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Show on the web
Most exhibitors would groan to hear about the launch of yet another air show, but what Kallman Associates has in mind might be music to many ears and weary feet - a show on the Internet. US-based Kallman plans to launch Airshow Online on 1 September. Exhibitors will rent space ...
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Miami tops Frieght Pole
Miami International Airport has maintained its lead as the top airport in the US for international freight. Miami is also expected to overtake Los Angeles International Airport in total cargo this year, airport officials said at the show. The airport also maintained last year's rankings as second busiest in international ...
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Asiana Engines
Asiana Airlines has renewed a contract to have its CF6-80C2 engines overhauled by Lufthansa Technik (LHT). The two companies have extended their current co-operative agreement into the year 2001. The order is for the overhaul of all 66 engines of Asiana's Boeing 747-400s and 767-300s. Source: ...
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R-R Contracts
Rolls-Royce has been awarded sub-contracts valued at around $200million, thanks to selection of Boeing and Lockheed Martin for the Concept Demonstrator Phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. These contracts, with Allison Advanced Development (AAD) and Rolls-Royce Military Aero Engines (RRMAE), cover engineering services and the supply ...
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Receiver selected
The Defence Systems Division of GEC-Marconi Avionics in England has been awarded an Intention to Purchase (ITP) to provide its new Sky Guardian 2000 Radar Warning Receiver for the new support helicopter for the Royal Air Force, the EH101-Merlin MK3. The outcome follows intense international competition conducted by ...
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Italians Deal
Italian firm Fiatavio will play a key role in the design, development and production of a new family of turbofan engines. The company signed a Memorandum of Agreement at Paris with Pratt & Whitney Canada. The launch application for the collaboration will be the PW308 engine, a growth ...
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AI(R) orders
Aero International (Regional) has won orders for four new aircraft - one ATR 42-500 and three ATR 72-210 As, it was announced at the show yesterday. The order is from Air Dolomiti, which now operates a total of 13 ATR aircraft. Source: Flight Daily ...
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Ateliers up tools
French firm Ateliers Robindus is kitted to go with a new hydraulic maintenance tool kit for helicopters and aircraft. The new kit, which can be seen in Hall 3/C6, has already been snapped up by Dassau and Messier Bugatti. President Roussel Xavier says: "Last year we ...
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Airlift theme could be Berlin show swan-song
The Berlin Airlift's 50th anniversary will be the major theme of ILA '98 from 18-24 May 1998. But this could well turn out to be the swan-song for the series of shows held at Berlin-Brandenburg. Farnborough organiser SBAC has announced that its show will move permanently to a ...
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New niches blur the boundaries in corporate jet market
Boundaries between business jets and airliners have blurred now that both Airbus and Boeing have extended their reach into the corporate world. The super-large executive jet is not the only new niche product to have established itself at Paris '97, however. Manufacturers are also filling the gap between ...
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L-3 communications aims to be the premier merchant supplier
L-3 Communications recently acquired 10 business units from Lockheed Martin in a deal worth $525million. Included in the purchase was Florida-based Aviation Recorders, the exclusive supplier of Fairchild 'black boxes'. L-3 Communications supplies sophisticated secure communication systems and specialised communication products. It's an independent ...
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Nitrogen injection solution for long-term storage
The Capry Group (Hall 3/B4) is drawing in the crowds with its Inerpac packaging process. Inerpac is a patented technique which allows parts to be protected and preserved in a modified atmosphere for up to five years by the injection of nitrogen. The nitrogen is injected ...
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Engine makers have plenty to smile about
If the airframe manufacturers have been announcing successes throughout the week, then the engine makers have been rejoicing too. Rolls-Royce is celebrating its selection as power provider to the Airbus Industrie (AI) A340-600 and -500 with the Trent 500 announced on Monday. Disappointed GE and Pratt & Whitney ...
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Customers discover Explorer
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems have reported brisk business with a trio of orders for the MD Explorer worth around $20million. Communications manager Kenneth Jensen reported two aircraft were sold to Tomen Corporation in Japan and one to Heli-Fly for delivery to Luxembourg Air Rescue. While confirming ...
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Night Hawk HUD selected
Flight Vision has been celebrating at Paris with the news of a new contract for the Night Hawk, its newest product. The head up display (HUD) has been chosen by Lockheed Martin skunk works for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstration aircraft programme. The system ...
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All-composite G222 is a tough customer
The world's first all-composite, unlimited class, aerobatic aircraft - the AkroTech G222 - is pulling the crowds at Le Bourget, thanks to its super-smooth finish and impressive lines. AkroTech is a part of French company Aeronautical Services which also owns Avions Robin, producer of the popular range of ...
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Palomer make light of Microdata's jam
Palomer Products rescued Swedish firm Microdata Innovation which was making its Paris air show debut. Microdata Innovation set up its training radar jammer outside Hall 3 only to find that its computer screen was not readable in the bright sunshine. Software manager Bo Hesselstrom says: "Our ...
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Emergencies in space just part of the job
Joe Kerwin knows a thing or two about emergencies in space. The former naval commander physician was the science pilot on the first US space station habitation mission, Skylab 2 launched in May 1973. Another Navy doctor, Jerry Linenger, has just returned from a stay aboard ...
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Koreans seek trainer partners
Korean industrial giant Daewoo Heavy Industries has been at Paris this week looking for international partners to join its KTX-1 high performance turboprop trainer programme. The aircraft has just passed the 1,000hr mark in its test programme and production is due to begin in 1998, with the support ...
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EZ Drape takes the wraps off masking paper
American firm Mask-Off has Paris all wrapped up in Hall 3/B16c - after a year of development, the firm has just launched EZ Drape here at the show. This roll of polyethylene is used instead of brown paper as a mask when painting aircraft. Used with ...