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Stripping for the RAF
UK surface finishing specialist AST Group has won a contract to supply the Royal Air Force with plastic stripping media for paint removal on airframes and aircraft components. AST, the UK distribution agent for abrasives manufacturer Solid-strip of the USA, will supply aerospace grade Type V acrylic media in two ...
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World maintenance
Pratt & Whitney has won a ten-year contract from World Airways, covering maintenance of the PW4462 engines which power the US carrier's fleet of seven McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. P&W will perform the work at its overhaul centre in Cheshire, Connecticut. Source: Flight International
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Aeroplex approval
Aeroplex of Central Europe Aircraft Technology Center (ACE) has won JAR 145 approval from Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). Budapest based Aeroplex, a maintenance joint venture between Malev Hungarian Airlines and Lockheed Martin Aircraft Service (LMAS) of the USA. Source: Flight International
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Airfinance
John Culkin has become vice-president of marketing for Luxembourg-based CLPK Airfinance at its New York office. Ulf Lijenberg becomes vice-president of marketing at Luxembourg. He was formerly vice-president for flight operations and technical at Transwede Airlines. Anders Hebrand also vice-president of marketing, moves from Luxembourg to New York. Paul Meijers, ...
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Dexter
Lyndon Smith has been appointed vice-president and general manager of aerospace coatings at speciality-materials manufacturer Dexter Aerospace, of Pittsburg, California. He was formerly director of operations at Valspar of Garland, Texas. Lawrence McClure is named vice-president for human resources at Dexter Corporation. He was previously vice-president of organisation capability at ...
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Safety-resource management
David Learmount/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AS MILITARY BUDGETS shrink and resources become more scarce, there are signs, that military aviation flight safety leaders, are taking up ideas developed by the civil air transport community. In one of the most significant of these ...
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GEC-Marconi, Honeywell to develop pilot-cueing system
GEC-MARCONI AND Honeywell Military Avionics are teaming to develop a fully integrated "look-and-shoot" helmet-mounted cueing system. Honeywell says that the system will be shown on Lockheed Martin's two-seat F-16 demonstrator in 1996. The flight demonstrations are designed to show how the system will allow "rapid target acquisition and ...
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FAA nears decision on lifting ban on over-60s
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration will decide before the end of the year whether to lift the 36-year-old ban which prohibits captains and first officers over the age of 60 from flying large commercial aircraft. As it now stands, FAR Part 135 ...
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Philippines plans small utility aircraft
PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE Development (PADC) has received an initial allocation of 50 million pesos ($2 million) of Government finance for the development of a small utility transport, says Jesus Garcia, the Secretary of Transportation and Communications. Detailed engineering studies are under way, with design to be finalised during 1996. Construction could ...
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1994 World military aircraft incidents
Compiled by David Learmount/LONDON Flight International's annual listing of military aircraft accidents and incidents is as complete as possible, but it inevitably reflects varying national attitudes to the release of information on military subjects. Some countries release no information at all, others a great deal. The list, therefore, ...
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UK controller is blamed for MD-83/F28 near-airmiss
THE INVESTIGATION into a UK controlled-airspace "airmiss" has declared that a descending Airtours McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and a climbing TAT Fokker F28 on reciprocal headings came within less than 200ft (60m) of each other vertically, with no lateral separation. The MD-83 crew was forced to manoeuvre the aircraft violently in ...
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American Blimp plans new non-rigid airship
AMERICAN BLIMP (AB) is developing a nine-seat non-rigid airship for sightseeing and aerial-advertising operations. The first flight of the A-130 Lightship is due in August 1996, with certification planned for late that year. The Lightship Group, a partnership between AB and Virgin Lightship, has ordered an A-130. Hillsboro, ...
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US regionals rebound
A first-half review finds the USA's regional and national carriers in improving health. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE MAJOR CARRIERS are not the only ones beginning to benefit from an upturn in the US airline market. With traffic growing relatively robustly and yields at last drifting upwards, the second ...
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Growth predicted in European IFR operations
THE EUROPEAN air-navigation safety organisation Eurocontrol has predicted an average annual growth rate of 4.5% in instrument-flight-rules (IFR) operations up to 2001. This represents about 6.9 million additional IFR flights over this period in the area covered by Eurocontrol in 1994. This is calculated from growth rates for ...
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Independence days
Since the break-up of Aeroflot, the number of independent airlines in the CIS has grown to around 500. Paul Duffy/MOSCOW THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY in the former Soviet Union has seen some remarkable changes in the past four years. From a supposedly single airline, Aeroflot in ...
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R-R signs China deal
Rolls-Royce and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) have signed an initial joint-venture agreement under which Xian Aero Engines (XAE) will produce blades and vanes for R-R's RB.211-535 turbofan. The agreement is an extension of XAE's programme to produce nozzle guide vanes for the Tay. Source: Flight International
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Skyways code-share
Utah-based regional SkyWest Airlines, has signed a code-share agreement with Continental Airlines. SkyWest says that its agreement will not affect its status as a Delta Connection carrier. The airline's 115 daily departures from Los Angeles will carry Continental and Delta codes. Source: Flight International
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John Wayne prepares for shoot-out
OFFICIALS PROPOSING the sale of John Wayne Airport, Orange County, says that Federal laws and the site's complex ownership could make a successful sale "almost impossible." The Californian airport, well known for its tight noise restrictions, was offered for sale earlier this year after its local authority owner ...