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Hollingsead
Avionics-interface company DeCrane Aircraft Holdings (DAH), of Santa Fe Springs, California, has appointed Roger Keller president of its member company Hollingsead International. Keller, previously senior vice-president for marketing, sales and engineering, succeeds Dennis Mullins, who has joined the DAH corporate staff. Source: Flight International
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How do military pilots adapt?
Sir - Your article "A different guard" (Flight International, 7-13 February, P34) about civilian employment of former military pilots was interesting and well done. I was expecting, however that the feature would address not only licence conversion and initial training, but also the issues which arise when the ...
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Dangers of paying less than going rate
Sir - British Airways is the latest to install a "B"-scale salary level for new pilots. Will this "deprofessionalisation" of skills be halted before the long-term effect is to render the skies less safe? The cost-cutting rationale, which drives the airlines, will inevitably lead to less suitable candidates, ...
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Hawker approval
SimuFlight Training International's Reflectone-built full-flight simulator for the Raytheon Hawker 800 and 1000 business jets has received Level C approval in both configurations. Source: Flight International
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Syrianair officers train in Arizona
PHOENIX-BASED AIRLINE Training Center Arizona (ATCA), a Lufthansa subsidiary, is providing first-officer training for Syrian Arab Airlines. ATCA says, that it was selected by Syrianair after the Arab carrier, evaluated several US flight schools. Students are being trained to US commercial pilot's-licence standard in a programme involving ground ...
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TRO strikes courseware deal with FSI
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) has agreed to use TRO Learning's library of computer-based pilot- and maintenance-training courseware at its simulator centres. FSI will also market TRO's courseware to its airline clients. Minneapolis, Minnesota-based TRO has developed pilot-training courseware for the Airbus A300-600, A310, A320, A330 and A340, Boeing 737-300/400/500, ...
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On test
Graham Warwick/ST LOUIS Testing of the upgraded McDonnell Douglas F-18E/F accelerates with delivery of the first development aircraft. WITH DELIVERY OF the first McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18E/F Super Hornet to the US Navy's Patuxent River, Maryland, test centre on 15 February, testing is poised to move into high gear. ...
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Xionix wins United upgrade
XIONIX SIMULATION HAS won a United Airlines contract to upgrade Boeing 747 and 757 auto-flight-systems trainers previously supplied to the carrier. The upgrade will include Xionix' FMC Emulator, which uses actual aircraft flight-management-computer (FMC) software. The personal-computer-based FMC Emulator has been developed jointly with FMC supplier Honeywell and ...
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Boeing plans CH-46 lifeline
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS PUSHING A service-life extension of its CH-46 to the US Navy as an alternative to procuring a new helicopter to fulfil the vertical-replenishment (vertrep) role. It has proposed a basic CH-46 fleet-sustainment plan to the US Naval Air Systems Command, ...
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S Korea/IPTN in CN-235 trade
SOUTH KOREA IS negotiating a barter-trade deal, with Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN), for up to 14 Indonesian-built CN-235 transports. Discussions focus on the supply of an initial eight CN-235 turboprops, with a follow-on purchase of a further six aircraft. The South Korean air force requires the first ...
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Virgin European plans June start-up
Andrew Doyle/LONDON VIRGIN EUROPEAN Airways could begin operations in June if it goes ahead with plans to acquire a controlling stake in EuroBelgian Airlines (EBA). The UK airline has confirmed that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to acquire an 80% stake in ...
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Malaysia ponders F-5 upgrade
BRISTOL AEROSPACE OF Canada has been holding discussions with Malaysian industry about a proposed upgrade of the country's Northrop F-5E/Fs. The Royal Malaysian Air Force's (RMAF) fleet of around 15 F-5s is scheduled to be phased out of service shortly, following the delivery of replacement Mikoyan-MAPO MiG-29N ...
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Thomson-Thorn proposes MMW package for UK
THOMSON-THORN IS proposing to package three millimetre-wave (MMW) radar-guided rocket-boosted sub-munitions in a Hunting BL755 cluster-bomb casing in its bid for the £800 million Royal Air Force air-launched anti-armour weapon. The Advanced Anti-Armour Weapon (TAAWS) proposal draws heavily on the original Thorn EMI Swathe design, although this envisaged ...
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Israeli guarantee boosts IAI Turkish F-4 upgrade deal
THE ISRAELI parliament has approved a financing package for the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom upgrade programme for Turkey in an attempt to advance the stalled deal. Work on the first two aircraft is scheduled to begin in July. The parliament has approved state guarantees ...
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Saab discusses Gripen weapons with Israel
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV SAAB HAS HELD preliminary discussions with several Israeli companies, including missile manufacturer Rafael, about an Israeli-sourced weapons package to be offered as an option with its JAS39 Gripen proposal for the Hungarian air force. Hungarian air force officials are understood ...
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'Black' wing-design project revealed
NORTHROP GRUMMAN is working, on a highly classified advanced wing design, believed to be related to at least one US Department of Defense "black" aircraft project. The company is testing a pressurised-wing concept, using rapid prototyping methods at its B-2 division plant in Pico Rivera, California. ...
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Poland to cut air force
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW THE POLISH AIR FORCE is planning a massive re-organisation, cutting aircraft numbers by one-third and personnel by one-fifth over the next ten years. By the end of 2005, the air force will have 230 aircraft, compared with today's 352, and 41,500 personnel, compared ...
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Turkish rapier
Turkey is upgrading its British Aerospace Rapier short-range surface-to-air missiles to "B1X" standard, to extend their operational life into the next century. The £70 million ($105 million), three-year, contract has been awarded to BAe's Defence Dynamics division, which will perform the work at its Stevenage, UK, site. The upgrade involves ...
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Portugalia to decide between 737 and A320
Andrew Doyle/LONDON PORTUGUESE CARRIER Portugalia is considering placing orders for up to seven new-generation Boeing 737s or Airbus A320s, to replace its fleet of six Fokker 100s on lease from GPA. The privately owned airline, which made its first-ever profit in 1995, is expected to ...
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737 price may force China Southern to buy A320s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA SOUTHERN Airlines is threatening to order Airbus A320/321s unless Boeing cuts the cost of a planned purchase of 25 737-700/-800 passenger aircraft. The Guangzhou-based carrier is understood to have signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing for 25 new-generation 737s, but has ...