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Bristol
Bristol Airport, of the UK, has appointed John Parkin managing director, replacing Peter Clayson, who is to take early retirement. His background includes experience in multi-site and airport-based retail operations and development in the UK management. Mike Luddy has been appointed to the new position of director of marketing. He ...
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Duncan
Mike Hansen has been named manager of avionics and instruments at aircraft-service organisation Duncan Aviation, of Lincoln, Nebraska. He was formerly with BF Goodrich Component and Overhaul Repair, in Austin, Texas. Two new technical specialists have been appointed: Bill Schroeder, for the Canadair Challenger Series, and Dick Hyde, for the ...
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IAS
Custom-completions company International Aviation Services (IAS), of Fort Worth, Texas, has appointed Anthony Sanchez director of international sales. He has more than 20 years experience in aviation marketing. J R Jones is named director of sales. His background is in international maintenance and refurbishing for airlines, the military and VIPs/heads ...
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...and benefits
British Aerospace Systems and Equipment (BASE) is to supply its Terprom digital-terrain system as part of a Dassault Mirage 2000 upgrade for an unnamed customer. The system, which provides passive terrain-referenced navigation, predictive ground-proximity warning and terrain following, has also been purchased by the Royal Air Force for British Aerospace ...
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Joint displays
Avionic Displays (ADC) of the USA and South Korea's LG Electronics have formed an alliance covering the design, development and manufacture of flat-panel colour displays. ADC will use LG's active-matrix liquid-crystal displays in a range of civil and military display modules. Source: Flight International
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Quiet power
AvAero's Boeing 737-200 hushkit has been cleared for operation at full-power settings on aircraft powered by the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17, at the maximum certificated take-off weight of 58,160kg. The US Federal Aviation Administration approval also allows the use of 40¡ landing-flap settings. Source: ...
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Ion drive
NASA's first New Millennium mission, Deep Space 1, will be propelled through interplanetary space by an ion drive engine. Tim Furniss/LONDON AS A PART OF SEVERAL new space-engine initiatives by the US space agency NASA, the prototype of a xenon-ion engine is undergoing a year-long test firing at ...
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Performance completes Legend trials
PERFORMANCE Aircraft has completed more than 50h of flight-testing of its Legend high-performance kitplane. The all-composite tandem-seater has been designed primarily as a racing aircraft, and is modelled on the North American P-51 Mustang. Estimated performance includes a never-exceed speed of 435kt (800km/h). The prototype is powered by ...
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ML Aviation snaps up Frazer-Nash
ML AVIATION HAS acquired the product range of Frazer-Nash Defence Systems, a division of the UK's Airscrew Howden. The move is aimed at establishing the firm as "a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of airborne weapons carriage and release systems". ML Aviation, a subsidiary of ...
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Condor will decide on A320s by year end
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE HAS received commitments from German charter operator Condor for up to 24 Airbus single-aisle aircraft, which are expected to be converted to a firm contract before the end of the year. Airbus says that the deal include orders for six A320s and six A321s, plus six additional options ...
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Where safety responsibility lies
Sir -Your Comment "Under oversight" (Flight International, 31 July-6 August) could give the impression that regulatory authorities rely on their own direct inspections to achieve high safety standards in aviation. This has never been the case. The aviation-safety process has always relied on regulatory-authority approval and licensing of ...
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Communication challenge
Passenger demand for on-board telephones is fuelling intense industrial competition. Kieran Daly/LONDON FEW battles being fought in the world of airliner equipment are fiercer than those to supply on-board telephony. As passengers come to expect telephones on aircraft, the degree of use is growing and so are the ...
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Keeping track of the trackers
The run-up to decision time on NATO's surveillance need has begun. Andrew Chuter/LONDON AIRBORNE GROUND surveillance and targeting came of age in the 1991 US-led Desert Storm operation against Iraq when two Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Systems (JSTARS) development aircraft received glowing ...
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The red card
Air-display safety parameters are rigidly enforced at Farnborough. David Learmount/LONDON SUKHOI'S SU-37 THRUST-vectored fighter provided the 1996 Farnborough air show with its most stunning flight display, involving the "Kulbit", or somersault, manoeuvre. The routine, however, had to be revalidated by the show organisers twice during the ...
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New master of the loads
McDonnell Douglas is establishing the MD-11 as a major force in the large-transport cargo market. Kevin O'Toole and Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON LUFTHANSA CARGO'S surprise order for five McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11F freighters, placed half-way through the Farnborough show, could hardly have come at a better time for the tri-jet ...
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Getting back to business
The resurgence of global aviation appeared to be confirmed at Farnborough International '96, held from 2-8 September. According to show organiser the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC), the exhibition drew 280,000 visitors over the seven-day period (130,000 trade and 150,000 public), representing a 20% increase over the 1994 show. ...