CITATIONSHARES IS EXPANDING ITS OPERATIONS to markets east of the Rocky Mountains. According to the company, which sells fractional shares in Cessna Citation-series business jets, flights in the new region will begin Aug. 1. John Hall, senior vice president of sales and marketing, said expanding to the Central U.S. is part of the company's overall growth plan for fractional ownership and is a direct result of customer input and demand for air travel there. Cessna Aircraft Co. and TAG Aviation launched CitationShares in July 2000.
Randy C. Parsley has been appointed business development manager for Pratt&Whitney Liquid Space Propulsion, West Palm Beach, Fla. He succeeds Carl Pignoli, who has retired.
Not only is Airbus' new A380 reshaping the market for wide-body transports, it is also proving to be a watershed of sorts for aircraft equipment suppliers. Until now, Airbus has relied heavily on suppliers from Europe, except for hardware items that were not readily available from European manufacturers. This policy has allowed local equipment makers to grow and prosper along with the European airframer.
Bob Cantwell (see photos) has been appointed chief financial officer, Tom Martin vice president-sales and Kim Reade director of marketing, all for Boeing subsidiary Aeroinfo Systems, Richmond, British Columbia. Cantwell was director of business planning for Canadian Airlines and Martin director of aerospace and defense for i2 Technologies. Reade held marketing posts at IBM and GE Capital.
Arthur P. Garner, 3rd, has been promoted to president/chief operating officer of Orincon Industries of San Diego from president/COO of the company's defense operating unit.He will be succeeded by Terry Magee, who has been director of that unit's Navy programs.
Comair and its pilots' union settled on a tentative contract last week on the last day of a three-day negotiating session that may have brought an end to the 12-week-old strike. The Master Executive Council, which is the ruling body of the Air Line Pilots Assn. unit at Comair, and the pilots' negotiating committee endorsed the agreement, a sign that it meets at least some of the pilots' goals. Details were scarce, but MEC Chairman J.C. Lawson said the pact ``differs substantially'' from two previous proposals, which the pilots rejected overwhelmingly.
As we walk the ramps and talk in the chalets at the Paris air show this week, it will be natural to reflect on the state of this increasingly global aerospace industry. I can't help but wonder whether we may be witnessing a turning point in aerospace and aviation--the beginning of seismic shifts from U.S. dominance to European parity and then perhaps preeminence.
Cathay Pacific and Tenzing Communications gave a public demo of a satellite-based high-speed onboard data network in a Boeing 747 first-class cabin mock-up that will be the first of its kind to enter revenue service, according to the partners. Rollout of the 11-Mbps. service will begin in the third quarter, and all Cathay aircraft are to be fitted by the end of 2003, the partners said. Tenzing will also start up on Singapore Airlines and Virgin Atlantic later this year (AW&ST Apr. 2, p. 21).
An advanced melt mixer that calculates and displays a resin's flow rate has been introduced by Tinius Olsen Inc. Standard equipment with the basic MP600 consists of operating tools, piston rod and orifices. Modularity permits greater automated testing, such as control of multiple units, from a single PC. Weights and reference thermometers are available for all standard and custom applications.
Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc. and Delta Air Lines will install 500 50-in. plasma display panels (model PDP-502MX) in the Delta terminals at Los Angeles, New York (JFK), Atlanta, Washington, Salt Lake City, Cincinnati and Dallas airports. The project is scheduled for this fall. Most of the plasma displays will be installed in the gate area of each Delta terminal and will provide current alerts about weather, flight status, passenger stand-by status and number of minutes until departure.
David Hipschman has been named editor-in-chief of Cessna Owner and Pipers, the official publications of the Cessna Owner Organization and Piper Owner Society. He was editor of the Forum, a daily newspaper serving Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn.
The U.S. Army has selected the Southwest Research Institute and partner Teledyne Brown Engineering to study possible upgrades to the CH-47 Chinook helicopter fleet and make recommendations, under a $6-million, 21-month work order.
The FalconRay+ integrated Pentium III/Celeron FC-PGA single-board computer, with support for processor speeds up to 1 GHz., is optimized for high-speed processing. Its on-board features include Ethernet, SCSI, enhanced IDE, SVGA and up to 512MD SDRAM. Its 133-MHz. internal bus speed and variety of on-board features is designed for use in industrial control equipment.
