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NBAA
William Wagner of Townsend Engineering has been named treasurer of the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA), of Washington DC. He replaces Dennis Keith, who has resigned from the NBAA executive committee and board of directors. Wagner has been with Townsend for 17 years as chief pilot and, before that, was ...
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Osiris sight and Trigat missile
The Tiger is entirely designed around its main weapons system: the Osiris mast-mounted sight coupled with the Euromissile Dynamics Group (EMDG) long-range Trigat fire-and-forget anti-tank missile. The system is totally passive in concept, relying on daylight or thermal imaging for detection, identification and hitting of targets. No ...
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Escort/Support (HAP) Tiger
The escort/support role was defined by the French army, and is for protecting transport helicopters (such as the four-nation NH-90) from other armed helicopters and light-armoured vehicles. For this, the HAP will carry a GIAT-developed 30mm nose-mounted gun (450 rounds, +/-90° azimuth, +/-30° elevation,) along with either four Mistrals and/or ...
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Reporting For Duty
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems has delivered an MD520N to the Calgary, Alberta, police department - the first helicopter to be used for urban air-patrol in Canada. Source: Flight International
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A320: training is crucial factor
Sir - I agree wholeheartedly with Capt. Sorensen's comments (Flight International, Letters, 26 April-2 May, P42). Having flown both conventional aircraft and the Airbus Industrie A320, I would like to add my opinion of the operation of the A320. It is no secret that, with the exception of ...
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Striking Back
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has ruled that strikes by airline pilots in Russia are legal. The decision ruled as "non-constitutional" a 1989 law prohibiting strikes of civil employees in the transport industry. The law has been used by the authorities to prosecute pilots' unions attempting to organise ...
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Strikingly Cheap
Air Inter has kicked off an aggressive fare-cutting campaign in an attempt to win back some of the 397,000 passengers lost - around 8% of annual volume - during a series of strikes between February and May. Passengers will be offered a Fr100 ($20) fare on any route within France ...
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Franco/Japanese Link
Air France has reinforced its long-standing alliance with Japan Airlines with a new accord aimed at improving co-operation on the airlines' frequent-flier programmes. The two will also introduce code sharing, which already exists between Paris and Osaka, on the Paris-Tokyo route. Further moves to harmonise their tariff structures are also ...
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Ogden Skycare
Roy Kinnell, now general manager for operations at UK maintenance company Ogden Sky- Care Cargo (formerly Ogden Aviation Services) of London Heathrow, has been appointed the company's accountable manager to the UK Civil Aviation Authority. ...
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Space Crew To Make History
Crew members for the historic docking and joint operations, of the Space Shuttle Atlantis/STS71 with the Russian Mir 1 space station, to begin with the STS71 launch on 24 June are: (front, left to right) Vladimir Dezhurov, Robert Gibson, Anatoli Solovyov, mission commanders; and (back, left to right), Norman Thagard, ...
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Kenya Aerotech
Nairobi, Kenya-based ground-handling company Kenya Aerotech has appointed Simon Watts general manager for field services. He was formerly a consultant with Kuwait Airways and has also served with British Airways. Source: Flight International
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Pratt & Whitney
Jon Wohler is to be executive vice-president of the technical organisation of engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, of Hartford, Connecticut. Wohler, who has been president of Norden Systems, succeeds Karl Thomas, who is to retire. Source: Flight International
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Southern Air
Stephen Van Gordon has been appointed senior vice-president of technical services for US carrier Southern Air Transport, of Miami, Florida. He was formerly general manager for airframe maintenance at United Airlines. Michael Vogt has been named director of sales for the Pacific Rim. He was most recently regional manager for ...
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Emery
International air-freight company, Emery Worldwide of Redwood City, California, has appointed Lloyd Smith, Far East route sales executive, for the UK and Ireland division, based at London Heathrow Airport. He has had 19 years' experience in the freight-forwarding and logistics industry. Paul King is named route development executive for Australasia, ...
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Raytheon
Dan Smartt has been named vice-president - treasurer and president at aircraft manufacturer Raytheon's Beech Acceptance, of Wichita, Kansas. Ken Tomoda becomes vice-president - controller. Smartt was formerly president of Raytheon Aircraft subsidiary Travel Air Insurance. Tomoda has held financial positions with Raytheon divisions. ...
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Financial results
An exceptional charge of £139.2m ($226.8m) for restructuring contributed to the loss. Team Aer Lingus, the maintenance unit, lost £27.9m. Air France expects losses of FFr3.5b ($713m) for its 15 month 'year'. Debt fell from FFr33.6b to FFr27b due to the state capital injection. Lower ticket prices and ...
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Fly America in the ointment
The failure of US and UK aeropolitical negotiators to reach agreement on a proposed 'mini deal' in mid-April was just another chapter in years of fractious negotiations between the two countries. But the tripping point was so small that even veteran negotiators turned away in disgust at their inability to ...
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Suppliers
Amadeus has signed new partners, the Colombian flag carrier Avianca, and ANATO, the country's travel agency association, to operate the CRS in Colombia. GE Aircraft Engines has signed an MoU with IHI for the Japanese company to develop and manufacture 25 to 30 per cent of the CF34-8C ...