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The company which makes leather chairs for Britain's legislators is aiming to find a firm seat for itself in the aircraft industry. Whittle Leather's debut at Le Bourget could soon give travellers the chance to relax in similarly plush surroundings while zipping through the skies. From its base ...
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Safety systems
American firm Safe Flight Instrument, which specialises in in-flight safety systems, has many new things on show in Hall 4/B8. The N1 has been certified in the last six weeks for both the Citation 560/Ultra and the Raytheon Beechjet 400A. Developed over the last three years, ...
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Forum forward
With a 500-strong network of companies turning over an estimated £2.5 billion in regional aerospace business, the West of England Aerospace Forum is confident it can woo more potential investors at Le Bourget. The forum, formed 18 months ago as a means of bringing together the region's wealth ...
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Eagle in picture
The new Eagle-19 high-resolution colour display from dpiX is on show for the first time at Paris. The Eagle-19 is the largest active-matrix liquid crystal display manufactured in North America, claims dpiX, a member of the Xerox New Enterprise group of companies. The display has been ...
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First aid
Tyrolean Jet Service of Innsbruck, Austria, has brought to the show what it claims is Europe's largest and most modern air ambulance, a Fairchild Dornier 328 with capacity for four intensive care patients. Operated by Tyrolean Jet service's subsidiary, Tyrolean Air Ambulance, it will be on static display ...
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Recaro sitting pretty with AA
Recaro Aircraft Seating of Germany has just received an order from American Airlines (AA) to equip the carrier's entire narrow-body fleet with economy class seats. It's the first order American Airlines has placed with an aircraft seat supplier from outside the USA. Recaro will replace coach ...
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Feng Yan beats weather
China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) has announced the successful launch of the country's first geostationary-orbiting weather satellite. The launch of the Feng Yun 2 satellite aboard a Long March 3 booster took place from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre on 10 June, says CGWIC, after a delay of ...
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Aviation art gets boost from industry
One of the many things that Paris is famous for is its art, so it is appropriate that Messier-Dowty has used the show to exhibit, for the first time, an Anglo-French exhibition of aviation art. The paintings, more than 30 in total, all feature British and French aircraft ...
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California dreaming
It's pink, it's wild and wacky - US engine parts manufacturer Forged Metals certainly knows how to draw the crowds in showbiz style. The company's confectionery candy pink Citroen 2CV and matching trailer, displaying some of its products, has brought a touch of California to Le Bourget. Amazingly, ...
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One-show scenario mooted
New faces at the Society of British Aerospace Companies - director general David Marshall (right) and Keith Hayward, head of research. Marshall, who is at the show, says he is delighted that the new British government has awarded the SBAC a £1.5million grant under its Competitive Challenge programme. "They gave ...
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French role in Scalp beyond doubt
France's participation in the $2billion 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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Saturn 5 engine to power Shuttle fly-back booster?
Boeing engineers are considering the use of the F-1 first stage engine of the giant Saturn 5 booster that launched Apollo to the Moon to power a new fly-back booster for the Space Shutle. The company's Space Systems division - formerly Rockwell Space - has been awarded a ...
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Starsem close to finalising contract with ESA
The Starsem consortium is close to finalising its contract to launch four Cluster science satellites for the European Space Agency. Starsem is a consortium comprising Aerospatiale, Arianespace, the Russian Space Agency (RKA) and the Samara space centre to market the Russian Soyuz booster for commercial launches, mainly into ...
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Support group makes 'smart business'
THE UK C-130J Industrial Support Group (ISG) which started life six years ago with an informal membership of just two companies, has received a significant shot in the arm with the announcement that a further 10 British aerospace firms are to join, swelling its ranks to 45. The ...
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K-MAX customers back for more
Repeat orders for Kaman's K-MAX aerial truck have underlined customer confidence in the aircraft's niche role for the logging, oil rig and pipeline construction and oil exploration markets. Kaman Aerospace announced additional orders for the aerial truck by Mountain West Helicopters in Utah, Midwest Helicopters of Winnipeg, Canada, ...
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Face the facts with... John Weston
Europe's defence industry is described by British Aerospace defence chief John Weston as a "crazy football match". Commenting on the fractured state of moves to integrate the continent's defence and aerospace industries, Weston says some players can't even find the pitch, and others are shooting at different goals: "There is ...
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Flight Daily News at Le Bourget
Flight Daily News at Le Bourget '97. Chalet A-39 Published daily at Le Bourget on behalf of Flight International, Reed Business Publishing Ltd by Barkers Trident Communications, Trident House, 31-32 Cock Lane, London, EC1A 9BU. Tel: +44, 171-236-2727. Printed by R.E.G. at 70 rue ...
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OK for Explorer
McDonnell Douglas MD Explorer helicopters are back in the air following Federal Aviation Administration approval and extensive laboratory tests. As a precaution, the company asked the FAA to ground the helicopters at the end of May after a broken adjustable collective link was discovered on a customer-owned aircraft. ...
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Lord wins noise reduction approval
Lord Corporation's NVX Active Noise and Vibration Control System has become the first such product to get FAA approval for use on large jet airliner. The system has been approved by the FAA for installation on McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and MD-80 series aircraft. Supplemental Type Certification was completed ...
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Fabric handling
Lectra Systemes is showing its range of computer-aided design and manufacturing systems for design, marking and cutting composite fabrics used in aircraft and space applications. Source: Flight Daily News