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Laker's return may not be welcomed
Sir - I have read of the proposed return of Freddie Laker to UK air space. If he is expecting to be welcomed back as a hero, I assure you this will not be the case. As an ex-employee of Laker, I recall 1982 as a year of ...
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Sino Swearingen
John Mangan and Ronald Neal have joined the new management committee set up by Sino Swearingen Aircraft (SSAC) as senior vice-presidents. Mangan was previously with McDonnell Douglas for 31 years, latterly as acting president of its Pacific and Asia arm. Neal was senior vice-president of operations for Fairchild before his ...
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Aerospatiale
Aerospatiale General Aviation of Grand Prairie, Texas, a subsidiary of Socata, Groupe Aerospatiale, has acquired three new staff for its sales and marketing team. William Johnson, who comes from a similar post with TBM North America, is appointed a director of sales. Douglas Smith, most recently with the ESI (Electrosystems) ...
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Royal Aero Club
Frederick Marsh has been elected chairman of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom. He succeeds Christopher Bellhouse. Marsh is also president of Europe Airsports, the co-ordinating body of all 31 European national aero clubs, with a total membership of 750,000. He was British Air Racing Champion in 1972 ...
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IFR systems
Fred Arnold has been appointed chief operations officer by IFR Systems of Wichita, Kansas, USA. Arnold will have profit and loss responsibility for all IFR product lines, and will also oversee day-to-day operations, including strategic and tactical planning, marketing and new-product development. Source: Flight International
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EVA Air
Y F Chang, founder of Eva Air of Taiwan, has resigned as its chairman to concentrate on his role as chairman of the carrier's parent company, the Evergreen Group. He is succeeded by Shen-Chih Cheng, previously Eva vice-chairman. Frank Hsu moves from president to vice-chairman, and Richard Huang is promoted ...
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Air France
A major sales reorganisation has been announced by Air France in the UK. Gill Craig, formerly manager for leisure sales and distribution, will concentrate solely on automated distribution and pricing. Tristan Nielson joins her as distribution systems co-ordinator. Christiane Dryland will head the leisure sales team, with Claire Leroux and ...
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Hughes
Los Angeles-based Hughes Electronics has named Merrill Spiegel as director of government affairs, telecommunications and space policy. She will be based in the company's Washington office. Before this, she served as special assistant to Reed Hundt, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission. Source: Flight International
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KLM cargo
KLM Cargo, based at Schiphol Airport, in The Netherlands, has promoted Sjaak Hofstra, previously regional director sales for Benelux, the UK and Ireland, to operations and marketing director, Cargo Service Centre Holdings. Monique Gerrits succeeds Hofstra in his former job. She was previously regional director sales covering Sweden, Norway, Finland, ...
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Jet Aviation
Following the acquisition of DHP Aviation, a maintenance fixed-base operator at Seletar Airport in Singapore, Jet Aviation of Zurich has appointed Ruedi Kraft to head the operation. Kraft joined Jet Aviation Zurich as general manager in 1989. Before that he was with Global-Wulfsberg Systems. Source: Flight International
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Lucas
Frank Turner is to stand down as managing director of Lucas Aerospace, after three years of guiding a major restructuring programme in the division. His successor has been named as Ken Maciver, who previously headed the Lucas group's automotive braking division. Source: Flight International
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Ashes to ashes
The US Celestis organisation in Houston, which, in 1985, offered a service to place cremated human remains into space aboard the former Space Services Conestoga booster, has now approached Orbital Sciences with a view to use the Pegasus and Taurus boosters to provide a similar commercial service, starting in 1996. ...
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Failure explained
Orbital Sciences says that the most likely cause of the Pegasus XL launch failure on 22 June is that one of three nozzle guides on the second stage, which help to guide the inter-stage structure off the vehicle during first/second stage separation, was installed improperly. The inter-stage remained on the ...
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Jovian hurdles
The Galileo's six-year voyage to Jupiter is nearly over, but it still has hurdles to overcome. Tim Furniss/London NASA's $1.4 BILLION Galileo interplanetary spacecraft ploughed through the most intense dust storm ever measured as it homed in on the planet Jupiter, aiming for a ...
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Ukraine International on course to make first profit
Forbes Mutch/KIEV UKRAINE International Airlines (UIA) believes that it is on course to post its first profit since starting trading at the end of 1992. The carrier also says that it is looking for investment from an airline partner. UIA deputy president Dick Creagh estimates that ...
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Expansion piece by peace
As peace settles in Lebanon, British Mediterranean Airways continues to carve out a niche service to Beirut - and beyond. Alan George/LONDON BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN Airways (BMA) managing director Des Hetherington sums up his airline's underlying philosophy by saying: "If it is better than our opposition and ...
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Repairing the damage
Despite having its fleet scattered or destroyed during the Gulf War, Kuwait Airways has resumed successful operations. Alan George/LONDON AS KUWAIT AIRWAYS continues to expand its route network with new services to Chicago, Copenhagen and Malaga, using new Airbus Industrie and Boeing aircraft, it is hard ...
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Orenda aims at King Air re-engineing
THE FIRST FLIGHT of two aircraft types re-fitted with Orenda 600 piston engines made by Hawker Siddeley Canada will take place by the end of 1995, says Orenda. Orenda plans to deliver two development engines in November to Merlin Products, which will be working on a Beech King ...
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Bell/Allison team tests helicopter safety devices
BELL HELICOPTER and Allison Engine have started flight-tests on an AlliedSignal device which reduces rotor droop in helicopters. Rotor droop is similar to power hesitation in a car, which can occur after the accelerator is quickly depressed. It occurs when the available torque of a helicopter's rotor blades ...
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Ogling profits, not design
Sir - Good luck to Ogle Design ("Visions of splendour", Flight International, 13-19 September, P33). Whatever success it may achieve is likely to be pretty evanescent, given the greed of airlines and the penny-pinching attitude of so many passengers. Who can forget the fanfare which accompanied ...