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Whittle award aims to encourage young engineering talent
Geoff Thomas The UK's 'red rose' county of Lancashire has always featured strongly in aviation innovation, so it is appropriate that the Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace (CLA) should have obtained major sponsorship from Rolls-Royce for its Sir Frank Whittle Award. This prestigious new award, aimed at attracting some ...
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Delta Air orders two more 777s
American operator Delta Air Lines has ordered an additional two Boeing 777s powered by Rolls-Royce's Trent 892 engines, it was announced at Farnborough yesterday. The order is worth more than $50 million to Rolls-Royce and the aircraft will be delivered in 1999. These two incremental aircraft increase Delta's ...
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Three more customers for Honeywell Pegasus system
Honeywell has added Austrian Airlines, Sabena and Swissair to its growing list of Pegasus Flight Management System (FMS) customers. The systems will be fitted to their Airbus fleets, bringing the number of companies choosing Pegasus to more than 30. The system provides airlines with new capabilities to take ...
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Airbus agreement
French nacelle maker Hurel-Dubois has announced that it has signed a MOU with Airbus for work on the A3XX large aircraft programme. Source: Flight Daily News
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Reliability is key to Meggitt success
Geoff Thomas What's the secret of increasing sales in the aircraft components industry? Mike Stacey, chief executive of British aviation company Meggitt (Hall 3, A15), says it is simple: Ask a major player like Boeing what its worst supplied product is, then enter that marketplace, offering 100% reliability ...
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ASTOR radar rivals use show to trade punches
Tim Ripley Raytheon has lambasted its American rival in the $1.1 billion UK ASTOR contest, describing Northrop Grumman's entry as a "high risk, high cost solution" that will not be in service for some time. The US defence electronics giant directed all its fire at Northrop Grumman's Joint ...
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Certified success
Certified Aircraft Parts of Florida has had a major success at the show having signed a deal with Engineered Fabrics making it worldwide distributor of parts for the F-15, F-16 and F-18. The contract is significant for Certified Aircraft Parts as it broadens its business base built over the ...
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Heat stress found in crashed MD-11 cockpit
Investigators probing the loss of Swissair Flight 111 have found evidence of what they are calling "heat stress" on small pieces of cockpit wreckage recovered from the sea. Lead investigator Vic Gorden revealed the finding at a press conference but declined to go into further detail. The phenomenon is ...
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THY orders 737-800 full-flight simulator
THY Turkish Airlines has ordered a Boeing 737-800 full-flight simulator (FFS) from CAE Electronics. The simulator is to be delivered late next year and installed at the national carrier's flight training centre in Istanbul. The sale is CAE's first to THY, which has also ordered a computer-based Next Generation 737 ...
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New Sepcarb brake makes inroads
Messier Bugatti's latest carbon brake, Sepcarb III PLUS has been selected by Air Tours, All Nippon Airways, Ansett, Royal Brunei and Sabena for their Airbus A319/A320s. A total of 107 aircraft will have the brakes fitted from the second quarter of 1999 when Supercarb III PLUS brakes enter service. ...
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MTU plans Chinese venture
MTU and China Southern Airlines are to establish a joint venture that will broaden their range of maintenance activities. The move will strengthen Daimler affiliate MTU's position as a leading independent maintenance provider. Following a feasibility study, the joint venture agreement should be finalised by June 1999 to ...
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New Gulf maintenance base planned
Abu Dhabi-based GAMCO and Oman Air have announced their intention to form a new joint venture company, specialising in regional aircraft maintenance, to be based at Seeb International Airport, Oman. The new company, provisionally titled GAMCO Oman, is due to be launched in January next year. It will support ...
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Lucas licensed to make PDU for B747s
Lucas Aerospace will manufacture and market power drive units (PDUs) for Elektro-Metall Export's (EME's) Boeing 747-100, -200F/C and -400F aircraft under the terms of a licensing agreement signed at the show. The licence permits Lucas Aerospace to manufacture the PDU in the US and to market them in the ...
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Laser wire marking
Spectrum Technologies (Hall 3, Stand A3) has won an order to supply its Capris 100-12 laser wire marking system to Japanese company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). The system will be used on a number of projects including the Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 and Global Express. The fully automated Capris 100-12 ...
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Air Canada continues search for Air Alliance buyer
Air Canada is still seeking a buyer for its Air Alliance subsidiary, three months after putting the unprofitable Quebec-based regional on the block. The company continues to drain Air Canada's resources, despite annual sales of around $35 million. A strike last year resulted in the loss of several million ...
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Boeing racks up $2bn more in orders
Mike Martin Boeing announced a raft of orders together worth more than $2 billion yesterday. The biggest order, totalling $1.27 billion, was from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for nine extended range 767-300ERs and three 767-400ERs. All the aircraft will be powered by General Electric CF6-80C2 engines. ...
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UPS deal heads $8bn Airbus spree
Karen Walker Airbus Industrie chalked up yet another coup yesterday when it announced two multi-billion-dollar deals and secured a new customer, United Parcel Service (UPS), which has selected the A300-600 freighter for its widebody fleet. Wednesday's UPS order, worth $4.8 billion, combined with a $2 billion order from ...
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Europeans team to challenge Jeppesen dominance
The specialised world of flight planning and documentation, long dominated by US giant Jeppesen, is set for its biggest shake-up ever through the formation of an alliance of three of Europe's key players in the field. Lufthansa Group's Lido unit, SAS Flight Support (SASFS), and Air France Aeronautical are ...
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TNT takes lease on A300 freighters
C-S Aviation Services (CSAS) has signed a long term lease agreement with TNT for four Airbus A300 freighters. The lease reflects the growth of TNT's business in Europe. CSAS, which acts as manager for P-G Aircraft Holdings, developed the A300 conversion in partnership with British Aerospace Aviation Services ...
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American Eagle to launch Dallas-Houston Hobby jet service
American Eagle is beginning jet service between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston's Hobby Airport on 7 December with Embraer ERJ-145s. Although the regional carrier - the world's largest - is initially only replacing two of 11 daily turboprop round-trip services between the two airports, American Eagle says it will add ...