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UK monetary constraints force RPMA cost rethink
Douglas Barrie/LONDON BIDDERS FOR THE ROYAL Air Force's £2 billion ($3 billion) Nimrod MR2-replacement programme are considering paying their own development costs initially, to avoid a delay because of Government funding problems. The funding difficulties have arisen as a result of cost pressures within the ...
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DASA warns France on defence agreement
Julian Moxon/PARIS DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) president Manfred Bischoff has threatened a possible collapse of the missiles/satellites agreement between Aerospatiale and DASA, if France does not honour its side of the accord forged between German chancellor Helmut Kohl and French president Jacques Chirac in 1995. In ...
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SES books Arianespace for six Astra launches
Tim Furniss/LONDON LUXEMBOURG'S Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES), operator of the Astra communications satellites, has signed a long-term agreement with Arianespace covering the launch of six geostationary-orbit (GEO) Astra spacecraft by Ariane 4 and 5 vehicles between 1997 and 2000, starting with the Astra 1G. ...
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Something old, something new, something borrowed...
With a July decision date, the RAF's Nimrod competition is reaching boiling point. Douglas Barrie/LONDON Graham Warwick/ATLANTA MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, Hawker Siddeley emerged victorious from the ruck of the Royal Air Force's last maritime-patrol-aircraft (MPA) competition. The surprise winner of Operational Requirement 381 ...
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Damaged F-18s survive collision
TWO US NAVY McDONNELL Douglas F-18As landed safely at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, after sustaining substantial damage in a mid-air collision during air-combat manoeuvring over the Atlantic Ocean. In the 23 April incident, the aircraft were on a converging course and collided at around 400kt (740km/h), the left wing ...
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Saab 2000 'main problem' is more to do with speedy service
Sir - I read the story on the Saab 2000 "Deutsche BA suspends deliveries" (Flight International, 10-16 April, P5). I believe that the aircraft deserves better publicity than this. As a pilot who has had 18 months' experience of flying the 2000 through two European winters, I am able to ...
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Lufthansa
German national carrier Lufthansa has appointed Jurgen Raps as its new chief pilot, replacing Robert Salzl, who is retiring from flying duties. Raps has been with Lufthansa since 1970. He flew Boeing 737s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s before being appointed head of the airline's 737 fleet in 1994. He took ...
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IAI
Maj Gen Avigdor Yanouch Ben-Gal has been appointed chairman of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), succeeding Zvi Zur. Ben-Gal served in the Israel Defence Forces from 1995-83, and is a former chairman of the Investment Company for International Trade Development, an advanced-technologies specialist. Source: Flight International
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KLM
Kees den Hartog, deputy president of Netherlands national carrier KLM, is to retire at the end of the year. Den Hartog, with KLM since 1961, joined the KLM board of managing directors in 1989. Cees van Woudenberg, executive vice-president for personnel and organisation, is appointed to the board of managing ...
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Orbital
US Space and information-systems company Orbital Sciences, of Dulles, Virginia, has appointed Jeffrey Pirone acting chief financial officer, following the resignation of Carlton Crenshaw, executive vice-president and chief financial officer. Pirone, now vice-president and controller, will hold the position until the post is filled permanently. Source: ...
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Learjet
Roger Sperry has been named vice-president for marketing and sales at Bombardier subsidiary Learjet, of Wichita, Kansas. Sperry, previously vice-president for North American sales, replaces Ted Farid, who has resigned. Before joining Learjet, Sperry held senior sales-management positions during a 20-year career with Cessna Aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Brymon Airways
New chief pilot and general manager for flight operations at Brymon Airways, Mike Schofield, (left) who was previously the Royal Air Force officer commanding HM The Queen's Flight, meets Charlie Bielby, one of Brymon's 72 pilots. Source: Flight International
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FLA mission is well defined
Sir - Your leading article under the title "Missing a Trick" (Flight International, 17-23 April, 1996, P5) contained a number of misleading statements relating to the Future Large Aircraft Programme which I would like the opportunity to correct. The article is a thinly veiled Lockheed-Martin sales pitch, which ...
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Olympic Team
Bell Helicopter Textron has selected St Louis Helicopters, of Missouri, to operate 13 Model 206B-3 Jet- Rangers and 206L LongRangers in support of television coverage of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Bell is the official helicopter sponsor for the Games. Source: Flight International
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Japanese collision
Two Japanese news-gathering helicopters collided near Nagano, 200km (110nm) west of Tokyo, on 27 April, killing all six people aboard. The Aerospatiale helicopters were returning from filming forest fires for rival television stations. Source: Flight International
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Chinese Learjets
China's Hainan Airlines has ordered a Learjet 60 for delivery in mid-1996, to join a Model 55 used for corporate charters. The aircraft is the first new business-jet sold to China's private sector, says Learjet. Malaysia's Ministry of Transport, meanwhile, has taken delivery of a second flight-inspection Learjet 60. ...
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Mexican support
Oklahoma-based Downtown Airpark and TAESA of Mexico have established a joint general-aviation service centre at Toluca Airport, near capital Mexico City. Downtown Airpark-Mexico will support Rockwell Twin Commanders operated in Latin America. Source: Flight International
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Digital ATC
AIT Recorders has developed a digital air-traffic-control (ATC) data-recording system, which it claims can simultaneously record all radar, voice and environmental data entering an ATC centre, using digital compression techniques. The UK company's Comfile 2000 Digital Recorder uses DAT cassettes as the storage medium, along with a 1Gb hard disk ...