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USA poses liability dilemma
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON US INSISTENCE THAT its citizens have the right to claim unlimited compensation on any international flight, has again emerged as the major stumbling block, in efforts to agree new world limits on passenger-liability limits. An outline agreement on updating the Warsaw Convention limits ...
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Women general-aviation pilots are 'safer than men'
IT IS OFFICIAL: women pilots are safer then men. Initial results from a survey by the UK Civil Aviation Authority's General Aviation Safety Department (GASD) reveals that male general-aviation pilots in the UK are more than four times as likely to have a fatal accident as their female counterparts. ...
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MDC to pick JAST lift engine
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE McDONNELL Douglas (MDC)-led Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) team will decide by the end of this month on a lift-fan-engine supplier for its design after dropping the alternative gas-coupled lift fan in favour of a "more affordable" lift-plus-lift-cruise concept. The late ...
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Grob 115 lifespan is 60,000h-plus
Sir - In your flight test of the PZL Koliber (Flight International, 7-13 June, P111), you say that, "difficulties arose because no training aircraft had been certificated in years". The Grob G115C and D have not only had full US Federal Aviation Regulations Part 23 certification since 1993, but have ...
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Westinghouse
Kent Hutchinson has been named president of Westinghouse Norden Systems, of Norwalk, Connecticut. He succeeds Jack Wohler, who has become executive vice-president technical of United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney, of East Hartford, Connecticut. Hutchinson was previously vice-president for programme management at Northrop Defense Systems, overseeing electronic-countermeasures programmes for the B-1, ...
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Intensive Autoclave
We have been asked to point out that Aerovac's new autoclave (Flight International, 28 June-4 July) is used to make intensifiers for the manufacture of advanced composites, and not to manufacture advanced composites, as we stated. Source: Flight International
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Survival techniques
The past few years have been tough, but fixed-base operators in the USA are optimistic about the future. Karen Walker/ATLANTA SOMETHING OF A revolution is happening in the fixed-base operator (FBO) industry, the highway-service system of general aviation (GA) in North America. Across the USA, ...
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Sokol flight-tests export Foxhound
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW AN EXPORT VARIANT OF the Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound heavy fighter, dubbed the MiG-31E, is undergoing flight trials, according to Vladimir Pomolov, general manager of Russia's Sokol plant, which builds the aircraft. Confirming that the export version is being flight-tested, Pomolov ...
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New Latvian flag carrier appointed
Gunter Endres/LONDON THE LATVIAN Government has approved the Baltic International USA (BIUSA)/ Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) proposal for the establishment of a partially privatised airline to take over the operations of Baltic International Airlines (BIA) and the loss-making state-owned carrier Latavio Latvian Airlines. The new ...
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Hungary forced to ground MiG-29As
THE HUNGARIAN air force has been forced to ground its Mikoyan MiG-29A Fulcrum fighter aircraft following the discovery of a design fault which was leading to foreign-object damage (FOD). Initial problems with the aircraft began to emerge shortly after the first Hungarian unit of Fulcrums was declared operational ...
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Weight-lifter
Peter Gray/KUSSNACHT, SWITZERLAND KAMAN AEROSPACE HAS handed over the first K-MAX external-lift helicopter to be delivered to a European customer. The delivery, to Helog of Switzerland, provided an opportunity for a closer look at an unusual aircraft with a growing international presence. The K-MAX is in service ...
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FBOs in the UK and Europe remain gloomy about a full market recovery.
Chris Yates/MANCHESTER FOR THE MOST PART, fixed-based operators (FBOs) have been hit hard in the UK. Here, a combination of significantly deeper recession, shutdown of company aviation departments, pressure of business-aircraft slots at major airports and restricted access, or outright closure, at smaller fields has hurt the industry ...
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Israel and Turkey near completion of Phantom talks
ISRAEL AND TURKEY are in the final stages of negotiations covering the $580 million upgrade of 54 Turkish air force McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantoms. The conclusion of the deal had been hampered by a downturn in the Turkish economy and by prolonged discussions over the amount of upgrade ...
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UK charters challenge leases "danger"
A GROUP OF LEADING UK charter airlines is campaigning for a tougher line on Eastern-European medium-term wet-lease or charter operations, claiming differences in safety regulatory standards and declaring that the commercial playing field is not level. The move was sparked when tour operator Independent Aviation recently chartered ...
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Singapore Super Pumas get HUMS
The Singapore Air Force is retrofitting its fleet of Eurocopter Super Puma 1 helicopters with a health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) package, supplied by Eurocopter. Called EuroHUMS 1, the system monitors dynamic systems and analyses performance data to allow diagnostic action. It consists of a data-acquisition unit, ...
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Mitsubishi
Nobuyuki Masuda has been named president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Tokyo, Japan. Former president Kentaro Aikawa becomes chairman, succeeding Yotaro Iida, who is named senior corporate advisor. Masuda was most recently executive vice-president and general manager of Mitsubishi Machinery headquarters. Source: Flight International
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GE
David Wang has been appointed national executive in Malaysia for US engine manufacturer General Electric, of Fairfield, Connecticut. He succeeds Stephen Brandon, who is leaving the company. Wang, who joined GE in 1980 and will now be based in Kuala Lumpur, was founding president of GE Hangwei Medical Systems in ...
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Duncan
Dan Buzz has been promoted to design-centre manager for fixed-base operator Duncan Aviation, of Lincoln, Nebraska. He was formerly a technician with JET Electronics and Technology in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and, before that, was an avionics technician with Hughes Aviation in Las Vegas, Nevada. Craig Kingery is named systems designer. ...
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Nashville Air
David Banmiller has become president and chief executive of US carrier Nashville Air, of Nashville, Tennessee. Founding president Charles Caudle becomes chairman. Banmiller, now president of international aviation and environmental consultancy The Falcon Group, has also served with Trans World Airlines, AirCal and American Airlines. Source: Flight International