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TrunkLiner work continues for China
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) IS CONTINUING work on the first of 20 MD-90-30 TrunkLiners destined for China Eastern and China Northern Airlines, despite the cancellation of a visit by Chinese foreign trade minister Wu Yi's to MDC's Long Beach factory to sign a contract for the aircraft. The first aircraft is ...
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Inevitable end
The ultimate declaration of bankruptcy by Fokker will be greeted in various quarters with varying degrees of anger, regret and relief. The anger - from Fokker's employees - will be understandable. The regret - especially from Fokker's suppliers and customers - will be justifiable. The relief - from competitors - ...
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ASP test
Tests of the GEC-Marconi Avionics advanced signal processor have been carried out on board a Royal Air Force British Aerospace Nimrod MR Mk2 maritime-patrol aircraft. The system includes colour broadband-processing algorithms and acoustic data-fusion techniques, and allows processed data to be displayed in colour, rather than monochrome. ...
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Aerothrust
AeroThrust, of Miami, Florida, a subsidiary of Swedish high-technology company the Celsius Group, has appointed Louis Boczek vice-president of quality assurance for the company's jet-engine maintenance plant. He was most recently CF6 business operation/quality and technology manager with General Electric Engine Services. Source: Flight International
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AOA
Trevor Went, managing director of the UK's Newcastle Airport, has been appointed chair- man of the Airport Operators Association (AOA) for the coming year. Went, who has been deputy chairman for the past year, succeeds Richard Everitt, UK airport authority BAA's strategy and compliance director. Brian Summers, managing director of ...
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Flight aid trust
John Fack, co-owner of the Pegasus aircraft company, hands over the first of three Pegasus Q flex-wing micro-lights to Chris Copeland of the Flight Aid Trust, which hopes to raise £250,000 ($380,000) for African leper colonies and Christian aviation charity, the Mission Aviation Fellowship with a 21,400km (11,600nm) flight around ...
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Boeing
Scott Brandenburg has been appointed director of Boeing programmes for the Commercial APU [auxiliary power unit] Enterprise at aero-engine manufacturer AlliedSignal. He has had 15 years of experience with the company, most recently as director of business-aviation and regional-airline APU programmes at the Seattle office. He replaces Jim Wojciehowski, who ...
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AOPA
Karen Detert has been promoted to senior vice-president for membership marketing at the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, of Frederick, Maryland. Detert, who has been with AOPA for two years, was formerly a vice-president at Barry Blau and Partners, the Association's advertising agency. Source: Flight International
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Northrop
Following its acquisition of Westinghouse's defence and electronics business, Northrop Grumman, of Los Angeles, California, has named Dr James Roche corporate vice-president and general manager of the unit, to be known as the Electronic Sensors and Systems division. Roche, corporate vice-president and chief advanced development, planning and public affairs officer, ...
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Eurocopter
Roy Swetnam has joined American Eurocopter, of Dallas, Texas, as airborne-law-enforcement specialist. Formerly chief pilot with the Texas Department of Public Safety, he has also been vice-president of the Airborne Law Enforcement Association. Source: Flight International
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Hughes-Avicom
Airline-cabin-management and entertainment-systems company, Hughes-Avicom International of Pomona, California, has named Kenneth McNamara, chief executive. McNamara, most recently senior vice-president of business development, succeeds Jon Forbes, who is to return to his management consultancy in Dallas, Texas. Source: Flight International
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Messier-Bugatti
Benoit Gosset has become director of Velizy, France-based Messier-Bugatti's repair and overhaul division. Gosset, who was most recently the division's sales and marketing director, replaces Charles Nicol, who has left the group. Source: Flight International
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Messier-Dowty
Andrew Stevens has been named managing director of the Gloucester, UK-based division of landing-gear company Messier-Dowty, of Abingdon, Oxford He replaces Geoff Smith, who has become managing director of Messier-Dowty operations in the UK and North America. Source: Flight International
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World Airways
International passenger and cargo carrier World Airways of Washington DC has appointed Charles Pollard chief executive. Pollard, who became president in 1992, replaces T Coleman Andrews, who will continue to serve as chairman. Source: Flight International
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'Pseudo' approach available since 1988
Sir - I read the article "DGPS approaches" (Flight International, 28 February-5 March, P28). Latlong developed software in1988, which allows its creator, T Peter Cutsey, to design a flyable "pseudo" approach to any airport, tailor-made for the aircraft type in question. In the US Federal Aviation Administration's Special ...
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Military CRM skills are relevant
Sir - I refer to the letter from Christopher Tzakis (Flight International, 28 February-5 March, P37). He has no concept of the operation of single-seat fighters. After 20 years in the Royal Air Force, flying such aircraft and, then, the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A330 and A340 ...
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Robotic workstations
Canada's Spar Aerospace has been awarded a $30 million contract from NASA, through Canadian Commercial, to provide two robotic workstations for the international space station Alpha. These will enable astronauts to operate the Alpha's Spar Aerospace-built mobile servicing system. Source: Flight International
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Iridium funding
The US Iridium company, has concluded private financing within its investor group, boosting the total capital base of the hand-held telephone, worldwide mobile-satellite-communications venture to $1.9 billion. The 66-satellite, $3.4 billion project will be operational in late 1998. Source: Flight International
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Next up
The Space Shuttle Atlantis/STS76 is due for a 03:35h launch on 21 March, to dock with the Mir 1 space station. The Columbia, meanwhile, landed on 9 March at the end of its troubled STS75 mission, during which the Italian Tethered Satellite was lost (Flight International, 6-12 March). The extended ...