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AlliedSignal
AlliedSignal, of Township, New Jersey, has appointed Paul Wong chairman for Greater China. Wong, who succeeds Brent Lok, was formerly vice-president and general manager for China and Hong Kong at National Semiconductor. Lok becomes vice-president of AlliedSignal's materials management for Asia. Source: Flight International
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Hall of fame
Harry Combs, a pilot since 1928, founder of AMR Combs and responsible for the turnaround of Gates Learjet in the 1970s and 1980s has been officially enshrined in the US National Aviation Hall of Fame and presented with a gold medal for honour and achievement by its president, Dennis Corbly. ...
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MDC
Gale Schluter has been appointed vice-president and general manager of St Louis, Missouri-based McDonnell Douglas' (MDC) space and defence-systems operation, replacing Bill Olson, who is to retire. Schluter was formerly vice-president and general manager of the unit's space-transportation business. Source: ...
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Aviall
Margaret Bouline has been appointed director of information services at aviation-parts distributor Aviall, of Dallas, Texas. Before joining Aviall in October 1995 as manager of information services, Bouline held management and programming positions at Sunbelt Nursery Group, Zale, Fidelity Investments and US Sprint. Source: Flight International
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AlliedSignal
AlliedSignal, of Township, New Jersey, has appointed Paul Wong chairman for Greater China. Wong, who succeeds Brent Lok, was formerly vice-president and general manager for China and Hong Kong at National Semiconductor. Lok becomes vice-president of AlliedSignal's materials management for Asia. Source: Flight International
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Hall of fame
Harry Combs, a pilot since 1928, founder of AMR Combs and responsible for the turnaround of Gates Learjet in the 1970s and 1980s has been officially enshrined in the US National Aviation Hall of Fame and presented with a gold medal for honour and achievement by its president, Dennis Corbly. ...
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MDC
Gale Schluter has been appointed vice-president and general manager of St Louis, Missouri-based McDonnell Douglas' (MDC) space and defence-systems operation, replacing Bill Olson, who is to retire. Schluter was formerly vice-president and general manager of the unit's space-transportation business. Source: Flight International
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Aviall
Margaret Bouline has been appointed director of information services at aviation-parts distributor Aviall, of Dallas, Texas. Before joining Aviall in October 1995 as manager of information services, Bouline held management and programming positions at Sunbelt Nursery Group, Zale, Fidelity Investments and US Sprint. ...
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Air India terminates Caribjet wet leases
AIR INDIA HAS terminated its wet-lease contract with Belgium-based Caribjet, which has been flying Airbus A310-300s and Lockheed TriStar 500s on behalf of Air India on certain services. The airline signed a two-year agreement with Caribjet in 1995, which had been scheduled to run to December 1997. ...
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High-profile Hercules
A multi-national C-130 squadron has been supporting NATO in Bosnia for almost a year. Tim Ripley/RIMINI NORWEGIAN AIR FORCE Col Lasse Hobber, commander of NATO's multi-national Lockheed-Martin C-130 Hercules squadron in Bosnia, says: "When our capability became known around the theatre, we started to be asked ...
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Safety circles
Immovable human-factors obstacles are a major concern in helicopter safety. David Learmount/LONDON THE LIST OF HELICOPTER accidents which, occurred in 1995 (see P43) contains 209 accidents, compared with 272 for the previous year (Flight International, 20-26 September, 1995, P36). As promising as this may sound, ...
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Chinese airports continue to grow
CHINESE AIRPORTS handled close to 100 million passengers in 1995, a growth of more than 27% over the previous year. With air travel continuing to boom since the liberalising of the aviation market over the past five years, China's leading international hubs may soon join the Airports Council ...
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Digital-flight-control F-14 due for sea trials
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES SEA TRIALS of the first US Navy Northrop Grumman F-14 equipped with a digital flight-control system (DFCS) are due to begin at the end of this month. The sea-trial phase is the last major test of the DFCS, which is expected to ...
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Piper with attitude
New Piper Aircraft has appointed Attitudes International as its exclusive supplier of flight training. Based at Vero Beach, Florida, alongside Piper, Attitudes will provide pilot and maintenance training on the PA-32 Cherokee/Saratoga, PA-34 Seneca and PA-46 Source: Flight International
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MDC doubts high-capacity need
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) forecasts that the market for the next generation of high-capacity airliners will stand at only 546 deliveries up to 2014. The forecast, contained in MDC's latest outlook for the world's commercial jet-airliner fleet through to 2014, adds to the spat ...
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Pemco will convert UPS 727 freighters for passenger charters
United Parcel Service (UPS) has awarded Pemco World Air Services a contract to convert five Boeing 727-100QF freighters to quick-change configuration for its planned weekend passenger-charter service. Pemco will design and certificate the conversion, and modify the aircraft at its Dothan, Alabama, maintenance centre. The work ...
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US Congress increases C-130J purchase
ORDERS FOR 13 C-130J Hercules 2s from the US services are expected by Lockheed Martin following Congressional approval of the fiscal year 1997 defence budget. The Congress also added 12 aircraft to the Department of Defense's request for just one next-generation Hercules. While budget adjustments could affect the ...
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Philippines considers USAF offer
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE US AIR FORCE has offered the Philippine air force a range of different packages based around the Lockheed Martin F-16, to meet its requirement for a replacement multi-role fighter aircraft. Philippine defence sources say that the air force is considering three separate F-16 ...