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Bucks whizz
Have US dollars, but need British pounds? Riggs AP Bank, in the US Pavilion in Hall 2 is making its debut at Farnborough and hopes to cash in on a reputation gained by attending previous shows at Le Bourget. The bank, headquartered in Washington DC but with an ...
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Good start
Reliability is the key to success for the US-based Aircraft Parts Corporation (APC) which is making its fourth appearance at Farnborough (Hall 3/A5). The company, specialises in the manufacture of starter-generators and has produced more than 25,000 since its beginnings in 1968. The advanced APC ‘XL' starter-generator will ...
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ARC exhibit
Atlantic Research Corporation (ARC) is exhibiting the launch and sustain units for the Javelin anti-tank missile and the motor for the experimental, winged Enhanced Fibre Optic Guided Missile (EFOGM) being developed by Raytheon for the US Army. Source: Flight Daily News
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In a dizzy spin trying out the latest grave offering
Page 30 Environmental Tectonics (ETC) is putting a select number of customers in a spin here at Farnborough in Hall 4/H8. The favoured few will be asked to try out the company's spatial disorientation simulator, which re-creates the effect of pilot dizziness, one of ...
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Ionix celebrates
Ionix High Performance Wiring Systems is celebrating at Farnborough ‘96 in Hall 4/C5. The Staffordshire-based firm has just secured a contract to supply the wiring harness on Rolls-Royce Turbomeca's RTM-322 engine for the next five years. The engine is certified for both civil and military applications, having been ...
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Light fantastic
Page Aerospace is turning the spotlight on several innovative products for the first time at Farnborough at Hall 4/H13. Among them are a digital controller, used by cabin crew to set cabin lighting at the touch of a button. The intensity, location and colour of the lighting can ...
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Multi-function cockpit displays on show
American firm AlliedSignal in Hall 4/E3 is showing a number of multi-function displays for an aircraft cockpit on colour matrix Liquid Crystal Displays. These displays can also be found on the US-operated Lockheed C-141 Starlifter and the Spanish-operated Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. They have been successfully flight-tested and ...
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Game designer flies in with F-22
Digital Image Design (DID) is going public with the latest addition to its range of 3D simulators at Farnborough. The company, which has its base in Warrington, Northwest England, claims to be a world leader in the creation of flight simulation for the personal computer market and is using ...
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PDQ gears up for new display
From runway to raceway - PDQ Airspares has this year added a racing car to its display (Hall1/A7). The company, a Boeing production support organisation, supplies expendable and rotable components. It aims to highlight the advances it has made in the field of transferable technology. Many of ...
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Hadland recording contract
An airborne video recording system (AVRS) can be seen on the Hadland Photonics stand in Hall4/B9. The Hemel Hempstead, England, based company is competing in a three-way contest with the AVRS to replace the wet film cameras on the Panavia Tornado GR1. The second generation system, which is ...
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Knighthelm in shining example
While would-be pilots stare enviously at the air display, much of the real business of the show is being carried out around cockpits which are strictly earth-based. Some of these can be found on the GEC-Marconi stand (Hall3/B1). With a decision on further funding of the German Tiger ...
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Face the facts with...Colin Green
This is the first Farnborough for Colin Green since becoming Managing Director of the Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group on 30 April. He spoke to Alan Dron on industry trends and the future of his company. Q: You took up your present position after a year as vice-president, ...
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Air our yesterdays
The view is the same but the fashions change both in aircraft and the people watching. Back in 1948 the Society of British Aerospace companies (SBAC) organised the Farnborough show for the first time. The highlight was the Vickers Viscount and for the exhibitors, it was the huge ...
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New P&W engine powers show 777
Good fortune has shone early on Pratt & Whitney at Farnborough - its newly-certificated PW4090 engines are powering the Boeing 777 in the static display. Flight tests of the 400kN (90,000lb) thrust engine on the 777 began at Boeing's Seattle, Washington factory less than a month ago on 3 ...
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Rivals join forces for advanced engine work
France's Snecma and Britain's Rolls-Royce are teaming up on research for an Advanced Military Engine Technology (AMET) programme for the next generation of combat aircraft. Once arch rivals to power what was then a five-nation European fighter aircraft, Snecma ultimately went it alone for the Rafale's M-88 powerplant, while ...
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Roke manor tunes into radio deal
A deal which should improve radio links for troops serving in Bosnia has been broadcast at this year's Show. Roke Manor Research, part of Siemens Plessey Electronic Systems, has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence to upgrade the HALO artillery location systems deployed with British troops ...
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APU cleared
AlliedSignal's latest APU - the 131-9(B) for the next generation Boeing 737 - has received Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorisation from the FAA, a record 25 months after the programme began. Designed both to start and operate up to 39,000ft (11,900m), the 131-9(B) incorporates more than 50 design recommendations ...
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Radar trials
The Siemens Plessey Systems AR327 Commander tactical long-range air defence radar has successfully completed factory acceptance trials at the manufacturer's test site at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Rigorous practical tests to assess transportability by air and land will now go ahead. Latest electronic technology allows the AR237 to ...
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LAN focus
CommScope, a division of General Instrument, has acquired Teledyne division Thermatics to boost its manufacturing capacity for Local Area Network (LAN) markets, primarily in the aerospace sector. Brian Garrett, executive vice-president and general manager of CommScope, says: "Thermatics' speciality cable expertise brings access to new process capabilities and markets ...
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Piles of tiles
For the first time, Farnborough hall gangways have been carpeted - more than 80,000 carpet tiles cover the aisles in the four halls. P&O Exhibition Services has also provided more than 30,000m2 of sheet carpet and 4,000m2 of artificial grass for the chalets and stands. To get the ...