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Kiwi
Keith Mackey has been named vice-president of flight operations at Newark, New Jersey-based Kiwi International Airlines. Founder and president of Heliflight, the largest helicopter flight school in the Eastern USA, Mackey has also held senior positions with National Airlines and Pan American World Airways. Source: Flight International
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Busy MIR
As the Progress M30 tanker was launched to the Mir 1 space station on 18 December, the Russian space agency said that the 1996 schedule for the station will include launches of the final module, the Priroda; four Progress M tankers; three manned Soyuz TMs; and three docking flights by ...
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Cobra computer
Horizons Technology is developing a computerised maintenance system for the US Marine Corps Bell AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter under a US Naval Air Systems Command contract worth $740,000. The system will track and update maintenance data on 78 critical components on each helicopter and will enhance the AH-1W's "...safety, reliability ...
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Howmet deal done
A Thiokol/Carlyle Group joint venture has completed the $750 million acquisition of US casting specialists Howmet and Cercast Group, from France's Pechiney International. Howmet and Cercast together have annual sales of around $900 million. Source: Flight International
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Magnovox acquired
Hughes Electronics has completed the acquisition of defence-electronics specialist Magnavox Electronic Systems from the Carlyle Group for $370 million in cash. Magnavox had 1994 sales of $400 million. Source: Flight International
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New Zealand list
The New Zealand Ministry of Defence has short-listed the Kaman SH-2G Super Sea Sprite and Westland Super Lynx for its maritime-helicopter requirement. The Sikorsky S-76N and the Eurocopter Panther were rejected because they "...failed to meet critical requirements in operational and technical areas", says the MoD. ...
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SAS adds cargo capacity
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) is leasing a Boeing 747-200F freighter from Atlas Air for services from Scandinavia to Asia and the USA. The aircraft will enter service in March and boost the insufficient cargo capacity on the airline's passenger aircraft. In 1994, SAS carried 200,000t of cargo and expects to ...
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Plowshare's share
Plowshare Technology of Horsham in the UK, will be European agent for Cosmos USA, marketing launches of the Russian Cosmos booster for journeys into low-Earth orbit (LEO). Cosmos USA consists of Assured Space Access of Arlington, Virginia and Russia's Polyot Experimental Design Bureau in Omsk. Source: Flight ...
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Flying backwards
A return-to-launch-site abort would test the Space Shuttle to its limits. Tim Furniss/WASHINGTON DC BRYAN O'CONNOR, FORMER Space Shuttle commander and now director of the Shuttle programme at NASA's headquarters says, "To a pilot, it's a crazy bunch of attitudes." He is describing the procedure for a ...
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FMS approval
Universal Avionics Systems' UNS-1C flight-management system (FMS) has been given type certification for use on Israel Aircraft Industries Astra SPX business jet. Source: Flight International
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Lockheed Martin boosts C-130J orderbook with Australasian deal bonanza
LOCKHEED MARTIN stands to sell over 40 C-130J Hercules II transporters to Australia and New Zealand, with the former country placing a firm order for an initial batch of 12 aircraft on 21 December. Deliveries of 12 stretched C-130J-30s, included in the A$900 million ($660 million) contract, will ...
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Pentagon Tuav Move
The Pentagon has approved the acquisition-decision memorandum for development of the long-delayed tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) for the US Army, US Marine Corps and US Navy. The request for proposals is due this month. The go-ahead was delayed by disagreement between the services over performance requirements. Its range was ...
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Airbus boost
Airbus Industrie waited until the last few days of December to land its first major order of 1995, announcing a deal with Philippine Airlines for 24 aircraft. Boeing was also included, with eight 747-400s included in the order. The Airbus share of the $3 billion deal includes four A340-300s, eight ...
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Forecasts '96
The aerospace industry finally lifted itself out of recession in 1995. Airlines are back in profit, civil-aircraft orders are becoming more respectable and those military programmes which have so far survived the axe appear to be back on track. Yet this upturn promises to be different. The talk across industry ...
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Germany may bid for more EF2000s
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN DEFENCE minister Volker R_he has gone public with a face-saving strategy opening the door for Germany to increase the number of Eurofighter EF2000s it buys. R_he has said that, while the air force's Eurofighter requirement up to the year 2012 - as far ahead as German budget ...
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Aerospace Industry
Kevin O'Toole/Business Editor LAST YEAR'S FORECAST for the aerospace industry predicted a further round of consolidation in 1995 on both sides of the Atlantic. The prediction for 1996 is disappointingly similar. If there is a new variation, then it may be that more of the ...
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Spaceflight
Tim Furniss/Spaceflight Correspondent A SERIES OF SATELLITE launchers will have their debuts in 1996, but perhaps the most significant will come in April as the European Space Agency's (ESA) Ariane 5 has its maiden demonstration flight. The Ariane 5 will have a second demonstration flight ...
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Defence
Douglas Barrie/Defence Editor EUROPE'S CLUTCH OF NEW-generation fighter-aircraft programmes had less than a vintage year in 1995. Dassault's Rafale and the Eurofighter EF2000 have struggled with both technical and political concerns, while only the Saab Gripen, it seems, had a better year. Dassault starts 1996 ...
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Study shows cost of El Al Sabbath ban
EL AL COULD HAVE MADE a profit of around $50 million in 1995, if the Israeli airline had been allowed to operate seven days a week, including Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. The conclusion comes from a two-month-long study on the airline completed by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) ...
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Airlines
Kevin O'Toole/Business Editor THE WORLD AIRLINE INDUSTRY finally shook off the recession in 1995, to produce what are likely to be the highest profits on record. Barring unforeseen disasters, the industry should continue to forge ahead in 1996. The figures have yet to be collated for ...