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Avionics supply
Tune in to Becker Flugfunkwerk, German-owned, manufacturers of communication and navigation systems at Hall 5/G7. The company, which began life in the 1950s as a maker of car radios, now also supplies avionics equipment from a main base in Baden-Baden to a range of military and civilian aviation ...
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Explosive start
The airborne countermeasure company Pyrotronics is enjoying its first Paris show since the company was formed six months ago. The French firm is a subsidiary of explosives specialists SNPE and Lacroix. The new organisation acts as the focal point for the industrial, technological and R&D capabilities of its ...
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Workers put pressure on Bonn for Eurofighter green light
Aerospace union leaders from Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain were in Le Bourget yesterday to step up pressure on the German government to make a rapid and positive decision on the future of the Eurofighter EF2000 project. Speaking at a DASA-hosted press conference yesterday, the quartet's spokesperson ...
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Shuttle may go with ads to cut costs
Imagine the Space Shuttle looking like a Grand Prix racing car covered with company logos. It could happen. "The USA can't afford to run the Space Shuttle without private financing," says former astronaut Jim Adamson, who heads United Space Alliance which operates the Shuttle for NASA. ...
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Antonov shakes off the red tape for An-70 visit
Antonov's eagerly-awaited An-70 propfan-powered transport is billed to arrive at Paris tomorrow after "bureaucratic" problems delayed its journey from the design bureau's Ukrainian base. Chief designer Dr Dmitry Kiva of the Antonov Scientific/Technical Complex says the difficulties are "-nothing technical. If they are overcome the aircraft will arrive." ...
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Hushkit secret is in honeycomb treatment
Astech and Burbank Nacelle have joined forces to create a P&W JT8D Hushkit for the Douglas DC-9. It can be seen here at the Paris show in Hall 3/B11c, where the American firm Astech is making its debut appearance. Manager Marco Cavazzoni says: "This model has ...
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Brazilians opt for Airbus
Another billion-dollar deal was announced at the show yesterday - by Airbus Industrie. Brazilian airline TAM is to take five A330-200s, with options for a further five, and has chosen Pratt & Whitney PW4168 engines. The engine choice between P&W and Rolls-Royce was made so late ...
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Biodecap strips the natural way
French firm Biodecap has gone back to nature with a new product which strips paint off metal, composites and plastics on aircraft. The product, called Biodecap, is made from wheat, and can be seen for the first time in Hall 4/B2. The patented process mixes flour ...
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Support tools from Israel
Making its debut at Paris is Israeli firm BL Ground Support Equipment with its Portable Helicopter Starter and Tow Tractor. The firm, found in the Israeli pavilion, develops and makes hydraulic and pneumatic ground support equipment for aircraft. The starting unit has been designed for Sikorsky ...
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Continental eyes 30-seaters
US regional airline Continental Express says it could be ordering 30-seat jets as early as August and eventually become an all-jet operation. During yesterday's announcement that Continental is firming up options on 25 more Embraer EMB-145 regional jets, the airline's president David Siegel said he was "-extremely interested" ...
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Eurofighter - double or quits?
For the first time at a major public display, both versions of the Eurofighter EF2000 took to the air over Le Bourget to give an aerobatic display. The Italian-assembled DA7 single-seat aircraft and Spanish-built DA6 two-seater went through their paces in front of a crowd still uncertain as ...
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Essex Emergency system protects against toxic fumes
Essex PB & R offers a breath of fresh air with its PELS Self-Contained Emergency System which shields passengers from toxic fumes. The American firm, which has never been to the Paris air show before, can be seen in Hall 3/D13g. Says representative Edward Bielo: "The ...
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Aeroflot to install Collins avionics
Russia's international airline Aeroflot is spending just over $6million to equip its 10 new Boeing 737-400s with an advanced Collins avionics suite from Rockwell's Avionics and Communications. Each aircraft will be equipped with Collins comm/nav radios and sensors, forward looking windshear radar, a TCAS system and a Series ...
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Face the facts with...Robin Beard
As Paris is swept by talk of the prospect of the European defence and aerospace industry consolidation, Tim Ripley spoke to Hughes Europe chairman Robin Beard about the pending merger of Hughes Aircraft into Raytheon and future prospects for transatlantic partnerships. Founded by the reclusive millionaire and aviation pioneer Howard ...
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JSF: BAe locks on to Lockheed Martin
British Aerospace (BAe) is joining forces with Lockheed Martin on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, it was announced at Paris yesterday. The decision to go with Lockheed Martin rather than the rival Boeing project - reached two days ago in Paris - is described by BAe chief ...
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Lufthansa pilots to train on Pipers
Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) is to buy a fleet of seven Piper Seneca V aircraft, with options on a further four. The first deliveries begin in January 1998. The deal, announced by New Piper Aircraft of Vero Beach, Florida, at Le Bourget yesterday, will involve the aircraft being ...
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328 JET sales kicked off by French order
Fairchild Dornier announced its 328JET launch customer yesterday with a $70million order for six aircraft from French regional carrier Proteus Airlines. Simultaneously, it revealed the aircraft's North American launch customer as Aspen Mountain Air, in a $50million order covering four firm orders and four options for the 32-seat ...
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R-R orders hit $2billion mark
Rolls-Royce announced another big order yesterday, bringing its total sales revealed during the show to $2billion. The latest order, worth $700million, is from Gulfstream for Tay engines to power GIV-SP aircraft. "With deliveries scheduled to 2003, we look forward to entering the next millennium as a ...
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European missile test centre to be set up
Hughes Missile Systems (HMSC) and Danish Aerotech (DA) have signed a teaming agreement to establish a European missile test centre. This link follows a two-year commitment initiated at the 1995 Paris show by the two companies to pursue an 'in-Europe' missile support capability. Ceremony ...
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Flexible stretcher
Lars Thogersen reclines across the brand new stretcher he has designed for SAS Component and Bucher Leichtbau. The New Generation Stretcher System is making its debut in Hall 3/E3 on the SAS Component stand. Although flexible and comfortable, it weighs just 38kg (80lb) and offers various ...