All Business Jets articles – Page 704
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BWIA
John Bird has been appointed general manager for the UK and Europe at BWIA International Airways. He was a senior manager with British Airways. Gilberto Duarte becomes vice-president for Latin America and cargo. He was previously vice-president and general manager of ground-handling agency Universal Aviation Services, of Miami, Florida. ...
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Bombardier expands in Montreal
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL BOMBARDIER HAS opened a training centre in Montreal as part of a strategy to double its annual aerospace sales to C$6 billion ($4 billion) by 2000. Canadian simulator manufacturer CAE Electronics provided two-thirds of the financing for the C$108 million Bombardier Aerospace Training Centre, ...
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Five operators compete for 1996 Atlanta Olympics service
Karen Walker/ATLANTA FIVE US HELICOPTER operators have submitted bids to provide a short-haul transport service in the Atlanta, Georgia, area when the city hosts the 1996 Olympic Games. Organisers are not revealing the names of bidders for the project, known as the Atlanta Short-Haul Transportation ...
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Piper
Larry Bardon, formerly with Lockheed's "Skunk Works" and Pilatus Aircraft, has been appointed director for marketing and sales at light piston-aircraft manufacturer New Piper Aircraft, of Vero Beach, Florida. Dan Elliott becomes manager for manufacturing. Elliott, who previously spent 13 years with Piper, returns having served as chief tool engineer ...
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Cessna
Arbrey Barrett has been named vice-president for aircraft completions at Cessna Aircraft, of Wichita, Kansas. Barrett joined Cessna as a manufacturing supervisor in 1965, having held similar positions at airframe manufacturer Boeing, of Seattle, Washington. Five new executives are appointed for the company's single-engine-aircraft interests. They are H D Cartwright, ...
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Textron revamps Bell/Cessna structure
TEXTRON HAS announced management changes at its Bell Helicopter and Cessna Aircraft units. David Assard has been promoted to the newly created post of president at Cessna, reporting to chairman and chief executive Russ Meyer. Other changes at Cessna include the promotion of executive vice-president Gary Hay to ...
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Jet Aviation's success in outfitting
Sir - The main reason for Jet Aviation's success in outfitting and customising aircraft interiors is missed in Julian Moxon's article "An inside story" (Flight International, 22-28 November). In the 1970s and 1980s, as chief pilot of a presidential flight of five business jets, I had experience of ...
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Gulfstream flies first GV
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GULFSTREAM Aerospace flew the Gulfstream V long-range business jet for the first time on 28 November. The 1h flight of the first GV, from Gulfstream's Savannah, Georgia, base, also marked the first flight for BMW Rolls-Royce's BR710 turbofan. The flight marks the beginning of ...
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Better deliveries boost Bombardier profits
BOMBARDIER SAYS that increased deliveries in all its sectors, including aerospace, resulted in a 22% increase in consolidated revenues and a 26% rise in net income for the third quarter, compared with the same period in 1996. The Canadian company has yet to detail the performance of individual ...
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Unions fight for fair share
Boeing's use of foreign subcontractors has become the key issue in what is shaping up to become a long and bitter strike by its 32,000 machinists. Unlike the typical labour disputes over wages and benefits, this strike focuses on some contentious areas of US trade policy. Two recent ...
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FMS first
Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, Nebraska has certificated the first installation of Universal Avionics Systems' UNS-1C flight-management system in a Hawker 125-700A, with installations on the Cessna Citation Ultra, Canadair Challenger and Gulfstream III scheduled. Source: Flight International
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JetCo collapses
UK-BASED FRACTIONAL-ownership company Jet Network (JetCo), has closed down after the management fell out with the principal shareholder, over strategy and failed to meet sales forecasts. The company, in which aircraft broker Air London had the major share, was formed in 1994 in an effort to establish a ...
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Citation X sale
Cessna has sold a Citation X high-speed business-jet to an unidentified Middle East customer through its regional representative, Gulf Business Foundation. Certification of the Mach 0.92 Citation X is expected by, the end of 1995. Source: Flight International
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MAS chairman confirms big-twin plans
Paul Lewis/KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) chairman Tajudin Ramli has confirmed plans to order new long-range widebody aircraft, worth $4 billion, by the end of the year, although he appears to rule out a decision in time for the Malaysian air show in early December. ...
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Jet Aviation
Werner Aerne has been named, vice-president/general manager of business-aviation service company, Jet Aviation of Zurich, Switzerland. He replaces Ruedi Kraft, who has been appointed head of Jet Aviation's new Singapore site. Both appointments took effect on 1 November. Source: Flight International
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Shuttle platform used to test aircraft tyres
Karen Walker/LANGLEY A NASA TESTBED developed to simulate Space Shuttle takeoffs and landings has been used to assess the durability of radial tyres for wide body commercial aircraft. The successful tests are expected to speed up US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the tyres. NASA's ...
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Middle East orders for Beech King Air
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has sold three Beech King Air twin-turboprops to Middle East customers. Two King Air 350s have been ordered by the United Arab Emirates' Amiri Flight, for delivery early in 1996. The aircraft will be configured for communication and VIP-transport duties, with eight-seat interiors. The Amiri Flight ...
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SimuFlite adds Challenger 601
SIMUFLITE TRAINING International has put its first Bombardier Canadair Challenger 601-3A/3R simulator into service. The CAE-built device is SimuFlite's fifteenth business-jet simulator, but is its first to be approved to US Federal Aviation Administration Level D, as well as to international Level 2 training standards. Two ...
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Learjet 45 prototype flutter flight-tests get under way
A SERIES OF FLUTTER tests of the Bombardier Learjet 45 prototype has begun at the company's site in Wichita, Kansas. Following its fifth flight, the aircraft was fitted with flutter exciters on the wingtips and horizontal stabiliser. The devices, resembling small spade-like surfaces, were first tested on 7 ...
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FS-X 2 on blocks
Mitsubishi is preparing the second FS-X prototype for its maiden flight in early December. Six basic verification flights have been completed so far on the lead aircraft, which is due to be delivered to Japan's Technical Research and Development Institute in March for more extensive testing and envelope expansion. Prototypes ...