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Orbital
Space-technology company Orbital Sciences, of Dulles, Virginia, has promoted Jeffrey Pirone to senior vice-president and chief financial officer. Pirone, who has been acting chief financial officer since April, was formerly vice-president and controller. Barron Beneski is named director of public relations. He was previously public relations director for United Express ...
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Swearingen
Jack Braly, president of Beech Aircraft from December 1990 to August 1993, has joined Sino Swearingen Aircraft (SSAC) as president and chief executive officer. Braly comes to the Taiwan-backed US company, which is developing the SJ30-2 light business-jet, from Rockwell International, where he was general manager of the North American ...
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Potential poets invited to apply
Sir - I am appealing for budding Betjemans among the readership of Flight International. The Basil Mogridge Trust, a private, non-profit-making, poetry society seeking to promote and publish contemporary British poetry, is looking for poems for a new anthology celebrating life in the air. A selection of the ...
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Su-37 shows its thrust
Sukhoi has displayed its Su-27M Flanker derivative, fitted with thrust-vector control, at Tushino airfield during the Air Fleet Day show on 18 August. The aircraft, which has been dubbed the Su-37, is fitted with Lyulka/Saturn Al-37FU engines with thrust-vectoring nozzles. The most spectacular thrust-vectoring manoeuvre demonstrated was a rapid pitch-up, ...
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Training buy-out
British Aerospace has agreed to buy Ansett's 50% stake in the A$80 million ($63.5 million) Australian Air Academy at Tamworth, New South Wales. BAe, which has shared ownership in the centre with Ansett since its launch, says that the move is part of its strategy to develop British Aerospace Australia ...
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Business jet mishaps
On 8 August a Dassault Falcon 10 operated by Burda Holding crashed on a poor-visibility visual flight-rules approach to Offenburg Airport, Germany, killing two crew and two passengers. A Falck Air Learjet 55 appears to have blown its main-gear tyres during landing at Copenhagen Airport on 13 August and over-run ...
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MAS simulator deal
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has ordered a Boeing 777 full-flight simulator from FlightSafety International for its new airline-training academy. It will be used to support MAS' planned new fleet of 15 777-200/300 twinjets. Source: Flight International
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Motorcycle power
UK-based Europa Aviation plans to flight-test a BMW RS motorcycle engine in its Europa kit-plane, with 50h ground running followed by 50h flight-testing. Source: Flight International
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Chinese Falcon
Dassault Falcon Jet has appointed Hong Kong-based Avion Pacific to sell Falcon business jets in China. Source: Flight International
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Seven-year countdown
Airbus makes progress towards a launch of its vitally important new large aircraft. Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE THIS AIRCRAFT "-will be the biggest challenge in civil-aviation history", says Jurgen Thomas, head of the new large-aircraft division of Airbus Industrie charged with developing the A3XX. While such words ...
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Regional competition
Competition is keen in the regional power plant market. Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE LOWER-THRUST end of the commercial-turbofan market is buzzing with activity, as engine builders jostle for position on several regional-jet programmes now on the drawing board. The number of engines being planned for this sector has ...
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More and more electric
The economic attractions of electrical power in aircraft are encouraging increased research. Andrew Doyle/LONDON AS AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS continue to search for ways of cutting the life-cycle costs of their products, so-called "more-electric" technology is finding an increasing number of applications in the industry. With an "all-electric" aircraft ...
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The precise cause of L-1011 loss of oil
Sir - I feel that an amendment may be appropriate to the letter from Steve Kirby, "Engines should be treated separately" (Flight International, 14-20 August, P40), about conducting simultaneous maintenance on both engines of a twin without a test before flight. The cause of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar's ...
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Farnborough '96 show guide
Compiled by Kate Sarsfield/LONDON SINCE ITS INAUGURATION in 1948, the Farnborough air show has blossomed into one of the largest and most important events on the aerospace calendar. Yet, with other show organisers relentlessly launching new challenges to Farnborough's superiority, the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) is ...
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Taylor made
The UK Government has launched a new plan to promote the space industry. Tim Furniss/LONDON IAN TAYLOR, UK Minister of Science and Technology, is boldly going - at least until the next election - where no previous space minister has gone before. He has managed to ...
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Philippine air force re-engines SF.260
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE PHILIPPINE Air Force has re-engined a SIAI-Marchetti SF.260, with a turboprop and test-flown it, as part of a programme to extend the operational life of its trainer/light-attack aircraft. The air force's early-build SF.260M/W aircraft are being upgraded to the newer SF.260TP standard ...
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Lebanese events
Lebanese cargo carrier Trans Mediterranean Airlines (TMA) suspended all operations indefinitely on 5 August. The carrier operated a fleet of four Boeing 707-300 freighters and employed 460 people. In 1995, TMA announced that it would suspend 200 employees because of its deteriorating financial condition. Separately, Lebanese flag carrier Middle East ...
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Family favourites
Boeing's new-generation 737is the same, only different Guy Norris/SEATTLE EXACTLY 30 YEARS ago, the first Boeing 737 was taking shape at the company's plant in Renton, Washington. At the time, not everyone was convinced that the "Baby Boeing" gamble would be a winner. The concern ...
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The curtain rises
Coming soon - the next installment in an exciting tale of aircraft engines and orders. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES This year's Farnborough air show provides the stage for an extraordinary drama, the cut and thrust of which would defy even the most imaginative playwrights of the West End ...
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Rolling together?
The roll-out of the Bombardier Global Express on 26 August marked a significant waypoint in an unusually international programme. Graham Warwick/TORONTO ANY SIMILARITY between the Bombardier Global Express and its Canadair Challenger stablemate, fades as the aircraft's size, becomes apparent on entering the final-assembly building at de ...