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European laminar-flow project accelerates
Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE EUROPEAN Commission is extending a key programme investigating the benefits of hybrid laminar-flow technologies for a further 12 months, after the original project showed that it could yield significant reductions in fuel consumption, while avoiding reliability problems. Berhard Dziomba, the European Laminar ...
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DGPS approaches
Airport interest in satellite-based precision approaches is growing, as the potential benefits become evident. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA IN 1995, THE INTERNATIONAL aviation community, granted a stay of execution, to the venerable instrument-landing-system (ILS), while paving the way for its eventual replacement, by the global-positioning system (GPS). ...
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Playing tag
Karen Walker/ATLANTA THE US FEDERAL AVIATION Administration plans to award two contracts in March for competitive development of a system which "tags" returns from an airport surface-movement radar with aircraft identity. AlliedSignal and Cardion plan to bid for the airport-traffic identification system (ATIDS), one element of the FAA's ...
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Asian ATR centre set for year-end
AERO INTERNATIONAL (Regional) says that its Asian ATR training centre, a joint venture with Thai Airways International, will be operational by November. The centre will be located in Thai's simulator base in Bangkok (Flight International, 20-26 December1995). The centre will be equipped with a Thomson Training & Simulation ...
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Hughes deals change shape of commercial simulator fleet
HUGHES FLIGHT Training in the UK has announced a series of deals, which will result in a reshaping of its commercial flight-simulator fleet. The London Gatwick-based independent training centre, formerly British Caledonian Flight Training has repositioned a Boeing 737-300/400 simulator, from Gatwick to Alaska Airlines' training centre in ...
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MAS transfer
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has transferred one of its three Boeing 737 simulators to Schreiner Aviation of the Netherlands. The airline's parent group, Malaysian Helicopter Services, holds a controlling 44% stake in the Dutch operator. Source: Flight International
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APU selection
Air Canada has selected the AlliedSignal Engines 36-300 auxiliary power-unit (APU) for 35 Airbus A319s on order, in a deal exceeding $25 million. Air Jamaica has selected Auxiliary Power International's APS 3200 APU for four Airbus A320s it has on order. Source: Flight International
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Rohr deal
BMW Rolls Royce has selected Rohr to supply nacelles and thrust-reversers for the BR715 engine powering the McDonnell Douglas MD-95. Test hardware will be delivered later this year, with engine certification scheduled for September 1998 and first aircraft deliveries for mid-1999. Source: Flight International
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Mauritian sale
Air Mauritius' last Boeing 747SP, has been sold to Qatar Airways by Cambridge, UK-based remarketer Isis Aviation Services. Built in the 1980s, the 747SP joined the Air Mauritius fleet in June 1990 and was operated on long-haul services, until it was replaced by an Airbus A340, late in 1995. ...
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Canadair
George Laforme has been appointed to the newly created position of regional vice-president Asia-Pacific for the Canadair Business Aircraft division, based in the new Hong Kong sales office, to be opened later this year. Laforme, who joined Canadair in 1983, following service with the Canadian Armed Forces, will be supported ...
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Air leases
Raymond Walker has been named chief operating officer of International Air Leases, of Hialeah, Florida. Since joining the company in May 1993, he has served as executive vice-president and chief financial officer. Source: Flight International
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Hughes
Dr Charles "Chuck" Krumm has been appointed manager of the Hughes Aircraft Radar and Communications Systems division's Gallium Arsenide Operations site in Torrance, California. He was formerly manager of the RCS Microwave/Millimeter Wave Monolithic Integrated Circuits programme team. Before joining Hughes in 1976, he was with Raytheon's research division. ...
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NetJets
Executive Jet International has named Richard Schwartz, formerly of Eastman Kodak, chief pilot for its NetJets Gulfstream IV-SP shared-ownership programme. Schwartz has been an aviation consultant for the past two years and, before that, was captain of Kodak's Gulfstream and Challenger fleet. Source: Flight International
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US Air Force
Col Richard Reynolds has been nominated by US President Bill Clinton and selected by the Senate for appointment to brigadier-general in the US Air Force. Reynolds who was director of the B-2 System Program Office of the Aeronautical Systems Center, at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is due this month to become ...
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Emery
International air-freight company, Emery Worldwide of Redwood City, California, has appointed Lloyd Smith, Far East route sales executive, for the UK and Ireland division, based at London Heathrow Airport. He has had 19 years' experience in the freight-forwarding and logistics industry. Paul King is named route development executive for Australasia, ...
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Alliant
Defence and aerospace company Alliant Techsystems, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has appointed Scott Meyers vice-president and chief financial officer. He was formerly executive vice-president and chief financial officer at Magnavox Electronic systems, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Meyers replaces Dean Fjelstul, who is to retire after 28 years' service with both Honeywell ...