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New 767 brake
Boeing is to use a braking system from French firm Messier-Bugatti for the first time on a 767-300 next month following extensive tests earlier this year. The two companies agreed a contract in 1997 which was followed by a programme of further research and testing. Messier-Bugatti's braking system ...
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Japanese Piper
Osaka Aviation has been appointed authorised distributor of New Piper Aircraft products in Japan, and will provide customer service to new and existing Piper owners. The company will also handle new aircraft sales, provide technical assistance, perform warranty work and supply spare parts. Founded in 1968 as a ...
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Popularity plus
Executives and managers at British Aerospace will take a closer interest in what their staff think of them - it will affect their bonuses. A new scheme at BAe will see staff polled on the popularity of their managers, and the results will be linked to directors' and managers' ...
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Merger for picture power
The photogrammetric divisions of Intergraph and Carl Zeiss have merged to form Z/I Imaging, debuting at the air show this week. The joint venture was set up with expansion in mind and together the new team hopes to enhance its product line and support worldwide. Specialising in military aerial ...
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Dowty wins more contracts
Dowty Aerospace Hydraulics has been chosen by Liebherr Aerospace of Germany to design, develop and supply the landing gear hydraulics for the new Bell Agusta Aerospace AB139 twin turbine helicopter. The AB139, which is designed to take up to 15 passengers, will have retractable tricycle landing gear with the ...
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EH sales target
EH Industries is aiming to boost sales of its EH101 Heliliner, the civil variant of the Anglo-Italian medium lift helicopter, following successful completion of a trial with operator British International Helicopters (Brintel). Just one civil version has been delivered so far, to Japan's Tokyo police, compared with almost 100 ...
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Medical aid
Japan will take delivery of its first helicopter to be dedicated to emergency medical missions when Aero Asahi receives an MD Explorer next month. Tomen Aerospace, the MD Helicopters distributor in Japan, sold the aircraft to Aero Asahi, which will join forces with a Japanese hospital to operate the ...
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Versatile engine on display
Motor Sich is showcasing its turbofan engine, designed for the Be-200 amphibian aircraft. First shown in Moscow in 1997 and still undergoing flight tests, the D-436TP is unique, says the company, in the short and medium-haul market for which it is intended. Major advantages are low fuel consumption ...
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Face the facts with Louis Chênevert
Leading Pratt & Whitney's presence at Paris '99 is the engine manufacturer's new president, Louis Chênevert, who was appointed to the top position in April when former president Karl Krapek was elected president and chief operating officer of P&W's parent company, United Technologies. Chênevert joined P&W in 1997 as executive ...
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Full array of Honeywell products on display
Steve Nichols Honeywell is at Le Bourget with a wide variety of displays, demonstrations and informational exhibits from its three space and aviation business units. As one of the world's biggest suppliers of aviation technologies, Honeywell provides end-to-end integrated systems and service solutions for commercial and military aircraft, ...
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Ipeco keeps watch on bottom line
Crew on the new Boeing 717 have the full support of Ipeco - quite literally . Ipeco has designed and manufactured the flight deck and cabin attendant seating on the aircraft, making its European debut at Paris '99. Ipeco's portfolio currently contains more than 50 models, used by ...
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Maritime surveillance for Poles
The Swedish Space Corporation has signed a contract with the Polish maritime office in Gdynia for two new MSS 5000 maritime surveillance systems. The systems will be installed in PZL M28 aircraft and operated by the Polish navy. The maritime office is responsible for environmental surveillance in the Polish ...
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Wheeler dealer focuses on retread work
French company Michelin has a strong presence at the show this year with an emphasis on the expanding tyre retreading capabilities. With a new retreading site in Zurich, Switzerland, now complementing the existing ones in Bourges and Cuneo in Italy, the company feels it can now offer a more ...
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Hamilton SunDstrand parts play big role in new PW6000 engine
Geoff Thomas The Pratt & Whitney PW6000 engine which is now in development will have more Hamilton Sundstrand content than any other engine to date, the newly merged company announced at Le Bourget yesterday. This major step-forward for Hamilton Sundstrand means that it has moved closer to its ...
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FAA hotline for counterfeit product reports
Tamzin Hindmarch The US Federal Aviation Administration has set up a free hotline for people wishing to report suspected unapproved aircraft parts. Such products may look the same, but if they do not comply with FAA standards they may not be of the same high quality or be ...
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New 777 battery system launched
A new battery system for the Boeing 777 has been developed and launched by Eldec and Saft. The entire system can directly replace original equipment without the need for aircraft rewiring. Eldec is a Crane company. Saft is the battery division of Alcatel Cable. The new system consists ...
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Pegasus performance enhanced by new system
Geoff Thomas The Rolls-Royce Pegasus, used in the British Aerospace Harrier McDonnell Douglas, can now be fitted with an enhanced high-reliability replacement inlet guide vane control system (IGVCS), thanks to a development by suppliers Hamilton Sundstrand. The IGVCS is a flight-critical system comprising a dual-channel digital electronic control ...
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UK Royal flight gets HUMS
Marconi Avionics Portsmouth has installed a new Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) on board the latest Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter used by the British Royal family. The system was installed by Sikorsky at its West Palm Beach, Florida facility for Air Hanson which operates Royal Household helicopter services. ...
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Twin-engined Eurocopter debuts at show
The Paris air show is home turf for Eurocopter and the European manufacturer is using the show to fly its EC155B twin-engine helicopter for the first time publicly. Launch customer is the German border guard (BGS) which took delivery of an initial batch of EC155Bs in March. BGS has ...
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Sound business
It sounds like Enstrom Helicopters has just concluded a deal worth making a noise about. The US manufacturer will deliver an Enstrom 480 helicopter to Ray Dolby, the inventor who pioneered the world-renowned Dolby sound systems next month. The founder of Dolby Laboratories introduced noise reduction techniques that ...