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Royal Aero Club
Frederick Marsh has been elected chairman of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom. He succeeds Christopher Bellhouse. Marsh is also president of Europe Airsports, the co-ordinating body of all 31 European national aero clubs, with a total membership of 750,000. He was British Air Racing Champion in 1972 ...
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IFR systems
Fred Arnold has been appointed chief operations officer by IFR Systems of Wichita, Kansas, USA. Arnold will have profit and loss responsibility for all IFR product lines, and will also oversee day-to-day operations, including strategic and tactical planning, marketing and new-product development. Source: Flight International
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EVA Air
Y F Chang, founder of Eva Air of Taiwan, has resigned as its chairman to concentrate on his role as chairman of the carrier's parent company, the Evergreen Group. He is succeeded by Shen-Chih Cheng, previously Eva vice-chairman. Frank Hsu moves from president to vice-chairman, and Richard Huang is promoted ...
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Air France
A major sales reorganisation has been announced by Air France in the UK. Gill Craig, formerly manager for leisure sales and distribution, will concentrate solely on automated distribution and pricing. Tristan Nielson joins her as distribution systems co-ordinator. Christiane Dryland will head the leisure sales team, with Claire Leroux and ...
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Hughes
Los Angeles-based Hughes Electronics has named Merrill Spiegel as director of government affairs, telecommunications and space policy. She will be based in the company's Washington office. Before this, she served as special assistant to Reed Hundt, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission. Source: Flight International
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KLM cargo
KLM Cargo, based at Schiphol Airport, in The Netherlands, has promoted Sjaak Hofstra, previously regional director sales for Benelux, the UK and Ireland, to operations and marketing director, Cargo Service Centre Holdings. Monique Gerrits succeeds Hofstra in his former job. She was previously regional director sales covering Sweden, Norway, Finland, ...
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Jet Aviation
Following the acquisition of DHP Aviation, a maintenance fixed-base operator at Seletar Airport in Singapore, Jet Aviation of Zurich has appointed Ruedi Kraft to head the operation. Kraft joined Jet Aviation Zurich as general manager in 1989. Before that he was with Global-Wulfsberg Systems. Source: Flight International
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Lucas
Frank Turner is to stand down as managing director of Lucas Aerospace, after three years of guiding a major restructuring programme in the division. His successor has been named as Ken Maciver, who previously headed the Lucas group's automotive braking division. Source: Flight International
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Ashes to ashes
The US Celestis organisation in Houston, which, in 1985, offered a service to place cremated human remains into space aboard the former Space Services Conestoga booster, has now approached Orbital Sciences with a view to use the Pegasus and Taurus boosters to provide a similar commercial service, starting in 1996. ...
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Failure explained
Orbital Sciences says that the most likely cause of the Pegasus XL launch failure on 22 June is that one of three nozzle guides on the second stage, which help to guide the inter-stage structure off the vehicle during first/second stage separation, was installed improperly. The inter-stage remained on the ...
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Deutsche BA negotiates to acquire more Saab 2000s
DEUTSCHE BA is negotiating to convert two of its five options for Saab 2000 turboprops into firm orders. The company expects to convert the other three options in 1996. The current talks on the exchange of two smaller Saab 340s for the Saab 2000s are expected to be ...
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First ASRAAM launch
BRITISH AEROSPACE HAS successfully conducted the first air launch of its Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM). The test launch was carried out at Eglin AFB, Florida, from a Lockheed Martin F-16. The company is now preparing to send further test rounds of the missile to the USA for fully-guided launches ...
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Baltic invasion plan
The Russian high command has a draft plan to invade the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) should they attempt to join NATO, says Russia newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. Foreign minister Andrei Kozyrev, however, denies that any such plans exist. Source: Flight International
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China and South Korea delay Airexpress decision
CHINA AND SOUTH Korea have pushed back selection of a Western partner for the proposed Airexpress 100-seat regional-aircraft programme, to allow more time to evaluate the four competing proposals. A final selection was expected to be taken in early October on a 20% partner from either Europe or ...
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Russia helps China upgrade F-8
SHENYANG AIRCRAFT (SAC) is developing an improved version of its F-8 II Finback interceptor. The aircraft will be equipped with a Russian Phazotron Zhuk multi-mode radar and armed with Russian active-radar-guided air-to-air missiles. The F-8 IIM prototype, fitted with the new radar, is expected to make its first ...
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Sabena boss seeks more work for less pay
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS A SCHEME UNVEILED by Sabena president Pierre Godfroid to get employees to work longer hours for less pay, to improve productivity, has met with an instant response. Cabin crew and pilots have announced they are going on strike on 20 October. Godfroid believes ...
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1.42 grounded by cash crisis
Douglas Barrie/LONDONAlexander Velovich/MOSCOW A CASH CRISIS is keeping Mikoyan's next-generation fighter, designated Object 1.42, from flying, according to Anatoly Belosvet, deputy general designer at MAPO-MiG. The funding problems are seriously jeopardising the programme's future, he says. Belosvet says that delays to the first flight are for ...
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Italy wins delayed EH101 contract
THE ITALIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY has finally placed a much delayed L1,250 billion ($775 million) contract with Agusta for the production and support of 16 Agusta/Westland EH101s for its navy. The order covers eight anti-submarine- warfare/anti-surface vessel machines, four airborne early-warning and four utility-transport variants of the EH101. The navy has ...
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India nears roll-out date for Light Combat Aircraft
INDIA'S LIGHT COMBAT Aircraft (LCA) is expected to be rolled-out at the end of this month, with a maiden flight for the much-delayed aircraft due in 1996. Two technology-demonstration aircraft, fitted with General Electric GE F404 engines, will be flown first, followed by three single-seat fighters, one two-seat ...
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Vehicle shortage delays Hunter/Predator fly-off
A COMPETITIVE fly-off between the TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter short-range unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) and the General Atomics Tier II Predator UAV scheduled for October has slipped into early 1996 because of the unavailability of flight-test vehicles. The Hunter is under fire from US Navy opponents who instead favour ...