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Virtual reality comes full circle
As virtual reality technology finds its way into new applications, particularly in the leisure industries, the drive to improve image quality increases. The benefits are felt in the fields where the technology was first developed. Ericsson Microwave Systems AB, has on show for the first time outside Sweden ...
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Transair aims to expand horizons
Staff manning the Transair Pilot Shop (H4/H19) are celebrating a personal double. Their debut appearance at Farnborough coincides with the company's 10th anniversary. Transair - a none-stop shop for pilots - is here to win international business. Managing director Tom Moloney says Farnborough is the only way ...
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Face the facts with...Michael Graff
Michael Graff is the newly appointed president of Bombardier Aerospace's business Aircraft division with responsibility for the global marketing of Canadair and Learjet aircraft and the fractional ownership programme. A graduate of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Graff has worked in London and the USA, with ...
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Export hopes for Super Lynx
Export prospects for the new GKN Westland Super Lynx are set to take off, says the company, with contracts for more than 40 aircraft close to signing in Europe and East Asia. "We are in live discussions with Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia," says a company spokesman, adding: "A ...
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Crew aids
Aircrew effectiveness is set to increase with the newly-available glass cockpits and digital avionics for Black Hawk helicopters, says manufacturer Sikorsky. The digital Automated Flight Computer System (AFCS) is designed to simplify pilot workload. Among the options on offer is an Electronic Flight Information System (EFIS) which will ...
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Unsung heroes
It takes a lot of contractors to manage a chalet - the constructors, the caterers, the flower arrangers. But despite these extensive preparations, things weren't quite smelling of roses under the Hughes chalet on the eve of the Show. So let us also remember those unsung heroes of ...
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Atar upgrade
To meet armed forces' requirements over the next 25 years, France's Snecma aero engine builder, in co-operation with Denel Aviation of South Africa and Industria de Turbopropulsores (ITP) of Spain, is developing a new and more powerful Atar Plus version of the proven Atar 09K50 single-shaft turbojet. As well ...
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A trio of contracts signals Allied's strong ambitions
AlliedSignal's relentless drive to seek out new customers is paying off. The US company is here at Farnborough trumpeting a trio of major contracts. The first, valued at $40 million, is to supply auxiliary power units (APU), wheels and brakes, and avionics to GATX Capital Corporation for 33 ...
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New Bell chimes in with a mock-up
Bell Canada has unveiled the first mock-up of the Bell 427 light, twin four-blade helicopter on its stand in Hall 4/D1/27. The announcement of the new aircraft development was made with Korean firm Samsung Aerospace at the Helicopter Association International Show earlier this year. This new model will ...
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Collection is a feather in the cap
Father and son Percy and Ray Terry show off just a selection from their badge collection which they wear on their caps every day at the Show. The two cleaners have been collecting pins and badges at Farnborough Airshows since 1992. "Many firms are very kind and when ...
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Chinese sales breakthrough for fledgling gyroplane
Plans to establish an air taxi company in China are taking off here at Farnborough. News at the show is that Shanghai Energy and Chemicals (SECC) and Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) have signed a Letter of Intent under which SECC will buy 200 H2X commercial gyroplanes from GBA. ...
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Bosnia air operations in the picture
Another exciting chapter has turned the life of Tim Ripley, aviation writer and Flight Daily News journalist. The much-travelled correspondent has compiled a photographic account of the air operations over Bosnia. The 112-page publication, which contains more than 200 colour photographs, goes on sale in all good book ...
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Birds of a feather
Lockheed Martin now has the first three C-130J Hercules 2s flying on its test programme, as this latest shot taken over Georgia shows. The difference in fuselage lengths between the first US Air Force C-130J ‘shortbody', seen here flanked by the first two C-130J-30s for the Royal Air Force ...
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Mustangs fly again with original propeller design
Nostalgia is very much in the air at Avia-Hamilton Standard - the Prague-based company started delivery of propeller blades for the Second World War vintage P-51 Mustang aircraft earlier this year. The aircraft is very much in demand by aviation enthusiasts for its superior performance characteristics and historic heritage. ...
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Westland is riding the crest of success
Riding a crest of a wave from a bulging order book, GKN Westland has brought its biggest-ever presence to this year's show. The GKN Westland Visitor's Centre, located behind the Boeing 777, is a demonstration of the company's new-found confidence and determination to reach a global market, says GKN ...
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Firing success
Oerlikon-Contraves has just carried out a series of successful firings on the new Skyshield35 - the AHEAD Air Defence System, the Swiss company announces, adding that the system is now ready for sale. Newly-developed Skyshield35 provides advanced technology and exceptional fire power to meet the demanding requirements of today's ...
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Brimming over
ML Aviation arrived at Farnborough in buoyant mood following the Ministry of Defence decision to award it a key contract. The company, at Hall 3/A14, develops and manufactures a wide range of airborne weapons carriage and release systems and recently won the contract to supply launchers for the Brimstone ...
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Sales boost
Sales of V2500 engines this year are set to overtake the record $1.5 billion achieved by International Aero Engines (IAE) in 1995. Including five unannounced orders, the total at the beginning of September stood at $1.2 billion in firm and option business. New deals have been won at a ...
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Maintaining sales
Portuguese company OGMA is at Farnborough to promote 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 as a ...
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Clear landing
AlliedSignal Aerospace has received final acceptance from the US Federal Aviation Administration for its Precision Runway Monitor (PRM) system at the Minneapolis-St Paul Airport. The PRM is a stand-alone air traffic control system which allows parallel runway approaches even in bad weather. Four more major US airports, including ...