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Orbimage plans substitute for Eyeglass venture
ORBIMAGE, THE Orbital Sciences' (OSC) subsidiary, plans to develop and launch a high-technology remote-sensing satellite, the OrbView, as a low-cost, accelerated-schedule replacement for the collapsed Eyeglass Consortium satellite venture. Eyeglass floundered with the initial withdrawal of Litton Itek Optical Systems, but the OSC venture still has the support ...
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Compmonster sighting
AEROCOMP, OF MERRITT ISLAND Florida, flew its all-composite Compmonster kit-built floatplane for the first time on 3 April. The company says that it expects a price of $34,000 per kit, including an 82kW (110hp) Hirth 95 engine. First deliveries are due in mid-1995. Source: Flight International
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SIGINT Satellite
A Lockheed Martin Titan 4 Centaur booster was used to launch what analysts believe is a signals-intelligence (SIGINT) satellite into a highly elliptical, 63°-inclination orbit, from Cape Canaveral on 14 May. This follows the launch of a similar payload in May 1994. The type of orbit provides regular over-flights of ...
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Aims of GAPAN Benevolent Fund
Sir - The aim of the Guild of Air Pilots Benevolent Fund is to relieve poverty among those who are, or have been, engaged professionally as pilots or navigators in commercial aviation, or who are Livery men or Freemen of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators (GAPAN). All ...
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Inspiration should boost job-hunters
Sir - Gordon Bretag (Flight International, Letters, 10-16 May, P89) has a lack of understanding and sympathy, typical of today's airline industry, towards determined job seekers. As a chief pilot and possible role model for aspiring pilots such as myself, Mr Bretag should be a source of inspiration, ...
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H+S AVIATION/McAlpine
Michel Dubarry, managing director of McAlpine Helicopters (right), and Alan Robinson, managing director of H+S Aviation, have signed a three-year exclusive agreement for H+S to provide repair and overhaul services for McAlpine's Allison 250 engine requirements. McAlpine is UK and Ireland distributor for Eurocopter and H+S is Europe's largest Allison ...
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Westinghouse
Dennis Ganzak has been appointed to the new position of chief financial officer at Westinghouse Electric's electronic-systems business unit, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was previously director of corporate restructuring on the staff of executive vice-president and chief financial officer Fredric Reynolds. ...
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Learjet
Roger Sperry has become vice-president of North American sales for Learjet, of Wichita, Kansas. He was previously with Cessna Aircraft. Gordon Carr becomes sales director at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, responsible for the northeastern USA. He was managing partner of the Rusk/Carr Aviation consultancy. Source: Flight International
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UNC
Gerry Czarnecki, president and chief operating officer of components manufacturer UNC, of Annapolis, Maryland, has been elected to the board of directors. Before taking his present position with UNC, he was senior vice-president of administration and human resources, at computer company IBM. Source: Flight International
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Bombardier
Gary Hart has been named vice-president for flight operations at Bombardier Aerospace/AMR Combs venture Business Jet Solutions of New York. He was formerly assistant vice-president of flight operations at AMR Combs Worldwide Flight Operations. Dennis Keith is appointed vice-president of marketing and sales. He was previously director of flight operations ...
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RAAF Harpoon Trainer
San Diego-based Horizons Technology has received a $500,000 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) contract to integrate a Harpoon-missile training aid, produced by Delex Systems, with the mission-planning system for its General Dynamics F-111s. Source: Flight International
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Trident Work Expansion
An Alliant Techsystems/ Thiokol joint venture will produce propulsion systems for all three stages of the Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile under a $123 million Lockheed Martin contract. Previously, the team produced only the first and second stages. Source: Flight International
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No Vacancies
No new cosmonauts have been selected by Russia, for the second year running, and at least nine of the 51 active cosmonauts - those trained to fly the now-cancelled Buran space shuttle - have no chance of flying, says the Russian Space Agency. Source: Flight International
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Baikonur Agreement
The Russian Federation Council has at last ratified an agreement with Kazakhstan to lease the Baikonur Cosmodrome for 20 years. Russia will pay Kazakhstan $115 million a year. Source: Flight International
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Confidential safety
Airbus Industrie is the first manufacturer to set up confidential reporting. David Learmount/LONDON Even co-operative airlines often withhold some information when the report incidents to the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Safety Information Exchange, according to its administrator, Bob Woodhouse. Fear of litigation explains at least a part ...
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Launch options
In terms of getting aircraft airborne, both the US Navy and the Royal Navy are looking at several options in the replacement of the steam catapult with an electromagnetic launch system. In the USA, Kaman Electromagnetics is working on the Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS). Project officials believe ...