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Engine-component manufacturer UNC, of Annapolis, Maryland, has named John Demase general manager for UNC Industrial Engines. Demase, who will be based at UNC Metcalf, of Odessa, Texas, was with engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney for more than 20 years. Jim Lundeen is appointed general manager for UNC Accessory Services, in ...
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Falcon Jet
Kenneth Root has been named director of Dassault Falcon Jet's Little Rock, Arkansas, Jet Center. He replaces acting director Earl Philpott, who is to resume his duties as director of production engineering. Root was most recently manager of component repair at Garrett Aviation Services, of Augusta, Georgia. ...
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SIA
Edmund Cheng Wai Wing, chairman of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, has been appointed to the board of Singapore Airlines (SIA), as is Tjong Yik Min, executive director of Singapore Press Holdings, and Lim Chee Onn, who is also deputy chairman and managing director of Straits Steamship Land. ...
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Wilcox
William Marberg has been appointed president and chief executive of Wilcox Electric, of Kansas City, Missouri. Marberg, who joined Wilcox in 1995, was formerly vice-president of air-traffic control at Loral and is a former chairman of the Air Traffic Control Institute. Source: Flight International
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Canadair
The Canadair Business Aircraft Division of Bombardier Aerospace of Quebec, Canada, has named Ton Diening director of technical support and R‚my St-Martin manager of field service. Diening was formerly director of business development at Bombardier. St-Martin will be responsible for all field service support for Canadair Challenger operators. ...
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Aero Kool
David Strom has been named project engineer at US Federal Aviation Administration-approved repair station Aero Kool, of Hialeah, Florida. Strom, a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, has experience as manufacturing/quality engineer and repair engineer for turbine components. Source: Flight International
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FlightSafety
Marty Grier has become manager of LaGuardia, New York-based FlightSafety's Raytheon-aircraft-dedicated maintenance-technician learning centre, in Wichita, Kansas. He was formerly director of maintenance at Raytheon Aircraft Service, also of Wichita. Bill Lewandowski becomes manager of FlightSafety's Training Systems division, of Winter Park, Florida. He was formerly computer instructional technologist at ...
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Swissair
Marcel Hungerbhler has been appointed UK and Ireland general manager at Swissair, replacing Hans-Ruedi Fehr, who becomes commercial director for Switzerland at the national carrier's head office in Zurich. Hungerbhler was most recently the airline's district manager for Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Source: Flight ...
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Bravo gets faster
Cessna has increased the maximum cruise-speed of the Citation Bravo light business jet to 401kt (740km/h), from 394kt, after more than 500h of flight-testing. Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW530A turbofans, the improved Citation II was first flown in April 1995 and will be certificated in August. ...
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GEC purchase
US-based GEC-Marconi Systems is to buy defence-electronics company Hazeltine from parent ESCO Electronics for $110 million. Greenlawn, New Jersey-based Hazeltine makes identification systems, airborne displays, acoustic countermeasures and communications systems. Source: Flight International
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End beckons for F-111
US Air Force General Dynamics F-111s will be retired in late July, when the last four F-111Fs will be flown from Cannon AFB, New Mexico, into storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. Source: Flight International
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Mi-17s delivered
Pakistan has reportedly taken delivery of its first three Mil Mi-17 transport helicopters. A further nine Russian-built helicopters are scheduled to enter service with the Pakistani military forces before the end of the year, according to the Asian country's defence ministry. Source: Flight International
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SIA sells
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has completed the sale of two Boeing 747-200s to United Parcel Service for conversion into freighters. The two form part of SIA's sale of six surplus aircraft. The aircraft, including a fourth 747-200 for an unidentified US carrier, are due for delivery by September. SIA has sold ...
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Slow start
Six months after opening, Macau International Airport is struggling to generate business. Terence Hardeman and Brent Hannon/MACAU WITH FANFARE and speeches, the $1.1 billion Macau International Airport was officially opened in December 1995. Apart from the arrival of Dr Mario Soares, president of Portugal, and a Lockheed Martin ...
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Russian traffic drops for fifth year running
TRAFFIC PASSING through Russian airports has decreased for the fifth year in succession, according to the Airports Council International. The 1995 total was down by 5.6% at just under 31 million passengers. At its peak in 1990, a record 90.7 million passengers were carried. The decline is principally ...
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Boeing talks again to Harbin about Chinook production
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE BOEING HELICOPTER is in further talks with Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing (HAMC) about transferring and restarting production of the Model 234 Commercial Chinook in China. A HAMC team is understood to have visited Boeing in Philadelphia in mid-May to discuss market prospects and funding for ...
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Frigate hold-ups threaten Brunei BAe Hwk order
BRUNEI'S long-awaited order for ten British Aerospace Hawk 100/200s is threatened with delay because of hold-ups in finalising its new frigate programme. The tiny oil-rich kingdom was understood to be close to placing an order for six Hawk 100s and four single-seat -200s, after a visit by the ...
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Jeppesen to standardise European charts
JEPPESEN HAS enhanced its visual-flight-rules/global-positioning-system navigation charts for six European countries, as part of an initiative to create standard formats across the region and help flight planning. Charts for Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland have been enhanced in the run-up to changes in border-crossing regulations. ...
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Workable global safety database proposed
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE ELUSIVE target of a litigation-free global-safety database seems to be taking shape. The US Federal Aviation Administration wants the private sector to develop and operate a computer-based worldwide network containing massive amounts of aviation- safety information. The proposed Global Analysis and Information ...