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Ryanair
Irish carrier Ryanair of Dublin has appointed Tim Jeans commercial director. Jeans was previously general manager of market development at Manchester Airport in the UK and will move to the Dublin headquarters. The company has also confirmed that Janine Carhart will continue to manage all its sales activities in the ...
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UND Aerospace
UND Aerospace training institution at the University of North Dakota has promoted Dana Siewert to the newly created position of director of safety standards. Siewert has been an active flight instructor with UND since 1974, and was appointed director of flight operations in 1985. Source: Flight International
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Undercarriage Support
Coltax Aerospace has concluded, a long-term arrangement with TNT Express Worldwide, to support 11 of the freight company's British Aerospace 146-200QTs, with landing-gear overhauls. The contract covers aircraft based in Europe and the Far East. Source: Flight International
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Weapon-Delivery Vision
Flight Visions is introducing the Sparrow Hawk Weapon Delivery System for fighter and trainer aircraft. Source: Flight International
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IAE Gain
International Aero Engines (IAE) has won a launch customer for the V2500-A5 on the Airbus A319, with ILFC's selection of the power plant for its latest Airbus narrow-body orders. The selection covers up to six A319s, seven high-gross-weight A321-200s and five unspecified narrow-body options signed by ILFC at the end ...
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Now hear this
The risks posed by simultaneous air-traffic-control transmissions will increase with traffic density. David Learmount/LONDON Inadvertent simultaneous transmissions on air-traffic-control frequencies "...can result in messages being misunderstood or lost and have been a factor in some aircraft safety-related incidents". So says a UK Civil Aviation Authority ...
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UK airports fit approach monitors
PRECISION AIR traffic control (ATC) approach-monitoring equipment has become fully operational at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports, says the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Known as the approach-monitoring aid (AMA), the system - the first of its kind - alerts the tower controllers to aircraft deviations from a normal ...
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Finishing tape
The docking of a US shuttle with the Russian Mir 1 marks the official end of the "space race". Tim Furniss/LONDON When the US Space Shuttle STS71/Atlantis makes its historic docking with the Russian Mir 1 space station later this month, space exploration will have turned full ...
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Count down to success
The Ariane 5 launcher promises to provide a much-needed boost to the European space industry. Julian Moxon/PARIS When the Ariane 5 launcher finally roars away from the Kourou launch pad in French Guiana in early 1996, European launch capability will receive a badly needed shot ...
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Solar-dynamics test
NASA HAS TESTED a complete solar-dynamics power system, which may be used on the space station Alpha. The system used a large reflective surface, which focuses sunlight on to a receiver to heat a working gas. The resulting energy powers a turbo-alternator compressor, which provides electrical power. Radiators release the ...
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The Mir 1 space station
The first-base block of the Mir (Peace) 1 was launched on 19 February 1986. It is 13.1m long and weighs 20,400kg. Its twin solar arrays and a single array added later, that produce 9-11kW. The base is equipped with a docking port at its rear and a multiple docking pod ...
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Racal Airport Upgrades
Racal Avionics is to install Doppler and conventional VOR (VHF omni-directional range) and DME (distance-measuring equipment) at airports in the Caribbean and Estonia. The £1 million ($1.59 million) Estonian deal forms part of a major programme to modernise landing systems and navigational aids at Tallinn Airport. The contract, for CVOR ...
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AAR Unites Operations
AAR has combined its two Singapore-based aircraft support operations into to a single expanded unit near Changi International Airport. The new factory houses the sales offices for the company's US-based inventory services and the local maintenance base. Source: Flight International
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Collins aims new avionics at regionals
A NEW, INTEGRATED avionics system designed for business-aviation and regional-airline operators has been introduced by Rockwell-Collins Commercial Avionics. Collins claims that the system is the first developed entirely around advanced technologies, including liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) and Collins' AVSAT satellite-based communication and navigation system. The product uses ...
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Thawing the frozen East
User fees could pay for the modernisation of Russian far-east airspace. Kieran Daly/LONDON The task of modernising the air-traffic management/control of the former Soviet Union is awesome. For those faced with the challenge, it is hard to know where to begin. The signs are, however, ...
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Achievement: Carbon-fibre brake technology
Messier Bugatti has developed new-generation carbon brakes, which halve the cost per landing penalty compared with traditional steel and carbon products. The aim is to bring the advantages of using carbon brakes to high-rotation short-haul airliners such as the Airbus A320/321 family. The new-generation Sepcarb III brakes have ...
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Silver Arrow unveils two UAVs
SILVER ARROW, the Israeli unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) manufacturer, has unveiled two new systems at the Paris air show. The Darter is aimed at front-line combat units, while the Colibri is for training UAV operators. The Darter has a wingspan and length of just under, 4m. Its claimed mission radius ...
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IAE works on variable-area nozzle
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) and Calcor Aero Systems are to develop the world's first variable-area exhaust nozzle for a civil aero-engine. IAE, a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU, FiatAvio and Japanese Aero Engines, will work with California-based Calcor to produce a technology demonstrator for IAE's ...
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Shorts boost
Short Brothers, a Bombardier Group company, is commissioning a £2.4 million ($3.82 million) automatic riveting machine with nine-axis control. The purpose-built GEMCOR A-2760, believed to be the first of its kind, will boost the company's fuselage-manufacturing capability and enable it to meet the riveting requirements of fuselages such as that ...
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Kidde develops fire detector for F-22
A HIGH SENSITIVITY ultra-violet optical detector has been developed by Kidde Aerospace for incorporation on the Lockheed/Boeing F-22 advanced tactical fighter for the US Air Force. The sensor, used in the UK Company's optical fire-detection system, provides ultra-fast detection of flames in engine or auxiliary-power-unit compartments. ...