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    Messier-Dowty

    1996-01-24T10:43:00Z

    Geoff Smith has been appointed managing director of TI/Snecma joint-venture landing-gear manufacturer Messier-Dowty of Abingdon, Oxford, UK. Smith, who joined the Dowty Group in 1968, joined Lucas for 12 years, before returning to Dowty Fuel Systems in 1987, where he became director and general manager and managing director of joint ...

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    Meggitt

    1996-01-24T10:43:00Z

    Mike Farge has been named director of marketing at UK engineering-technology company Meggitt, of Wimborne, Dorset. He was formerly managing director of Coltax Aerospace, a Meggitt subsidiary. He was formerly with the Westland Group, senior vice-president for customer support at British Aerospace and managing director of FLS Aerospace. ...

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    Independence

    1996-01-24T10:43:00Z

    Roy Hagerty has become president and chief executive officer of start-up airline Independence Air, of Atlanta, Georgia. Hagerty, who replaces Barry Harris, was most recently president of Airline Development Group, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based consultancy.   Source: Flight International

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    Dynair tech

    1996-01-24T10:42:00Z

    Steve Townes has become president of DynAir Tech, a commercial-aircraft modifications and heavy-services company based at Phoenix, Arizona.   Source: Flight International

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    Air Canada

    1996-01-24T10:42:00Z

    Chris Nassenstein has been appointed vice-president for technical operations at Air Canada, with effect from 1 February. He was most recently vice-president for maintenance and engineering at Canadian Airlines and has also held senior positions at Nordair, Austin Airways and Quebecair. He replaces John Dickie.   Source: ...

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    Pemco

    1996-01-24T10:41:00Z

    Henrik Blaabjerg has been promoted to general manager for maintainer and modifier Precision Standard's Pemco Air Support Services subsidiary's Copenhagen, Denmark, operation. Blaabjerg, who joined Pemco in 1994, was in the Danish air force and then held positions with Maersk and Scandinavian Airlines System.   Source: Flight ...

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    Japan

    1996-01-24T10:41:00Z

    Japan has approved the appointment of Jiro Hagi as the Japanese Defence Agency's (JDA) top procurement officer. Yasuhiro Ogoshi is confirmed as head of the JDA's personnel bureau.   Source: Flight International

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    AirTran

    1996-01-24T10:40:00Z

    Cathy Hoag has been named vice-president of AirTran Airways, the Orlando, Florida-based low-fare jet subsidiary of Airways Corporation. She was formerly with rental-car company Hertz.   Source: Flight International

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    STAe

    1996-01-24T10:40:00Z

    Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe), the Aerospace arm of the Singapore Technologies Group, has appointed Wee Siew Kim senior vice-president (operations) for its commercial-business group. Oci Ling Heong becomes senior vice-president (marketing). Tang Kok Fai has resigned as executive vice-president of the commercial-business group.   Source: Flight International

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    Message

    1996-01-24T10:39:00Z

    Aviation and travel-related corporate-communications consultancy Message Management of Hong Kong has appointed John Bailey as general manager of its head office in Hong Kong. Bailey, most recently an account director with the company, was previously Asian editor for Flight International.   Source: Flight International

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    SimuFlite

    1996-01-24T10:38:00Z

    Tom Stelter has become senior manager of engineering and technical operations at Simuflite Training International, of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas. He was formerly manager of engineering.   Source: Flight International

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    NASA's admission

    1996-01-24T10:34:00Z

    By 1990, Ali AbuTaha made the dynamic-overshoot error known in the USA and abroad in lectures, courses and official documents. NASA and others began to take notice. Bob Sieck, Shuttle launch director, commenting on an earlier scrubbed launch at the STS45/Atlantis post-launch press conference on 24 March, 1992, said: "We ...

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    Windshield test

    1996-01-24T10:25:00Z

    Fort Worth, Texas-based Perkins Aircraft Services has successfully completed birdstrike testing on its replacement Learjet windshield. The 300kt (550km/h) test of a 1.8kg bird was conducted in Canada.   Source: Flight International

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    Astra approval

    1996-01-24T10:25:00Z

    Astra Jet will begin deliveries of the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Astra SPX by the end of January, following US certification of the Mach 0.82 business jet on 8 January. IAI marketing arm Astra Jet expects to deliver 14 aircraft in 1996 after delivering only six SPs in 1995. IAI ...

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    AEL

    1996-01-24T10:15:00Z

    Tracor has agreed a reduced price for its acquisition of AEL Industries, down from $116 million to just under $100 million, reflecting recent losses at AEL. The deal is now expected to close by late February.   Source: Flight International

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    Fastener purchase

    1996-01-24T10:15:00Z

    Banner Aerospace is negotiating the acquisition of Fairchild's Harco division, an El Segundo, California-based distributor of aerospace fasteners. Under the proposed share-exchange deal, Fairchild would become the majority shareholder in Washington, DC-based Banner Aerospace.   Source: Flight International

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    Bon nuit

    1996-01-24T10:14:00Z

    Bon Accord Airways, the Aberdeen, UK-based charter operator has gone into liquidation following the loss of several major contracts carrying oil industry personnel to the Shetland Isles. The company stopped flying at the end of 1995.   Source: Flight International

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    Chinese bearings

    1996-01-24T10:14:00Z

    Chinese bearing manufacturer Sunbase Asia has acquired Southwest Products, a US producer of bearings for the aerospace industry. Sunbase plans to use Southwest to sell Chinese-made bearings into US and international markets. Southwest has a bearing plant in Shanghai.   Source: Flight International

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    United objection

    1996-01-24T10:12:00Z

    United Airlines has objected to Japan Airlines' (JAL) application for a new route from Tokyo to Kona, Hawaii. The move is in retaliation for the Japanese Government's failure to approve its plans for a new fifth-freedom route between Seoul and Osaka. JAL wants to launch the service in April. ...

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    ...and Icelandic

    1996-01-24T10:09:00Z

    Air Atlanta Icelandic is re-activating its six-strong Boeing 747 fleet to meet a seasonal high demand in Hadj traffic . The passenger fleet also includes three Lockheed TriStars. The airline, based at Keflavik, specialises in subcontract work.   Source: Flight International