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Quieter Jetstars
Garrett Aviation Services is to market a Stage 3-compliance modification for AlliedSignal TFE731-powered Lockheed Jetstars, developed by Star 3 STC and scheduled to be available in December. Source: Flight International
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800XP deliveries
First deliveries of the improved Raytheon Hawker 800XP are scheduled for November. Nine 800XPs have been flown, and the first two aircraft are undergoing systems and interior installation. Source: Flight International
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Astra SPX approval
Israel Aircraft Industries has received provisional Israeli certification for the Mach 0.82 Astra SPX. US certification is scheduled for October, and initial deliveries are scheduled late 1995. Source: Flight International
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Ghana Airways
Speedwing Consulting, providing management services for Ghana Airways for two years, has named Rex Lezard chief executive of the airline. Lezard, who succeeds Alec Grant Sam, has also worked for British Airways in the UK, Greece and South Africa. Sam is to retire after 37 years of service. ...
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Stevens Atlanta
Maintainer Stevens Aviation, of Greenville, South Carolina, has created "one of the strongest technical services teams" at its Atlanta, Georgia-based centre. It consists of (left to right) Larry Baker, vice-president of operations, recruited earlier this year from Page Avjet; Bob Landy, director of sales, who joined recently from Gulfstream Aerospace; ...
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Diana Britten
Diana Britten has become the first woman to win the British Aerobatic Championships held at Sywell Aerodrome, Northampton, from 6-10 September, flying a Morse Computers/Oracle-sponsored purpose-built Extra 260. Britten has been British team captain four times. Source: Flight International
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Cargo Service
Peter Cross, now general manager of Cargo Service Center (CSC) (UK), will become regional director on 1 January, 1996, after the company has undergone a major re-organisation, to cover Southern and Western Europe and Africa. Other regions will be established, to cover North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia. ...
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Air Seychelles
David Hill has been appointed director of finance and planning at Air Seychelles, and Neil Pakey becomes general manager for marketing and industry affairs. Hill was formerly with British Airways and British Airways Holidays, while Pakey recently joined the airline from the European Commission, following his role as head of ...
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Air Foyle
Capt. John Mayes has been appointed to the newly created position of operations director at UK passenger and cargo carrier Air Foyle, of London Luton Airport, Bedfordshire. Mayes, who was a commercial pilot for UK airline Dan-Air, served 16 years with the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot, flight ...
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CLA
Dennis Mendoros, managing director of Euravia Engineering & Supply, has been re-elected for a third consecutive year as chairman of the UK's Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace (CLA), which represents more than 100 aerospace and defence companies in north-west England. Source: Flight International
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ACI
Paul Gaines, director of aviation for the city of Houston, Texas, has been elected chairman of Geneva, Switzerland-based Airports Council International (ACI). He takes over on 1 January 1996, from outgoing chairman Jack Moffatt, of the Federal Airports Corporation of Australia. Source: Flight International
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Kaman
Adm. Huntington Hardisty (USN, ret), a director of Kaman Corporation, of Bloomingfield, Connecticut, has become president of Kaman Aerospace International. He was commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Command until he retired in early 1991. Harvey Levenson, president and chief operating officer of Kaman Corporation, is to retire at the end ...
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Raytheon
James Drumgool has been named vice-president for international marketing and president of Raytheon International, of Lexington, Massachusetts. He was previously vice-president of international marketing for Martin Marietta and president of Martin Marietta International. Scott Kalister becomes vice-president for international sales, Latin America/Far East at the Raytheon Aircraft division, of Wichita, ...
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Alliant
Aerospace and defence company Alliant Techsystems, of Hopkins, Minnesota, has appointed Hugo Fruehauf Defense Systems Group vice-president. Fruehauf, formerly president of EFRATOM Time and Frequency Products, spent 13 years designing satellite systems at Rockwell International and served as chief engineer for the design and development of the US Air Force ...
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Satellite wars
Establishing mobile telephone networks via satellite is proving fiercely competitive. Tim Furniss/LONDON THE INCREASINGLY competitive market of worldwide, anywhere-to-anywhere, mobile telephone systems is expected to have generated revenues of $26 billion by 2005, and have over 33 million subscribers by 2012. It is, however, a market likely ...
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Ageing-airliner census
Compiled by Martin Fendt/Jennifer Pite/LONDON THIS SURVEY SHOWS THAT there has been a growth in the number of aging jet-powered aircraft in service (aged 15 years or older), from 5,204 in 1994 to 5,671 in 1995 - an increase of 467. The figures for turboprops are 2,509 and ...
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Teams aim for the stars
AT LEAST THREE US industry teams will bid for a multi-million-dollar contract to modernise the US Federal Aviation Administration's terminal radar-approach-control (TRACON) system, which handles aircraft within 80km (45nm ) of US airports. The aviation agency's upcoming standard terminal-automation-replacement system (STARS) competition involves the upgrade of more ...
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USA offers ramjet sweetener to UK
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE US GOVERNMENT has agreed to transfer to the UK development of an advanced ramjet for its future medium-range air-to-air missile programme, but how much of this work would be performed in Europe remains under debate. Hughes plans to offer an extended-range derivative ...