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Tourist information
The main Paris tourist office (127 av. des Champs-Elysées, 8e, tel 49-52-53-54); open daily 9am - 8pm. Branches at all mainline train stations, except Gare St-Lazare. Dial 49-52-53-56 for recorded information in English. US (2 av. Gabriel, 8e, tel. 42-96-12-02); Canada (35 av. Montaigne, 8e tel. ...
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Miami expansion programme continues
Miami International Airport officials were more than happy to welcome a cavalcade of public visitors at their stand yesterday, having the dual role of promoting both Miami's tourism and airport infrastructure. An ongoing US$4 billion expansion programme, started in 1992, continues at the airport - which will be ...
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Team doubt
British Aerospace officials have dismissed as "speculation" press reports that the company is to team with US giant Lockheed Martin to develop a contender for the Joint Strike Fighter project. "We have yet to make a decision," a company spokesman said at Paris yesterday. As we ...
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ACL authorised
ACL Technologies has become an authorised test equipment supplier for Allison Engine Company. ACL, part of the AAI Corporation, develops and produces systems to test fuel and hydraulic flight kit for commercial and military aircraft. Source: Flight Daily News
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Flying display
Monday 16 June 1300: Breitling aerobatic display 1318: Mil Mi-8 1323: Titan Tornado Il 912 1329: Yakovlev/Aermacchi Yak/AEM-130 1335: NHIndustries NH90, EC120, EC135, Tigre 1353: SOCATA TBM-700 & TB-360 Tangara 1400: Airbus A319 and A340 1411: Dassault Falcon 900, Falcon ...
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Revolutionary paint from DuPont
A revolutionary new line of custom finish paints from DuPont could radically alter the future look of aircraft. The company's Chromobase basecoat/clearcoat paint is colourless but, by reflecting light through a five layer flake of metal oxides, gives vehicles a multicoloured prism effect. The resulting colours change with the ...
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Tyre tracks
Goodyear has introduced an industry first which makes it possible to track the life of an aircraft's tyres. And showing a touch of corporate humour it's called the system-Bumpy. Tyres on show at Hall 5 (F17) have a vulcanised black on black bar-coded serial number added in addition to ...
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Competitors claim distance records
The two "specialist" players in the ultra-long-range corporate aircraft market flew in to Le Bourget claiming successes. The Gulfstream V achieved a record crossing of the Atlantic clocking 6h 43min on the flight from Washington Dulles International Airport to Le Bourget, a distance of 6,327km (3,420nm). Tye Global ...
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French role in scalp beyond doubt
France's participation in the $2 billion Scalp EG precision guided cruise missile programme is "not in doubt", say Matra BAe Dynamics executives. They dismiss rumours that the recent change of government in Paris has endangered the French element of the joint project with Britain. "It will happen," says Charles ...
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Linda succeeds where Amelia Earhart failed
Sixty years after trail-blazing aviatrix Amelia Earhart's round-the-world flight ended in disaster, Linda Finch completed a commemorative circumnavigation in an identical 1935 Lockheed Electra 10E. The aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines, is the centrepiece of a special Pratt & Whitney display pavilion in the static park ...
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Airport delegates to chart new directions
More than 150 airline and airport delegates are expected to attend the world's only route planning forum, which the organisers say is set to be the biggest airport marketing event ever. Routes Oslo 97, to be held from 14-16 September, follows the success of previous 'Routes' in Cannes ...
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Collaboration breaks the mould
Vacu-Blast International and French surface stress analysis specialists, Sonats, have announced a strategic alliance to collaborate on major developments of the shot peening process. Developments in surface treatments will be of interest to companies operating in both the aerospace and automotive industries according to Vacu-Blast International group managing ...
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Boeing award
DuPont has announced at the show that its Korex aramind paper honeycomb core has been selected for use on the Boeing new generation 737-700. The company goes as far as to say the contract extends the string of new developments for its aramind/phenolic composite core, first introduced in ...
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Common thread
Specialist electronics distributor Rayfast is wired for success. The English company recently won approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority and the Britsh Ministry of Defence to distribute the same wiring cable product to both the commercial and military sectors. Previously, separate rules existed for such products in commercial and ...
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Plansee look
One of the world's leading suppliers of advanced materials, structures and components is showing its product range in Hall 4/D6, F4. The Plansee Group manufactures high temperature propulsion- system components for launcher, missile and satellite engines operating at 2,000íC; ODS-superalloys and lightweight titanium aluminide components are manufactured for ...
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Virtual reality
Step into the Dual stand in Hall 1/F22 and you'll enter a world of virtual reality and computer wizardry. The Florida-based company is showing a host of products at Le Bourget, including a virtual reality helmet and a computer that converts data into three dimensional pictures on screen. ...
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New fabrics
Replin, the Scottish manufacturer and supplier of seating fabrics, has a new collection of designs on show in Hall 5/B6. This year the company also has a new range of self-adhesive vertical surface fabrics. Sales and marketing director Ian Taylor says its products are to be ...
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In to Africa
US helicopter corporation Enstrom is expanding the marketplace for its new 480 model by introducing the craft into Africa. The helicopter has been certificated in South Africa by the CAA, and the company's order book has been swelled with interest from private customers in South Africa and Burkina ...
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Open and shut case
"If it's on an aircraft and it opens, then we produce a fitting to keep it closed or locked," says Eric Mandemaker, manager of international operations for Hartwell Corporation. The Los Angeles-based 'latches' experts, who became part of Western Sky Industries earlier in the year, is in Hall ...
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Spaced out
Suffering from vertigo at the beginning of a space mission is not pleasant - as many astronauts and cosmonauts have found to their cost. French firm AECL has come to the rescue with a Posturograph 'mask' which was first used on French astronaut Patrick Baudry. It ...