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Expert warns of aircraft seat deterioration
Tamzin Hindmarch Safety experts have warned of the dangers of failing to replace ageing aircraft seats. Rond Moore works for American aircraft interiors firm Skandia, which specialises in testing passenger seats. Speaking on behalf of his team, who are exhibiting at the air show this week, he ...
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'Smart' weapons at the heart of Italian-UK venture
Tim Ripley A growing family of "smart" guided weapons is at the heart of the newly-formed Italian-British missile partnership, Alenia Marconi Systems. The missile divisions of the two companies were joined six months ago when their parents formed the 50:50 joint venture, linking their defence electronics, simulation, training, ...
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Crash thrusts ejection seat technology into forefront
Tim Ripley In the aftermath of the remarkable escape of the Sukhoi Su-30 aircrew at Paris on Saturday, ejection seat technology suddenly acquired a higher profile, making recent experiments in the USA very topical. NASA's Dryden research centre, the US Navy's Air Warfare Centre Weapons Division and the ...
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GPS rollover promises prelude to millennium
Never mind the millennium bug, some GPS users can expect problems long before 1 January 2000 - 22 August to be precise. This is the date for an event known as "GPS Week Number Rollover" and refers to the week number transmitted in the satellite navigation message changing ...
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Spain joins Argentina for space project
A high resolution remote sensing satellite is being developed by Spain and Argentina. Called Cesar, the satellite will be launched in 2003 and will be able to transmit 5m resolution images of the Earth, the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA) says at Le Bourget. INTA, which is ...
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Boeing delivers vital space station truss
Tim Furniss Boeing delivered a vital component of the International Space Station (ISS) to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre (KSC), Florida on Friday. Called the S-Zero Truss, it will form part of what will eventually be the ISS's girder-like framed crossbeam. The S-Zero will be the first starboard truss ...
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717 rolls on
There'll be some very proud Israelis watching the Boeing 717-200 in the flying display - the entire undercarriage is made by the SHL division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). SHL has so far delivered 15 landing gear systems for the 100-seat airliner, having been awarded the contract in 1998. The ...
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Dassault to spin off civil, military activities
Ian Verchere Dassault Aviation plans to hive its civil and military activities off into two separate companies by the end of this year. Announcing this at Le Bourget, group chairman and CEO Serge Dassault says the move is part of an effort to "improve flexibility and competitiveness, and ...
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Green future for P&W's JT8D family
Geoff Thomas Pratt & Whitney's ubiquitous JT8D-200 family of engines will now be much 'greener', thanks to a new Environmental Kit (E-Kit) combustor system which exceeds all ICAO standards for new production engines. It also qualifies for one of the world's toughest emission categories, Switzerland's Class 5. ...
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Leasing option added to fractional ownership plan
Karen Walker Raytheon Travel Air, a fractional ownership company, has added a new twist to its business - a leasing option. Travel Air, a Raytheon Aircraft company, will offer customers the lease option through Fleet Capital Leasing's corporate aircraft finance division. The five-year lease requires no down payment ...
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Kit aircraft is a real Revelation
Tamzin Hindmarch Small aircraft mean big business for Slipstream president Michael Puhl who has turned his hobby into a thriving enterprise. The Revelation can be seen sitting pretty in front of the USA conference hall at the airshow like a large model aeroplane, and like a model, can ...
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Business as usual at Eurofighter
The decision-making process in the Eurofighter organisation will not be affected by this week's acquisition of Spanish partner Casa by German colleague DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa), it was stated at the show. The comment came from Filippo Bagnato, Eurofighter's chairman, during a briefing. The programme's structure, with supervision ...
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Flood of orders buoys MD Helicopters
Paul Derby MD Helicopters has emerged from its purchase of Boeing's civil helicopter line with a flood of orders, making its debut appearance at Paris a positive affair. The company comes to the show fresh from the sale of 14 helicopters to customers in Latin America and sales ...
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Gulfstream targets international markets
Karen Walker Gulfstream is basing its international sales organisation in London as part of a push to increase its overseas sales. Bill Boisture, Gulfstream's president and chief executive officer, says the London office will be "...an important first step in expanding the strength of our international team substantially." ...
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Condor project evaluates integrated data system
Condor Flugdienst, the charter affiliate of Lufthansa German Airlines, has installed the Rockwell Collins Integrated Information System (I2S) on two A320 aircraft as part of Condor's Aircraft Integrated Network (CAIN) project. This project, which Rockwell Collins and Condor have conducted in Europe, tests the technologies required to link an ...
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Sikorsky shares the good news
Paul Derby Sikorsky has revealed more details of its fledgling fractional ownership programme which will begin operation "within weeks" under the name of Sikorsky Shares. Using the S-76C+ as the base aircraft, the programme will be launched initially in the North East USA, but there are plans to ...
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China to launch men into space by 2003
Tim Furniss China will launch two astronauts into space in about 2003 following the first unmanned test flight of the spacecraft and booster system in 2000. Officials at China Great Wall Industry (CGWIC) confirmed some details of the manned space programme yesterday. New interest in the programme ...
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UK radar contract winner imminent?
Tim Ripley Expectations are high that the UK government will announce the winner of its $1.2-billion airborne stand-off radar (ASTOR) contest this week. Although the UK's Ministry of Defence remains tight-lipped about the timing of the announcement, industry sources believe the decision will be made public during the ...
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Who's to blame?
The two-man crew of the Su-30MK that crashed at the show on Saturday, last night sensationally blamed the show organisers for the disaster. Sukhoi chief test pilot Viacheslav Averianov (right) and navigator Vladimir Shendrik said the organiser's decision to cut their display from eight to six minutes was to ...
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$2bn fractional jet deal for raytheon
Karen Walker A massive fractional ownership business jet deal - potentially worth $2 billion - was sealed between Executive Jet and Raytheon Aircraft in Paris last night. Last night's deal, signed at a ceremony in a Paris hotel, is for 50 Hawker Horizon super mid-size business jets, plus ...