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PARIS AIR SHOW: Battery-powered aircraft makes maiden flight
The Skyspark, a modified Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300 ultralight, flew for the first time on battery power alone on Wednesday 10 June and on 12 June it reached...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Honeywell launches overrun warning system
Honeywell is using the Paris air show to launch a new approach and landing safety product designed to reduce the risk of runway overruns following...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Honeywell aims to ease airlines' pain
Honeywell is claiming near total take-up by its airline customers of a programme to derate the auxiliary power units to cut fuel-burn and improve reliability. The...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Hamilton Sundstrand boosts technical support ahead of 787 first flight
Hamilton Sundstrand is strengthening its support system for the Boeing 787 ahead of the aircraft's imminent first flight, placing technical staff at Boeing's...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Cyclone gets under Embraer's skin
Canada's Cyclone Manufacturing announced at Le Bourget that it has been contracted by Embraer to supply critical structural components for the Brazilian...
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Niki Lauda's 2009 interview with Flight Daily News
Ahead of the 2009 Paris air show, Flight Daily News conducted this Q&A with Niki Lauda
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Parker controls the C-Series
Parker Aerospace (hall 5, D36) has won contracts for four systems in the recently launched Bombardier CSeries airliner, including the fly-by-wire flight...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Chromalloy's PMA blades pass airline milestone
US parts manufacturing approval specialist Chromalloy (hall 3A, 33) reports that high-pressure turbine (HPT) blades produced...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Growing protectionism shadows open skies talks
Will growing US protectionism threaten open skies negotiations? European politicians and airline chiefs fear an air trade war.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: 'Convergence of causes' of Air France A330 unknown: EADS
Airbus parent EADS has "no idea" of "the convergence of causes" that led Air France Flight 447 to crash on 1 June, says chief executive Louis Gallois. "Even...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Superjet: Russia's revival or last stand?
Can the Sukhoi Superjet overcome perceptions and prejudices associated with Soviet-era aircraft and land Western customers?
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Qatar Airways set to announce major A320 deal today
The order, which is likely to comprise 20 A320s and four A321s, is expected to be announced by the airline's chief executive Akbar Al Baker during a press conference at Le Bourget today. It would have a value at list prices of around $1.8 billion.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Boeing shakes off tough year for 747-8
Despite seemingly lukewarm support earlier this from top company executives and a lack of orders, Boeing is firmly committed to the 747-8
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Middle East brings joy to Paris opener
Middle Eastern exhibitors are again dominating the scene as the Paris air show opens this morning to predictions that the major orders will be coming from...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: CFM starts Leap X core tests
But engine manufacturer is still unsure about two-stage high-pressure turbine
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Parker system removes water from fuel
In January 2008 a British Airways Boeing 777 force-landed short of the runway at London Heathrow airport because ice in the fuel feed system meant the engines...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: GKN steps up technology investment
Engineers at GKN Aerospace (Hall 6 A24) are pushing forward the boundaries of current technology and is in the final stage of developing one piece acoustic...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Price Induction raises certification funding for small turbofan
Privately owned French turbofan development company Price Induction will this week buck the difficult capital...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Rockwell Collins plunges into crowded pool
Rockwell Collins (hall 4, B17) has plunged into the crowded waters of the civil airline training market with its Core flight simulation system, showing at...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Volvo Aero unveils 20% lighter fan frame
Volvo Aero (hall 2A, stand B114) has manufactured two 180kg (396lb) 2m (6.5ft) diameter commercial aircraft turbofan engine frame demonstrators that use...