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Air Belfast
Brian Beal has been named group chief executive of Air Bristol Group and chairman of Air Belfast, a member of the Group. Tony Auld becomes managing director of Air Belfast. A founder of Air Bristol in 1993, he joined the airline from Maersk Air UK, where he was commercial manager. ...
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Re-learning some old lessons
Sir - With reference to the continuing investigation into the Boeing 737 accidents in March 1991 at Colorado, and in September 1994 at Pittsburgh, I wonder whether old lessons can be re-learned. In the 1950s, the single pole, electrically operated tailplane on the Canberra often ran away to ...
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McDonnell Douglas retains defence lead Pentagon ranking
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) again hung on to its place as the US Government's biggest defence supplier in 1994, but Department of Defense (DoD) figures suggest that the newly merged Lockheed Martin could overtake the group this year. MDC received the largest single value of prime-contract awards, raising its ...
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IAI develops glide bomb
Israel Aircraft Industries MBT division is developing a dual-mode seeker stand-off glide bomb in an effort to produce a family of advanced guided weapons. The dual-mode seeker consists of an active synthetic-aperture radar for guidance, with an electro-optical sensor used for target recognition during the terminal phase of ...
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Precise positioning
Boeing plans to evaluate GPS-based landing systems in parallel with the FAA. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Boeing is leading an industry programme to validate use of the global-positioning system (GPS) for Category III automatic landings. While the US Federal Aviation Administration intends to demonstrate Cat III GPS, Boeing's ...
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Rafael unveils Python 4 picture
ISRAELI MISSILE manufacturer Rafael has released the first picture of its previously classified Python 4 infra-red guided air-to-air missile, revealing a weapon optimised for high manoeuvrability. The image shows a missile with two sets of fins to the rear of the seeker, coupled with a highly swept set ...
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BA profits soar but its alliances falter
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS HAS once more cruised to a record set of results, helped by a mix of premium-passenger growth and cost-cutting. The performance was marred only by continuing problems at alliance partners TAT and USAir. Group pre-tax profits were at a new high of ...
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Charles Millon
Three top priority tasks face France's new defence minister, Charles Millon (pronounced Miyon). Described as a decisive man of action, he will have soon to: decide on the withdrawal or maintenance of French troops in the UN peace-keeping force in Bosnia; consider a limited number of underground nuclear tests in ...
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Aerospatiale struggles with break-even target
Julian Moxon/PARIS CUT-THROAT competition from the USA and the slide in the value of the dollar mean that Aerospatiale will be hard-pressed to reach its target of break-even in 1995, says president Louis Gallois. The state-owned French manufacturer has been struggling to reduce its debt burden, ...
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US Navy fires Hellfires from HH-60 Seahawk
THE US NAVY HAS test-launched Rockwell Hellfire missiles from a Sikorsky HH-60 Seahawk as part of a programme to mount the laser-guided anti-armour weapon on some of its combat-rescue HH-60Hs and anti-submarine SH-60Bs. Three ground and three airborne firings were conducted at the Navy's Patuxent River, Maryland, test ...
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Hercules update
Edmonton-based CAE Aviation has received a C$135 million ($100 million) Canadian Forces contract to update the avionics in 30 Lockheed C-130 Hercules transports. Rockwell-Collins will supply avionics for the update. Source: Flight International
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Thai profits in decline
PROFITS AT THAI Airways International fell by 25% in the first half of the carrier's financial year, with the blame largely being laid on a higher wage bill resulting from its staff reorganisation. The airline, which staged a recovery a year ago, has now seen net profits drop ...
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Satellite centre rescued
THE WESTERN European Union has decided to continue with the operation of the WEU Satellite Centre in Torrejon, Spain. The future of the Centre, which has 50 staff and a $46 million budget lasting until the end of this year, had been in doubt. The Centre was established ...
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ST50 belly-lands after engine fails
THE PROTOTYPE of the ST50 single-turboprop business aircraft was slightly damaged during an emergency landing in Israel on 19 May after an engine failure forced the pilot to land in a field near the airstrip. The all-composite ST 50 has been developed by the Minnesota, US-based Cirrus Design ...
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UK contest seen as crucial test
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The UK attack helicopter competition is being viewed as a crucial test of how the three main airframe manufacturers competing for the contract will fare in future battles to dominate world export markets, says Fred Hubbard, senior vice-president at Bell Helicopter Textron. At a ...
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When an inspection calls
Operators are seeking better, less expensive ways to evaluate ageing airframe condition Graham Warwick/ATLANTA While cost-conscious carriers are keeping aircraft in service longer, they want to minimise the maintenance burden of ageing airliners. New inspection techniques provide one answer. The goal of NASA's Airframe ...
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Cold comfort
Rationalisation is the only answer to saving Russia's crumbling military-manufacturing base. Douglas Barrie/MOSCOW Even by the manufacturers' own figures, military production in Russia has collapsed by 80% over the past four years. Combat-aircraft producers in the former Soviet Union are battling for survival, and it is a fight ...
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Airbus partners disagree over future development strategy
Julian Moxon/PARIS Major differences of opinion are emerging between French manufacturer Aerospatiale and its principal partner in the Airbus Industrie consortium, Daimler Benz Aerospace (DASA), over future aircraft development strategy. Aerospatiale is seeking German support for investment in a supersonic transport, for which it believes there ...
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Team launches DC-10 upgrade
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has teamed with Alenia subsidiary Aeronavali to launch a DC-10 product-improvement programme ranging in scope from a completely new, two-crew, digital flightdeck to a full conversion from passenger to freighter. The plan is aimed mainly at the expected growth in ...
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Boeing to cut more jobs than expected
Boeing expects to cut as many as 12,000 jobs this year - some 5,000 more than the company had anticipated. Updated 1995 employment forecasts revealed by Boeing show that more than half of the reductions will come from employees taking advantage of its one-time special retirement-incentive programme announced ...