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Michael Sears has been named as president of Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California, the commercial aircraft unit of McDonnell Douglas (MDC). He succeeds Robert Hood Jr, who will serve as president emeritus of Douglas and retires later this year. Sears was vice-president-general manager of MDC's largest tactical aircraft ...
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Precision acquisition
Precision Aerospace (PAC) has acquired the assets of Kent, Washington-based Pacific Propeller, which overhauls a wide range of propellers for commercial and military aircraft. Pacific Propeller is one of the largest independent propeller-service centres in the world. PAC, which already owns Twin Commander Aircraft, Precision Airmotive, Precision Engine Controls, Precision ...
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Mauritius bound
AIR MAURITIUS HAS BEGUN THE first direct service between Manchester, in the UK, and Mauritius, using its Airbus A340. The service, which effectively replaces one operated via Munich in conjunction with Lufthansa, will be weekly to begin with, but will move to twice-weekly later this year. Air Mauritius also has ...
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PC-12 receives cold soak
PILATUS AIRCRAFT is hoping to pick up Canadian sales of its PC-12 single-turboprop utility aircraft, following the completion of low-temperature operational tests in the UK. The two-day cold soak was carried-out at the UK Defence Test and Evaluation Organisation's environmental chamber at Boscombe Down, and was observed by representatives from ...
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Delta MD-11 flies Olympic torch
DELTA AIRLINES, OFFICIAL AIRLINE of the 1996 Olympic Games, has begun international flights with a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 painted in the Olympic colour scheme. A Boeing 767 is already in service on domestic flights decorated in the same scheme, which incorporates the official "torch" logo of the Games, to be ...
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Sextant smartens helicopter displays
SEXTANT AVIONIQUE is developing a high-resolution liquid-crystal multi-function display unit for helicopters, as part of the Avionique Nouvelle (AN) series suite of new-generation helicopter avionics it has designed in partnership with SFIM Industries. The SMD45H flight-control display system is due to be certificated in early 1997, says Paris, France-based Sextant. ...
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Safety measures
Russia intends to match Western safety standards and is making progress. Paul Duffy/MOSCOW RUSSIA'S PROCESS of bringing its aviation into harmony with that of the West will, says Alexander Neradko, chief of the Accident Investigations division of Russia's Department of Air Transport (DAT), take "perhaps five years". ...
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Northrop encore
The French navy has selected Encore Computer to supply real-time computer systems for its Northrop Grumman E-2C electronic weapons-systems tactical trainer. Three Encore RSX systems, worth $840,000, will be installed at the French Naval Air Station in Lann-Bihoue, France. Source: Flight International
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Why a precision approach is safer
Sir - There are parts of the world where it is impossible to install a precision approach (Flight International, 6-12 March, P5 and 20-26 March, P100) because it does not meet International Civil Aviation Organisation standards, so a non-precision approach is used, in most cases without terminal-approach radar at the ...
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Boeing's high-speed transport efforts
Sir - To learn more about Boeing's high-speed transport efforts, Richard Wiggs (Flight International, 27 March-2 April, P107) should read Chapter 16 and PP267-278 of Robert Serlind's 1992 book Legend and Legacy, the Story of Boeing and its People. Chapter 16 says: "More than $1 billion had been ...
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Smooth stretch
Bell's 430 twin-engined helicopter looks sleek and provided a smooth flight in our test Peter Gray/SINGAPORE FIRST CAME THE Bell 222 intermediate weight, twin-engined, two-bladed, commercial helicopter in 1979, with a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of 3,570kg, rising to 3,750kg, and the first aircraft to be certificated ...
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Malaysia to construct Optica
A MALAYSIAN COMPANY is to manufacture the Optica OA7-300 light observation aircraft, under an agreement with FLS Aerospace and RCR of the UK. Under a recently signed memorandum of agreement, brokered by British Aerospace Airbus, FLS is to transfer production of the Optica to RCR for 12 months, ...
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German Government advisors push for domestic fuel tax
GERMANY'S Government-appointed environmental advisory panel has recommended a tax on aviation fuel on domestic routes. It is estimated that a kerosene tax equivalent to that already paid on diesel fuel would raise the cost of flying in Germany by 20%. In the long term, Ewers supports a tax ...
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Nice and easy
After establishing a niche market on its Scottish routes, London Luton-based low-fare airline easyJet is expanding into mainland Europe. Starting with a Luton-Amsterdam service on 24 April, easyJet will be adding Nice on 5 June and Barcelona a week later. One-way fares start at £35 ($55) to Amsterdam and £49 ...
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Sempati acquisition
Asean Air of Malaysia has acquired a 40% stake in the privately owned Indonesian regional carrier Sempati Air Transport. The deal reportedly increases the airline's capitalisation to 200 billion rupiah ($85.5 million), from 50 billion rupiah, and provides for the purchase of new, longer-range aircraft. The airline plans to float ...
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Japanese research budget covers new missile development
JAPAN'S TECHNICAL Research and Development Institute (TRDI) has secured funding to begin development of a new medium-range surface-to-air-missile (SAM) and to upgrade the Shinmaywa US-1A amphibian. Money for the two new projects is included in TRDI's recently approved '164.1 billion ($1.52 billion) budget for fiscal year 1996/7. The ...
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Hawker milestone
Raytheon Aircraft has delivered the 900th Hawker business jet with the hand-over of the 17th Hawker 1000 for Executive Jet Aviation's NetJets fractional-ownership programme. The Hawker series started as the de Havilland DH.125, becoming the Hawker Siddeley HS.125, then the British Aerospace 125, before its sale to Raytheon. ...
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Ilyushin gets Russian approval for Il-103
ILYUSHIN HAS received Russian certification for its Il-103 four-seat light aircraft. US certification of the aircraft, powered by a Teledyne Continental engine driving a Hartzell propeller, is expected this month. This would make the Il-103 the first Russian aircraft to receive US certification. Ilyushin forecasts a Russian market ...
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New Atlantic separation rules catch out corporate fliers
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA CORPORATE-AIRCRAFT operators are hoping for a significant delay to the scheduled 1 January 1997, introduction of reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) on routes over the North Atlantic. The move to increase the capacity of Atlantic airspace by halving the vertical separation between aircraft to 1,000ft (300m) ...
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British Aerospace closes in on AWADI
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS BRITISH AEROSPACE Australia is close to acquiring control of rival Australian defence contractor AWADI, the defence-business unit of AWA. Negotiations now in progress apparently surround warranty questions and bank guarantees relating to continuity of existing contracts. The move would be wholly consistent with ...