Poor safety oversight by some civil-aviation authorities (CAAs) and a growing potential for air-traffic conflicts were identified as two of the vital issues. A plan for regional action to improve safety ...
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Australia signs P-3 maritime marketing upgrade agreement
Australia's Department of Defence has signed an initial agreement with Raytheon E-Systems to market internationally upgrades for the Lockheed Martin P-3 and other types of maritime-patrol aircraft. The agreement, the first of its kind between Australia and a foreign company, is intended to promote the Royal Australian Air ...
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BMW Rolls-Royce presents prop BR700
BMW Rolls-Royce has revealed details of the BR700-TP turboprop engine, its proposed powerplant for the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA). The 7,460kW (10,000shp) engine is to be based around the BR700 core already used in the BR710 turbofan which powers Gulfstream Vs and Bombardier Global Expresses. The core ...
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Vertical dangers
British Aerospace's recent admission that it may be forced, however reluctantly, to consider vertical integration with GEC to maintain its position in the world defence market, speaks volumes about the uncertainties and risks which are now at play in the European defence aero- space industry. The uncertainties largely ...
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Lockheed Martin eyes joined-wing tanker/transport model
LOCKHEED MARTIN plans to fly a small-scale radio-controlled model of a joined-wing design being considered for its proposed New Strategic Aircraft (NSA). The NSA is being studied as a private-venture replacement for US Air Force Boeing KC-135 tankers and Lockheed C-141 transports, to enter service early next century. ...
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Puel revamps Aerospatiale's loss-making maintenance arm
Henri-Paul Puel, the new president of Sogerma has set about a major re-organisation of the loss-making maintenance arm of Aerospatiale, partly blaming poor recent performance on a series of misjudged deals struck before his arrival. The action follows a disappointing year for Sogerma, which saw its net losses ...
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British Aerospace is on course to consider vertical integration
British Aerospace chief executive Sir Richard Evans, has conceded that the group, which confirms that it has again held talks with GEC, may be forced to consider vertical integration, depending on the outcome of defence restructuring in France. "We're talking to everyone in Europe at the moment, and ...