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National Transportation Safety Board issued data and group investigation summaries Wednesday for the continuing inquiry on Comair Flight 3272, an Embraer Brasilia that crashed near Detroit Jan. 9 on a flight from Cincinnati. The cockpit voice recorder transcript suggests only about 20 seconds elapsed between the crew's first mention of trouble and the tape's end, the likely moment of impact. At 1553:25, controllers gave the crew a heading change and instructed the pilots to reduce their speed from 170 knots to 150 knots.

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Unison Industries expects to complete the purchase of the BFGoodrich Engine Electrical Systems Division (EESD) in Norwich, N.Y. by mid-year, a move that will give Jacksonville, Fla.-based Unison a bigger share of the market for aircraft electrical systems.

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NORTHEASTERN AVIATION CORP. completed a new $2.5 million corporate aircraft hangar and office facility at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y. and plans grand opening ceremonies May 22. The new facility has 17,000 square feet of hangar space and another 6,000 square feet of office space.

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KAREN TRIPP, who left avionics manufacturer Collins last year to join the advertising and public relations firm of Sullivan, Higdon&Sink in Wichita, Kan., has returned to the Cedar Rapids, Iowa manufacturer as vice president-communications for Rockwell Collins Avionics and Communications. Her responsibilities include activities in the company's general aviation, air transport, military and systems divisions.

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Kaynar Technologies, Inc., announced an initial public offering of two million shares of its common stock at $14.50 per share. Of the two million shares, 1.8 million are being offered by the company and 200,000 by a selling stockholder. Kaynar, headquartered in Orange, Calif., manufactures specialty fasteners, fastening systems and related components for original equipment manufacturers and their subcontractors for use in production of commercial aircraft and defense products. The company also manufactures fasteners for the automotive and electrical industries.

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The initial balanced budget agreement struck between the White House and congressional leaders would include a five-year extension of the aviation excise taxes and about $8 billion to $10 billion more in transportation budget authority than the Clinton Administration budget had planned. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Dominici (R-N.M.), who called the President's transportation budget "way too low," said the agreement provides for "a rather substantial increase....I can't give you the numbers, but surely it is $8 to $10 billion over the President's numbers."

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JOHN J. SHEEHAN, who spent 10 years with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association before getting into the consulting business, was named secretary general of the International Council of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Associations. He succeeds Steven J. Brown, who left the post in December to become president of the National Aeronautic Association. Sheehan was at AOPA from 1980-1990, serving as senior vice president government and technical affairs and executive vice president.

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KARL A. KERSCHER, a former United Air Lines pilot, is the new regional representative for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. Kerscher has flown 22,000 hours since 1960, has owned eight general aviation airplanes and served as the airport manager of the Land O' Lakes, Wis. Airport for a number of years to help revitalize that facility when it was threatened with being closed. Kerscher will continue to reside in Land O' Lakes.

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RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT and Executive Jet International promise "a significant announcement" at a press conference Tuesday in New York. EJI is operating 20 Hawker 1000s it began buying four years ago in its NetJets fractional ownership program (BA, June 14, 1993/233) and is expected to announce plans to acquire 25 Hawker 800XPs as it continues to grow the program.

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KEN KANTOLA was appointed general manager of Cessna Aircraft's Sacramento Citation Service Center. Kantola joined Cessna in September 1984 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, including inspector, lead mechanic, maintenance supervisor and sales supervisor. Before joining Cessna, he was director of turbine aircraft maintenance for Patterson Aircraft in Sacramento.

JAMES OTT
Continental Express provides the latest example of a regional commuter airline working to achieve the high standards of service and reliability established by its affiliated major carrier.

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Costimator System 5.1 can produce accurate cost estimates, process plans and boost efficiency in aerospace design-for-manufacture applications. The software package's manufacturing management applications also can store data and generate reports needed to provide job accountability to the Defense Dept. and other government agencies. The 32-bit program complies with Open Database Connectivity Standards, allowing it to be easily integrated with other manufacturing and scheduling systems. Manufacturers Technology, 59 Interstate Drive, West Springfield, Mass. 01089.

