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AAR
Aircraft-equipment supplier AAR, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, has named James Bacon vice-president for airline programmes. Bacon, most recently an airline consultant, has also served with Continental Airlines and Air California. Michael Hughes is appointed general manager for AAR Pacific, the company's sales and maintenance base in Singapore. He was ...
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Emery
International freight firm Emery Worldwide, of Palo Alto, California, has named Steve Soukup Eastern Europe manager. Soukup, to be based in Zurich, Switzerland, was sales manager for Europe. Rod Cox will head Emery's Middle East division and Hugh Laird becomes division manager for Africa. Source: Flight ...
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Pemco aeroplex
David Mitchell has been named vice-president for business development for the government and military operations of Birmingham, Alabama-based Precision Standard's Pemco Aeroplex division. Mitchell was formerly operations division chief of a US Air Force fighter wing. Source: Flight International
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Hazeltine IFF decision
McDonnell Douglas has selected Esco Electronics subsidiary Hazeltine to supply a combined interrogator/transponder identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) system for the upgraded F-18E/F in a contract worth $11 million. Source: Flight International
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Mil battery retrofit
French battery manufacturer Saft has introduced a kit to retrofit its nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cad) batteries on the Mil Mi-8T helicopter. The kit consists of four 2506A-2 Ni-Cad batteries. It is said to upgrade the cold-temperature engine-start performance and capability for repeated autonomous starts and to increase aircraft payload by 72kg, through ...
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Howmet agreement
Howmet Refurbishment has agreed a deal with Pratt & Whitney, making the company's Advanced Refurbishment and Coatings unit in North Haven, Connecticut, the first independent source for the repair of International Aero Engines V2500 A5/D5 aerofoil components. Source: Flight International
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NAT's special mission
Canada's Northern Airborne Technology (NAT) has introduced a panel-mounted FM transceiver for civil special-mission operators. The NPX138 covers the VHF-FM band from 138-174MHz. NAT has also introduced a new-generation remote-mount civil-tactical radio. Source: Flight International
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Continental rating
Credit ratings for Continental Airlines are under review, following concerns about the carrier's losses and difficulties with its low-cost Continental Lite operations. New York rating agency Moody's says that it is reviewing $1 billion in debt in the light of continuing losses. Source: ...
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Carriers named
US President Bill Clinton says that the US Navy's next two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will be named after former presidents Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan. Source: Flight International
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Samsung VTOL deal
Samsung Aerospace has signed an initial agreement to co-develop and produce the Moller Sky Car in South Korea. Samsung and Moller International plan to put the four-seat vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft in commercial use by 1997. Source: Flight International
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Discovery paves way
The planned docking between the Space Shuttle Atlantis/STS71 and the Russian Mir 1 space station was boosted on 6 February when sister ship the Discovery came to within 11.2m of the Mir, just 1.5m less than planned. Source: Flight International
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Reims may return to light singles
REIMS AVIATION president Jean-Paul Pellessier says that he will decide on whether to resume licence production of Cessna piston-singles "within a few weeks", following the US manufacturer's decision to re-start production of such types at the beginning of 1997. "I am very enthusiastic about it, but there are ...
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Joining the bandwagon
Kieran Daly and Jenny Pite/LONDON There is perhaps little doubt that a degree of management fashion-following lies behind some of the trends observed in the running of the air transport industry. The sceptics who blame mere fashion for the widespread move to arm's-length operation of airline maintenance during the 1990s ...
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Lockheed completes aerodynamic flight tests of modified extended-range F-16
LOCKHEED HAS completed aerodynamic flight tests of the proposed extended-range F-16ES (enhanced strategic) configuration. Modifications, including shapes representing upper-fuselage conformal fuel-tanks and nose-mounted infra-red sensor balls, have been removed from the F-16C testbed and the aircraft returned to the US Air Force. The 21-flight test programme ...
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Tridair aims for Gemini in-flight engine-start certification
TRIDAIR HELICOPTERS, the California-based developer of the modified twin-engined Bell 206L-1/3/4 (known as the Gemini ST), plans to certificate it for in-flight starting of the second engine in 1996. The modification will allow pilots to take off using one of the helicopter's two engines and then start up ...
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Army surplus threat slashes Allison ten-year helicopter sales forecast
THE THREAT OF "dumped" surplus US military helicopters has dampened industry optimism generated by signs of recovery at the Heli-Expo '95 show. Most manufacturers report that increased new-helicopter orders and used-aircraft sales were up significantly in 1994. The US Army's plans to dispose of 3,000 light helicopters, however, ...