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Aviall
Cornelius Van Den Handel has become treasurer and director of planning at aviation-parts distributor Aviall, of Dallas, Texas. He was most recently director of financial planning and analysis. Charles Kienzle has been named senior vice-president of operations He was most recently senior vice-president of operations at Aviall US Engine Services, ...
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DERA
Joe Carr has been appointed director of technology conversion for the defence-research sector of the UK Ministry of Defence's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), on secondment from UK specialist engineering company TI Group. Carr, who is technology director at TI, will be on the secondment for a year. ...
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Sundstrand
James Smith is named vice-president for business development at components and subsystems supplier Sundstrand, of Rockford, Illinois. David Linton becomes vice-president for programmes. Smith, with Sundstrand for 33 years, replaces Ronald McKenna, who becomes corporate executive vice-president and chief operating officer for aerospace. Source: Flight ...
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AAR acquires
AAR has acquired more than 22,000 items of excess inventory from Hamilton Standard, with a catalogue value exceeding $200 million. AAR will market the inventory, including engine and auxiliary-power-unit accessories, which will be kept in and distributed from Hamilton Standard warehouses. Source: Flight International
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Interstate approval
Interstate Electronics' IEC 9002 global-positioning-system-based flight-management system has received US certification for en route and terminal navigation and non-precision approaches. Source: Flight International
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Airport orders
Airport Systems International, of Overland Park, Kansas, has received orders totalling $2.9 million to supply navigation aids for civil and military customers in Asia. The include two VHF omni-range systems, two distance-measuring equipment and two instrument-landing systems. Source: Flight International
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Catia upgrade
ICE has released upgraded Assembly Manager Version 4 software to enable Dassault CATIA computer-aided-design package users to develop three-dimensional assemblies and mock-ups without the need for an external database. The UK company says that its customers, which include GE Aircraft Engines and Lockheed Martin, asked for the upgrade. ...
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Standard software
Allied Signal Engines is to standardise on Structural Dynamics Research's Metaphase Series 2 product-data-management software, to manage and control work flow, bills of material, configuration and change in engineering and product support. Source: Flight International
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Flight planning
Allied Signal Aerospace and Jeppesen are to combine weather-briefing and international flight-planning services under an agreement announced on 17 July. Notifications to airmen for more than 10,000 airports throughout the world will be available under the combined scheme, which is expected to generate cost savings for most users. ...
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Thai training
France's Aerospatiale's general-aviation subsidiary, Socata, has sold four TB20 Trinidads to Thailand's Civil Aviation Training Centre. The aircraft will be added to the current fleet of five TB9 Tampicos, and will be used for ab initio training of pilots destined to join flag carrier Thai Airways International, the Royal Thai ...
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Gabon connection
Air Gabon has inaugurated direct services from Libreville, Gabon, to London Gatwick in the UK, with its Boeing 747-200 Combi. The service is the first direct scheduled link between the two cities. The airline is also offering a connection to Johannesburg in South Africa, which will also use the 747. ...
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GE90 for Kuwait
Kuwait Airways has selected the General Electric GE90-90B engine, a derated version of the 410kN (92,000lb)-thrust -92B, to power two Boeing 777-200IGWs on firm order. The carrier switched its 747-400 contract to a firm order for two 777s for delivery in 1998, with an option on a third. The higher-thrust ...
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FAA approval
The US Federal Aviation Administration has certificated Interstate Electronics' IEC 9002 global-positioning system flight-management system, approving it for en route, terminal and non-precision approach navigation. The system is aimed mainly at the air-transport retrofit market as well as larger corporate aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Predator crash
A US General Atomics Predator unmanned air vehicle crashed on 24 July in north-eastern Bosnia, near Brka in Moslem-Croat Federation territory, while on a reconnaissance mission. Source: Flight International
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Cessna first
Cessna has flown the first new pilot-production Model 182 Skylane, powered by a Textron Lycoming IO-540. Two more are planned before series production begins. Source: Flight International
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F-14 controls
The US Navy has confirmed plans to retrofit Grumman F-14s with a GEC-Marconi digital flight-control system , with an order for five test and 213 production units. Source: Flight International
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Strike implications
The seven-week-old strike at McDonnell Douglas in St Louis, Missouri, is affecting deliveries, with only eight of at least ten scheduled aircraft, and 13 of 22 scheduled missiles, delivered. Source: Flight International
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American choice
American Airlines has selected the Rockwell-Collins SAT-906 airborne satellite-communications system for its Airbus A300-600R, Boeing 767-200ER/300ER and McDonnell Douglas MD-11 long-haul fleet. The multi-channel voice and data system will provide passenger telephone, fax and personal-computer links, as well as sup- porting automatic dependent surveillance reporting to air traffic control via ...
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Sabena contract
Sabena Technics has received a contract from KLM covering the overhaul of two Boeing 737-300s. D-checks cover 12,000 to 20,000 man-hours and take about four weeks. In addition, KLM has signed an option to have four more aircraft overhauled in 1997. These would cover two more 737-300s and, possibly, two ...