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Hexcel
Composites and structures developer and manufacturer Hexcel, of Pleasanton, California, has completed its merger with Ciba Composites, of Basle, Switzerland, and named John Lee chairman and chief executive, with Juergen Habermeier president and chief operating officer. Stephen Forsyth will be senior vice-president of finance and administration. Source: Flight ...
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Comparing notes seems a good idea
Sir - Do civil and military flying organisations ever discuss their accidents and incidents with each other? If they do, then they do not seem to learn from them. The report, "Disconnected ailerons are blamed for RAF Hawk crash" (Flight International, 13-19 March, P4), bears an uncanny resemblance ...
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Wake up and join the real world
Sir - At last an accident investigation board, the UK AAIB, has had the courage and professionalism to speak its true mind. The crash of the Boeing 737 freighter at Coventry in December 1994 was contributed to by the likely fatigue of the crew. Crew members, had been on duty ...
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Zambia hit by new air service withdrawal
AIR SERVICES TO Zambia have been hit again, this time by the withdrawal of Air France, a long-time supporter of services between France and Zambia. The airline made its last weekly Paris-Lusaka flight on 27 March, further damaging the southern African nation's tourist-dominated economy. Air France's withdrawal leaves ...
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THAAD misses mark - again
Analysis of flight data is continuing to determine the cause of the Lockheed Martin Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile test failure on 22 March. A THAAD prototype failed to hit its ballistic missile target - the second failure in two intercept attempts. During the test, which ...
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Jet Airways widens routes with new 737s
INDEPENDENT INDIAN carrier Jet Airways is expanding its fleet and sphere of influence. It has signed an agreement with Boeing for the lease of two 737-400s, which will bring its all-Boeing fleet to six 737-400s and four 737-300s. The new aircraft are due to join the fleet ...
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Pilot worries
Not enough of it, sometimes too much of it - pilots remain concerned about technology. Harry Hopkins/DUBLIN AIRLINE PILOTS have issued strong warnings about the premature use of new technology in air-traffic operations, but the absence of technology troubles them as well, it emerged at the annual ...
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US clears UK Apache impasse
Ramon Lopez/FORT WORTH The US Army has agreed to assist the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) in qualifying the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 turboshaft for the Westland/ McDonnell Douglas WAH-64D Apache attack helicopter being procured for the British Army. The US decision to support the engine-integration ...
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Norway briefed on JAST/JSF
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Norway has been briefed formally on the US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), as a potential candidate for its next combat-aircraft purchase. The Royal Norwegian Air Force is looking to replace its Northrop F-5s and is already evaluating the Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter EF2000, Lockheed Martin F-16, ...
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Air France opens hub in drive to improve services
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR FRANCE HAS stepped up its efforts to become competitive with its inauguration on 31 March of a new "hub" at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The airline has spent Fr51million ($10 million) on the changes, which it hopes will increase by 117% ...
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The way ahead
Space minister Ian Taylor is paving a way forward for the UK in space. Tim Furniss/LONDON IAN TAYLOR, THE UK's space minister, is directing efforts to co-ordinate a long-term master plan to obtain full value from an annual budget of about $300 million. The MP ...
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E-Systems awarded place on Premier I
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has selected its sister company E-Systems as integrator of the flight-control system for the new Premier I business jet. E-Systems' Montek division will also manufacture the spoiler actuation system and spoiler/flap electronic control-unit. E-Systems' responsibility includes integration of the Dowty supplied landing-gear and door actuators and ...
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DERA claims world first in hollow carbon fibre
Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE UK DEFENCE Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) claims to have produced the world's first continuous, hollow carbon fibre, from a polyacrylonitrile precursor. Hollow fibres have the potential to improve significantly the compressive properties of composite materials, says DERA, as well as providing further weight ...
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Aluminium expansion
California-based Universal Alloy plans to build an aircraft-aluminium extrusion mill in Canton, Georgia, to "...keep pace with the rejuvenation of the aircraft industry". The $10 million mill will be fully operational by January 1998. Source: Flight International
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UK ATC tiptoes towards independence
David Learmount/LONDON The UK's air-traffic-control system made its first steps towards independence on 29 March as the National Air Traffic Service ceased to be a government department and emerged as a limited company. National Air Traffic Services (NATS) now becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of ...
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AlliedSignal develops TFE731 upgrade
AlliedSignal Aerospace plans to introduce a TFE731-3D engine upgrade based on the -3C modification now offered on the Cessna Citation III and VI. The -3D upgrade is aimed at improving engine durability and cutting maintenance costs by increasing turbine-inlet temperature margins by more than 15°C. Thrust and ...
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US general aviation targets new pilots
Karen Walker/TAMPA A campaign is to be launched to accelerate the revitalisation of the US general-aviation (GA) industry. The GA Team 2000 initiative will combine the efforts of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) to increase the number of ...
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Ground breaking
Sino Swearingen Aircraft has broken ground on the $12 million final-assembly plant for its SJ30 business-jet in Martinsburg, West Virginia, where the first customer aircraft is scheduled to be completed in September 1998. Source: Flight International
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PTI's infra-red system de-ices 727 in 6min
A RADIANT ENERGY de-icing system has been demonstrated to airlines, airports and regulatory authorities at Rochester in New York. The InfraTek system developed by Process Technologies (PTI) burns low-cost natural gas to generate focused infra-red energy which melts the ice and dries the aircraft without damaging the surface or heating ...
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Asia Pacific space booms with three satellite orders
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE ASIA PACIFIC region's space-communications business has taken a big stride with the award of $440 million-worth of contracts to build three satellites. Singapore and Taiwan have awarded a $240 million deal to Matra Marconi Space (MMS) to build the ST-1 communications satellite ...