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Dynair tech
Steve Townes has become president of DynAir Tech, a commercial-aircraft modifications and heavy-services company based at Phoenix, Arizona. Source: Flight International
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Air Canada
Chris Nassenstein has been appointed vice-president for technical operations at Air Canada, with effect from 1 February. He was most recently vice-president for maintenance and engineering at Canadian Airlines and has also held senior positions at Nordair, Austin Airways and Quebecair. He replaces John Dickie. Source: ...
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Pemco
Henrik Blaabjerg has been promoted to general manager for maintainer and modifier Precision Standard's Pemco Air Support Services subsidiary's Copenhagen, Denmark, operation. Blaabjerg, who joined Pemco in 1994, was in the Danish air force and then held positions with Maersk and Scandinavian Airlines System. Source: Flight ...
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STAe
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe), the Aerospace arm of the Singapore Technologies Group, has appointed Wee Siew Kim senior vice-president (operations) for its commercial-business group. Oci Ling Heong becomes senior vice-president (marketing). Tang Kok Fai has resigned as executive vice-president of the commercial-business group. Source: Flight International
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Message
Aviation and travel-related corporate-communications consultancy Message Management of Hong Kong has appointed John Bailey as general manager of its head office in Hong Kong. Bailey, most recently an account director with the company, was previously Asian editor for Flight International. Source: Flight International
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NASA's admission
By 1990, Ali AbuTaha made the dynamic-overshoot error known in the USA and abroad in lectures, courses and official documents. NASA and others began to take notice. Bob Sieck, Shuttle launch director, commenting on an earlier scrubbed launch at the STS45/Atlantis post-launch press conference on 24 March, 1992, said: "We ...
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Windshield test
Fort Worth, Texas-based Perkins Aircraft Services has successfully completed birdstrike testing on its replacement Learjet windshield. The 300kt (550km/h) test of a 1.8kg bird was conducted in Canada. Source: Flight International
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Astra approval
Astra Jet will begin deliveries of the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Astra SPX by the end of January, following US certification of the Mach 0.82 business jet on 8 January. IAI marketing arm Astra Jet expects to deliver 14 aircraft in 1996 after delivering only six SPs in 1995. IAI ...
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Fastener purchase
Banner Aerospace is negotiating the acquisition of Fairchild's Harco division, an El Segundo, California-based distributor of aerospace fasteners. Under the proposed share-exchange deal, Fairchild would become the majority shareholder in Washington, DC-based Banner Aerospace. Source: Flight International
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Chinese bearings
Chinese bearing manufacturer Sunbase Asia has acquired Southwest Products, a US producer of bearings for the aerospace industry. Sunbase plans to use Southwest to sell Chinese-made bearings into US and international markets. Southwest has a bearing plant in Shanghai. Source: Flight International
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United objection
United Airlines has objected to Japan Airlines' (JAL) application for a new route from Tokyo to Kona, Hawaii. The move is in retaliation for the Japanese Government's failure to approve its plans for a new fifth-freedom route between Seoul and Osaka. JAL wants to launch the service in April. ...
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...and Icelandic
Air Atlanta Icelandic is re-activating its six-strong Boeing 747 fleet to meet a seasonal high demand in Hadj traffic . The passenger fleet also includes three Lockheed TriStars. The airline, based at Keflavik, specialises in subcontract work. Source: Flight International
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Booming Bahrain
Bahrain International Airport has reported its best-ever year, with growth recorded in all areas of activity during 1995. Overall passenger figures of 3.4 million were 4.1% up over 1994 while cargo tonnage passed 100,000t, an increase of 11%. Source: Flight International
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Composite Y-7
Xian Aircraft is developing a composite vertical stabiliser for its Y-7 turboprop. The company has completed static testing and plans to fit the first production example later this year. The composite stabiliser is claimed to be the largest composite airframe section to be produced in China. ...
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US pilot hiring up
Major US airlines almost doubled pilot hiring in 1995, according to Atlanta, Georgia-based Aviation Information Resources (AIR). The consultancy says that 12 majors hired 2,377 pilots, up from 1,266 in 1994. The forecast is for the airlines to hire 2,500 pilots in 1996. Overall, 196 airlines surveyed by AIR hired ...