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F-16 trainer for Kelly
Lockheed Martin F-16 pilots of the 182nd Fighter Squadron of the Texas Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing at Kelly AFB, San Antonio, will be the first to use a new Unit Training Device flight simulator at the base. The Hughes-built simulator is the first of 56 for the US ...
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Morelos for Hughes
Hughes has won the $90.5 million contract to build the new-generation Morelos 3 communications satellite for Mexico, beating Lockheed Martin and Space Systems Loral. The Hughes-built, HS-376 Morelos 1 and 2 were launched in 1985. Hughes also built the larger, HS-601 Solidaridad 1 and 2 communications satellites, launched ...
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Dragon Fly receives Italian certification
THE DRAGON Fly Model 333 two-seat helicopter received type certification from the Italian civil-aviation authority in June. The helicopter was developed by brothers Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni, founders and owners of Dragon Fly. The Gobler-Hirth F-330A26AK single-engined (two-stroke piston) helicopter is built with a titanium frame and a glassfibre-reinforced plastic ...
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PAL loan
Philippine Airlines (PAL) chairman Lucia Tan has loaned the flag carrier $152 million, to help it meet an overdue $200 million predelivery payment to Airbus Industrie for new A320/330/ 340s. The loan will be converted to equity as soon as Tan is given approval to raise his stake in PAL, ...
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CityLine begins HGS-equipped CRJ trial
Lufthansa's regional daughter-company, Lufthansa CityLine, has started test flights of a Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS) for its Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) fleet. The company hopes to equip its entire fleet of 28 CRJs with the system by the end of August. The HGS was certificated for ...
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Westland fin tip
GKN Westland Aerospace has been contracted to design and manufacture the tail-fin tip structure for the McDonnell Douglas MD-90, with first deliveries set for August. The part will consist of a load-bearing carbon-fibre outer skin, reinforced with a nomex honeycomb and aluminium frames. Source: Flight International
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Chicago control
A Harris voice-switching and control system (VSCS) has been commissioned at the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Centre, and a Loral display channel-complex rehost (DCCR) computer upgrade will become fully operational at the Centre in December. The VSCS provides high-speed message transfers, while the DCCR is a processor upgrade for ...
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Atlas lease
Atlas Air is to lease a Boeing 747-200 freighter to Thai Airways - the carrier's first - under a $76 million, three-year contract which holds a one-year option. Thai Airways has the option to lease two other aircraft from Atlas Air in two years' time. The deal, with all options, ...
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Virgin service
Euro Belgian Airlines is to start a service linking Rome and Madrid on 2 September, marking the company's first market outside its Brussels hub. The low-fare service will be operated with a new Boeing 737-300, due to be delivered in August, when the company will be formally relaunched as Virgin ...
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...but not Saratov
Unpaid workers at Russia's Saratov Aircraft Production plant have demanded an investigation into the crisis-hit company, which builds Yakovlev Yak-42 airliners. The governor of the Saratov region has responded with a promise to set up an audit commission to report on whether the plant is still viable. Yak-42 production has ...
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PHI expands
Petroleum Helicopters (PHI) has acquired half of Clintondale Aviation, a New York-based charter transport company with which it is already linked through a joint venture in the former USSR. Since early 1995, both firms have operated a joint venture in the region and PHI says that the acquisition will further ...
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TAM buys Helisul
Brazilian carrier TAM has acquired regional operator Helisul for R$2 million ($2.2 million). Helisul's five-aircraft fleet will be incorporated into TAM's Brasil Central subsidiary. Source: Flight International
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Airline capital
Aerospace consultancy Airline Capital Associates, of New York, has appointed Frank Rosenberg managing director. He was formerly president of aviation consultancy FA Dana Group and, before that, was chief operating officer of Ogden's aviation division and chief financial officer for North America at British Airways. Source: Flight International
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Brymon
Gareth Kirkwood has been named managing director of British Airways subsidiary Brymon Airways, of Plymouth, Devon. He succeeds Mike Jones, who becomes senior vice-president for sales and marketing at the UK's Alamo Car Rental. Kirkwood, a former commercial manager for British Airways' international consultancy, Speedwing, has been on secondment from ...
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TDI
Training Devices (TDI), of Englewood, Colorado, has appointed Charlie Douglas vice-president of operations. Douglas, who will take responsibility for the direction of full-flight simulator and flight-training-device production operations, was formerly programme manager with Rediffusion Simulation, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Source: Flight International
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Northrop
Lloyd Carpenter has been named vice-president for international operations at Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems division (ESSD). Carpenter, with Westinghouse since 1962, was most recently vice-president for technical services, logistics and capital resources at ESSD. Source: Flight International