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Challenge met
Bombardier will be celebrating the delivery of the company's 400th Challenger business jet in the next few weeks. The company now has orders for 57 Challenger 604s and has delivered 15 in the first half of this year compared with 10 the previous year. Source: ...
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Leading players join awards sponsors
Two more top aerospace industry names have been added to the sponsorship list for the prestigious Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards 1988, with confirmation of support coming from Lockheed Martin and CFM International. The two companies join existing co-sponsors Asian Aerospace '98, Bombardier, Messier-Bugatti, Royal Brunei, Lucas Varity, ...
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Czechs have high hopes for multi-role L159
Tim Ripley Hoping to capitalise on the success in the Middle East of its L39 and L59 aircraft, the Czech Republic's Aero Vodochody has brought a mock-up of its new L159 light multi-role combat aircraft and trainer to Dubai '97. It's a first for the company, ...
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New cargo airline set to go dutch
Geoff Thomas It's not every day that a new cargo airline is founded - but Dutch freight company Jet Link International announced at the show yesterday that it was doing just that, lease-buying two ex-Alitalia Airbus A300 B4-200Fs from New York's CS Aviation. The new airline ...
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Hawking and talking at Dubai
British Aerospace Hawk operators from around the world are gathering in Dubai this week for the aircraft's users' symposium. "We are getting every Hawk operator in the world to send a delegation here to swap notes on how they fly the aircraft," says Peter Anstiss, Hawk director of ...
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Regional pool plan for Globemasters mooted
Mike Martin Could small fleets of Boeing C-17 Globemaster aircraft be operated on a pool basis in Europe and even the Middle East one day? "It's a great idea," says Stuart Thomson, Boeing's business development vice-president, Military Transport, at the show. "Nobody (at Boeing) ...
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French close to finalising Rafale order
The drive toward making the Dassault Rafale the backbone of the French Air Force's front-line fighter capability was given a boost yesterday when French Air Defence commander General Jean-Georges Brevot said the anticipated order for 48 was "in its final stages." He also says he expects delivery of ...
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Global by name, global by nature
It was celebration time for Bombardier just after noon in Dubai yesterday when the graceful Global Express (aircraft 9004) touched down after a flight from Witchita, Kansas. Pilot John Race stepped down from the aircraft and as he was given a glass of champagne by jubilant John Lawson, ...
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Business as usual as the show rolls on
Mike Martin The weather was rather like that of an average English summer, only with much less rain. That there was rain at all was a surprise in the Gulf, but it did not presage another 'desert storm' further to the north. Military matters ...
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Fairchild Dornier plans 70-seat regional jet launch
Fairchild Dornier plans to launch a $500-million programme for a 70-seat regional jet next April, with first deliveries earmarked within 39 months of programme's go-ahead. The company says it will raise half of the development costs, with the remainder being picked up by risk-sharing partner and sub-contractors. ...
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More growth forecast in executive jet market
Andrew Douse Analysts are predicting a bright outlook for the executive aircraft industry over the next decade, but say there could be a black cloud on the horizon for two firms in particular. A total of 3,789 business aircraft, valued at $46 billion will be produced ...
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Will the real Thomas stand up?
Airbus Industrie's VP general engineering Geoff Thomas is getting slightly fed-up with people asking him why he's writing for Flight Daily News. The amusing confusion occurs because Flight Daily News has a journalist called Geoff Thomas, and they're not related- at least not so far as either of ...
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PARC revels in crew outsourcing
The trend among airlines to employ only enough crew to meet low-season levels and to outsource to meet the needs of peak periods has resulted in a boom in business over the past year for PARC Aviation Flight Crew. Part of the PARC Group (Stand B400), the Irish-based ...
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Life after dark in Dubai
Andrew Douse Take two shots of tradition and culture, add a dash of modern thinking, and then stir to create the perfect cosmopolitan cocktail. Everyone should be given a chance to savour the taste of Dubai, a city steeped in century-old customs yet beating to the ...
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Hangar in Canada free for the asking
How would your company like a free aircraft hangar in North Bay, Ontario, and C$2 million? There's no catch, but you would have to employ 100 people from the immediate area. Interested parties should contact the Air Base Property Corporation (ABPC), which is working with private companies to ...
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New BBJ orders expected
Boeing is expected to announce new orders today for its Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), building on the aircraft's startling success since programme launch 18 months ago. Boeing has clocked up more than 25 orders for the BBJ, a corporate jet based on the 737-700, has enabling the company ...
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B-52 cocktail bash for aerobatic pilots
The French and British aerobatic teams performing at Dubai have managed to wow an audience of a different kind. The two teams accepted the invitation to join more than 100 guests at a 'B-52 cocktail bash' staged at the Hotel Inter-Continental in Dubai. The pilots later ...
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Turtle tactics applied to missile camouflage protection
It might appear to be an unlikely scenario, but there's a company exhibiting at the show which is basing one of its products on a turtle. German manufacturer Mannes-mann Rexroth is showcasing its Turtle weapon shelter which uses camouflage as its principal feature in protecting missile pods. ...
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How to stop a runaway aircraft
How do you stop an aircraft which for example bursts a tyre on landing and is in danger of overshooting the runway? A whole package of answers is on offer from US company Engineered Systems at Stand A852. The Philadelphia-based operation specialises in aircraft-arresting systems for which representatives ...
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Denel looks to finalise Saudi arms-for-oil deal
Alan Peaford Speculation was mounting at the show yesterday that an arms-for-oil deal between South Africa and Saudi Arabia would be announced today. South Africa's Defence Minister Joe Modise flew into the show from Riyadh, accompanied by Mineral and Energy Affairs Minister Pernwell Maduna, and Seshi ...