Steve Markey has been appointed vice president-government relations and regulatory affairs for Air Canada. He was senior vice president-corporate and government affairs of Canadian Airlines. Haydn Acheson has become vice president-operations/acting chief operations manager for Canadian Airlines. He was vice president-flight operations.
The MIZ-21A and MIZ21A/DF have a wide frequency range--50 Hz.-8MHz. that allow performance of a wide variety of tests on aircraft structures, engine components and wheels. Detection of surface and subsurface fatigue cracking, corrosion and heat damage can be conducted under all types of conditions with this battery-operated instrument. The battery life covers a full 8-hr. day and the instruments meet Mil-Std-810 for testing in hazardous environments.
Boker's washers and spacers are available in more than 2,000 commonly specified and hard-to-find materials including several types of steel, aluminum, brass, copper, nickel silver and nonmetallic materials such as Delrin, Teflon, Mylar and nylon. Boker's services include stamping, welding, quality certification and secondary operations such as marking, trimming, deburring, tapping, reaming countersinking, counterboring and spotfacing, plus approved vendors for heat treating, plating and nondestructive testing. 15,000 sizes are available.
Ashlar Inc. has made creating 3D shapes faster and more powerful with the latest version of its modeling software, Vellum Solids 2000. New features give more control over creating shapes and more ways to verify them, and file translators give better interaction with other programs. The ability to render files into pretty drawings and animations has been improved. . . . Logicon's commercial information technology business has increased 2.5 times during the last three years and was $142 million in 1999, or 10% of total sales.
The A3XX mega-transport, Europe's biggest undertaking ever in civil aviation, is further exacerbating the already highly emotional Airbus Industrie/Boeing rivalry.
Raytheon Aircraft Co. has delivered the first of 45 Beech/Pilatus PC-9 MkII primary trainers to the Hellenic Air Force. Deliveries are scheduled to continue through 2003, according to Lt. Gen. Dmitrios Vidakis, Hellenic Air Force training commander. He said the first 25 will be configured in a similar fashion to T-6A Texan II trainers being produced for the U.S. Air Force and Navy under the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System program. The MkIIs will be used in the first 100 hr. of pilot training.
The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter team held its classified mid-program review via videoconference linking five sites. The encrypted signals were carried over the Internet and dedicated circuits. The Secure Virtual Private Network architecture used commercial off-the-shelf products such as Microsoft NetMeeting. Newbridge Networks' TimeStep hardware and software established compatible, secure connections to suppliers across the Internet. A hand-held video of the JSF X-35 prototype was transmitted to more than 200 government and industry participants.
The Italian Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules for the International Space Station are undergoing final tests in preparation for initial launch to the ISS on two shuttle missions early in 2001. The MPLMs are part of $700 million in Alenia Aerospazio hardware being built for the ISS. Two of the three MPLMs, named Leonardo and Raffaello, have been undergoing final integration at the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) here for more than a year (see photo 1). The windowed housing between the modules is used to rotate experiment racks.
Aerospace deicers, dielectric coolants (Mil-C-47220), engine oil and JP-4 jet fuel may attack traditional gasketing materials such as neoprene and silicone rubber. Fluorosilicone resists these fluids and maintains its properties in a temperature range of -80F through 400F. It also resists degradation by sunlight. The gaskets and pads are available in sizes of 0.032, 0.062 and 0.125 in. and come with pressure-sensitive acrylic or silicone polymer adhesives. For a physical properties list and sample pack, contact Stockwell Rubber Co., 4749 Tolbut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
The multinational Joint Strike Fighter is being strongly considered as the replacement for the aging EA-6B Prowler radar and communications jamming aircraft. But rapidly improving electronics are creating concerns about what technology should be in the stealthy new strike aircraft and how it should be used to foil a foe's antiaircraft weapons.
The new IDS 2000 pump is designed for metering fluids used in industrial process environments. The integrated pump and electronics are in a rugged stainless steel wall-mountable enclosure. The electronics feature precision stepper motor control, multiple dispense and continuous modes and indicator lights. It can interface with a PLC. The valveless design has only one moving part, a single rotating and reciprocating piston. It delivers from microliters per dispense up to 1 liter per min.
Civil Jet Aircraft Design, by L.R. Jenkins, P. Simpkin and D. Rhodes, provides a comprehensive introduction to designing commercial jet aircraft. Apart from a general introduction to aircraft project design, it offers an extension to classic ``Flight Mechanics'' courses. It also bridges the gap between specialist lectures in aerodynamics, propulsion, structures and systems. The book is arranged in two parts. Chapters 1-14 deal with significant influences on aircraft project design.
In the second quarter of this year, Northrop Grumman Corp. posted a net income of $175 million, up 42% from the $123 million earned during the same period a year ago. Sales were $1.86 billion--down slightly from $1.92 billion. Business backlog at the end of the period was $8.8 billion. Sales for the Integrated Systems Sector totaled $809 million--down 14% from last year, chiefly because the B-2 bomber production program is nearing completion following delivery of the final two airplanes.
The series features comprehensive coverage of the most important military aircraft of our time. Their origins, the competitions between manufacturers, the failures and type modifications, are presented along with performance data, specifications and inside stories. Col. Walter J. Boyne, (USAF, Ret.), whose expertise guides this series, is a well-known authority on aviation and military subjects. F/A-18 Hornet, A Navy Success Story by Dennis R. Jenkins traces the aircraft to its earliest roots--and rejection by the Air Force--to its ultimate glory.
The FlightStat pulse oximeter provides an easy and accurate way to check for inflight hypoxia by monitoring the blood oxygen saturation and pulse rate. This unit, combined with understanding the symptoms of hypoxia, can make a difference for detecting early onset of hypoxia, according to the company. After the compact, self-contained unit is slipped onto a finger, an easy-to-read display is visible instantly. It can be used for 18 hr. of continuous monitoring and requires two AAA batteries.
Bob Brodin has become senior vice president-labor relations, Julie Hagen Showers vice president-labor relations for flight services and Jack Bavis vice president-labor relations for ground services, all for Northwest Airlines.
Shawn Farshchi has become senior vice president-information services/chief information officer at DHL Airways, Redwood City, Calif. He was vice president-infrastructure technology and services.
SermaFlow is a series of protective coatings that provides ultra-smooth, fouling-resistant surfaces on compressor section components to enhance and maintain optimum airflow efficiencies demanded by the latest generation of gas turbine engine designs. These are the first coatings designed to produce surface profiles of less than 0.38 microns at 8 mm., according to the company. There are coating systems specifically for use on aluminum, alloy and stainless steels, titanium and nickel alloys at temperatures up to 1,400F.
The European space industry is nearing completion of a major expansion of Ariane 5 launch facilities at its spaceport here, a reflection in concrete of recent consolidation moves that have brought the industry closer in scale to its U.S. competitors.
Bombardier Aerospace subsidiary Mirabel has teamed with Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to offer Sikorsky S-92 helicopters as replacements for Sikorsky SH-3H Sea Kings in service with Canadian Forces.
John N. Fenton (see photo) has been named president/chief operating officer of Chicago-based Indigo and of its parent New World Air Holdings Inc. He was their senior vice president-operations.
