Japan Airlines is taking advantage of a new slot allocation at Tokyo's Narita airport to add flights to Europe, the U.S. and selected Asian destinations starting this fall. By November it will operate thrice-weekly Tokyo-Las Vegas services via Los Angeles. New services to Milan and Rome and added services to Manila, Seoul and New Delhi are being offered. Three new Osaka-Honolulu flights are to be added, but Osaka-Rome and Osaka-NewDelhi flights will be dropped, and Tokyo-Hong Kong services will be trimmed, as well.
Keith Maxwell has been named vertical market manager for defense and federal civilian markets for the Spot Image Corp., Reston, Va. He was a contracting officer for the U.S. Transportation Dept.
Aeronavali, Alenia Aerospazio's maintenance and overhaul subsidiary, has been selected by NATO to upgrade and refurbish two training/transport Boeing 707-320s that will be operated by the German air force. The $11-million contract will be handled by Aeronavali's Capodichino facilities in southern Italy.
W. Glenn Yarborough, Jr., has been promoted to president/chief operating officer from corporate vice president of the Allied Research Corp., Vienna, Va. He succeeds J.R. Sculley, who will remain chairman/CEO.
The CAD Rating Guide is written to help users of computer-aided design programs evaluate different programs without getting bogged down in statistics, benchmarks, buzzwords and canned demonstrations. The 650-page guide provides detailed information on more than 120 CAD systems for mechanical design and drafting, mapping, three-dimensional modeling, structural analysis, geographic information systems and animation. ZEM Press, 8220 Stone Trail Drive, Suite F, Bethesda, Md. 20817-4556.
The U.K.'s Smiths Industries Plc. will be a company to watch as the pace of European aerospace industry consolidation picks up in 1999, according to London-based stock analysts.
Michael W. Lai (see photo) has been appointed vice president-engineering for the Jetcruzer 500 project for Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures Inc., Long Beach, Calif. He was director of engineering quality control for Lockheed Aircraft Service International, Ontario, Calif. Robert M. Blair has been named flight test operations pilot for the Jetcruzer and Stratoccruzer 1250.
Helicopter manufacturers are continuing to explore new technology, but some also are checking the bottom line to make sure that new features don't hurt them in the marketplace. Some technology is applied to manufacturing itself to keep costs down. In Europe, the French and German aerospace research organizations, Onera and DLR, in association with Eurocopter and other companies and agencies, are focusing on noise and vibration reduction, enhanced operating performance and day/night all-weather operations.
Thomas G. Cody has been appointed to the board of directors of the CTS Corp., Elkhart, Ind. He is executive vice president-legal and human resources of Federated Department Stores Inc.
Russell Bardos has become director of commercial programs, Maureen Ryan director of government relations and Anne F. Eisele director of corporate communications, all for Spacehab Inc., Vienna, Va. Bardos was deputy associate administrator for space flight at NASA. Ryan held the same position with Smith, Bucklin and Associates in Washington, and Eisele was an aerospace journalist.
DARcorporation has developed a suite of design tools for Microsoft Windows-based computers that is optimized for designing general aviation aircraft. The flagship of the new line is G.A.-CAD, which was developed with financial assistance from NASA under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program grant.
Dran-View Pro is an enhanced version of Dranetz-BMI's power quality and harmonics analysis software that offers such tools as three-dimensional timeplotting, harmonic timeplots and statistical data presentation. The company's Report Writer utility also is bundled with the new program. Data from separate Dran-View files can be combined with the new version. Other features include phase normalization, sine/cosine expansion, selectable output format and interharmonics. Dranetz-BMI, 1000 New Durham Road, Edison, N.J. 08818.
Harris Corp has been awarded an $18-million contract from the U.S. Navy for high-frequency radio communications systems. If all options are exercised, the contract could be worth $91 million.
Donald Mills has been named vice president-parts support, Michael D. Vance director of government sales and Bob Hanson director of asset technical management, all for the Fairchild Aerospace Corp., San Antonio, Tex. Mills was vice president-business development for AMR Global Logistics. Vance was director of U.S. government relations for Bombardier Business Aircraft, and Hanson was director of retrofit program management.
Mike Ward (see photo) has been appointed vice president-operations of the Atlantic Aviation Corp., Wilmington, Del. He was director of sales and marketing for Chrysler Pentastar Aviation.
The EA-6B pilot and navigator facing manslaughter charges after their Prowler caused the death of 20 people in an Italian ski-gondola accident on Feb. 3 now face additional obstruction of justice charges. Capt. Richard J. Ashby and Capt. Joseph P. Schweitzer are being accused of removing a videotape from the EA-6B's cockpit which could be a critical piece of evidence. The courts-martial are scheduled to start in December.
The Stepmaster RWB Wrench set allows stepless torquing of fasteners in tight areas. The tool relies on a roller bearing drive to turn a socket clockwise with any movement in that direction, while allowing the user to recover for the next turn. The socket adapter accepts 1/4-in. square drive sockets. Customized RWBTS sockets for installing frangible fasteners also can be used. B&D Products&Tools Inc., 20816 N. 20th Ave., Suite 8, Phoenix, Ariz. 85027.
James M. Burin has been named deputy director of technical projects for the Alexandria, Va.-based Flight Safety Foundation. He was director of the U.S. Navy School of Aviation Safety.
David C. Miller has been appointed general manager of the Mercury Air Center FBO at the Burbank, Calif., Airport. He was manager of the Garrett Aviation Services FBO in Los Angeles.
Amidst Asian economic gloom, China continues to show promise for Korean Air. There are some 4,000 South Korean-owned factories in China and 2 million ethnic Koreans living there. With that business and nationality base, Korean Air traditionally has enjoyed high load factors--80% from five destinations last year. Koreans haven't traveled much this year, and load factors dropped to 54% in the first half. But China Regional Director W.D. Park said recently he expects things to improve. For one thing, Korean Air has added three destina-tions in China, for a total of eight.
John Keathley has been appointed director of government services and Sallye Clark director of government and international relations for the Teledesic Corp., Kirkland, Wash. Keathley was a product and process engineer for the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Center, Charleston, S.C. Clark was an Asia-Pacific senior manager for Iridium.
Ken Dandy has become vice president-international business development for Innotech-Execaire of Montreal. He was Vancouver-based vice president-Western region for Innotech Aviation. He has been succeeded by Nigel Argent.
