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Northrop
Gary Brown has been named vice-president for nacelles systems at the commercial-aircraft division of airframe manufacturer Northrop Grumman of Los Angeles, California. He retains responsibility for management of the company's military-transport C-17 programme. Source: Flight International
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Piper
Werner Hartlieb and Buddy Watson are to take up newly created vice-presidential posts at light-aircraft manufacturer Piper Aircraft of Vero Beach, Florida. Hartlieb, most recently director of marketing and sales, takes responsibility for marketing, sales, engineering, quality assurance and customer services, while Watson will manage Piper's aircraft-manufacturing interests. ...
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Rolls-Royce
Chris Hornblower is named vice-president for Seattle operations at Rolls-Royce Inc, of Reston, Virginia, the US arm of the UK aero-engine manufacturer. John Hodson, senior vice-president for engine operations, is to retire in January 1996. Hornblower was formerly director of engineering at R-R Commercial Aero Engines, at its Derby, UK ...
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Douglas
Bonnie Soodik has become vice-president and general manager for quality at Douglas Aircraft of Long Beach, California, the commercial-airliner division of McDonnell Douglas. She was formerly vice-president and general manager of quality systems and vice-president/deputy general manager of operations. Source: Flight International
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AMR
Daniel Garton has been appointed president of AMR Eagle. Garton is a former senior vice-president and chief financial officer with Continental Airlines and has served as vice-president for financial planning and analysis and vice-president and treasurer at American Airlines. He replaces Robert Martens. Source: Flight International
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AACC
Aircraft Accessories and Components, of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has named Hamad Al Rowais president and chief executive and Abdul Hameed A Rashid Khan finance director. Rowais was previously vice-president for materiel management with Saudi Arabian Airlines and Khan was formerly financial controller for the Nazer Group based at Saudi capital ...
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When is a subsidy not a subsidy?
Sir - I refer to the article "Lufthansa achieves first-half profits as Weber hits out" (Flight International, 26 July-1 August, P4). Total state investment in Aer Lingus of Ireland in the 60 years since it was founded is less than the amount received in a single year (1994) ...
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High-speed trains serve aviation
Sir-High speed rail links, may affect regional air services, although, the only example to date where there has been significant loss of market share is the French TGV, but it is wrong to suggest that investment funds, are not used to develop such a network, (Letters, Flight International, 19-25 July, ...
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A340 Approval
An Airbus A340 Full Flight Simulator, built by Thomson Training & Simulation for Gulf Air, has received US Federal Aviation Administration Level D certification. It is the second Airbus simulator built for the airline by Thomson, and is the first A340 machine to gain Level D certification. ...
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Frasca First
Delta State University of Cleveland, Mississippi, has placed the first order for Frasca International's new Beech 1900C Flight Training Device (FTD). A similar machine has also been ordered by Gulfstream Airlines of Miami, Florida. Both simulators incorporate Frasca's FVS-200HR visual system. Source: Flight International
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Acoustic Training
Computing Devices Canada (CDC) will supply AN/UYS-503 Acoustic Processing Systems and AQQ-T501 Acoustic Training Systems for the Royal Australian Air Force's Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft, under a contract from E-Systems. CDC's advanced acoustic-processing system detects and tracks new-generation nuclear and modern diesel submarines. Source: Flight International
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Wrong Atlantic
The Atlantis Aerospace/IVEX initiative to research the extent to which flight-training devices can meet needs of regional airlines involves Atlantic Coast Airlines, not Atlantic Southeast Airlines as reported in Flight International of 12-18 July. Jetstream Aircraft is also involved. Source: Flight International
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Aermacchi Research
Encore Computer has sold an Infinity R/T Computer, to Italian aircraft manufacturer Aermacchi, to upgrade a flight-simulator used for research, into the handling qualities of the MB.339 trainer and other aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Honeywell Upgrade
Garrett Aviation Services has completed the first upgrade of a Gulfstream IV business-jet from a Honeywell NZ-920 flight-management system to the latest NZ-2000. The upgrade included installation of a global-positioning system. The NZ-2000 offers increased operational flexibility. Source: Flight International