Lori Arnold has become general manager of the Santa Barbara, Calif., fixed-base operation of Signature Flight Support. She was assistant general manager of the Las Vegas facility.
T3612 is a durable, self-wound, soft aluminum foil tape coated with an aggressive acrylic adhesive formulated to withstand exposure to harsh chemicals. It offers chemical resistance, temperature resistance and conformability which allows bonding to irregular and curved surfaces. It meets LT 80B and Mil-T23397B Type II standards. This aluminum foil masking tape has been used for chemical paint stripping on commercial and private aircraft. Scapa Tapes North America, 111 Great Pond Drive, Windsor, Conn. 06095.
Philip G. Semprevio and William J. Kaska have been promoted to executive vice president from group vice president of the CTS Corp., Elkhart, Ind. Jeannine M. Davis has been promoted to executive vice president from vice president. She will continue as general counsel/corporate secretary.
One of the keys to success at Continental was allowing the training department to design the 757 automated cockpit course from a `clean sheet of paper' ANASA study of Continental Airlines pilots' transition into glass cockpit aircraft shows that training has been vastly improved for automated aircraft even though pilots continue to make programming and mode awareness errors in operating computer-driven systems.
Mark Laurenzi has been named president of Marotta Scientific Controls Inc., Montville, N.J. He was executive vice president and succeeds Thomas Marotta, who will continue as chairman/CEO/chief operating officer. Lou Vetere, who has been treasurer, will also be director of finance. Henry Buttelmann, Gary Cademartori and Joseph Zimonis have been appointed to the board of directors. Buttelmann is past president/CEO of Gibbs and Cox Inc., while Cademartori is senior vice president/chief financial officer/COO of Leverage Pharma Group Inc.
The number of passengers carried by the world's airlines is forecast to increase about 4% this year, 5% in 2000 and reach 6% in 2001, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization. Traffic projections prepared by ICAO indicate the general increase in global airline travel, which began in the middle of this decade, remains relatively strong although growth during the next two years will vary depending on geographical region.
Rubbercraft Corp. has a series of extruded and molded seals available in standard and custom-base rubber polymers including silicone, nitrile, fluorosilicone and organic rubber. These compounds meet ZZR, MIL-R, BMS and FAR specifications. A variety of fabric reinforcements, Teflon skins, metal inserts, and foam and composite stiffeners are available. Rubber-to-metal and rubber-to-composite bonding mold seals directly to flight surfaces. The seals are flight-proved for numerous aircraft. Rubbercraft Corp., 15627 S. Broadway, Gardena, Calif. 90248.
William H. Pepino has been appointed director of field services and network support for the Lufthansa Systems Div. of North America, East Meadow, N.Y. He was operations manager for PriceWaterhouse Coopers.
British Aerospace subsidiary Reflectone has installed three A320 full flight simulators at the new Airbus Training Center in Miami Springs, Fla. Housed in a custom-designed 100,000-sq.-ft. facility, the center can host up to 3,000 trainees a year.
U.S. Air Force officials worry they won't be able to retain their second-tier F-22 suppliers if the program is restructured and say the House move to slash program funds could force cancellation of the F-22, saddling the Pentagon with a $1-billion contract settlement fee.
Robert L. Smith has been appointed vice president of Aircraft Flight Services, Stratford, Conn. He was vice president-sales and marketing of Atlantic Aviation.
FedEx has extended its contract to operate its Asia-Pacific trans-shipment facility from the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in the Philippines (AW&ST July 8, 1996, p. 46). The freight carrier's contract was due to expire Sept. 1, 2002, but has been extended to Aug. 31, 2007, with a three-year option. FedEx said it also will increase frequencies to 20 flights from 12 a day.
