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CalQuest orders
Ontario-based CAL has received its first orders for CALQuest satellite-telephone systems to be installed in business jets from September, with access to American Mobile Satellite's Skycell service. Source: Flight International
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Rome Airport sale
Alitalia has officially signed a deal to sell its 56% stake in Aeropoti di Roma to Corifi, a financial operation also within the IRI state holding company. The loss making Italian airline will receive a badly needed L452 billion ($275 million) for its stake. Corifi has set up a new ...
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Aviall
Engine overhaul company Aviall Dallas Engine Services, of Dallas Texas, has appointed Stephen Ratcliffe general manager for the CFM International CFM56 and International Aero Engines V2500 He was formerly director of Continental Airlines' international power plant operations. Source: Flight International
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Sony Trans
In-flight entertainment-systems supplier, Sony Trans Com, of Irvine, California, has promoted Walter Crawford to director of marketing. He was formerly director of product and programme management. Source: Flight International
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Avatar
Avatar Alliance, of Stratford, Connecticut, a seven-member Aircraft parts re-marketing venture, has appointed Michael Moore vice-president of marketing, sales and service. Rawleigh Tremain becomes vice-president of Atlanta operations; and Frederic Smith is named vice-president of human resources. They will be based at the Atlanta, Georgia, operations centre. Moore was previously ...
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British Airways
Jill Manaton has been appointed area marketing manager for the Far East at UK national carrier British Airways. She was formerly senior manager master brand, responsible for advertising sponsorship and media worldwide. Source: Flight International
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Downtown
Maintenance Company Downtown Airpark, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has named Adriano Davila director of international sales. Over the past 14 years, following US Air Force service, Davila has been a pilot and technician instructor at both Colorado Aerotech and FlightSafety International. Greg Groves has become interior department manager, replacing Ed ...
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TMI Finance
Louis "Skip" Scipioni, has been appointed chief executive of TMI Aircraft Finance, an Austin, Texas based company, which provides financial support for the aerospace industry. Scipioni was most recently director of Model 250 marketing and sales at Allison Engine's Rolls-Royce Aerospace division. Source: Flight International
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AlliedSignal
Technology manufacturing company AlliedSignal Aerospace, of Torrance, California, has appointed Robert Choulet senior vice-president of business strategy. His former position of President of AlliedSignal Engines, based in Phoenix, Arizona, will be filled by James Robinson, who was vice-president of regional and business-aviation propulsion. Source: Flight International
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Smiths
Avionics supplier Smiths Industries Aerospace, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has named Jim Wasson director of technology marketing of Defense Systems North America. He was previously senior programme and business-development manager at McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems in Mesa, Arizona. Source: Flight International
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USAir
Robert Oaks is named senior vice-president for operations, at USAir of Arlington Virginia, replacing Gene Sharp, who is to retire. Oaks, formerly vice-president of corporate safety and regulatory compliance, will be succeeded by retired US Air Force Lt. Gen. Malcolm Armstrong. Source: Flight International
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Jet Aviation
Business aviation service company, Jet Aviation, has appointed Walter Berchthold vice-president for aircraft maintenance, at its West Palm Beach Florida headquarters. He was formerly maintenance planning manager at Jet Aviation, Geneva, Switzerland. Source: Flight International
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Former GPA executives back Pembroke Capital
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A GROUP OF former GPA executives, including part of the team which ran the Irish leasing company's innovative aircraft financing arm in Dublin, are behind the setting up of Pembroke Capital, a new independent financial-services operation. Pembroke was initially established by three senior ...
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Fire-proof seals for EMB-145
A SPECIAL fire-proof radio frequency interference (RFI) shielding seal to help protect the engine nacelles of the new Embraer EMB-145 regional jet against lightning strikes has been developed by Dunlop Precision Rubber of Shepshed, UK. The seal is a "J-section" design and fits around the cowl doors. The ...
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Bright idea excludes unwanted daylight
INTEGRATED PHOTOMATRIX (IPL) HAS DEVELOPED a system designed to make liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in cockpit panels and head-up displays (HUD) easier to read. The Dorchester, UK-based company's 10530-AAE detector monitors incident daylight and specifically excludes any near infra-red radiation, ensuring that the illumination of the LCD is instantly adjusted ...
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Spar markets 'virtual-reality' ADAAPS safety-analysis system
David Learmount/ LONDON SPAR AEROSPACE is to market the "virtual-reality" safety-incident analysis system developed by Canada's National Research Council (NRC). The Canadian Company says that almost all the major North American carriers are showing significant interest (Flight International, 5-11 July). Spar Applied Systems is to ...