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GEC-Marconi
Lonnie Muir has been named vice-president for marketing and technical services at GEC-Marconi InFlight Systems (GMIS). Most recently vice-president at AT&T Wireless, he replaces Michael Rhode. Muir worked for GMIS before joining AT&T Wireless in 1993. Source: Flight International
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USAF
Col William Jabour has become Northrop Grumman B-2 programme director at the USAF's Wright-Patterson AFB's Aeronautical Systems Center, in Ohio. After two tours at Wright-Patterson, Jabour returns to the base having served as deputy director, Fighter, Weapons, C2, and Theater Missile Defense Programs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) ...
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Statistics reflect the effects
Sir - I have lectured for 25 years on flight safety and, with reference to the Viscount article (Flight International, 20 December-2 January, P30), the hot-air anti-ice system does not necessarily supply sufficient heat to the tail-section leading edges in severe icing conditions, unless the fuel flow to engines two ...
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E-3 demonstration
A non-co-operative target identification (NCTI) capability for the Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne-warning and control system is to be demonstrated by the US Air Force. A 42-month programme is planned, leading to laboratory and flight-testing of an active-radar target-identification processor. The NCTI system is intended to classify targets, whether military or ...
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USAF on target
Industry input on potential solutions to an air-superiority target (AST) requirement is being sought by the US Air Force. The AST is planned to enter service in 2003 to support testing of air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles, and aircraft missile-warning and fire control systems. The USAF wants a target with performance ...
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Kaman profits
Kaman returned to profit in 1995, after a $13.2 million loss in 1994, with net earnings of $19.6 million on revenues of almost $900 million. Its Diversified Technologies segment almost doubled operating profits. Source: Flight International
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Visual acquisition
US visual-simulation specialist Evans & Sutherland has signed a letter of intent to acquire Terabit Computer Specialty, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based maker of simulated instruments and displays for flight simulators. Source: Flight International
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TWA will replaced L-1011 fleet with 757s
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES (TWA) is to acquire 20 Pratt & Whitney-powered 757-200s - ten purchased from Boeing and ten leased from International Lease Finance - to replace its 14 Lockheed L-1011s and some Boeing 727s. The carrier will also hushkit 28 McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9-30s, and is negotiating with MDC ...
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US Navy examines rotary resupply
THE FEASIBILITY OF using commercially operated helicopters for vertical replenishment (Vertrep) of warships is to be further evaluated during a follow-on at-sea cargo-movement demonstration scheduled by the US Navy for later this year. In January, the US Military Sealift Command (MSC) issued a request, for proposals for a ...
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USA and Japan agree to introduce FANS on the North Pacific
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE USA AND JAPAN are co-operating in introducing the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) and the wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) on the North Pacific. As part of the deal, the two sides have agreed to look at establishing additional air-navigation routes and opening Japanese airports ...
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R-R considers Asian Trent 777 centre
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ROLLS-ROYCE IS studying development of a coordinated regional engine-overhaul and repair capability for Asian airlines operating the Trent 800-powered Boeing 777. The UK engine maker is trying to persuade carriers to adopt a co-operative approach to Trent engine maintenance, by establishing complementary, rather ...
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ValuJet expands fleet
VALUJET AIRLINES has purchased nine McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9-30s and two MD-83s in deals which will take its fleet to 58 aircraft by the end of the first quarter of 1997. MDC helped locate the aircraft under the terms of ValuJet's launch order for 50 MDC MD-95s, deliveries of which ...
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Kelowna to fly for Greyhound
BRITISH COLUMBIA-based Kelowna Flight-craft Air Charter, has agreed to operate a low-cost airline, on behalf of bus company Greyhound Lines of Canada. Greyhound Air is scheduled to begin operations on 15 May, with six ex-Continental Airlines160-seat Boeing 727-200s linking Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton. ...
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Tridair granted Gemini in-flight engine-shutdown approval
TRIDAIR HELICOPTERS, the California-based developer of the modified twin-engined Bell 206L LongRanger (or Gemini ST) has received certification for in-flight shutdown of an engine as a normal procedure. The long-awaited clearance allows operators to switch routinely between single- or twin-engined operation depending on circumstances - a cornerstone of ...
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Industry fights 'devastating' FAA flight-time proposal
Graham Warwick/Atlanta PROPOSED NEW US Federal Aviation Administration rules on pilot flight and duty time will "devastate" the US on-demand air-charter industry, says the US National Air Transportation Association (NATA). Many charter companies and fixed-base operators will be unable to bear the cost of the additional pilots required ...
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Technical details
THE 407 WAS certificated by the Canadian Civil Aviation Authority, just a few days before our flight. US Federal Aviation Administration certification will follow. Even before this, more than 150 orders have been placed, with about 100 deposits paid. Initial deliveries will be at Heli-Expo '96 in Dallas, Texas, on ...
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SJ30 certification set for March 1998
SINO SWEARINGEN Aircraft (SSAC) has scheduled US certification of the SJ30-2 light business- jet for March 1998. Plans to certificate the original (SJ30-1) version of the aircraft have been shelved in favour of developing the higher-performance -2, powered by up-rated Williams-Rolls FJ44-2C turbofans (Flight International, 4-10 October, 1995, P18). ...