John Rush has been named national services sales manager for the Setco Group of Cincinnati. He was marketing director of shop services for Applied Industrial Technologies of Cleveland.
Vince Hourigan has become senior project engineer in the Transportation Business Group and Steve Stretchberry aviation director of CH2M Hill of Denver. Hourigan was vice president/development director for PB Aviation, while Stretchberry was director of aviation services for Parsons Infrastructure and Technology.
Russia's plans to pull crews off the Mir space station will be high on the agenda in a scheduled meeting this week in Paris between NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin and his Russian counterpart, Yuri Koptiev. Russia now plans to bring the last Mir crew home in August, six months before the facility can be safely deorbited. That has raised concerns here about whether the aging station can be controlled without humans on board to fix failure-prone computers and other equipment (AW&ST June 7, p. 27).
Confidential investigation records relating to the 1997 loss of a SilkAir 737 over the jungles of Indonesia have indicated the captain had substantial debts that he covered with recently purchased insurance policies.
Mark Jezoiro has been named technical director of UEF Aerospace, Sheffield, England. He was external laboratory manager for Rolls-Royce Aero Engines, Derby, England.
A Lockheed Martin Anomaly Investigation Team has released a preliminary finding that confirms an electrical malfunction was responsible for failure of a payload shroud-separation sequence during an Athena II launch Apr. 27.
Lube-for-Life is a self-lubricating, maintenance-free ball screw. It can be added to standard ball screws or incorporated into made-to-order ball screws. It reduces environmental pollution associated with oil lubrication and reduces system cost by eliminating the need for autolube systems, lube lines, hoses and pipes. While in use, the element dispenses a thin film of lubricant inside the ball nut, on the rolling elements and raceway. This provides lubrication in the load zone and maximizes machine performance.
NATO's gambit of employing a methodical air campaign, aided by an abundance of largely U.S.-supplied precision munitions, paid off last week after 78 days of sustained bombing as Yugoslav military officials agreed to terms for withdrawing their forces from Kosovo.
Aero-Sensing Radarsysteme has developed a system to produce more affordable three-dimensional maps with an easy-to-operate radar that can function in remote locations with little support.
The Model 6112 is a single slot VMEbus card, which incorporates up to 12 transformer isolated synchro/resolver-to-digital tracking converters, that can be programmed for any combination of single-speed or two-speed converters, adding up to 12 channels. It has high accuracy of 1 arc min. and a programmable 5VA AC reference supply. North Atlantic Instruments Inc., 170 Wilbur Place, Bohemia, N.Y. 11716-2416.
Level 50 products were designed to fill the needs of sheltered defense and aerospace applications. The specifications are: operating temperature range, -20C-+65C with 4-cfm. airflow; storage or non-operating temperature range, 40-85C; vibration 0.02g/Hz. from 20-2000 Hz. random; shock, 30g 11mS; and humidity, 95% RH, non-condensing when conformally coated with Humiseal 1B31 AR. DY 4 Systems Inc., 333 Palladium Drive, M/S 212, Kanata, Ontario K2V 1A6, Canada.
The design for Bombardier's planned BRJ-X series is being evaluated with a 4.7% scale model at Micro Craft wind tunnel facilities in El Segundo, Calif. Bombardier is planning a total of about 160 hr. of testing during four wind tunnel phases. The work, expected to be completed by year-end, is aimed at evaluating aerodynamic characteristics and performance of the preliminary BRJ-X design.
Low-cost fare competition has prompted Japan's Ministry of Transport to increase spot safety inspections for the nation's 11 scheduled and two charter airlines. Discount fares are concentrated on Tokyo-Fukuoka and Tokyo-Sapporo routes on which two startup carriers, Skymark and Air Do, are challenging Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Japan Air System. The ministry wants to know if discount fares have led the carriers to cut corners on safety. The 2.5-week safety blitz is to end this week.
Robert J. Mayer, a technical specialist in the aerodynamics group who is leading the V-22 performance demonstration flight test program at Boeing Helicopters, has received the Young Engineer Achievement Award from the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Darce H. Lamb, vice president-airline logistics support for the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group in Seattle, has received the Washington-based Air Transport Assn.'s Nuts and Bolts Award for 1999. The award recognizes leaders in the field of aviation maintenance and support.
Dennis Phillips has become manager of avionics engineering and sales for Western Aircraft Inc., Boise, Idaho. He was avionics manager and will be succeeded by Dan Odlum.
Bill Hamor has been named manager of original equipment manufacturer sales for the Avidyne Corp., Lexington, Mass. He was national sales executive for DST International.
The miniature 9600 Series linear position sensors incorporates analog signal technology in a rugged electromechanical design to deliver precision feedback in delicate laboratory applications or harsh environmental conditions. It is available in three standard stroke lengths of 0.5 in., 1 in. and 1.5 in. and consists of a reliable plastic element. The unit is housed in a compactly molded, chemically resistant housing, designed to provide accurate readings over a temperature range of 40-135C, vibration of 15g, 50-1,000 Hz., and a humidity level of 95% at 38C.
Paul Madaio has become executive vice president/general manager of Component Control USA of San Diego. He was vice president-marketing and sales for maintenance, repair and overhaul software for Dataworks.
Leo Mondale, who has been senior vice president, has been named chief financial executive of Washington-based Iridium. Sue Kennedy has become vice president-marketing and sales.
Dick Alta has been appointed general manager for aerospace of Urenco Nederland. He succeeds Jan F. Muller, who has retired. Alta is a former director of marketing and sales for the Fokker Aerostructures Div.
Four more Globalstar satellites were launched from Cape Canaveral on June 10, lifting off on a Delta II booster at 9:48 a.m. EDT. The mobile telephone satellites separated in pairs from the Delta II upper stage 851 mi. (1,370 km.) above Earth and will ultimately be raised to an operational orbit of 877 mi. (1,414 km.). Globalstar now has 24 of its 48 spacecraft in orbit and aims to begin regional service in September after orbiting eight additional satellites.
Riding a wave of unparalleled prosperity, the world's business jet manufacturers will be out in force at the Paris air show, touting both upgraded versions of existing models and new designs that promise increased efficiency and lower operating costs.
