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The flight fantastic
Arguably the most exciting part of Monday's aerial display happened long after most visitors had left Farnborough. Yevgeny Frolov conducted his thrust-vectored Sukhoi Su-37 around the Hampshire sky in an astonishing series of manoeuvres never seen before in public. Ironically, his display was a ‘validation' flight as he ...
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Third Ariane 5 teast flight planned
Jean-Marie Luton, the director-general of the European Space Agency (ESA), said at Farnborough yesterday that a third Ariane 5 test flight will be necessary before the vehicle can be declared operational for commercial use by Arianespace. The first Ariane 5 failed due to computer software errors on 4 June. ...
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Eurofighter future now in partners' court
Britain has laid down the gauntlet to its partners in the Eurofighter project, with Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine providing top-level backing at the Show for moves to put the controversial fighter into production. He was speaking during the opening ceremony of Farnborough ‘96 just after UK Defence Secretary ...
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No 'Lone Ranger' tactics in combat
American war hero Scott O'Grady has made a fleeting visit to Farnborough ‘96 in his new career as professional celebrity. Scott became an international media star in June 1995 when he was shot down by a Bosnian Serb SA-6 surface-to-air missile and spent five days on the run from ...
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Titans clash over low level passes
The great Airbus-Boeing battle burst into life at Farnborough ‘96 only hours before the show was due to open, with the American giant laying into its rival's flying display. Speaking minutes after Airbus Industrie chief test pilot Bill Wainwright had described the company's flying programme, Bill Cashman, Boeing's chief ...
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Europilot promises dramatic show debut
Page 6 Eurofighter makes its long-awaited debut at Farnborough today with a thundering flying display to show off the fighter's impressive performance. After years of having to make do with plastic mock-ups, it will be a treat for Farnborough crowds to see the British prototype DA2 in the ...
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Yves sings the praises of Rafale
French military aviation's sole presence in the flying display is the naval version of the Dassault Rafale, flown by chief test pilot Yves Kerherve. He made the first flight of the carrier-capable Rafale in December 1991 and is still in love with the aircraft. "It is a wonderful ...
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AlliedSignal gears up the X-33 programme
Page 7 AlliedSignal, one of the four major sub-contractors to Lockheed Martin on the X-33 programme, has already started work on the airframe and space subsystems of the sub-scale vehicle demonstrator. The company, which is celebrating its part in every US manned space programme from the ...
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Future is looking bright for French
The French are at Farnborough in force, riding the momentum of a general upturn in the aerospace industry's fortunes. The mood among the 28 major companies occupying more than 1,300m2 in Hall 1 under the Gifas banner, and in a number of chalets, is one of optimism as they ...
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New ERA logo spreads the business message
Page 7 Farnborough visitors should get the first sight this week of a new livery that Europe's regional carriers hope will become increasingly familiar over coming months. As part of a continuing public awareness campaign, the board of the European Regional Airlines Association (ERA) has agreed a new ...
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Avionics meet
The increasing level of digitisation on aircraft and the shape of future cockpits will be among the themes at the 10th annual avionics conference staged by UK company ERA Technology. The company announced at the show that details of the conference, to be held on the 20-21 November at ...
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Boost for show
Airshow Canada has been renamed Aerospace North America for its next showing from 6-10 August 1997 in recognition of its developing role. John Burley, vice-president marketing, says the show will also include special focuses on business aviation and forestry aviation, the latter to be held under the auspices of ...
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Min for max
Kaman Aerospace's K-MAX ‘aerial-truck' helicopter has achieved highly competitive Director Operating Costs (DOCs) of $475 per flight hour after 15,000 total fleet operating hours, reports the manufacturers. The cost contrasts dramatically with the DOCs of larger aircraft with similar payloads at high density altitudes. With 13 aircraft serving ...
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Cool deal
Hamilton Standard and Sumitomo Precision Products, whose business relationship goes back more than half a century, have teamed up to develop an advanced air conditioning system for the emerging 100-seat aircraft market. The system will use Hamilton Standard's patented condensing cycle system, first introduced in the environmental control system ...
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Cockpit spaerheads aerostar MiG-21 MF lancer upgrade
The veteran MiG-21 has been given a new lease of life thanks to a major cockpit upgrade by a Romanian and Israeli partnership. Crowds at Farnborough will be able to see the familiar shape of the Aerostar MiG-21 MF Lancer being put through its paces in the flying display, ...
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Security staff take protesters seriously
Security forces at Farnborough ‘96 are on alert for a possible protest demonstration against the arms trade. The alert follows the acquittal in July of four women of the Ploughshares group who were charged with seriously damaging a BAe Hawk military aircraft at the company's Warton, Lancashire site. ...
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Matra, BAe in missile pact
Europe's defence industry enters a new era today when British and French missile chiefs share a platform at Farnborough ‘96 to launch what could be the first stage in the consolidation of the European guided weapons industry. Under a new corporate identity, Matra-BAe Dynamics, the former rivals also plan ...
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New E-8C makes a splashing debut
When the immortal words ‘holy sh*t' rang out across the static park on Saturday evening, all eyes (and noses) turned to the brand spanking ‘new' Boeing E-8C JSTARS which had just flown in from Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. The anguished cry followed the incorrect operation of the ...
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Military spinoffs from civil advances
Transfer of technology from military to commercial aerospace products is a well-recognised process, but some companies are seeing the trend reverse. Walter McConnell, Honeywell's vice-president and general manager of Defense Avionics Systems, believes that the practice of applying advanced commercial aerospace technologies to military programmes will become more widespread. ...
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European debut for Embraer duo
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer is using Farnborough for the European debuts of two of its newest aircraft - the EMB-145 regional jet and the EMB-312H Super Tucano military trainer. Customers in nine countries have placed 54 firm orders and 179 options for the 50-seat EMB-145, now completing flight ...