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America West
America West Airlines, of Phoenix, Arizona, has named Louis Couto vice-president for information systems. He was formerly chief information officer at Burr-Brown, a speciality semiconductor manufacturer. Source: Flight International
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United Airlines
Andrew Studdert has been appointed senior vice-president for fleet operations and administration at United Airlines of Elk Grove, Illinois. Studdert, formerly senior vice-president of the information-services division and chief information officer, succeeds Joseph O'Gorman, who is to retire. Source: Flight International
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Falcon Jet
Falcon Jet of Teterboro, New Jersey, has named Marc Valle, formerly programme manager for the Falcon 900 and 900EX at Dassault Aviation in Velizy, France, vice-president of programmes. Carlos Mejia becomes field service representative to support Falcon operations in Mexico and Central America. He was formerly a Falcon maintenance instructor ...
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Interactive
Inflight-entertainment company Interactive Entertainment of Memphis, Tennessee, has appointed David Lamm chief financial officer. He was formerly vice-president for finance at McKesson's information-technologies and capital-investiments divisions. Source: Flight International
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Another proton
Seven Motorola Iridium communications satellites were placed into orbit on 14 September, on the third launch in 30 days by a Proton K booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Iridium 23-29 craft were the second septuplet satellites launched for Motorola by the Proton. An operational constellation of 66 satellites is ...
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Space delay
An attitude-control electronics fault on Japan's engineering test satellite ETS 7 has delayed its launch aboard an H2 booster on 1 November by about two to three weeks. The H2 will also carry the NASA/Japanese Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite. The ETS 7 consists of a main spacecraft and a ...
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Deep space
Spectrum Astro, of Gilbert, Arizona, has delivered the Deep Space 1 to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the first New Millennium programme mission to be launched in 1998, to demonstrate new technologies, including ion propulsion (Flight International, 8-14 January). Source: Flight International
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British Midland trains
British Midland is acquiring a Thomson Training & Simulation Airbus A320 simulator for its UK flight-training centre. The company recently ordered 20 A320/321s for delivery starting in the second quarter of 1998. The £8 million ($12.7 million) simulator should be ready by late 1998. Source: Flight ...
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Lufthansa fights fires
German national carrier Lufthansa will begin training in mid-October on a Finnish-developed environmentally friendly firefighting trainer, with a propane-gas fire simulator and water extinguisher, which replace carbon-dioxide practice extinguishers. Source: Flight International
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Tilt-rotor licences
The first civil powered-lift pilot ratings have been awarded by the US Federal Aviation Administration to test pilots flying the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey military tilt-rotor. Source: Flight International
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Cessna expands
Cessna has appointed 19 service stations throughout North America to sell and support its 172 Skyhawk, 182 Skylane and 206 Stationair piston-singles in Canada and the USA. Source: Flight International
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Jet Aviation award
Jet Aviation has added three hangars to its fixed-base operation at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, bringing the total hangar capacity to more than 4,700m2 (52,000ft2). The Swiss business-aviation service company has received two awards in recognition of its contribution to the Las Vegas economy. Source: ...
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Cirrus breaks ground
Cirrus Design has begun construction of a manufacturing plant in Duluth, Minnesota, for the SR20 light aircraft. Cirrus has orders for 115 SR50s, with certification scheduled for early 1998. Source: Flight International
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Alliant takes fuze lead
Alliant Techsystems is to acquire part of Motorola's military-fuze business for $12 million in a move likely to allay US Department of Defense fears over the decision by Motorola, its biggest fuze supplier, to leave the business. Source: Flight International
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ITT supplies CV-22 EW
ITT Avionics has received a $25 million contract to supply the ALQ-211 integrated radio-frequency countermeasures system for the USAir Force's CV-22 special-operations version of the Bell Boeing Osprey tilt-rotor. Source: Flight International
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F110 F-15 evaluation
The second General Electric F110-129-powered Boeing F-15E has entered flight tests at the US Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron based at Nellis AFB, Nevada. The full programme is due to run for 12 months and will involve more than 1,000 engine flight hours on two F-15Es. The first ...
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RSAF expands in USA
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) plans to establish a small KC-135R training base at McConnell AFB, Kansas. The decision is the result of Singapore's purchase of four Boeing KC-135Rs from the USA through foreign-military-sales channels. RSAF training sites exist at Luke AFB, Arizona (F-16), and at Grand Prairie, ...
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Huzar claims denied
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski says that a long-awaited decision on a missile to arm the PZL-Swidnik Huzar attack helicopter will only be taken after a new round of test launches has been carried out "on Polish soil, under Polish conditions". Kwasniewski has told reporters in Warsaw that fiÌnal choice of ...
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Mexico upgrades ATC
Mexico is to install Northrop Grumman surveillance radars in the first phase of air-traffic-control (ATC) modernisation. Primary and secondary radar will be installed at Guadalajara and near Mexico City. Source: Flight International
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Finnair co-operation
Air France and Finnair are to co-operate on the Helsinki-Paris route, starting on 26 October. The three daily flights will operate on a codeshare basis. Finnair will also transfer its Paris operation to Terminal Two at Charles de Gaulle. Air France is believed to be one of the airlines which ...