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FARNBOROUGH: Concorde question day 1
Concorde is the subject of the latest book in Haynes' successful Owners' Workshop Manual series. Written by former Concorde flightcrew David Leney and David Macdonald, the book is illustrated in full colour and provides a detailed technical account of the supersonic transport.
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FARNBOROUGH: New lessor ALC orders 51 Airbus narrowbodies
Steven Udvar-Hazy's new aircraft financing and leasing company Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has placed a firm order for 51 Airbus A320 family aircraft. The...
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FARNBOROUGH: Two Asian carriers take winglets on 90 737s
Two Asian carriers have opted to install blended winglets on their Boeing 737 fleet, under agreements covering a total of 90 aircraft.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Emirates orders 30 more 777-300ERs
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has ordered another 30 Boeing 777-300ERs, adding to a previous order total of 71 of the type.
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FARNBOROUGH: Flightglobal and FLIR team up to offer live show display footage
Flightglobal and FLIR Systems have teamed up to provide exclusive live video streaming of this year's Farnborough air show aerial displays. For the...
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FARNBOROUGH: Northrop steps up efforts to secure UK Global Hawk sale
Northrop Grumman aims to hold further discussions at the show with the UK Ministry of Defence over the potential use of the Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle to meet the country's surveillance requirements.
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FARNBOROUGH: Parker receives design-and-make contract from Messier-Dowty
Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Parker Hannifin, has won a design-and-make contract for the main landing gear hydraulic fluid conveyance system for the Airbus A350 XWB airliner from landing gear supplier Messier-Dowty, part of the Safran group.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing boosts forecast but remains downbeat on very large aircraft demand
Boeing has significantly increased its long-term airliner delivery forecast on the back of a big jump in expected demand for single-aisle aircraft. However,...
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FARNBOROUGH: Why Boeing 'won’t play' Airbus’s air show orders game
As the show begins, Boeing has reiterated its position that it will not be playing the "orders race" game and announcing a raft of stored-up deals at Farnborough...
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FARNBOROUGH: Commentator still gets excited about the show
Farnborough air show commentator Richey still gets a surge of excitement when he approaches the site and has no plans to hand in his microphone any time soon, despite this being his 35th year as the voice of Farnborough.
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FARNBOROUGH: Thomson Airways welcomes 787
The Boeing 787's first touchdown on UK soil was a landmark moment for Chris Browne, managing director at UK launch operator Thomson Airways.
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FARNBOROUGH: Leahy predicts Airbus will double year-to-date orders tally
Airbus super salesman John Leahy has hinted that the airframer could secure more than 130 orders at the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: C919 is biggest threat since MDC disappeared: Boeing
Boeing's marketing chief says that China's planned drive into the mainline airliner market with the Comac C919 twinjet represents the most significant "third" competitor the airframer has faced since the market became a duopoly in 1997 when McDonnell Douglas was taken over.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: VIDEO - Dreamliner makes its Farnborough debut
It was supposed to be here two years ago, but finally Boeing's air show dream came true yesterday when the 787 touched down at Farnborough.
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FARNBOROUGH: Etihad prepares to receive first A330 freighter
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways will formally take delivery of its first Airbus A330-200 freighter at the show tomorrow
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FARNBOROUGH: Embraer optimistic as regional forecast revealed
Embraer is at the show in an optimistic mood, hailing a better-than-expected recovery in market demand for its commercial aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH: ATR expects 'about 50' sales this year
Filippo Bagnato is clearly delighted to be back at the helm of ATR. When he first took the chief executive's job, for three years from 2004, the situation...
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FARNBOROUGH: Messier-Bugatti plans demonstration of electric taxi concept
Messier-Bugatti plans to demonstrate its "green taxiing" concept by the end of 2012 and says it is in discussions with Airbus about including the system...
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FARNBOROUGH: Yemenia selects V2500 for A320s
Middle Eastern carrier Yemenia has selected International Aero Engines V2500 powerplants for the 10 Airbus A320s it ordered earlier this year.
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FARNBOROUGH: VIDEO & PICTURES - 787 touches down for UK debut
Boeing's 787 twin-jet has touched down at the Farnborough Air Show, marking the aircraft's first appearance in the UK.