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AAR
Service company AAR Allen Group International, has appointed William Bailey, vice-president for operations. He was most recently general manager for engine-services business at General Electric's aircraft-engine business group in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jim Clark is named general manager of AAR's Netherlands aircraft-components maintenance centre. Source: Flight International
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OSC
Space-technology company, Orbital Sciences (OSC) of Dulles Virginia, has named Dr Michael Griffin, senior vice-president and chief technology officer and president, of its American Space Lines joint venture with Rockwell International. He was most recently senior vice-president for programme development at Space Industries International. Source: Flight International
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Rolls-Royce
Richard Turner becomes chairman and John Sandford president and chief executive of newly established Rolls-Royce North America, which includes Rolls-Royce Inc, Allison Engine, Peebles Electric, Syncrolift, Rolls-Royce Credit and Rolls-Royce Capital. Source: Flight International
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BMW R-R
Former Rolls-Royce Tay project director Richard Smallwood has been appointed to the management board of German-based engine manufacturer BMW Rolls-Royce from 1 August. A production-engineering graduate with a master's degree in business studies, Smallwood has been working in the commercial field at R-R since 1986. He joins the Oberursel based ...
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Airmotive
Christopher Andrews has been appointed vice-president of quality assurance and engineering, at engine over-haul company, Dallas Airmotive of Dallas, Texas. Andrews is a member of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association. Michael McClain is named director of new-business development. Source: Flight International
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Thai turbulence
Some 50 passengers and crew on a Thai Airways International flight approaching Hong Kong suffered head and spinal injuries when one of the airline's MD-11s encountered severe turbulence at 14,750ft (4,600m). Turbulence also rocked a Cathay Pacific Lockheed TriStar. A woman broke her leg. Source: Flight ...
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Austrian looks east
Austrian Airlines chief Herbert Bammer has indicated that the airline is seeking a partner in Southeast Asia to strengthen its presence in the region. Negotiations are under way, with Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airlines, on fashioning a marketing alliance, including code sharing with an agreement expected to be reached by ...
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Lauda Air lease
Lauda Air is leasing a Boeing 767-300ER from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services for delivery on 22 August. The new aircraft will join four other 767-300ERs in Lauda Air's fleet and will be flown mainly on its Australian routes from Vienna to Sydney and Melbourne. Source: Flight International
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Mutacts on the horizon
Horizon Technology has released details of Mutacts (memory-unit tactical aircrew training system) which it is developing for the Swiss and Finnish air forces' McDonnell Douglas F-18s. The system accurately reconstructs complex training sorties for later digital playback using computer graphics and simulation. Synchronised displays of mission data and aircraft videos ...
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HAL in MD-95 talks
McDonnell Douglas is in "advanced" talks with Hindustan Aeronautics of India over the supply of tail-section assemblies for the proposed MD-95.Transbrazil stake Source: Flight International
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SAS raises MD-90 order
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) has increased its firm orders for McDonnell Douglas MD-90s by two aircraft, to take its tally to eight. SAS is scheduled to take delivery of its first six aircraft in the second half of 1996. MDC has delivered eight MD-90s to Delta Airlines and, excluding the ...
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A growing hazard
A new report on space debris says that it is a growing hazard, which needs urgent attention. Tim Furniss/LONDON A NASA-FUNDED report by the National Research Council (NRC) says that the hazard to spacecraft posed by artificial debris in orbit, although still low, is growing ...
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K-MAX selected for US Navy demo
KAMAN AEROSPACE WILL demonstrate the K-MAX commercial external-lift helicopter's ability to resupply US Navy warships under a $690,000 contract awarded by the Military Sealift Command. The 60-day demonstration, to be conducted from 29 August until 27 October, will test the feasibility of using commercially operated helicopters for vertical replenishment ("vertrep") ...
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Nuts over Lida
Brazil's Lider Taxi Aero has been appointed Raytheon Aircraft's first consolidated Beech and Hawker service centre. Lider's Sao Paulo centre will service all Beech and Hawker aircraft while its Belo Horizonte centre will service the Beech King Air family. Source: Flight International
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New uses planned for F-22 CIP
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HUGHES AIRCRAFT, Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force are studying new applications for the common integrated processor (CIP), developed for the F-22 fighter. These include proposed variants of the F-22, several upgrade programmes and the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) aircraft project. ...
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DoD re-assures helicopter makers
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has concluded that there is sufficient business to ensure a future for the four main US military helicopter manufacturers, although industry consolidation remains a possibility. The Pentagon recognises the problems of declining US military procurement, over-capacity and strong foreign competition, but argues ...
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Air Engiadina orders extra Dornier 328
SWISS REGIONAL CARRIER AIR ENGIADINA has ordered a fourth Dornier 328 turboprop and taken an option on a fifth aircraft. The aircraft is to be delivered in the next few weeks, adding to the airline's fleet of three 328s. Air Engiadina was the launch customer for the type in October ...
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Shannon
Wolfgang Gohde has been appointed chief executive of Shannon Aerospace of Ireland. He replaces Dr Herbert Groeger, who has completed his five-year secondment to Shannon and returns to German national carrier Lufthansa. Gohde, who is also seconded from Lufthansa, was formerly senior advisor to the Lufthansa Technik chairman. ...
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The Emperor's new clothes
Are future combat aircraft being priced out of the market? Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE NEXT GENERATION OF combat aircraft is now in the process of being developed, but the costs of such projects are becoming so astronomical that the limited numbers procured will leave their operating air forces effectively ...