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Wrong course?
DAIMLER-BENZ HAS COME in for a massive amount of criticism over its performance in the creation and subsequent stewardship of its aerospace subsidiary, DASA. In hindsight, it is perhaps all too clear that the big German vehicle manufacturer was being far too ambitious in simultaneously trying to build an international ...
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IATA predicts that European traffic 'will double'
EUROPEAN PASSENGER traffic, will more than double by the year 2010, says a new International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecast. More than 841 million passengers will be carried annually, says the Geneva-based organisation, against 400 million in 1993. Growth will total 4.5% a year, with 4.4% in Western ...
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Betting on Challenger
Macau tourism and gambling company STDM has ordered a Canadair Challenger 601-3R business jet. The aircraft is scheduled for delivery in early December. Source: Flight International
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Cessna signs up Taneja
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation (TAAL) has been named Cessna's Citation sales representative in India, which the US manufacturer describes as an "emerging market" for business jets. Source: Flight International
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Beavering away
British Columbia-based Viking Air has delivered its 30th de Havilland DHC-2 Turbo Beaver conversion. The aircraft has a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 turboprop and increased gross weight, resulting in a 25% increase in usable load, says Viking. Source: Flight International
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FlightSafety approval
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has approved training conducted at the FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida, for a UK basic commercial-pilot's licence, flying-instructor course and instrument rating (IR). Except for the IR, CAA flight tests will be conducted in the USA. Source: Flight International
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Hawker 800XP approval
Raytheon Aircraft has received UK and US certification for the improved Hawker 800XP business jet. Up-rated AlliedSignal TFE731-5BR engines and wing-aerodynamic refinements, result in improved speed, range, payload, take-off and landing, and climb performance. Source: Flight International
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Astra power
Ohio-based Lucas Aerospace Power Systems has been selected by Israel Aircraft Industries to supply DC starter-generators for the Astra SP and Astra Galaxy business jets. The Galaxy should be certificated in 1996. Source: Flight International
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Stripping for the RAF
UK surface finishing specialist AST Group has won a contract to supply the Royal Air Force with plastic stripping media for paint removal on airframes and aircraft components. AST, the UK distribution agent for abrasives manufacturer Solid-strip of the USA, will supply aerospace grade Type V acrylic media in two ...
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World maintenance
Pratt & Whitney has won a ten-year contract from World Airways, covering maintenance of the PW4462 engines which power the US carrier's fleet of seven McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. P&W will perform the work at its overhaul centre in Cheshire, Connecticut. Source: Flight International
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Aeroplex approval
Aeroplex of Central Europe Aircraft Technology Center (ACE) has won JAR 145 approval from Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). Budapest based Aeroplex, a maintenance joint venture between Malev Hungarian Airlines and Lockheed Martin Aircraft Service (LMAS) of the USA. Source: Flight International
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Airfinance
John Culkin has become vice-president of marketing for Luxembourg-based CLPK Airfinance at its New York office. Ulf Lijenberg becomes vice-president of marketing at Luxembourg. He was formerly vice-president for flight operations and technical at Transwede Airlines. Anders Hebrand also vice-president of marketing, moves from Luxembourg to New York. Paul Meijers, ...
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Dexter
Lyndon Smith has been appointed vice-president and general manager of aerospace coatings at speciality-materials manufacturer Dexter Aerospace, of Pittsburg, California. He was formerly director of operations at Valspar of Garland, Texas. Lawrence McClure is named vice-president for human resources at Dexter Corporation. He was previously vice-president of organisation capability at ...
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Safety-resource management
David Learmount/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AS MILITARY BUDGETS shrink and resources become more scarce, there are signs, that military aviation flight safety leaders, are taking up ideas developed by the civil air transport community. In one of the most significant of these ...
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GEC-Marconi, Honeywell to develop pilot-cueing system
GEC-MARCONI AND Honeywell Military Avionics are teaming to develop a fully integrated "look-and-shoot" helmet-mounted cueing system. Honeywell says that the system will be shown on Lockheed Martin's two-seat F-16 demonstrator in 1996. The flight demonstrations are designed to show how the system will allow "rapid target acquisition and ...
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FAA nears decision on lifting ban on over-60s
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration will decide before the end of the year whether to lift the 36-year-old ban which prohibits captains and first officers over the age of 60 from flying large commercial aircraft. As it now stands, FAR Part 135 ...
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Philippines plans small utility aircraft
PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE Development (PADC) has received an initial allocation of 50 million pesos ($2 million) of Government finance for the development of a small utility transport, says Jesus Garcia, the Secretary of Transportation and Communications. Detailed engineering studies are under way, with design to be finalised during 1996. Construction could ...
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1994 World military aircraft incidents
Compiled by David Learmount/LONDON Flight International's annual listing of military aircraft accidents and incidents is as complete as possible, but it inevitably reflects varying national attitudes to the release of information on military subjects. Some countries release no information at all, others a great deal. The list, therefore, ...