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Spinetta proposed to succeed Blanc
The French Government has proposed ex-Air Inter boss Jean-Cyril Spinetta to be president of Air France, after the resignation of Christian Blanc. He is expected to be confirmed in the position on 24 September. Others, including Marc Rochet, head of British Airways' French subsidiary, TAT, had declined the offer. ...
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Iraq 'gains Russian missile-guidance system'
Iraq is claimed to have acquired covertly guidance elements from the Russian RSM-50 (SS-N-18 Stingray) submarine-launched ballistic missile in support of its own attempts to develop intermediate-range ballistic weaponry. RSM-50s are being scrapped as a result of US/Russian Start arms-reduction agreements. Iraqi front-companies have successfully acquired guidance subsystems ...
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MISTI 2 misses Mir as resident crew take refuge in the Soyuz TM
The 168kg US Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's Miniature Sensor Technology Integration satellite, the MISTI 2, came within 1,000m of colliding with the Russian Mir 1 space station on 15 September. It was the closest known unplanned encounter between a manned spacecraft and another, unrelated, satellite in orbit. US ...
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Crashes hit us DoD
Crashes hit us DoD The US Department of Defense (DoD) halted flying training for a day on 18 September, to review flight-safety procedures following a spate of crashes, led by the 14 September loss of a USAir Force Lockheed Martin F-117 when an outer wing-panel separated at an ...
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Royal Saudi Air Force nears SAR helicopter deal
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) is near to concluding a L600 billion ($340 million) order for 40 Agusta Bell AB412EP helicopters for a search-and-rescue (SAR) requirement. Details of the pending deal became apparent during the visit of Saudi Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, ...
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Military-transport losses raise African mid-air collision fears
David Learmount/London A mid-air collision in African airspace was predictable, says the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA), following the simultaneous disappearance of German and US military transport aircraft off Namibia on 13 September. IFALPA warned in 1996 that African air traffic control (ATC) suffers from inadequacies ...
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Lockheed Martin picks Alliant
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Alliant Techsystems has been selected to produce composite engine-inlet ducts for Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept-demonstrator aircraft using fibre-placement technology. The company's Magna, Utah-based Space and Strategic Systems Group has received a $6.2 million contract from Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works to ...
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LEDline shows the way at airports
Hil-Tech International's LEDline is a new, low-energy lighting product designed for runway and taxiway markings. It is made from extruded light-emitting diodes, enclosed in tough thermoplastics. The markings are intended to improve safety at airports in poor visibility. The LEDline system has already been installed at New York Kennedy International ...
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Precision signs for Japanese business
Precision Castparts of the USA has signed three-year agreements with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion Systems Works to manufacture structural and airfoil castings for the Pratt & Whitney PW4000, PW4084, PW4090, PW4098, PW4168, and International Aero Engines V2500 powerplants, with a potential value of more than $37 million. ...
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'Hypercomputing' may revolutionise aircraft design
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Massively parallel computing, or "hypercomputing", methods which are expected to revolutionise the design of future aircraft and missiles, including the next-generation high-speed civil transport (HSCT) and the US Tomahawk land-attack-missile replacement, are now being developed. NASA's Conceptual Design of Air Vehicles Hypercomputing and Design ...
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Detecting smoke
Airbus Industrie is offering a new tamper-proof lavatory smoke-detector grill to its operators, following cases where air-extraction ducts on some of its aircraft have been blocked with debris by passengers. Source: Flight International
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Maintaining UK safety record
Sir - The current dispute between commercial single-engined-aircraft suppliers and the UK Civil Aviation Authority would appear to be driven by profit and safety, respectively. Before offering support in either direction, the industry should have at its disposal information on the number of in-flight shutdowns of the Pratt ...
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Choice of pilots must be objective
Sir - A career in the management of aircraft in the airline business has become a clearly identified professional area where the job description and the profile of the person to fulfil this exacting and responsible management activity can at last be specified. The history of flying aeroplanes ...
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Business Air
Scottish regional airline Business Air celebrated ten years of operation on 30 August with a dinner, supported by Saab Aircraft International (which manufactures the carrier's 340s) and others, to raise money for charity. Seen (left to right) are Saab Aircraft's regional sales manager, Anders Yngell, and Bjorn Astrand, vice-president for ...
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Bombardier
Bombardier Aviation Services, of Montreal, Canada, has appointed John Gonsalves to the new position of regional director, eastern service sales in north-east America, based in Hartford, Connecticut. Randy Znamenak becomes regional director for western service sales, also a new position, based in Wichita, Kansas. Source: Flight International
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Air China deal boosts CAE's market share
CAEElectronics has sold two full-flight simulators and a flight-training device to Air China in a deal worth C$30 million ($21.7 million). The Boeing 737-800 and 777-200 simulators and 777-200 flight- training device will be installed in Air China's Beijing training centre in late 1998. The Chinese airline has ...
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Airbus/CASC finalise Hua Ou support centre
Airbus Industrie and China Aviation Supplies' (CASC) new Hua Ou Aviation Training and Support Centre in Beijing is in the final stages of being fitted out and is scheduled to begin full operations at the end of October. The joint venture recently received its final approval from China's ...
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Embry-Riddle establishes regional-pilot programme
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has established the first direct-hire programme for its student pilots under an agreement with US regional carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). Candidates selected in joint screening by the airline and university will be given a conditional offer of employment and provided training ...
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QuickTurn picks Frasca
Frasca International is to supply a Raytheon Beech King Air C90 fight-training device to QuickTurn, a division of SimuFlite Training International. The fixed-base device will have a four-window Frasca visual system. Source: Flight International