A former deputy defense minister and parliament member Yojiro Nakajima has been sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined nearly $100,000 by Tokyo District Court for bribery and violation of Japan's election law. Nakajima admitted accepting about a $41,000 bribe from Isamu Kawai, then-chairman of Fuji Heavy Industries, to assure FHI's role as a subcontractor in development of a modernization program for the ShinMaywa US-1A amphibian aircraft. Nakajima is the grandson of the late Capt. Chikuhei Nakajima, founder of the prewar Nakajima Aircraft Corp.
In an effort to head off an endless series of congressional hearings on successes and failures in the Kosovo air campaign, the Pentagon's top civilian leaders say they will sift the data and produce an official report within about two months.
George H. Born, professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado and founder of the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, is expected to receive the 1999 Mechanics and Control of Flight Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He will be cited for ``achievements in astrodynamics--navigation, precise orbit determination and satellite applications to geophysics and oceanography.'' Chung K. Law, who is Robert H.
Joel Benkie has become general manager of the Parker Aerospace Control Systems Div.-Military, Irvine, Calif. He was general manager of the Servo Controls Div.
British Airways' acquisition of its franchise partner CitiFlyer Express has been approved by the U.K. government--but only if BA agrees to limits on its slots at London Gatwick Airport. The 75-million-pound ($118-million) deal would give BA roughly 39% of the slots at Gatwick (AW&ST Dec. 7, 1998, p. 37). Stephen Byers, secretary for trade and industry, favors a limit on the proportion of slots held by BA, its subsidiaries and franchise operators in any one hour rather than an overall cap on its slot holdings.
The new Edgetek 53-XL, with a 24-in. work area, doubles the envelope of the original design and brings the productivity advantage of superabrasive technology to large components. In addition to the 5-axis rotary trunnion design, future models will be available for components up to 38 in. in diameter, such as disks, blisks and integrated blade roots. Overall size is 95 in. wide X 145 in. deep X 112 in. high. Edgetek Machine Co., 450 Murdock Ave., Meriden, Conn. 06450.
Officials conducting the presidential review of recent U.S. launch failures will have something new to ponder: in two high-profile cases, there was foreknowledge of the root causes that resulted in more than $1.24 billion in damage. Before a Titan IVB placed a Milstar satellite in a useless orbit on Apr. 30, officials overlooked information present during the launch process that a software flaw existed, the Air Force accident investigation board found.
This compact and efficient unit is ideally suited for defueling, refueling or relocating fuel. It is a portable, self-contained unit with multidirectional flow that can move all aviation fuels, jet and Av-gas, safely and easily. Fuel passing through the FTU is filtered in either direction. A convenient water drain is located for easy access. Two 20-ft. hoses allow the easy transport of fuel. Rapid Response Systems Inc., 2531 Westview Drive, Bartlesville, Okla. 74003.
Two years of economic decline does not change the basic equation, according to Airbus Industrie's new 20-year forecast. Airlines of the Asia-Pacific region will lead the world in purchase of new transports. The European consortium forecasts that the Asia-Pacific region will need 4,300 aircraft worth $450 billion by 2018, which represents a quarter of the world demand.
Airbus Industrie continues to refine its automated cockpit training to take advantage of new technology and the latest crew resource management techniques. Near Miami International Airport, the Airbus Training Center is in the process of moving into a new, larger 100,000-sq.-ft. facility in part to accommodate simulators with larger visual systems. Larry Rockliff, director of the training center, said visual systems have improved dramatically in the past 10 years and will continue evolving.
Tadashi Ota has been named New York-based senior vice president/general manager in the Americas for All Nippon Airways. He succeeds Jiro Miyake, who will be senior vice president of the ANA Trading Corp. in Tokyo. Ota was ANA manager at Washington Dulles International Airport.
Martha S. Martin and W. David Thompson, CEO and president, respectively, of Spectrum Astro, Gilbert, Ariz., have received the Ernst&Young 1999 Arizona Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the manufacturing/distribution category. Steven S. Myers, chairman/CEO of SM&A, Newport Beach, Calif., has won the 1999 Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Orange County, Calif., in the software and information services category. He was cited for his innovations in professionalizing the proposal management business.
