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Taiwan in CT7 deal
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) has taken a 7.2% stake in the -6D version of the General Electric CT7 turboshaft, destined for Sikorsky's S-92 transport helicopter. Source: Flight International
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Life saver
Since its introduction in 1982, the Copas-Sarasat international humanitarian satellite search programme has helped save the lives of more than 7,000 people in distress at sea. Source: Flight Daily News
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Florida blooms
Enterprise Florida's attendance at the show is paying dividends with several companies showing a keen interest in taking advantage of the state's aerospace initiative. Domestic and international companies look like prime candidates to set up in Florida, says Ken Cooksey Jr, Director Aviation/Aerospace Industry. "You just never know ...
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Excel contract
Cessna Aircraft has awarded a contract to Litton's Litef division to supply the Fibre Optic Gyro-based (FOG) LCR-93 Altitude and Heading Reference System for the Excel. First prototypes have been delivered and have logged approximately 1,000 flying hours on the Excel. The system incorporates micro-mechanical accelerometers ...
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Honour for CMC
Canadian Marconi (CMC) has been named supplier of the year by GKN Westland Helicopters. CMC has been supplying specialised electronics to GKN Westland for more than two years and was selected for top honours from more than 100 suppliers around the world. Source: Flight ...
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HUD installed
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the first installation of the Honeywell-GEC-Marconi HUD 2020 Head-Up Display in a Gulfstream IV-SP business jet.The HUD will display guidance to the runway for pilots flying in bad weather - even when conditions such as fog, smoke or haze limit visibility. Source: ...
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Hydrep on show
French trouble-shooter Hydrep, a joint venture between Messier-Bugatti (Groupe SNECMA) and LAB (Groupe TAT), is showing its worldwide mechanical and hydraulic maintenance services at the show. The company provides repair and overhaul of landing gear, hydraulics, wheels and brakes fitted on commuter aircraft and helicopters. Capability ...
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Bomnardier is foiled by Embraer 50-seat scoop
Two regional jet manufacturers; two $1 billion contract announcements; and the same customer. But the atmosphere at each press conference yesterday could not have been more of a contrast. American Airlines' subsidiary AMR Eagle's decision to purchase its 50-seat regional jets from Embraer and its 70-seaters from Bombardier clearly ...
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Businessmen take shine to Hawker 800
It's an aerospace marketer's dream - somebody drops in at a show, and likes your aircraft so much that they buy it there and then. It's a once-in-a-lifetime dream, unless you're Raytheon, which scored a $28million on-the-spot sale yesterday at Paris - two years after exactly the same ...
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GE and Snecma win American Eagle deal
The American Eagle contract for 25 Canadair RJ 70s brought a boost to the joint-venture engine company of GE and Snecma. The GE CF34-8C power plant has been selected. The deal is believed to be worth in excess of $250million. The manufacturer was celebrating another contract - worth ...
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Shuttle win
Canada's Wescam has won a contract from NASA to supply three radio frequency camera systems for the Space Shuttle. The cameras will be used by Shuttle astronauts during the construction of the International Space Station. This is a space first for Wescam. Source: Flight Daily News
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Airbus testing
The final series of ground-based tests on Airbus Industrie's A330-200 has begun in Toulouse, leading to its first flight in mid-August. The A330-200, which will seat 253 passengers in a standard three-class layout, is the newest member of the growing A330/A340 family. A comprehensive 630h flight-test ...
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Thai deliveries
Deliveries of six Sikorsky Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk helicopters for the Royal Thai Navy will be completed on schedule this month. The helicopters, which will operate from Thailand's new aircraft carrier, the Chakkrinruebet, can be modified for anti-submarine warfare and surface warfare missions. Six S-76B helicopters entered service with the Royal ...
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Seoul mates
Korean Air crews on three Airbus A330-200s scheduled for delivery next February will relax in rest area equipment provided by Sogerma. The order from the Seoul-based airline follows other recent contracts from Air France for 13 units and Singapore Airlines for 17 units. Source: ...
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Rockwell Sino link
Rockwell's Avionics and Communications is to assemble and test two major components of the Collins Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System in China. This follows a co-production agreement with China National Aero-Technology International Supply Corporation. The agreement signed at the show calls for Leihua Electronic Technology Research Institute ...
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Canair signs with Pemco
Canadian cargo carrier CanAir has agreed a maintenance deal for its five Boeing 737-200s with Pemco World Air Services. The Mississaugua, Ontario-based airline will have C-level maintenance checks, together with service bulletin and airworthiness directive work carried out on its three combis and two freighters at Pemco's Dothan, ...
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Adobe introduces software for aviation
Computer software specialist Adobe claims that 95% of all photographic images published worldwide are touched at some time by its software packages. These include Photoshop and Illustrator, used in the design of virtually all newspaper and magazine pages. The pictures in Flight Daily News are no exception. ...
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Foam from foam
A new polyurethon foam made from micro cellular vulkollan by French firm Courbis for Bayer, can be seen in Hall 4, stand B11. The firm claims this is the strongest foam in the world and is therefore ideal to stop vibration anywhere on an aircraft. This ...
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Say it with flowers
There really is a toilet smelling of roses - and it is here at the Paris Airshow in Hall 4, stand E8. Werner Groth is displaying an A330/340 toilet, by filling it with a whole bunch of flowers. The German manufacturer is also displaying a new ...
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Wheels in motion
The wheels of industry are certainly turning in the Japanese area of Hall 3. Kayaba Industry, which makes wheels, brakes and hydraulic systems, has been asked to supply landing gear products for the 'Superconducting Magnetically-Levitated Linear Motor Car' - a high speed mass transit system for the 21st ...