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Catharine E. Laffoon has been named vice president of D'Accord Financial Services of San Francisco. She was director of marketing for the Ivory Consulting Corp.

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J. Sheldon Lewis is to receive the 1997 John P. Doswell Award for achievement in support of the goals and objectives of business aviation. He is a columnist for Business&Commercial Aviation, an Aviation Week Group magazine.

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Alan B. Forman has become director of marketing and Martin J. Kaszubowski director of business development of SpaceTec, Hampton, Va.

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David Crowe has been appointed director of new business and technology of Composite Optics Inc. of San Diego. He was manager of precision optics of the Eastman Kodak Co. Commercial and Government Systems Div., Rochester, N.Y.

DAVID A. FULGHUM
The U.S. Air Force will have the unwelcome distinction of being the only service to lose a major unit if recommendations coming out of the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) are accepted.

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Eric Nordling has been appointed vice president-market planning for Atlantic Coast Airlines. He was manager of pricing and revenue management for Delta Air Lines.

COMPILED BY PAUL PROCTOR
Sony Trans Com, Irvine, Calif., may be short-circuiting manufacturers of sophisticated, expensive inflight entertainment systems with its portable Video Walkman. A recent order by Delta Air Lines for over 2,000 units brings sales of Video Walkmans to airlines, charter and business jet operators to nearly 15,000 worldwide. The hand-held, wireless viewing device usually is distributed to premium-class passengers after takeoff. It has a 4-in. screen, weighs less than 8 lb. and can be started, stopped, fast-forwarded or replayed according to the passenger's wishes.

BRUCE A. SMITH
Establishment of a planned 66-satellite constellation for the Iridium global communications system is underway with the launch of five of the spacecraft on a single McDonnell Douglas Delta 2 booster from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The May 5 launch was conducted nearly four months later then previously planned as a result of the Jan. 17 failure of a Delta 2 carrying a Global Positioning System spacecraft at Cape Canaveral (AW&ST Jan. 27, p. 31).

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This liquid air breathing apparatus will provide 1-2 hr. of breathing air while also providing cooling for a firefighter's garments, which reduces heat stress and extends a suited individual's work time. The system uses technology developed for NASA to provide an astronaut training life support system, as well as the Energy Dept. for hazardous material laboratory clean up. Oceaneering Space Systems, 16665 Space Center Blvd., Houston, Tex. 77058.

PIERRE SPARACO
European regional airlines' healthy traffic growth is expected to continue in the next few years, in a slowly-evolving deregulated market. In 1996, 70 airlines operating 859 aircraft carried 50 million passengers, a strong 12.9% increase over 1995. This year, in sharp contrast with a 7% traffic increase forecast by major European airlines, a healthy 14% growth is expected by regional carriers, according to European Regions Airline Assn. (ERA) officials.

CRAIG COVAULT
Space shuttle Mission 84 is set to liftoff this week bound for Mir with the heaviest logistics load ever delivered to the station. It will carry substantial hardware to replace or repair Mir's aging systems. The flight will use a twin Spacehab module configuration to deliver nearly 2,600 lb. of Russian logistics supplies, including a large new oxygen generator and additional repair kits to backstop the Mir's cooling loops and other systems. The flight will also carry nearly a half ton of U.S. science hardware to the Russian space station.

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Aram M. Mika has become vice president-business development and advanced programs and technology for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Sunnyvale, Calif. He succeeds John Dietz, who is now vice president/general manager of Lockheed Martin Special Programs. Mika was president of the Hughes Aircraft Co.'s Space Electro Optics unit.

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The S-TECH System 20 is a roll-axis flight control system for general aviation aircraft that offers roll stability, turn command capability, heading hold when interfaced with an optional heading system and enroute and navigation tracking. An enhanced version, the System 30 has the same features, along with altitude hold and out-of-pitch trim annunciation. The autopilot is integrated into the Turn Coordinator, so the added system does not use valuable panel space. S-TECH Corp., 1 S-TECH Way, Mineral Wells, Tex. 76067.