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    Nimrod updates: political gain?

    1997-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Sir - I read that "-[Royal Air Force] British Aerospace Nimrod submarine hunters are being stripped down-[to] be transformed into Nimrod 2000s" (The Times, London, 27 December, 1996). Fuselages which are a quarter of a century old are being refurbished, allegedly to save a couple of million pounds ...

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    India's rotary club

    1997-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is within months of scoring an Asian first by becoming the region's only company to develop and produce its own helicopter by assembling, as it expects to later this year, a utility version of its Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) for the Indian Army. HAL is ...

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    Can you help?

    1997-01-22T16:41:00Z

    Sir-Would any of your readers point us in the direction of a report on the pros and cons (both technical and financial) of wing-mounted versus tail-mounted twin-engined jet-powered airlincrs? Boeing favours wing mounts, whereas Fokker and McDonnell Douglas focus on the rear. Can you help? Jonathan Clark ...

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    TIACA

    1997-01-22T16:38:00Z

    Christopher Foyle has been elected president and chief executive officer of Miami, Florida-based International Air Cargo Association. Foyle is owner, chairman and managing director of London, UK-based Air Foyle.   Source: Flight International

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    PAMA

    1997-01-22T16:37:00Z

    Karl Florian has been elected as the new chairman of the Washington DC-based Professional Aviation Maintenance Association. Florian is vice-president of operations for Jet Support Services in Chicago.   Source: Flight International

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    Boeing

    1997-01-22T16:36:00Z

    Jerry King is to head the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas transition team. Replacing King as president of the Boeing Defense and Space Group will be Alan Mulally, now Boeing senior vice-president of aircraft development.   Source: Flight International

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    SH & E

    1997-01-22T16:36:00Z

    International air transport consultants Simat, Helliesen & Eichner has made three management appointments at its UK office. Lawrence Price has been named as managing director of the UK branch; Tony O'Neill has joined the air transport team as a senior consultant, and Ian Lowden is promoted to senior consultant. ...

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    AEA

    1997-01-22T16:35:00Z

    Robert Ayling has been appointed chairman of the Brussels-based Association of European Airlines. Ayling, chief executive of British Airways, succeeds Herbert Bammer, president of Austrian Airlines.   Source: Flight International

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    Hispano Suiza

    1997-01-22T16:35:00Z

    Yves Imbert has been elected chairman and chief executive officer of Spanish engine manufacturer Hispano-Suiza, replacing Raymond Poggi, who has moved to Snecma. Imbert was previously chairman and chief executive officer of Sochata, the engine repair sudsidiary of Snecma.   Source: Flight International

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    Jet Aviation

    1997-01-22T16:34:00Z

    Jamie Barrett has been appointed vice -president of sales and marketing. Barrett comes to Jet Aviation from Corporate Jets, where he has held a similar position for 15 years.   Source: Flight International

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    Saab aircraft

    1997-01-22T16:34:00Z

    Gert Schyborger, president of the defence electronics company Celsius-Tech, has been appointed president of Saab Aircraft, succeeding Hans Kruger, who is now president of Industrigruppen JAS.   Source: Flight International

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    American

    1997-01-22T16:33:00Z

    Oliver Wigdahl has been appointed regional manager for American Airline's European reservations, based at the operator's European reservations centre in Dublin, Ireland.   Source: Flight International

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    CS aviation

    1997-01-22T16:33:00Z

    Thomas Seery has joined New York-based aircraft-leasing company CS Aviation Services as vice -president, marketing and administration.   Source: Flight International

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    Takeo doi

    1997-01-22T16:32:00Z

    Takeo Doi, former chief designer at Kawasaki Aircraft, died on 24 December, after a fight against cancer. Between 1933-1945, he directed the design of 20 aircraft, of which nine were produced. He was one of the most prolific aircraft designers of his age.   Source: Flight International

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    Russell backs Merlin

    1997-01-22T16:02:00Z

    Russell Adams of the UK is to supply software to Lockheed Martin Aerospace Systems Integration, as part of the US company's logistics support package for EH Industries EH101 helicopters ordered by the UK armed forces. The software will be used to trace rotable components and for stock control. ...

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    MDC goes digital

    1997-01-22T16:02:00Z

    McDonnell Douglas has selected Avtech to supply a digitally controlled audio system for the MD-95 100-seat airliner. The system manages flightdeck communications and uses a databus to connect the audio control panels to the remotely mounted audio management unit.   Source: Flight International

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    Dunlop brakes Nimrod

    1997-01-22T16:01:00Z

    Dunlop Aviation has been selected to supply carbon brakes and a modular brake control and anti-skid system for the British Aerospace Nimrod 2000 replacement maritime-patrol aircraft.   Source: Flight International

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    Derlan gears up

    1997-01-22T16:01:00Z

    Derlan Industries says it has received a letter of intent from General Electric Aircraft Engines, covering the supply of 600 accessory gearboxes and associated equipment for GE's CF34 turbofan. The contract will be worth C$42 million ($31 million), says Derlan, of Ontario, Canada, with deliveries running from this year until ...

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    Mars find

    1997-01-22T15:56:00Z

    Wreckage of Russia's failed Mars '96 probe has been found south of the Oyuni salt plateau in Bolivia, 100km (55nm) from Chile and at an altitude of 12,000ft (3,650m). The spacecraft plunged from low Earth orbit on 17 November, 1996, after the fourth stage of its Proton launcher failed to ...

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    Space monkey dies

    1997-01-22T15:55:00Z

    Multik, one of the monkeys flown aboard the 14-day Russian/NASA Bion 11 mission which ended on 7 January, died a day later, after a bone and muscle cell sampling operation. The other monkey, Lapik, survived a similar operation.   Source: Flight International