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Quality award
Embraer has been awarded the International Service Organisation (ISO) 9001 Quality Management Systems certificate of compliance for design, production, sales and servicing of commercial aircraft parts. Source: Flight Daily News
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Rooivalk caught as a pawn in SA political game
A political cloud has formed over South Africa's Rooivalk attack helicopter (right) just as the machine is on the verge of its breakthrough first export sale. Reports in the South African press this week have alleged that the finance and defence ministries are locked in a battle over the ...
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Firm launch orders for revolutionary tiltrotor
Nine companies committed themselves to buying the revolutionary Bell-Boeing 609 tiltrotor at Paris yesterday. First deliveries are in 2001. Bell-Boeing chiefs say the tiltrotor that can land on a tennis court will lead to a new way to travel. "Once the military show what the V-22 tiltrotor can do, ...
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Paris Hare Show '97
When Le Bourget's runway is quiet at the end of the day's flying display, another 'hare' show comes to life as nature sends out a reminder of how closely she co-exists with technology. A (growing) family of hares finds the deserted environs of the runway the perfect place ...
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Leach on CD
A powerful and easy-to-use interactive CD-ROM has been launched by Leach International featuring the company's full range of products, drawings and photographs. Tool Kit, targeted at aerospace design engineers, allows users to match specifications quickly to existing products. Source: Flight Daily News
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Noise leveller
The Saab 2000 is at Paris and flying twice daily to show off its new lower-noise capability. A five centimetre extension to the propeller shaft has enabled noise levels to be reduced to below 76Edb Source: Flight Daily News
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Role change
In what it describes as an unprecedented role change with its major partner Swissair, Crossair is wet-leasing an MD-11 from its parent company this summer and autumn to perform its weekly flights from Zurich to Palma de Mallorca. "Demand for the Saturday service between Zurich and Palma has ...
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Voice system
Austrian telecoms specialist Frequentis is providing a telephone voice communication system for the Area Control Centre in Athis, near Paris. The system, due to go live in 1998, is a further order from STNA (Service Technique de la Navigation Aerienne) as part of its Artemis programme. ...
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A flight of fancy
If you fancy having a helicopter pad built in your garden and don't know who to contact, then get down to Hall 4, stand E1. Sardinia firm Air Systems prepare helicopter landing pads including the surface, electronic and optical aids. The company is here at the Paris air ...
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Castings glance
Head for Hall 1/A11 to catch a glimpse of the forging and casting capabilities offered by US specialist Schlosser. Schlosser's casting plant in southern California is equipped with a state-of-the art metallurgical laboratory and houses the production plant for titanium and aluminium investment castings. Seamless rolled ...
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Fast & easy
Speed of electronic transmission and ease of connection are the main qualities claimed by Connecteurs Cinch for its new Cin::Edge 90-degree back panel. The company is at Chalet A10. Source: Flight Daily News
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Austrian supplier
Austria's major supplier for developing and manufacturing mechanical parts for the Ariane-5 is exhibiting this year. The space technology arm of Steyr-Daimler-Puch (Hall 4/D6, F4) offers a range of products and services, including cryogenic fuel lines plus insulation - design, development, testing, qualification and manufacturing; cryogenic fluid circuits ...
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Finishing touches
The finishing touches for aircraft interiors are well represented by two Austrian companies in Hall 4/D6, F4. Isovolta's Airvolt Composites division has an extensive product range comprising decorative laminates for civil aircraft interiors as well as technical composites such as laminates which can be used for floor coverings. ...
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Service broadcast
Monseigneur Michel Dubois, Bishop of the Armed Forces, will lead the Sunday service in the new Concorde hall of the Musee de l'Air underneath the prototype 001 Concorde. The hour-long service, organised by the Notre Dame des Ailes Association, begins at 1000hrs and will be broadcast on Radio-France. ...
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Airport security
Equipment which helps fighter pilots to 'see' targets in bad weather could soon be making commercial flying even safer. Sensors to detect terrorist weapons more easily - and faster - than current airport security systems are being developed by Lockheed Martin at its Orlando research centre. ...
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Roamanian shadow
A $20million Romanian defence systems contract has been won by AAI Corporation. Romania is to purchase an AAI Shadow 600 unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system and a Moving Target Simulator (MTS) short-range air defence training package under the contract, the first to be financed under the US Defense Export Loan ...
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Baker contract
When the joint NASA-ESA Cassini/Huygens mission blasts off on its seven-year journey towards the Saturn moon Titan in October, technology pioneered by British firm Martin Baker will be central to ensuring the probe's safe landing in 2004. The partnership mission will map out several milestones in space - ...
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Weather eye
The US Air Force has just taken delivery of four more automated surface weather observing systems (ASOS). ASOS, used by the Federal Aviation Administration and National Weather Service, provides pilots and air traffic controllers with up-to-the-minute weather data to improve air safety. The system is produced ...
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Rolls-Royce engine deal kick starts new Airbus models
Airbus Industrie (AI) has announced the commercial launch of the four-engined A340-600 and -500 versions - and has chosen the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 as the engine. However, the deal - announced at the show yesterday - does not rule out other engine manufacturers in the long term. ...
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Russians confident of MiG MAPO future
The newly-elected chairman of the giant Russian military/industrial conglomerate MiG MAPO says the long-term future of the grouping - which is less than a year old - is secure. "With 60,000 employees in a dozen companies, it's not surprising that the Group is taking some time to 'mature'," ...