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De Havilland
DE HAVILLAND A fund established to create a permanent memorial to Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (1882-1965) is to sponsor post-graduate studies in aerospace engineering at the University of Hertfordshire at Hatfield, and erect a statue of him in the grounds of the university. The university is built on ...
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Air London
Ian McQuade is appointed to the newly created position of manager for IT sales in the commercial-aircraft division of UK charter broker Air London International, of Crawley, Sussex. He has previously worked for Monarch Airlines and, more recently, Excalibur Airways. David Macdonald becomes senior analyst at the executive-aircraft division. He ...
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Executive wings
Andrew Mearns has been named marketing and sales director of engine-upgrade company Executive Wings, of Lakeland, Florida. He was formerly director of marketing for Washington DC-based corporate-jet broker Universal Jet Trading. Source: Flight International
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GTE
William Peltola has been appointed to the new position of European operations manager of Airfone, Stamford, Connecticut-based GTE's airline-passenger communications system. Peltola, who will be based in London, was most recently senior marketing manager for GEC Marconi Flight Systems, also in London. Source: Flight International
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Cessna
Cessna Aircraft has made seven new appointments in its Single-Engine Sales and Marketing group. Domestic sales team leaders, are Doug Beary, formerly director of original-equipment-manufacturer sales for Deltec Electronics, who will cover the eastern division; Bret Chilcott, who will cover the western division (including western Canada) and who formerly owned ...
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Learjet
Bombardier subsidiary-business-aircraft manufacturer Learjet has named Rolland ("Rollie") Vincent director of public relations and strategic planning. He was formerly director of international marketing for Bombardier Regional Aircraft division in Toronto. Nita Scrivner has been named director of marketing communications. She was most recently Learjet manager of public relations. ...
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Plane handling
Tom Knight has become deputy general manager at Plane Handling, of Feltham Middlesex. Knight formerly projects manager responsible for new projects, properties and insurance matters, has also worked for Dutch carrier KLM. Source: Flight International
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Vanguard
US regional and domestic carrier Vanguard Airlines, of Kansas City, Missouri, has appointed William Garrett vice-president for finance and chief financial officer. He replaces Fred deLeeuw. Garrett was formerly senior manager at Ernst & Young LLP. Brian Gillman joins Vanguard as vice-president and general counsel, from law company Stinson, Mag ...
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Catching the international spacebus
Aerospatiale's Spacebus has broadened its horizons outside Europe. Tim Furniss/LONDON AEROSPATIALE'S FIRST Spacebus 3000 satellite, the Arabsat 2A, was launched on 9 July. Although the 3000 made a big impact on the international market in 1995, its progress came to an abrupt halt in 1996, partly ...
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Skyhigh healthcare
Airlines are finally considering fitting telemedicine equipment. Patrick Hook/LONDON DESPITE THE HUGE costs involved every time a scheduled service is diverted from its route to off-load a sick passenger, airlines have always demonstrated a reluctance to fit their aircraft with telemedicine equipment which might improve ...
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Rush to hush
Different approaches to hushkits exist in Europe and the USA. Andrew Doyle/LONDON HUSHKIT SALES are booming, but the US domestic market is eclipsing that of Europe, highlighting the radically different approaches being taken by the airlines and airports of the two regions. The major passenger ...
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MDC
Stuart Thomson has been named vice-president of business development at McDonnell Douglas' (MDC) Military Transport Aircraft unit at Long Beach, California. Thomson formerly director of business development for the C-17 programme replaces Gary Mears who has resigned. Source: Flight International
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Ageing-airliner census 1996
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THIS YEAR's Flight International census of ageing airliners shows a growth of 6% (to some 8,200) in the number of jet-powered and turboprop aircraft more than 15 years old in active service at 1 January, 1996. The number of jet-airliners in existence, which ...
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Fleet wins wing deal
CANADA'S FLEET Aerospace has won an initial C$40 million ($55million) contract from Hyundai Space and Aircraft to supply wing components for the McDonnell Douglas MD-95. Deliveries will begin in 1997. South Korea's Hyundai is developing the wing for the 100-seat MD-95 as a risk-sharing partner. Toronto-based Fleet will ...
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Boeing chooses Concentra ICAD
BOEING HAS SELECTED Concentra's ICAD knowledge-based software to automate the design of electrical wire-harnesses for its commercial aircraft. The system will be used to help reduce installation time for aircraft wiring harnesses. Burlington, Massachusetts-based Concentra plans to complete development of the Boeing electric-configuration system by the end of ...
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ILS opens free-access stolen-parts database
INVENTORY LOCATOR Service (ILS) is to provide free access, via the Internet, to its database of stolen aircraft-parts. Previously, the database was available only to customers using the company's "electronic marketplace" to buy and sell aircraft parts. ILS created the database after a 1989 industry conference estimated that ...
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Longer-lasting light hydraulic fluid is set to shave fuel bills
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A FIRE-RESISTANT hydraulic fluid able to operate for longer at higher temperatures will be available early in 1997. US petrochemical group Monsanto says that it is now commercialising its Skydrol 5 fluid after successful in-service tests. McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has already approved the fluid ...
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TRW completes tests on Milstar anti-jam antenna
TRW HAS COMPLETED tests on an anti-jam antenna for use on Lockheed Martin Milstar II ultra-secure communications satellites being built for the US Department of Defense. The space-borne nulling antenna, claimed to be the first system able to detect and defeat enemy jammers in real time, changes its ...
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Cessna starts to build Model 172 Skyhawks
Graham Warwick/INDEPENDENCE CESSNA HAS BEGUN assembly of the first Model 172 Skyhawks at its new piston-aircraft plant at Independence, Kansas. Six aircraft are already in assembly, and the first will be completed by mid-November. The first aircraft will undergo US Federal Aviation Administration flight-testing in December ...