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Continental
Ben Baldanza has been promoted to senior vice-president of pricing and route scheduling at Continental Airlines, of Houston, Texas. He was formerly vice-president of pricing and route scheduling, and has also held positions with UPS, Northwest and American Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Gill Airways
UK regional airline Gill Airways, of Newcastle Airport, has appointed a new managerial team to consolidate its recent expansion. Investor-appointed new group chairman Bill Price has appointed general manager Malcolm Hart managing director. Colin Pollard, general manager (commercial), becomes commercial director; chief pilot Walter Casey joins the board; and accountant ...
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British Airways
Jeannie Bevan has been named purchasing director at British Airways, from 1 July. Bevan, now purchasing director at the NatWest Group, succeeds Mervyn Walker, who became director of human resources in January. Source: Flight International
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H+S Aviation
Turbine-engine and propeller repair and overhaul organisation H+S Aviation, of Portsmouth, UK, has appointed Peter Tierney programme manager for Allison 250 business. Tierney, who joins the company from Aviall Caledonian, succeeds David McRobert, who becomes marketing and business-development manager. Janet Bell has joined H+S as human-resources manager. Source: ...
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Kaman
Candace Clark has been promoted to senior vice-president, chief legal officer and secretary at high-technology company Kaman, of Bloomfield, Connecticut. Kenneth Nasshan has been appointed vice-president of public relations. Clark has been vice-president since 1994, while Nasshan was appointed assistant vice- president in 1988. Source: Flight International
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Tectonics
Training-system company Environmental Tectonics, of Southampton, Pennsylvania, has appointed Richard Leland director of its Aero Medical Training Institute. He is a former pilot in the US Air Force and an ex-director of flight-support operations and training. Source: Flight International
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Sermatech
Protective-coatings and component-repairs supplier Sermatech International, of Limerick, Pennsylvania, has named Dr Srinivasan Shankar vice-president of turbine-services marketing. He was formerly business-centre manager at Turbine Components of Branford, Connecticut. Source: Flight International
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In the end, the safe way is to go-around
Sir - It is obvious, after reading the series of letters on non-precision and precision approaches, that a wide variety of pilots reads Flight International. All approaches, whether precision or not, start from an altitude where obstacle clearance is guaranteed and, from there, on descend towards the airfield ...
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Embraer profits
Embraer president Mauricio Botelho has declared that the company's privatisation is working after a much-improved set of first-quarter results. Revenues rose by 41% to $76 million, while losses fell back to $26 million. In the first quarter of 1995 the company had racked up losses of $116 million. The institutions ...
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Rokot stalled
The Russian Khrunichev, German Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) joint venture, Eurorokot, formed to market commercially the former SS-19 military missile, the Rokot, for launches of 1,800kg payloads to low-Earth orbit (LEO), has been delayed for at least a year because of a lack of Russian funds. DASA is also studying the ...
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Air purification
The air-purification system for the Alpha International Space Station has passed a 30-day evaluation test at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama. In a simulation creating conditions during manning by four crew, engineers injected carbon dioxide and water and removed oxygen for a 175m3 (6,200ft3) test module. ...
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Accelerated launch
The Japanese Government has approved the development of an uprated H2 satellite launcher, 18 months earlier than planned. The new booster, with additional strap-on boosters and uprated engines, is due for its first flight in 2000. Source: Flight International
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ITP takes CADDS 5
Spanish engine-manufacturer Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) has placed a $600,000 contract for ComputerVision's CADDS 5 electronic-product-definition software. Bilbao-based ITP will use the software for computer-aided design work on the BMW Rolls-Royce BR715 turbofan under development to power the McDonnell Douglas MD-95. Source: Flight International
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Sea King AFCS
The Smiths Industries Aerospace SN500 helicopter automatic flight control system (AFCS) has received a military certificate of airworthiness for the Mk3A Westland Sea Kings of the Royal Air Force. In the Sea King, the SN500 is integrated with the navigation systems. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon R&D
Raytheon Aircraft has set up a new centralised research-and-development centre to house an integrated-product team working on the follow-on aircraft to the Hawker 1000. The Wichita, Kansas-based centre becomes operational in July. Source: Flight International