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MAN develops heat resistant parts for X-38
MAN Technologie is developing high-temperature resistant, ceramics-based, lightweight materials for the NASA X-38 International Space Station emergency return spacecraft. MAN will supply the body flaps and wing leading edges for the X-38, key components in steering the lifting-body craft during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. The material is ...
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French astronaut heads for Hubble
French astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy has spent his last day off until late October - in an aircraft. The airliner whisked him away from his Paris show duties yesterday, heading for Houston, Texas - then to the Hubble Space Telescope. Clervoy is the NASA mission specialist robot arm operator ...
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Boeing tips Globemaster for important cargo role
Alan Peaford The US Air Force's C-17 Globemaster III is undoubtedly already a success in the military arena. Having carried out successful missions in the Gulf, Bosnia and Kosovo conflicts, it is already battle-proven. Now its manufacturer, Boeing, is keen to take it to the civil market. ...
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Socata spots niche in freight market
Mark Hannant Socata is to check the viability of the single turboprop TBM 700 as a freight carrier through a partnership agreement with French airline Air Open Sky, it announced at the show. The TBM 700 has previously only been used as a pressurized, six or seven-seat business ...
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Canadians sign deal with France
Canada's aerospace community has united under the Trade Team banner in Hall 5/D15 to promote its business. Among them is trade association Aerospace Industries of Canada, which signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with it's French counterpart on Monday. It is the fourth MoU the organisation has signed up ...
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Phoenix economic council rising
Aerospace in Arizona is the theme of Stand F21 in Hall 5 where a number of companies have united to attract partners in the industry. "Aerospace is one of the most important business areas we want to focus on right now and Paris is the place to make ...
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Extruded profiles set in style
High flying goes high fashion on the Menziken stand, where the group's aerospace division is exhibiting its aluminium extrusion profiles in style. Created by Swiss fashion designer Elsie Brandtwein, this eye-catching display makes a confident statement from Menziken which has been supplying the aircraft industry with extrusions and pressed ...
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Cocooned in your own little piece of heaven
Tamzin Hindmarch The Cocoon is not just a seat, it's a business traveller's dream. But will it catch on with the airlines? That is the $64,000 question. At a price a little above that, Avio Interiors' new super seat, which reclines to become a bed at the press ...
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Passenger comfort from the bottom up
Mark Hannant The way to a man's heart may traditionally be through his stomach, but when it comes to the hearts and minds of business travellers it seems it's their bottoms that hold the key. The battle to hold position in the business- and first-class travel markets has ...
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Logging on to English language
The Internet is playing a vital role in helping pilots and navigators whose first language is not English get to grips with the universal language of aviation. Virtual Languages, an American company based in Boca Raton, Florida, has launched an Internet site where students can learn aviation English ...
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Indra proud of Eurofighter participation
Small is beautiful at Indra's stand in Hall 5/F19, where exhibits include more than one model - but don't be fooled by appearances. Indra is a main supplier for the Eurofighter Typhoon, providing more than 20 information technology (IT) systems. It is one of the founders of the ...
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FAA prepares for millennium countdown with confidence
Tamzin Hindmarch Mission impossible or mission accomplished? Just how confident is the US Federal Aviation Administration about beating the Millennium Bug? In this year's Aviation System Capital Investment Plan, prepared for the US Congress in January, the FAA committed itself to ensuring all its systems would be certified ...
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Koreans aim to raise profile
South Korea's industry is well represented at the show with a number of companies exhibiting under a common banner in Hall 6/B5 in a bid to raise the nation's profile in the aerospace industries. Some, such as Samsung Electronics, are already household names around the world as suppliers of ...
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Eurofighter meets Euro Disney
Eurofighter has turned to Euro Disney for its inspiration at this year's Paris air show. Visitors are queuing up in the static park for the ride of their lifetime in a 50ft (15m) flight simulator. The 20-seat cinema is mounted on a real flight simulation base enabling the audience ...
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Digital maps for Swiss Pumas
Israel's Elbit Systems is to supply digital map systems for Eurocopter Super Puma Mk1 helicopters used by the Swiss air force. The contract calls for the supply and integration of digital maps for 12 helicopters, as well as ground support equipment needed for operation and maintenance. Joseph Ackerman, ...
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Merger partners eager to walk down the aisle
Karen Walker "Less of a merger and more of a marriage," is how AlliedSignal Aerospace president Bob Johnson views the proposed deal with Honeywell. And, in his opinion the sooner the wedding ceremony, the better. Speaking in Paris on the eve of the required "quiet time", during ...
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Honeywell unveils Primus Epic avionics system
Steve Nichols You would think that Mike Smith, president of Honeywell's Commercial Aviation Systems, would be too preoccupied with the AlliedSignal Aerospace merger to talk about business. But he's philosophical. "We've had a lot excitement over the last two weeks, but one constant in any business nowadays is ...
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Batchelor remains firmly married to aviation industry
Mark Hannant He may be one of the oldest swingers in town but veteran pilot and aviation magnate George Batchelor has lost none of the drive that has underpinned his 62-year love affair with the flying business. Having first flown at the age of 16 while a student ...
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Flexjet gets Euro lift-off
Alan Peaford Bombardier's fractional ownership programme was launched in Europe yesterday at the same time that the company announced orders for 20 Global Express business jets from its North American FlexJet operation. The European operations are to be based in Denmark with sales and administration in London. The ...
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New buyers knocking at Global Express door
Ian Verchere Bombardier Aerospace has found "two hot leads" for its new Global Express ultra-long-range business jet at this year's Paris air show, says business aircraft sales president John Lawson. They come on the eve of the new twin-jet's formal acceptance by its first corporate customer, a leading ...