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Brakes selected
Lufthansa's charter subsidiary Condor is to fit its 12 Airbus A320 aircraft with Messier-Bugatti's SepcarbIII carbon brakes. The component was launched just over a year ago and has now been selected by 19 airlines. Messier-Bugatti claims the brake reduces maintenance costs and increases reliability and performance. ...
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Prop supplier
Dowty Aerospace has been selected by Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems (LMATTS) to supply the propeller system for the new C-27J Spartan aircraft. On currently projected aircraft sales, this will be worth in excess of $100million to Dowty over the life of the aircraft. ...
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Wind instrument
French wind measurement expert Degreane has wind profile system Degrewind on show in Hall 5/G17. Remotely operated via telephone network, and with a reputation for high reliability, the Degrewind system requires minimal maintenance. Among other fields Degrewind is used in the aviation industry because of its ...
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Flying display
1300 Breitling aerobatic; 1314 Extra 300S; 1320 Titan Tornado II912; 1326 Cayliss; 1331 Hurel Dubois HD34; 1338 NH Industries NH90, Eurocopter EC120, EC135, Tigre; 1355 Socata TBM-700, Tangara; 1400 Airbus A319, A340; 1416 Dassault Falcon 900, Falcon 2000, Mirage 2000, Rafale CO1, Rafale B; 1435 Blanc Aero Delta Dyke; 1440 ...
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All tied up
Tieing up the aircraft fastener business is Euraero France, seen here in Hall 4/C2. A low-profile cable tie to be used in areas with small clearances was developed for Boeing and can be seen on the stand. The American firm is also displaying a range of fasteners which ...
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Britte parts
Belgian company Britte, celebrating a century of manufacturing business this year, comes to Paris '97 with interest in the commercial aircraft, defence and space sectors. Britte's machining and milling plant near Liege has enabled the company to manufacture parts for the CFM56 Airbus engine, side-by-side with propeller components ...
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Tool harmony
Need to update your power toolkit? If so head to Hall 5/B17 where you'll find K-Fast, American manufacturer of fasteners and installation tools. The company, which claims to produce "-tooling that will maximise harmony between the worker and the workplace", has an impressive range of ergonomically designed equipment on show. ...
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Collins selected
Air France has put its faith in the Collins Air Transport Division of Rockwell's Avionics and Communications by selecting it as preferred avionics supplier for its current fleet and for new aircraft. The agreement extends to the end of 2001. Marc Veron, Air France Group's president and ...
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Meggitt hat trick
Meggitt Avionics has announced a hat trick of awards here at the Paris air show, two of them for oil sensors. Williams International has chosen Engine Oil Level Switches on the FJ44-2 engine to replace an existing sight gauge with an electronic sensor. Features on the ...
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Gregory named
Harry Gregory has been named president and general manager of AAR Allen Aircraft, AAR's airframe parts supply, overhaul and inventory management operation, it was announced at the show. Gregory is a former vice-president, Component Maintenance Operations for Northwest Airlines. Source: Flight Daily News
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MD-80 support
AAR Allen Aircraft and AOM Industries have teamed to provide full technical support to operators of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft, it was announced at the show. Source: Flight Daily News
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Mapping a future
Becker Avionic Systems (Hall 5/G7) is promoting Airscout, a fast moving map navigation system which features a number of extras. The Airscout, for use in civil and defence helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, has a very fast global positioning system (GPS) sensor. This tracks eight satellites with six ...
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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 ...