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Let In Skoda Talks
Czech industrial giant Skoda Plzenwants to take a stake in Let Kunovice, the Czech regional-turboprop manufacturer, according to Let parent company Aero Holding. Source: Flight International
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Helicopter GPS Evaluation
Systems Management of Maryland has installed an AWOS 3500 automated surface-observing system at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, in support of the Federal Aviation Administration's global-positioning-system helicopter non-precision approach programme. The Madison-based University's heliport is the third to evaluate GPS approaches under the FAA rotorcraft programme. ...
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HUD Support
AlliedSignal General Aviation Avionics has signed an agreement with head-up-display (HUD) manufacturer Flight Visions to repair, overhaul and provide 24h spares support for the Illinois-based Company's HUDs. Source: Flight International
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Spar Contract
Spar Aerospace has won a series of contracts worth over C$5 million ($3.6 million) from McDonnell Douglas to supply deployable flight-incident recorder sets for the US Navy's fleet of F-18 fighters. Source: Flight International
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Arian 5 booster-capacity comparisons with the Shuttle have been exaggerated
Sir - In the generally excellent coverage of the European Space Agency's launcher, the Ariane 5 (Flight International, 14-20 June, P61), Julian Moxon quite correctly makes the point that, because the vehicle was designed to higher, man-rated, reliability than were previous Ariane launchers, pressure on the insurance industry will be ...
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Egypt Discussions
The Egyptian navy is negotiating for a second batch of ten remanufactured Kaman SH-2G Seasprite shipboard anti-submarine warfare helicopters. Egypt is to receive its first ten ex-US Navy SH-2G in 1997/8 in a deal worth $150 million. The helicopters will be equipped with an AlliedSignal dipping sonar and consideration is ...
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GAO Thwarts MDC Appeal
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) has rejected a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) protest, over the US Navy's award of a $1.4 billion winner-takes-all Tomahawk cruise missile contract, to Hughes Missile Systems. Source: Flight International
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Southampton
John Bullen has been appointed operations director at Southampton International Airport, Hampshire, in the UK. Bullen, who has been with airport owner BAA since 1977, has been planning manager and then terminal manager at BAA's Gatwick International Airport, Sussex, and was most recently head of operations for BAA International. He ...
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Wings West
American Eagle carrier Wings West, of Fort Worth, Texas, has appointed Mary Jordan president. She was vice-president of human resources at American Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Spectrum
Steve Tanner has become president of Spectrum Aviation Management, of Austin, Texas, a specialist in aeromedical design and interior helicopter-completion services. In the industry for 20 years, Tanner spent five years as helicopter marketing manager of Austin Jet Helicopters. Source: Flight International
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British Airways
Ford Ennals has been named director of marketing at British Airways, from mid-July. Ennals, executive vice-president of marketing and business operations for international clothing firm Fruit of the Loom, succeeds Mike Batt, who has become executive vice-president of sales and marketing for Alamo Rent a Car in the USA. ...
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ACI
The general assembly of the European Airports Council International (ACI) has elected Mario Brianza, director-general of SEA Milano, as its new president. He succeeds Eric Kirsch of Belgium. Terry Lovett, managing director of East Midlands Airport of the UK, has been re-elected for a second three-year term on the governing ...
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Slow progress
Progress towards achieving a US/Russian bilateral airworthiness agreement remains slow. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE USA AND RUSSIA will break no speed records in their marathon efforts to complete a bilateral airworthiness agreement, say US aviation officials involved in the negotiations. While some progress is reported ...
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No substitute for 'airmanship'
Sir -With reference to correspondence regarding training and modern aircraft, I would like, having myself flown, trained, checked and examined on various types of aircraft including currently the A320, to add some comments. all aircraft are flown the same way, are subject to the same conditions/elements and all ...
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A question of US space flight numbers
Sir - You are wrong to say that NASA's STS70 Shuttle mission is the 100th US manned space flight (Flight International, 7 - 13 June, P29). There were 31 US space flights, before the Shuttle flew for the first time in April 1981, and, to date, there have been 67 ...