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GB Airways
GB Airways, a British Airways franchise operator, has promoted Anne Davies to deputy cabin services manager for the airline. For the last five years she has been a cabin service co-ordinator. Source: Flight International
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BFGoodrich
Maureen Cultra has been named BFGoodrich Aerospace Avionics Systems' new sales administrator for the Grand Rapids, Michigan company's Business and General Aviation Sales Group. Cultra is a flight instructor with more than 800h flying time. Source: Flight International
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Sepcarb success
Lufthansa has selected Messier-Bugatti's new-generation Sepcarb III carbon brakes for its recently ordered fleet of 20 Airbus A319s, plus 20 options. The German flag carrier is also considering replacing the early-generation carbon brakes fitted to its A320s, and the steel brakes on its A321s with Sepcarb IIIs. ...
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European deal for Pemco
Pemco World Air Service's Copenhagen, Denmark, base has won a two-year contract to provide technical support, including component maintenance, for Brussels-based European Air Transport's fleet of Boeing 727-100/200 freighters. Source: Flight International
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Delta repairs PW4060s
Delta Air Lines has signed a contract, potentially worth $10-15 million, to repair up to 15 Pratt & Whitney PW4060 turbofans for Sweden's Volvo Aero Engine Services. The PW4060 powers extended-range Boeing 767s. The engines will be air-freighted to Atlanta, Georgia, for repair. Source: Flight International
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Basel hangar expansion
Jet Aviation Basel will complete expansion of its hangar space early in September, enabling the maintenance centre to accommodate one Airbus A340, Boeing 747-400 or McDonnell Douglas MD-11, or two Boeing 727s side-by-side. Source: Flight International
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ESA Soyuz mission
European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter will be launched on a 135-day spaceflight aboard the Soyuz TM22 on 3 September (Flight International, 14-20 September, 1994). He will work aboard the Russian Mir space station with Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Avdeyev, replacing Anatoli Solovyov and Nikolai Budarin, who were delivered to ...
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Eumestat contract
Eumetsat, the European meteorological satellite organisation, has signed a $200 million contract with Arianespace for the launch of three Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites aboard Ariane 5 boosters in 2000, 2002 and 2006. Source: Flight International
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GSLV milestone
A major milestone has been achieved in India's Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle programme with the successful 200s test of the liquid-fuel engine for the first-stage strap-on boosters. Source: Flight International
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Delta failure
The failure of one of nine solid-rocket boosters to separate from a McDonnell Douglas Delta 2 first stage after launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 5 August caused the placement of the Koreasat 1 communications satellite into a lower-than-planned geostationary transfer orbit. Source: Flight International
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Jayhawk first
US Navy pilots have begun training on the US Air Force's Raytheon T-1A Jayhawk multi-engine trainers. The joint airlift/tank/maritime training aircraft is a forerunner to joint primary training, which will begin once the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) enters service. The Raytheon Beech MkII has been selected as the ...
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V-22 progress
Bell Helicopter Textron has completed the nacelles for the first production-representative V-22 tilt-rotor. They will be mated to the Bell-manufactured wing in October. Bell and Boeing Helicopters are building four V-22s under the engineering and manufacturing development programme, the first of which will be flown in late 1996 Source: ...
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B-52 attempt
A US Air Force Boeing B-52H from the 96th Bomb Squadron was being used in an attempt to break the world speed record for flying 10,000km (5,400nm) unrefuelled, with a payload of 5,000kg, as Flight International went to press. On 25 August it was flown from Edwards AFB, California, to ...
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Valujet expands fleet
ValuJet Airlines is to buy three more McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s, taking its fleet to 38 by the end of 1995. One ex-Delta Air Lines aircraft was delivered in August and two ex-Express One International aircraft will be delivered in October and November. Source: Flight International
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Canadian returns aircraft
Canadian Airlines International is to return three leased aircraft at the end of October following a review of its route network and narrowbody fleet requirements. Canadian will also discontinue selected services in northern Canada, turning some over to Canadian Regional and Calm Air. Source: Flight International
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Europe visits China
A joint delegation consisting of most of Europe's major aircraft manufacturers is leaving for China at the end of August with an offer of participation in Sino-Korean plans for a 100- to 120-seat regional jet (Flight International 16-22 August, p8). British Aerospace, Daimler-Benz Aerospace, Fokker, Aerospatiale, Alenia and CASA have ...
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Nashville tunes up
Nashville Air has applied for certification from the US Department of Transportation, and plans to begin Boeing 737 services from Nashville, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Detroit, New York and Orlando by the end of 1995. The airline is still attmepting to raise the $20 million necessary to begin flight operations. ...
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Shannon breakthrough
Lauda Air has signed a one-year agreement with Shannon Aerospace for the maintenance of the Austrian carrier's fleet of Boeing 767s and 737s. Lauda's initial 767 will be input in October, and will be the first of the type to be worked on by the Irish overhaul concern. ...