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Technology solution to training troubles
The burgeoning power of computer technology and how it could help the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) was address by Maj Gen Raymund Ng, Chief of the Air Force. "The RSAF is a microcosm of the city-state. Faced with the same lack of resources, we have to constantly ...
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Regionals crack important China and Japan markets
Nicholas Ionides/ATI The world's top regional jet (RJ) makers have cracked two important markets over the past six months - China and Japan - leading to hopes that the sales success of RJs in the USA and Europe may now be spreading to Asia. Fairchild was the first, ...
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Cambodia growth to mimic Dubai
Dr lain Gray doesn't mince words. "We 're going to do what Dubai did 15 years ago," he says, 'we' in this case being the new Kampong Chhnang Global Air Cargo Hub in Cambodia. The project, under development in southern Cambodia, aims to break into the air transport arena ...
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Supply may frustrate freighter conversions
The market for freighter conversions is estimated at some 2,300 aircraft in the next 20 years, but availability of appropriate aircraft for conversion may be an issue. Speaking at Air Freight Asia, Bharat Bhise, president and chief executive officer of C-S Aviation Services, sees continued strong growth in the ...
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Malaysian Prime Minister gives nod to limited open skies
Chuck Grieve Malaysia is prepared to grant reciprocal open skies rights as part of the government's efforts to support its growing air transport industry, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad told an aviation conference in Kuala Lumpur. Delivering the keynote address at the opening of Air Freight Asia 2000 ...
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Nodong base 'threat' revealed as basic camp site
Tim Furniss Imagery from Ikonos, the first commercial spy-satellite-class remote sensing satellite launched last year has revealed that the much-feared Nodong missile launch base in North Korea is nothing but a very basic test site with a few buildings. Nodong has apparently worried USA security chiefs for years ...
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Italians take delivery of first ACJ
The Italian love of stylish living now reaches into the heart of government following the delivery of the world's first Airbus A319 Corporate Jetliner (A319 CJ). Following the handover in Hamburg last week, the ACJ is now deployed to carry members of the Italian government in a modified interior ...
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Neutral site is response to needs of customers
The creation of MyAircraft.com, the Honeywell/United Technologies electronic marketplace for the aerospace industry, was a direct outcome of Honeywell's more intensely customer-focused policy, says Lynn Brubaker, vice-president and general manager, Air Transport and Regional Aerospace. Brubaker is charged with making the new "outward-facing" philosophy work. "We have established an ...
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GKN Westland offers UK Ministry of Defence upgrade for Lynx
Paul Derby GKN Westland has held informal discussions with the UK Ministry of Defence aimed at resolving the future role of the Lynx helicopter within Britain's armed forces. Analysts had believed that the MoD's long-term plan was a gradual phase out of the small ship helicopter in favour ...
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Testing time for AI at Asian Aerospace
Airbus Industrie is using the show to talk to major regional airlines in the market testing phase of its 555-seat A3XX aircraft programme. One of the carriers involved is Cathay Pacific, which is understood to be interested in becoming a launch customer. However airlines in the region are concerned ...
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GIII features personal DVD players
A Gulfstream III from Jet Aviation's Private Fleet, on show in the static park, should have special appeal for movie lovers. To enhance inflight services, the GIII has been outfitted with a new feature: personalised individual DVD players. The units are equipped with noise-cancelling Sony stereo headsets to provide ...
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Falcons fitted with new carbon fibre tailplane
Following a successful test programme, a new carbon fibre horizontal stabiliser for Falcon 2000 and 900 series business jets is being manufactured at Dassault Aviation's plant in Biarritz and will soon be fitted to new Falcons at Dassault's main assembly plant at Bordeaux-Mérignac. Dassault expects the advanced tailplane will ...
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Timing of show fortuitous for Falcon
Four years after its debut at the Asian Aerospace show in 1996, Dassault's long-ranging Falcon 900EX returns to the Orchid City for Asian Aerospace 2000. "The region's strengthening economy has made the timing of this year's Asian Aerospace show and the presence of our Falcon 900EX demonstrator doubly fortunate," ...
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Kudos for Goodyear
Goodyear Tire and Rubber has been named one of America's Most Admired Companies by Fortune magazine. The Ohio-based manufacturer and retreader of aircraft tyres, exhibiting at the show (Stand A510) took top honours in six of the eight sections of the Rubber and Plastic Products category of the magazine's ...
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Space is the place
Space, once the final frontier, is somewhat more accessible to airshow visitors. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), organiser of the World Space Conference (WSC) 2002, is promoting the event, which will take place in October 2002 in Houston, Texas. The world's top aerospace corporate executives, space ...
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Advanced winglets fitted as standard
Boeing is to offer its Next-Generation 737-800 customers a new, advanced-technology winglet as standard. Benefits of the winglet, originally developed for the Boeing Business Jet, include extended range, greater payload, fuel savings and reduced environmental impact. The first Boeing 737-800 with winglets is expected to be delivered in the ...
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Fosset and Citation break recordaround the world in eight relays
Mark Hannant Long-haul legend Steve Fosset landed another world record last week. It took Fosset and his two co-pilots, fellow American Darrin Adkins and Britain's Alex Tai, just 41h 13min 11sec to circle the globe. In doing so, Fosset's Cessna Citation X twin-engined business jet knocked more than ...
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Asian market warming to business aviation
Gulfstream comes to Asian Aerospace 2000 buoyed with optimism over the future prospects in Asia for its ultra-long-range Gulfstream V and the long-range large cabin Gulfstream IV-SP. Vice-chairman Bryan Moss says that there has been a change in attitude toward business aviation. "The slow but steady improvement we are ...
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Eagle-eyed Flight Daily News photographer
Eagle-eyed Flight Daily News photographer Mark Snell was capturing the arrival of the Ilyushin Il-114-100 for posterity when he noticed that there appeared to be an incompatibility between the wingspan and the width between the trees either side of the taxiway leading toward Asian Aerospace's static park. Sure enough, ...
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Multi-role GIV delivered to Japanese defence agency
The Japanese air self defence force (JASDF) has taken delivery of a fifth multi-purpose variant Gulfstream IV. Equipped with a special cargo door measuring five feet by six feet, the aircraft is designed to meet the medical evacuation requirements of the Japanese defence agency. "The cargo door equipped ...