Knowledge of friend, foe and those who are still undecided has become more important than weapons, so senior leaders here are trying to package intelligence-gathering and move it as far forward as possible while maintaining quick access to data. ``USAFE is an intelligence-hungry command,'' said Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hess, commander of the 3rd Air Force. Service officials say they need a large, forward intelligence footprint for situational awareness and force protection.
Thomas J. Vick has become senior vice president/chief marketing officer of Midwest Express Holdings Inc. He was senior vice president-account strategy and planning for Brierley&Partners.
FedEx will install 72 Rockwell Collins GLU-920 Multi-Mode Receivers into its entire fleet of 59 MD-11s and into 13 of its Airbus A310 freighters over the next two years. The units provide crews with standard instrument landing system cues as well as satellite-based positioning for navigation and advanced landing functions. In addition, the GLU-920 generates position, velocity and time-reference data to meet the FAA's next-generation air traffic management requirements.
The RRA series of straightening machines operate on the principle of dynamic straightening, and improve part straightness by a factor of 10 (TIR of 1 mm. is reduced to 0.1 mm. after straightening). The series is available with up to seven straightening points, and handles a range of 5-20-mm. in diameter and 80-500-mm. in length without changing tools. Other features include powered support rolls that spin parts during operation to allow higher straightening pressure without parts slipping on straightening shoes.
Jupiter Systems announces supports for the Linux operating system in series 850 display wall controllers, which are used in process control, transportation system, traffic management, network monitoring and financial trading. Utilizing Jupiter's Galileo for Linux software suite and Red Hat Linux 7.0, the 850 for Linux is designed for applications that require native support for Unix and the X Window system, and require the display of large amounts of data/video. Jupiter Systems, 3073 Teagarden St., San Leandro, Calif., 94577.
Charles Weekes has become senior vice president-marketing and sales and Michael Yam vice president-engineering of GHz Technology Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. Weekes held a similar position at ZF Linus Devices, Palo Alto, Calif. Yam was an executive with Globalstar and Loral Space&Communications, both in Palo Alto, Calif.
This six-page brochure from Bii emphasizes programs and approvals for the company's range of bearing-related services, which offer savings of up to 60% compared to OEMs, and as much as $40,000 per engine without sacrificing quality or service life, according to the company. Bii, formerly known as Bearing Inspection, offers turntimes for bearing inspection of seven days and 21 days for reconditioning. Its facility is FAA and JAA approved, and occupies a new 80,000-sq.-ft. space. Its quality management system is in compliance with ISO 9002 standards.
The pay agreement reached by Lufthansa and its pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has set the stage for a series of tough wage negotiations at European carriers later this year. Pilot unions are expected to demand significant pay raises, following a trend set by earlier wage deals at United and Delta in the U.S. Some observers cautioned that increases in Europe might not turn out to be quite as high, however. Wage negotiations are taking place just as European carriers are beginning to feel sluggish demand in their international traffic.
The UltraTech cylinder cart provides safe and convenient handling of acetylene and oxygen cylinders. The polyethylene plastic cart will not scratch or mar cylinders. The molded cart has features such as a large tool tray, molded ``hot tip'' holder, three molded openings to hold removable rod guards, and a hose storage area to keep hoses safely out of the way. Its design optimizes the center of balance for safe handling and mobility, according to the company. A narrow profile lets it fit through most doorways.
As Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin grope for an accord on missile defense, the Russians say the crucial question is the ancient one of whether Russia is to be a European or an Asian power--a full member of NATO and the European Union, or a strategic ally of China. Russian officials insist that a durable compromise on missile defense requires a package deal, not just a new deterrence ratio of offensive to defensive strategic weapons, say 1,000-1,500 nuclear attack warheads to 100 or so defensive interceptors.
Jack Wormington (see photos) has been appointed senior vice president-programs and Al Wyatt vice president-operations of Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), El Segundo, Calif. Wormington was senior vice president-engineering and operations with XM Satellite Radio Inc. He succeedsRandy Brinkley, who is now president of BSS. Wyatt was vice president/general manager of digital processing programs. He succeeds Alexis Livanos, who is now executive vice president.
Burns&McDonnell was recently recognized with an Engineering Excellence Award from the American Consulting Engineers Council for the F-22 robotics coating facility they designed and constructed for Lockheed Martin. The facility, in Marietta, Ga., is a 78,500-sq.-ft. shed housing a robotic system for applying coatings that contribute to the stealth capability of the F-22 Raptor. Designed to generate laboratory-like environmental conditions necessary for quality coatings applications, the facility's heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems are state-of-the-art.
