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Kaman
Charles Kaman, chairman and chief executive of technology company, Kaman of Bloomfield, Connecticut, has resumed the title of president. Robert Garneau becomes executive vice-president and will continue as chief financial officer. William Kaman is appointed executive vice-president. He will also remain as president of Kaman Music. Ronald Galla is named ...
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French victory
Thomson-CSF has won a Fr700 million ($140.3 million) contract to upgrade the Spanish air force's 55 Dassault Mirage F1s, to extend their service life until 2015. On 55 aircraft, is intended to extend the aircraft's service life until around 2015. Source: Flight International
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Maintenance tracking
Learjet has unveiled its LASER maintenance-tracking programme following a three-month trial with more than 200 operators. Accessed via modem on the CompuServe on-line service, the LASER identifies upcoming inspections and parts replacements. Learjet will use the system to monitor reliability, with the aim of extending maintenance intervals. Source: ...
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Guangzhou success
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (GAMECO) has won China's first international third-party heavy-maintenance contract, with an agreement to service two Royal Nepal Airlines (RNA) Boeing 757s. The two-year deal, worth an estimated $3 million, provides A- and C-checks, emergency repairs, component overhaul, the secondment of GAMECO staff to Kathmandu and the ...
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Space offers
The USA has invited Israel to fly an astronaut aboard a Space Shuttle mission as part of a joint space agreement between the USA and Israel. Russia has also invited South Africa to fly an astronaut on a Soyuz TM visiting mission to the Mir 1 space station. South Korea ...
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Price drop
Northrop Grumman has signed a $2.4 billion agreement with McDonnell Douglas, guaranteeing a 35% reduction in the cost of components produced by its Vought operation for the next 80 C-17 military air transports. The company produces the engine nacelles, tail sections and aerial-refueling panels. Source: Flight ...
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Hawaiian defers
Hawaiian Airlines has deferred to 9 December $7.1 million in McDonnell Douglas DC-10 maintenance and lease payments to American Airlines, to allow more time to negotiate a capital infusion from a private investor group. A letter of intent signed with the group expires on 8 December. ...
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Marconi plant sale
Canadian Marconi, reducing its manufacturing capacity, has sold its Cornwall, Ontario, factory to United Tri-Tech, which offers build-to- print services to the electronics industry. Source: Flight International
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OSC completes
Orbital Sciences (OSC) has completed its stock-swap acquisition of Canada's MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, a leading supplier of commercial space remote-sensing ground-stations. Source: Flight International
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Qantas signs
Qantas Airways has signed a ten-year agreement with CAE Electronics (Australia) covering the use of a Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-100 flight simulator. Source: Flight International
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Simulating Infinity
Encore Computer, has sold Infinity R/T real-time computing systems, to Italy's Agusta Sistemi and Letov in the Czech Republic, for use in flight simulation. The Infinity R/T uses Digital's Alpha AXP microprocessor. Source: Flight International
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Czech Saab 340
Czech regional airline Air Ostrava is acquiring two secondhand Saab 340s for its expanding network, now linking Ostrava in the east of the country with Amsterdam, Prague, Salzburg, Verona and Vienna. The airline also flies corporate shuttles for VW-Skoda to Braunschweig in Germany. The first 340A, an ex-Deutsche BA aircraft, ...
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Nakanihon repeat
Nagoya-based Japanese commuter airline Nakanihon Airline Service has ordered and taken immediate delivery of a third Fokker 50, for its routes from Nagoya to Toyamu, Takamatsu, Yonago, Fukushima and Hakodate. The airline, which is owned 80% by Meitetsu and 20% by All Nippon Airways, took delivery of its first Fokker ...
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Trailblazers
NASA plans a series of low-cost, but ambitious, flights to Mars, starting in 1996. Tim Furniss/WASHINGTON DC A NEW ERA IN Martian exploration will begin in December 1996, when a McDonnell Douglas Delta 2 booster will launch the Mars Pathfinder, to blaze a fresh trail to the ...
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Building an image
KLM has created and developed an effective corporate identity. Gunter Endres/LONDON KLM ROYAL DUTCH Airlines is the world's oldest continuously operating airline, having been founded in October 1919. While the retention of the same name for 76 years has perpetuated an important element of stability, it ...
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Czechs choose IAI for MiG-21
THE CZECH air force has selected Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) to upgrade 30 of its MIG-21MFs. The $100 million contract could be signed in 1996 if the Czechs decide to go ahead. The upgrade plan faces stiff opposition from various quarters - not least the Czech parliament - ...
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Fly by fire
NASA has been investigating propulsion-controlled landings: Flight International tries the system. Ed Kolano/EDWARDS AFB NASA HAS COMPLETED its latest Propulsion Controlled Aircraft (PCA) programme, using a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11 test-bed with modified flight-control software. Supported by the US Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Defense, industry ...
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Light ambitions
POLAND'S WARSAW-BASED Aviation Institute has embarked on a three-year project with helicopter manufacturer WSK-PZL Swidnik, to develop a new light helicopter. The IS-2, shown in mock-up form, is a two-seat helicopter powered by a single Textron Lycoming piston engine. The project is being funded, by the Government Committee for Scientific ...
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ATR to establish training centre in Bangkok
ATR AND THAI Airways International have finalised an agreement for the establishment of a training centre on Thai premises in the capital, Bangkok. The new centre, due to come into operation in September 1996, will provide training of flight crew and maintenance personnel in the Far East and ...
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USA blocks Thai AMRAAM sale
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE US DEPARTMENT of State is withholding clearance for the sale of the Hughes AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) to Thailand and is instead promising to supply the system in the event of the country's security coming under threat. Thailand has been ...