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Bombardier
John Giraudy has been appointed senior vice-president for sales at Bombardier Regional Aircraft division of Canada. He succeeds Tom Appleton as head of marketing and sales. Appleton was recently appointed president of the Amphibious Aircraft division. Giraudy is replaced as vice-president for international sales, covering Europe, the Middle East and ...
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WAEA
David Svatos, supervisor of in-flight services and entertainment with Trans World Airlines, of St Louis, Missouri, has been elected president of the World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA), of Los Angeles, California, for 1996-7. Joe Leach, manager of onboard programmes at Delta Airlines, of Atlanta, Georgia, becomes vice-president. Marcy Beaubelle, vice-president ...
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A bi-plane Airbus could be an answer
Sir - When considering the merits of the shoulder-mounted wing over the more "conventional" low-wing design (Letters, Flight International, 18-24 September, P49), I cannot help thinking that simple aesthetics will decide the outcome. Ask which is the "nicer" aircraft - the Boeing 747 or the Lockheed-Martin C-5A, and ...
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Where will new instructors emerge?
Sir - You report that a private consortium has won the UK Ministry of Defence contract to run ab initio helicopter-flying training for the next 15 years (Flight International, 9-15 October, P14). In the "appointments" section (P62) there is a half-page recruitment notice placed by the same consortium ...
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Tadjik tension
Muslim insurgents in Tadjikistan, are battling cash-strapped Russian border guards. Alexander Velovich and Victor Beltsov/MOSCOW AND DUSHANBE WHILE WESTERN attention in the past weeks has once again focused on the conflict in Afghanistan, Russia has quietly been waging a "war" in one of its neighbouring states, continuing ...
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Cirrus makes revision to SR20 wing design to improve safety
Cirrus Design has made a revision to the wing design of its SR20 four-seater, to lower stall speeds and help improve lateral control up to and throughout stall conditions. President Alan Klapmeier says that the move is aimed to make "dramatic" improvements in general-aviation (GA) safety. The ...
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This year's US Aircraft Owners...
This year's US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) meeting in San Jose, California, set a new record, with over 9,000 registered visitors and more than 650 aircraft. Guy Norris reports. Source: Flight International
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Lancair plans spin tests of four-seater
Lancair International is preparing to begin spin tests of its four-seat LC-40, which it plans to display for the first time at the Oshkosh show in 1997. The spin tests are part of the certification effort, which Oregon-based Lancair hopes to complete by the end of the first ...
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Mooney makes plans for Encore
Mooney Aircraft plans to introduce in 1997 a new, high-performance, turbo-inter-cooled four-seater, called the Encore. The company believes that the Encore will fill a void caused by the withdrawal of its 252TSE, or M20K. It is effectively the same aircraft, with a slightly more powerful engine and three-bladed McCauley propeller. ...
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Boeing's new 737 comes together
The first example of the next-generation Boeing 737 family is coming together on the assembly line at Renton. The first aircraft, a 737-700, recently received its vertical tail unit and horizontal stabilisers. The new model will be rolled out in December, and the first flight is due in February 1997. ...
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Airbus is close to concluding A3XX powerplant agreements
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie is working to conclude agreements with the General Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance and Rolls-Royce, so it can formally offer airlines a choice of power plants for its planned A3XX ultra-high-capacity airliner. The engine manufacturers are expected soon to sign memoranda of ...
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Aviastar Asia ties up deal for 20 Tu-204s
Paul Duffy/SHANNON Aviastar Asia (AAC), the new joint venture set up in Taipei to market the Tupolev Tu-204 outside Russia, has now signed a contract for 20 aircraft, which is expected to be announced officially at Airshow China '96 at Zhuhai in November. Singapore-registered AAC brings ...
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BA ditches plans for British Mediterranean franchise
British Airways has abandoned proposals to operate its services to the Levant under a franchise agreement with British Mediterranean Airways (BMed), and both carriers say that they will continue to serve the Middle Eastern region independently. The two airlines struck a deal to operate joint services to Amman, ...
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US extends deadline for bag-match test
The US Aviation Safety and Security Commission, which was set up to improve airline security procedures in the wake of the crash of TWA Flight 800, has extended the 60-day deadline for testing a full domestic bag-match programme. US carriers have been able to convince the Clinton Administration ...
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MDC plans to test large-scale blended-wing airliner model
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDonnell Douglas (MDC) and California's Stamford University plan to test a large-scale model of a futuristic blended-wing-body (BWB-1-1)airliner in 1997. The powered model will have a wingspan of between 6.1m and 7.6m, according to MDC, which says that it is "-getting really ...
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CAAC holds up Chinese airliner approvals
Paul Lewis/BEIJING Chinese airlines are facing a growing backlog of pending aircraft orders and leases waiting for final approval from the country's civil aviation authority and Government. All Chinese aircraft orders and lease agreements of longer then one year are required to be submitted to ...
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GE modifies GE90 combustion with manifold redesign
GE Aircraft Engines is planning to introduce a modified GE90 combustion system from mid-1997, designed to reduce manufacturing costs, emissions and weight. The only physical change is a redesigned manifold, while alterations to the fuel-nozzle system have been achieved through software modifications. "We have simplified the [double annular] ...
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IFALPA is set to act on African airspace 'risks'
Chris Yates/LONDON An urgent safety bulletin spelling out the growing danger of flying in African airspace is expected to be issued soon by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA). Capt Tony van Heerden, president of the South African Airline Pilots Association says, that ...
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Navaid for Sarajevo
Thomson-CSF's Airsys subsidiary has won the contract to supply navigation landing aids for Sarajevo Airport. The system will allow the re-opening of the airport to commercial aircraft. Source: Flight International
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AlliedSignal invests to boost LF507 despatch reliability
AlliedSignal says that it is aiming for 99.95% LF507 dispatch reliability on the Avro RJ100 by the end of 1997 as the main target of an aggressive support campaign. The engine's reliability was criticised recently by Crossair president Moritz Suter (Flight Inter- national, 16-22 October). Allied- Signal Engines ...