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Lather over leather
There are different ways to get your kicks on Route 66, it appears. Spinneybeck has used the name for its latest collection of leatherware for the aviation industry. Route 66 and the Ice collection have both been added to the Spinneybeck range since Farnborough '96. So if you're in ...
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Laptop link-up
Businessmen planning to work while they travel no longer need to carry a spare laptop battery, thanks to a collaboration between Primex Aerospace and Airline Interiors, both part of the Simula group. The two companies have developed a system called Empower which allows passengers to connect their laptops to ...
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Hazard avoidance
The Swedish Civil Aviation Group (Hall 1, Stand B3) is showing an interesting add-on module for the Aero NAVItracker GPS navigation system. Of interest to helicopter pilots, the SAFEAIR module was developed for pilots flying at low-level, such as air ambulance flights and power-line inspectors. The technology uses GPS ...
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Laser wire marking
Spectrum Technologies (Hall 3, Stand A3) has won an order to supply its Capris 100-12 laser wire marking system to Japanese company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). The system will be used on a number of projects including the Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 and Global Express. The fully automated Capris 100-12 ...
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Gearbox overhaul
Michigan aviation manufacturer ACR Industries has received FAA approval for overhauls and repairs at turbine engine gearboxes, helicopter drive systems, tail rotor gearboxes, and gearing. Visit ACR Industries at Hall 2, Stand A34. Source: Flight Daily News
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VHF breakthrough
Adams Aviation and Walter Dittel (Hall 1, Stand A14) are showing one of the first dual-channel VHF airband radios to be ready for the new 8.33kHz channel spacing. The date for the introduction of the new channel spacing, for aircraft flying above 24,500ft (7,400m) within European airspace, has been put ...
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FLS purchase
FLS Aerospace comes to Farnborough following the signing of a recent Heads of Agreement between its parent FLS Industries A/S and Aer Lingus for the purchase of TEAM Aer Lingus. FLS says negotiations are still in the early stages, but that the deal will bring together two of Europe's ...
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Marston achieves new accreditation
The Aerospace Groups of UK based IMI Marston have been accredited with the Joint Aviation Authorities JAR-21 schedule. Peter Harper, head of design and production standards at the CAA, presented Steve Hiscox, director of Aerospace with a certificate on the IMI Marston stand at Hall 1/D40. Manager Richard ...
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More problems detailed at HK airport inquiry
The public inquiry set up to investigate the troubled opening of Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok has heard further evidence of apparent mismanagement. Yeung Kwok-keung, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (HACTL) deputy managing director, has spoken of bungled fire safety tests that ultimately led to the ...
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Air Canada continues search for Air Alliance buyer
Air Canada is still seeking a buyer for its Air Alliance subsidiary, three months after putting the unprofitable Quebec-based regional on the block. The company continues to drain Air Canada's resources, despite annual sales of around $35 million. A strike last year resulted in the loss of several million ...
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Boeing racks up $2bn more in orders
Mike Martin Boeing announced a raft of orders together worth more than $2 billion yesterday. The biggest order, totalling $1.27 billion, was from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for nine extended range 767-300ERs and three 767-400ERs. All the aircraft will be powered by General Electric CF6-80C2 engines. ...
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Thai Airways prepares for revamp
Thai Airways International chief executive Mahidol Chantrangkun is preparing a sweeping proposal designed to revamp the airline's domestic and international operations. Mahidol, who also serves as the Thai government's permanent secretary for transport, is heading the working group tasked with addressing repeatedly delayed privatisation plans, loss-making routes and outstanding ...
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UPS deal heads $8bn Airbus spree
Karen Walker Airbus Industrie chalked up yet another coup yesterday when it announced two multi-billion-dollar deals and secured a new customer, United Parcel Service (UPS), which has selected the A300-600 freighter for its widebody fleet. Wednesday's UPS order, worth $4.8 billion, combined with a $2 billion order from ...
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France weighs up joining UK's Skynet 5
Tim Furniss France is considering joining the UK's Skynet 5 military communications satellite programme instead of developing a Franco-German system - all that remains from the original Anglo-French-German Trimilsatcom concept. The UK pulled out of Trimilsatcom in August. Armand Carlier, the chief executive of Matra Marconi Space, which ...
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Europeans team to challenge Jeppesen dominance
The specialised world of flight planning and documentation, long dominated by US giant Jeppesen, is set for its biggest shake-up ever through the formation of an alliance of three of Europe's key players in the field. Lufthansa Group's Lido unit, SAS Flight Support (SASFS), and Air France Aeronautical are ...
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TNT takes lease on A300 freighters
C-S Aviation Services (CSAS) has signed a long term lease agreement with TNT for four Airbus A300 freighters. The lease reflects the growth of TNT's business in Europe. CSAS, which acts as manager for P-G Aircraft Holdings, developed the A300 conversion in partnership with British Aerospace Aviation Services ...
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Delta employees receive $180m profit-share
Delta Air Lines says it is distributing $180 million in profit-sharing payments to eligible employees as the result of its record performance in fiscal 1998. The distribution is the largest payout since Delta introduced profit-sharing in fiscal 1995 and represents 6% of the base salaries earned by the employees ...
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American Eagle to launch Dallas-Houston Hobby jet service
American Eagle is beginning jet service between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston's Hobby Airport on 7 December with Embraer ERJ-145s. Although the regional carrier - the world's largest - is initially only replacing two of 11 daily turboprop round-trip services between the two airports, American Eagle says it will add ...
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Fairchild introduces 728JET suppliers
Mark Hannant The next stage of Fairchild Aerospace's programme to build the 728JET family of regional jets was announced at the show yesterday as the company introduced the system suppliers it has chosen for the project. As announced last month, General Electric will provide CF34-8D engines incorporating a ...
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Speed and skill the hallmarks of rescue service
Alex Gallemore Teamwork is the key ingredient for the rapid response flying doctor crew at the show this week. During the daily flying display, a Eurocopter AS330 Puma and a Bell 412 helicopter are on standby to provide an instant air crew and casualty removal service. The ...