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SAR beacon puts survivors on the map
A new product which could help to pinpoint survivors more quickly in the aftermath of an aviation or maritime disaster is blazing a trail at Farnborough. The search and rescue beacon Sarbe 7 Plus is the latest addition to the Sarbe-GPS product range of Signature Industries (H3/A3). The ...
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Aircraft video system gets a safety rating
British Aerospace (Systems and Equipment) (BASE) and DM Aerospace, a division of Dedicated Microcomputers Group, are to develop an aircraft video flight recorder which will provide a crash protected environment for the digital recording of video data from the flight deck or from external cameras. An MoU by the ...
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Rent due
Early visitors to the Rolls-Royce stand (H4/B2) will be amused by the display of captions surround the centrepiece Trent engine display. Among the aphorisms encircling the huge power plant is the truncated phrase: "RENT - highest revenue-earning capability". Is there something about the engine giant we should know? ...
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Switch hitter
Describing its business as a ‘spectrum of solutions', Korry Electronics comes to Farnborough from another famous centre for aviation, the US city of Seattle. Korry (H3/B11) supplies switches, indicators, panels and keyboards to the aerospace and defence market and lists GEC, British Aerospace, Saab and Boeing among its clients. ...
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Cool comfort
Darchem Engineering, manufacturer of thermal insulation systems and honeycomb structures, is showing off Instrumat, its latest acquisition bought last month. Also on show in Hall 4/B4 for the first time is a section of the honey-comb for wind-tunnel applications. Darchem has just spent six months creating what it ...
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Arches say it all
Big is beautiful, at least in the air transport business. What better way to prove it than McDonnell Douglas's giant arches on its C-17 Team stand (H4/F2). Straddling the stand is a life-size comparison of the airdrop openings of the company's C-17 transporter with the openings for the ...
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Suits and boots
First-time Farnborough exhibitor Military Supply Corporation International is showing off Momex flight suits, jackets, gloves and flyers' boots. The American firm, a US military supplier, also handles anti-G suits. It can be found in Hall 2/A34/C. Source: Flight Daily News
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Metal display
Manchester-based British Aluminium is exhibiting for the first time at Farnborough ‘96 in Hall 4/C2. The wholly-British company was formed in February this year and includes Aluminium Plate, British Aluminium Speciality Extrusions and Magnesium Elektron. Source: Flight Daily News
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Forme astronaut sees Mars as the next space frontier
Forme astronaut sees Mars as the next space frontierSource: Flight Daily News
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Forme astronaut sees Mars as the next space frontier
As a pioneer of the US space programme who risked his life on three spaceflights and almost lost it on his fourth - Apollo 13 - former Navy Capt Jim Lovell could be forgiven for feeling a bit let down. Isn't the US space programme a shadow of its ...
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Optical firm on view
Russian-optics specialist PA Urals Optical Mechanical Plant is making its first visit to Farnborough. On show they have the gyrostabilisation platform, designed for use in helicopters. Its main application is detection of oil and gas leakages. Other uses include surveillance operations for police and maritime patrols and ...
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Varity deal with Lucas closer to completion
Actions spoke louder than words on Tuesday when Victor Rice, the chief executive of Varity, visited Lucas Aerospace here at Farnborough before the merger of the two companies is complete. Although Lucas Aerospace has been assured of the new company's commitment to the industry, staff were pleased to see ...
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Debugging the system
Blatta Orientalis, Periplaneta Americana and Supella Longipalpa: not manufacturers of space technology or, you would hope, even items on the menu of some lesser known oriental carrier. They are in fact all types of cockroach - the kind that Bimpex comes across in the course of its aircraft fumigation ...
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Japanese firm up Raytheon orders
Kanematsu of Japan has exercised three further options for U-125A special mission aircraft for use by the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF), manufacturer Raytheon has announced. Kanematsu, one of Raytheon's Japanese agents, has firmed up these latest options to take to ten the total of U-125As firmly ordered ...
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Farnborough pays tribute to Sir Frank
Following the death in August of Sir Frank Whittle at the age of 89, it is only appropriate that Farnborough ‘96 should host a memorial to the inventor of the jet engine. As aviation historians know, it was the Germans who first flew a jet aircraft in 1939, the ...
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Experience pays off
ERA Technology comes to Farnborough with experience in tackling engineering projects for more than 30 different industries. The independent contract research and development organisation has its base in Surrey, southern England. It addresses all areas of avionics, including advanced data transmission systems, software, video and packaging. Radar ...
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Coatings extend vane, blade life
Chromalloy Gas Turbine is promoting the latest technology gas turbine aerofoil coatings in Hall 3/C14. The process uses an electron beam physical vapour deposition process. The coatings reduce the temperature of the metal, giving vanes and blades a longer life in the engine environment. The new technology ...
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Weather on the screen
On show in Hall 2/A11 is a full colour weather radar system for the C130 Hercules made by Sperry Marine SRL and marketed by Transaero. In full production for the USAF, it is a contender for the current RAF radar upgrade requirements. The very powerful radar can detect ...
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Service is the message
British Airways Engineering (BAE) is using its stand at Hall 1/D23 to reinforce its message of enhanced customer service. Using a video display and aircraft display, BAE is keen to show that it's taking the maintenance market seriously, says David Anderson, project manager for the Farnborough ‘96 stand. ...
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More maintenance contracts
Portuguese company OGMA arrives at Farnborough in buoyant mood with its expanding list of maintenance contracts for private clients and foreign air forces. OGMA (H3/C5) has been in operation since 1918 and is now under the control of the Portuguese ministry of defence. The company has been appointed ...