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Aerobatic teams have long been a feature of Farnborough
Over the years, Farnborough has witnessed teams of Hawker Hunters, Folland Gnats, English Electric Lightnings, Supermarine Scimitars, Pitts Specials, Fiat G91s, Hawker Sea Hawks, de Havilland Sea Vixens, Fouga Magisters- but none have been more appreciated than the Red Arrows whose displays have become synonymous with precision, discipline and sheer ...
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JSF landing gear delivered
Boeing and Messier-Dowty are celebrating a milestone in the Concept Development phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. The first landing gear components for the Concept Demonstrator aircraft have now been delivered as Messier-Dowty prepares to hand over the first complete set of landing gear in March next ...
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Talks set to thrash out IAR-Bell details
Paul Derby Romanian helicopter manufacturer IAR says it will meet with representatives from Bell Helicopter and its own government next week to thrash out a financial solution which would allow licence production of the Bell AH-1RO Dracula - based on the AH-1W Super Cobra. IAR delegates at the ...
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LucasVarity plans hQ move to USA
In deference to its US shareholders, aerospace and automotive supplier LucasVarity plans to move its headquarters from London to Buffalo, New York. The change is the "natural next step in the company's evolution," Lucas says, considering the 1996 merger of Lucas Industries and Varity and increased competition from US-based ...
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Japan's heavyweights go smoke-free
Japan's two leading carriers are to ban smoking on all flights - both international and domestic - early next year. Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) say they will introduce their bans on 1 April and 28 March respectively. Both carriers claim that the move to all-out ...
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Lockheed and Woodward in engine controls joint venture
Lockheed Martin Control Systems and Woodward Governor have formed a limited-liability joint venture to provide aero-engine control systems design, integration, manufacturing and product support. The companies say that the new venture, called Aesys, is a further step in the strategic partnership that they first announced at the Farnborough Air ...
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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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Over and out
From the mighty to the modest- the armada of the skies at rest on the tarmac at Farnborough '98. Feast on the view, for it's one that will never be seen again in September - but only because the show moves to July in 2000. The last September ...
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Interest high in Heli-Asia show
Despite the obvious impact that Asia's economic woes are having on the region's aerospace sector, it hasn't stopped more than 150 rotary-wing aviation companies signing up for Heli-Asia '98. Organisers of the event, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 27-29 October, say that exhibitors are asking ...
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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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SBAC marks 50th year with aviation ephemera display
Around a year ago, show organisers SBAC decided to mark the 50th anniversary of Farnborough in a special way- but the question was, how? Initial discussions soon resulted in the idea of a display of aviation ephemera to mark the show's half century and the SBAC's member companies were ...
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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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UAE orders CAE training units
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) armed forces has placed orders with CAE for two Pilatus PC-7 Flight Training Devices with MAXVUE Plus Visual Systems. The $9.5 million contract was announced at the show. The equipment will be delivered to the UAE's training college in Abu Dhabi by September ...
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Raytheon confirms sales to Executive Jet
As predicted exclusively in yesterday's Flight Daily News, Raytheon announced a $220 million order from fractional ownership company Executive Jet for 20 more Hawker 800XPs with 16 options, bringing their total of firm orders for the aircraft up to 40. Executive Jet also operates 25 Hawker 1000s making the ...
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survey reveals harsh realities of marketplace
Alan Dron If you want to be an airline pilot, don't bother with university. And if you do make it into a cockpit, there is a 33% chance of being unemployed at some time in a given five-year timespan, with the average fallow period being one year. These ...
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Russian Zenit crash blow to Boeing's Sea Launch
Tim Furniss The failure of a Russian Zenit 2 booster during launch yesterday with the loss of 12 Globalstar mobile communications satellites, may force Boeing to carry a dummy satellite on its First Sea Launch flight, a booster based on the Zenit 2 and equipped with an additional third ...
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Purdy makes UK show debut
First-time exhibitor Purdy is already looking forward to appearing at the next Farnborough airshow. Sales representative Ray Bull persuaded the Anglo-American company to exhibit its range of machine components and aerospace transmissions for the first time. "I convinced them that if they want to get into Europe this is ...
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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 ...