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Air Canada
Hollis Harris, chairman, president and chief executive of Air Canada, has announced changes to the carrier's executive management in anticipation of Lamar Durrett becoming president and chief executive on 14 May. Jean Jacques Bourgeault, formerly executive vice-president and chief operating officer, becomes senior executive vice-president, with responsibility for key corporate ...
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Lockheed
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, of Fort Worth, Texas, has appointed Dr Vernon Lee to the new position of vice-president of the newly created Systems Development Center and the FS-X fighter aircraft. He was most recently vice-president of Lockheed Martin's Japan FS-X programme, which he will continue to oversee. Richard ...
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Hughes
David Molfenter, president of Hughes Aircraft subsidiary Magnavox Electronic Systems, has been appointed vice-president of Hughes Aircraft, of El Segundo, California, and joins senior management at Hughes' Radar and Communications Systems as a deputy segment-executive. Source: Flight International
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Polish glider tug
Polish manufacturer Yalo is looking for funds to complete certification of its GM-2 Gniady glider tug, after the withdrawal of state support. Development had been, funded by Yalo and the Government. The single-seat GM-2 is a hybrid design from the Aviata bureau, incorporating the wings and tail of the PZL-Okecie ...
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Caravan club
Cessna has completed the 750th Model 208 Caravan single-turboprop utility aircraft. A demonstration tour of North and South America is under way with the aircraft, a stretched Grand Caravan with optional cargo pod. Source: Flight International
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Medical explorer
German air-medical-service operator Hubschrauber Sonder Dienst (HSD) has bought a McDonnell Douglas MD Explorer for delivery later this year. HSD will operate the helicopter from Magdeburg. Source: Flight International
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Thai piper
New Piper Aircraft has delivered two Seminole piston twins to Thailand's Civil Aviation Training Centre, at Bo Fai Airport in Hua Hin, for use in private- and commercial-pilot ab initio training. Source: Flight International
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Olympic resignation
Professor Rigas Doganis has resigned as chairman of Olympic Airways after just 13 months in office and despite the airline having recorded the first operating profit -Dr6.5 billion ($26.8 million) - in 17 years. A dispute with the newly elected Socialist Government is blamed. Source: Flight ...
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B-2 refurbishment
The first Northrop Grumman B-2, air vehicle AV-1, is to be taken out of storage and refurbished to increase the number of operational aircraft by one, to 21. The $493 million provided by Congress, in 1996 to restart B-2 production, will be used to put AV-1 into service by 2000. ...
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PSLV sucess
The third development flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) was completed successfully on 21 March at India's Srihorikota launch centre. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) says that the four-stage launcher placed the 920kg Indian remote-sensing satellite, the IRS-P3, into near-polar Sun-synchronous orbit 820km above the Earth after ...
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Safety net
The US Navy is testing its own signals-intelligence system. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC AFTER YEARS OF FRUSTRATION, the US Navy is ready to introduce its own intelligence-gathering system, including equipment which, one day, could serve all US military forces. The USN is committed to ...
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UK turns up heat on engine-control study
Andrew Doyle/LONDON AN ADVANCED electronic engine-control (EEC) system, capable of operation in the high-temperature core of a jet engine, rather than being mounted on the fan casing, is under development by a UK consortium. The project could lead to production of more-responsive and reliable EECs ...
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AeroMexico on firmer footing
AEROMEXICO HAS emerged from a critical year with its financial restructuring safely in place and its losses apparently under control. The Mexican carrier, which came close to collapse during 1995, reports that net losses ended the year at 173 million pesos ($23 million). That compares to more than ...
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Varig outlines blueprint for expansion
VARIG BRAZILIAN Airlines president Fernando Pinto has outlined a new expansion programme following two years of substantial cuts in staff, unprofitable routes and aircraft. The airline plans to invest $40 million developing new routes and is negotiating with leasing companies GECAS and GPA to acquire two McDonnell Douglas ...
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The frog prince
Sukhoi spawns another variant of its Su-25 Frogfoot, despite its near-demise following the collapse of the USSR Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW WHEN the SUKHOI DESIGN bureau's project to upgrade its Su-25 Frogfoot design stopped, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the programme appeared to be going the same ...
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Canadair
Alberto Castaneda has been named regional vice-president for Latin America, based in Santiago, Chile, by the Montreal-based Canadair Business Aircraft division. Castaneda, who joined Canadair recently, has previously worked in Latin America with Learjet and Gulfstream Aerospace. Source: Flight International
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Lessons to learn from Concorde
Sir - In "Twenty years young" (Flight International, 7-13 February, P41) you comment that "...in terms of flight cycles and hours, the aircraft [Concordes] are remarkably young, despite the physical age of the fleet". British Airways, you report, operates each Concorde for 900-1,100h a year - one-quarter (or less) of ...
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An easy job? Think again
Sir - Would W J Foden ("...but basically it's an easy job", Flight International, 13-19 March, P37) care to fly in aircraft piloted by people trained only for the aviation equivalent of a passenger-service or heavy-goods vehicle? I suspect that, if so, he would be alone in the cabin. ...
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Saf-T-Glo hopes Pathfinder lighting will shine in USA
AN EMERGENCY FLOOR-path-lighting system, which requires no electrical power and has no batteries, bulbs or wiring to install and maintain, has been certificated in the USA by Diversified Aviation Services (DAS). The Pathfinder photo-luminescent lighting system, manufactured by UK company Saf-T-Glo, has been approved and installed by airlines, in France ...
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Precision quick-start for pistons
PRECISION AIRMOTIVE has introduced a lightweight electric starter for aircraft piston engines. The Lamar permanent-magnet starter has demonstrated quicker engine starts than conventional starters under most conditions, the Everett, Washing- ton-based company says. The bulky field windings of a conventional starter motor are replaced with lightweight permanent magnets. ...