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HGS breakthrough for flight simulators
The landing approach being shown above is to Tokyo Haneda airport and is being demonstrated on the first Boeing 737-700 full flight simulator produced by the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Simulation Systems division of FlightSafety International. About to be shipped to the UK, it will join the Flight- SafetyBoeing fleet of ...
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Merger makes BFGoodrich number two in industry
Debbie Packman BFGoodrich is in confident mood as the completion of its $2.2-billion merger with Coltec Industries draws tantalisingly close. CEOs Dave Burner (BFGoodrich) and John Guppy (Coltec) appeared together at the show yesterday to reveal that the 'friendly' union awaits a final decision from the appeals court ...
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ATR confident of sealing Indian assembly deal
Alan Dron Discussions between ATR and Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) to assemble ATR turboprops in India are "progressing fairly well", ATR chief executive officer Antoine Bouvier said at the show yesterday. He made the comment as Indian carrier Jet Airways announced it is to acquire five ATR 72-500s by ...
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Airbus juggles final assembly sites for flexibility
Hamburg has been chosen for the final assembly of the 107-seat Airbus Industrie A318 - but some of its A319 production will move to Toulouse, it was announced at the show yesterday. Airbus chief executive Noel Forgeard says the decision to split the A319 final assembly offers production flexibility. ...
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Romanian aerobatic trainer makes world debut
Geoff Thomas The Paris air show marks the world debut of the Romanian-built Aerostar Iak-52W, flown by UK advanced aerobatic champion Mark Jefferies and also on display in the static park. This latest version of the popular Iak-52 aerobatic piston trainer - with a +7/-5g capability - has ...
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717 rolls on
There'll be some very proud Israelis watching the Boeing 717-200 in the flying display - the entire undercarriage is made by the SHL division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). SHL has so far delivered 15 landing gear systems for the 100-seat airliner, having been awarded the contract in 1998. The ...
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More Embraer ERJs en route to Sweden
Swedish airline Skyways yesterday placed a follow-on order for two firm and eight option Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets. Skyways already has two ERJ-145s and is expecting two more deliveries during this autumn. The new orders will allow the airline to expand and operate two new routes. "The European ...
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New orders give Sextant an optimistic outlook
Not only is Sextant Avionique on home territory at the Paris air show, it is also very bullish thanks to recently-confirmed orders for avionic and satcoms equipment. DaimlerChrysler Aviation has chosen a complete avionics package from Sextant for its A319 Corporate Jet fleet, including flight management systems (FMS), dual distance ...
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AlliedSignal radios meet European spacing rules
AlliedSignal (Hall 5/B12) is launching a new panel-mounted radio at Le Bourget that complies with the new European requirements for 8.33kHz channel spacing for flights above 24,500ft. The KY 196B provides a practical solution to the new mandate for operators with cost or space requirements. It can offer operation ...
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Further orders logged for AlliedSignal APU
General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed an order for AlliedSignal's 131-9(A) auxiliary power unit (APU) to be fitted to its firm order for 48 Airbus A320s. The order is valued at around $48 million over the next few years and will be worth even more should GECAS ...
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Rolls-Royce happy with Trent 500 tests
As the Rolls-Royce Trent engine celebrates one million hours of service this week, the newest variant, the Trent 500, has begun test runs at the company's Derby, UK, factory. R-R Trent 500 project director Charles Cuddington says testing so far has gone "entirely as predicted", with the engine performing "exactly ...
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Recovery a slow process for Asian aerospace industry
For the Asian air transport industry, the world was a very different place at the time of the last Paris air show in June 1997. The region's economies were growing at phenomenal rates and its airlines were riding a seemingly endless wave of growth. But weeks later, it all fell ...
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Launch failures put pressure on Boeing team to succeed
Boeing's Expendable Launch Systems (ELS) people come to Paris with a mission - to persuade potential commercial satellite customers, governments and space watchers to keep calm. This uncharacteristic message follows a spate of launch failures from US rockets in general, and to Boeing's embarrassment, the Delta III programme in particular. ...
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Concorde on a go slow
British Airways' transatlantic Concorde flights are to begin their deceleration into London 44 seconds earlier... but only in winter. The reason? Residents in the counties of Cornwall and Devon, on the south-western tip of Great Britain, have deluged the airline with data showing they suffer from sonic booms when ...
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Cathay Pacific selects AlliedSignal APUs
AlliedSignal announced at the show yesterday that it had been selected to supply auxiliary power unit (APU) maintenance for Cathay Pacific's fleet of Airbus A330, A340 and Boeing 777 aircraft. Speaking at the show, Tom Johnson, AlliedSignal engines & systems vice-president, commercial auxiliary power, said: "From our Singapore repair centre, ...
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Updated Avro RJs close to definition
As the Paris show opens, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft is rapidly closing on definition of its updated Avro RJ family of 70-, 85- and 100-seat airliners. A roadshow has visited the company's 50 top suppliers, most of whom are already involved in existing RJ models, to brief them on the ...
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Crossair order adds to Embraer success story
For Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, launches and order announcements have become a matter of routine at the major air shows. Paris '99 seems set to follow the pattern, with expectations that the company will make at least one new customer announcement and also formally launch its 70- and 90-seater ...
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Boeing bullish about 717's market prospects
Boeing's newest aircraft, the Boeing 717 - dubbed the best solution for the growing 100-seat market by chairman and CEO Phil Condit - makes its European debut at Le Bourget. Boeing inherited the 717 as the MD 95 following the takeover of McDonnell Douglas. It is the direct successor to ...
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Honeywell avionics at heart of B717
Honeywell's Versatile Integrated Avionics (VIA 2000) system is the avionics architecture for the new Boeing 717 twin-jet being shown at Le Bourget this week. The VIA system that forms the basis of the 717's Advanced Flight Deck features six flat panel liquid crystal displays. Dual VIA computers integrate the following ...
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Le Bourget goes for biggest and best title
An enlarged static area, a sixth exhibition hall and new-look chalets are just some of the elements which make the 43rd Paris air show the biggest, and - the organisers hope - the best air show ever. With more than 1,760 exhibitors registered by mid-May, organiser SIAE had to ...