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Fairchild offers savings in aviation recorders
The new Fairchild FA2100 aviation recorder has a significant advantage over its competitors - it weighs only half as much says the company. Tipping the scales at only 10lb (just under 4.5kg), the FA2100 is available as a Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), Flight Data Recorder (FDR) or a combination ...
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Dunlop benefits
The UK manufacturing industry in Britain may be suffering as a result of the strength of sterling, but for Dunlop Equipment the British Airways order for Airbus A320 aircraft offers a ray of light in the gloom of uncertainty. Dunlop Equipment, the Coventry-based aircraft component manufacturer, supplies solenoid and ...
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Fairchild trio
Fairchild Aerospace has announced the appointments of Ian Ewing, David Doucette and Salo Roth as directors of corporate aircraft sales. The three will handle sales of the Envoy 3, Envoy 4, Envoy 7 and the 328 turboprop to corporate operators. Ewing, who will handle sales in the west of ...
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Comair launch?
Fairchild Dornier is in advanced negotiations with US regional airline Comair for a large launch order for its 428JET, according to this week's Flight International. The Cincinnati-based Delta Connection carrier is negotiating for up to 40 of the 42/44-seat aircraft. The 428JET is a stretched version of the 328JET ...
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New alloy boasts superior strength
Vitreloy, a new high technology material, is being launched at the show by Cordant Technologies (formerly Thiokol). The material is a metallic-glass alloy claimed to be twice as strong as titanium or stainless steel, and significantly harder. Lighter than stainless steel, Vitreloy is also more resistant to permanent deformation ...
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Ex-astronaut fronts low-cost satellite initiative
Karen Walker A former NASA astronaut who helped in the famous Intelsat-6 satellite rescue is leading an industry initiative to provide global satellite services to small, independent operators. Rick Hieb is now director, commercial space, at AlliedSignal Technical Services in Maryland. He is better known, however, as the ...
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Turboprop and jet lease fleets all set to merge
Karen Walker British Aerospace Asset Management has completed its three-year strategy programme to stabilise its turboprop portfolio and will now move forward rapidly to merge the company's turboprop and jet operations. Stephen O'Sullivan, the company's executive vice-president, turboprops, says that by the end of 1998 his group will ...
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Bombardier advances bid for MoD contract
Bombardier has reinforced its bid to become the main contender for the UK MoD's Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) Speaking at a briefing at Farnborough yesterday, Bob Brown, Bombardier Aerospace president and chief operating officer, outlined the Canadian firm's strong links with the UK and emphasised the potential strengths of ...
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Billion-dollar Boeing still a formidable force
Karen Walker Boeing may feel a little beleaguered at Farnborough '98, but it is still a company that can pull billion-dollar orders out of a hat on the show's opening day. Yesterday, the commercial aircraft giant revealed a $900 million order from International Lease Finance and a $230 ...
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Exhibition to mark Flight's 90th birthday
Mark Hannant London's famous Science Museum is to host an exhibition of the cut-away drawings which appear in Flight International to mark the magazine's 90th anniversary. Since the 1920s Flight, as the magazine was then named, has featured hand-drawn artwork; from the 1930s onwards the cut-aways for which ...
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UK PM gives support to aerospace industry
Nick Gray In a high-profile show of support for the British aerospace industry, Prime Minister Tony Blair and Trade Secretary Peter Mandelson opened Farnborough International '98 yesterday. "The Farnborough Inter-national airshow serves as a showcase event for the British aerospace industry. That the show receives visitors and exhibitors ...
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Marconi antennas selected
Canadian Marconi has secured two new contracts for Satcom antennas. Its CMA-2102 High Gain antenna has been selected by Continental Airlines for its new Boeing 777 and 767-400 aircraft and by Gulf Air for its Airbus A330-200 fleet. The antennae will provide onboard telephone, data and fax services via ...
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New name and venue for Canada show
As Farnborough opens, its trans-Atlantic counterpart is today announcing its own plan to provide an improved package for the aerospace industry. Aerospace North America, formerly known as Airshow Canada, has signed a strategic partnership deal with the Society of Automotive Engineers International (SAE), with SAE organising the US exhibition ...
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Unorthodox fuel puts Firebird in class of its own
Mark Hannant Hydrogen peroxide is usually associated with adolescents and bleached hair. For Intora Firebird it has a much more significant, application. The Southend, UK-based manufacturer has unveiled three versions of its hydrogen peroxide-fuelled Intora Firebird at the show's static display. Unfortunately, while it is the novel fuel ...
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Flaps away for Dowty
Dowty Aerospace has won a multi-million-pound contract from British Aerospace Military Aircraft to design and develop the complete flap actuation system and other flight control equipment for the BAe Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft. The precise value of the contract has not been revealed. The MRA4 is a virtually ...
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The finishing touches courtesy of Expo Flora
Alex Gallemore At every airshow worldwide you can count on Expo Flora to be there to add the green fingered finish to the stands. As the trade halls at Farnborough were being constructed, the Expo Flora team were hard at work preparing the plants and arrangements to complement ...
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New kids set pace in display
For all the hype about multi-million-dollar sales and new technology, an international air show is still most often remembered by its flying display. Judging by popular reaction to yesterday's display, Farnborough '98 is shaping up nicely to take its place in the "do you remember?" books. Healthy ...
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Missile makers vie for key UK order
Alan Dron Raytheon enlisted the help of British parliamentarians yesterday in its fight to secure the UK order for the next generation of beyond visual range air-to-air missiles (BVRAAM). Andy Head, director of marketing for Raytheon Systems, cites this summer's parliamentary report Aspects of Defence Procurement and Industrial ...
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Converts to A300 freighter conversions
Andrew Douse CS Aviation Services has silenced critics who said they were crazy to convert Airbus A300s into freighters. Under the international spotlight of Farnborough, the company has proudly delivered of the first of seven Airbus A300 freighters to Costa Rican operator JHM Cargo Express. Earlier this ...
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Westland demonstrates helicopter's versatility
Visitors to the GKN Westland exhibit this week will be able to take a walk-in tour of an EH101 medium lift helicopter, thanks to a full scale multi-role cabin demonstrator on display at Farnborough for the first time. "It gives potential customers a chance to see the different ways ...