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Age-60 ruling
A federal appeals court panel will rule within a few months whether the US Federal Aviation Administration can continue to bar pilots of over 60 years from commanding US commercial passenger aircraft. Source: Flight International
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PanAm adds
Pan American World Airways, which began services on 26 September with three Airbus A300s, has leased two additional A300s from C-S Aviation Services. The ex-Lufthansa aircraft will be delivered by mid-November. Source: Flight International
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Lancer flare
Rockwell B-1B bombers are being cleared to fire newer-model countermeasure flares with no restrictions, but are still constrained to Mach 0.85, with no rolling or yawing, if using older flares. The flare firing envelope has been restricted since 1995, when aircraft began suffering tailstrike damage after dispensing countermeasures. The damage ...
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B-52 sensor upgraded
Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems has won a $4.5 million US Air Force contract to update the steerable television (STV) targeting sensor on the Boeing B-52. The original AVQ-22 STV turret will be upgraded with a high-definition, solid-state, imaging sensor. The initial 22- month contract is to develop a replacement STV, ...
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Caribou replacement
The Australian Defence Force Force Structure Policy & Planning Committee has endorsed the next phase of the Royal Australian Air Force's light-transport project, Air 5190, to replace its de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribous. Source: Flight International
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Indian sales
Indian Airlines has now disposed of six of its Boeing 737-200s, with the sale of two 1977-build aircraft for $3.3 million each to Pacific Aviation Holding of the USA. The airline has already sold 737s to Blue Dart and Skyline-NEPC. Source: Flight International
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Air India offer
In an effort to secure Air India as a customer for its MD-XX, McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has offered the airline MD-11s as an interim measure. Airbus, Boeing and MDC are vying for the airline's long-awaited long-haul, medium-capacity, air- liner order Source: Flight International
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EU passes handling
The European Union has rubber-stamped the European Commission's plans for liberalisation of ground handling. The rules will enable the gradual lifting of restrictions at many European airports, with liberalisation foreseen in 2003. Source: Flight International
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Northrop
James Sanford has been named vice-president for corporate contracts and pricing at Northrop Grumman, of Los Angeles, California. He has been with the company since 1984, and was formerly assistant treasurer and director of banking and international finance. Source: Flight International
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HAI
Joseph Corrao has been appointed director of regulations at US trade association Helicopter Association International (HAI), of Alexandria, Virginia. Corrao, who is a lawyer, is also a member of the US National Aeronautic Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Source: Flight International
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Aero Systems
Leon Ring has been appointed president and chief executive of St Paul, Minnesota-based Aero Systems Engineering, a member of Swedish high-technology industrial group Celsius. Ring succeeds Roland Dilda, who has resigned. Source: Flight International
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Argentine coastguard
Seen following the delivery of two Schweizer Model 300C helicopters to the Argentine Coast Guard, are (left to right) Schweizer instructor pilot Bill Staubach, Argentine Coast Guard pilots Alejandro Dubois and Marcelo Delgiorio and maintenance personnel Javier Martinez and Carlos Zetano. Source: ...
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Gripen sprouts vortex generators
AAB MILITARY AIRCRAFT HAS introduced small vortex-generating strakes (inset) on the JAS39 Gripen fighter. They are located on the upper-forward fuselage behind the aircraft's fore-planes. Saab says that the strakes are being added to provide "better performance at low speeds and high angles of attack". The strakes were introduced on ...