All Safety News – Page 1389
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TCAS first
British Airways is the launch customer for Honeywell's new version of its TCAS II Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance product, dubbed TCAS 2000, which is scheduled for certification in July 1997. Honeywell says the new TCAS will support the anticipated growth in Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems in the future ...
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TCAS first
Farnborough-based Data Sciences has won the £500,000 ($780,000) contract to supply a Jetstream Instrument Trainer (JIT) to the RAF Multi-Engined Training Squadron (METS) at RAF Cranwell. Announcing the news at Farnborough, Andy Roberts, Data Sciences chief executive officer, says: "The development time for the trainer is only eight months ...
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Compact Leopard knocks spots off the opposition
One of the stars of the static display is the diminutive and attractive twin turbo-fan CMC Leopard - designed and built in Britain - which attracts admiring glances due to its Ferrari-like good looks and high-quality finish. A four-seat mini-business jet, the Leopard prototype 002 is within a month ...
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Display easy on eyes
Palomar Products is demonstrating HighBright Sunlight Readable Displays, developed to provide easily readable images in high ambient light operating conditions for air traffic control towers. The Californian firm, a management-buy-out from Hughes aircraft, is making its debut at Farnborough and can be found in Hall 2/A27. The display, ...
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New seat for Sikorsky
Things are looking up for local UK firm St Bernard Composites which has just signed a deal with Hispano-Suiza, for three years, to supply bonded acoustic panels for the Airbus A320 thrust reversal system. St Bernard Composites, exhibiting in Hall 4/B5, is also showing off a new seat bucket ...
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Aircraft video system gets a safety rating
British Aerospace (Systems and Equipment) (BASE) and DM Aerospace, a division of Dedicated Microcomputers Group, are to develop an aircraft video flight recorder which will provide a crash protected environment for the digital recording of video data from the flight deck or from external cameras. An MoU by the ...
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Unique airbag answers new safety rule
The first-ever airbag for commercial aircraft is on display at Farnborough. Manufacturer Airline Interiors chose Farnborough for its airshow debut and to show off a number of new products that make flying safer for commercial passengers. The unique airbag system, fitted in front of the first row of ...
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Nothing fishy about Goodrich
Goodrich Aerospace, the sole manufacturer of the landing gear for the Boeing 747, has been catching attention and reeling in the visitors with an aquarium on its stand in Hall 4/D5. The American firm is offering a little peace and quiet amid the frenetic activity of the Farnborough show. ...
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Park Air launch advanced VHF
Park Air Electronics has launched the next generation VHF digital ground-to-air radio here at Farnborough. The series 5000 working demo, which can be seen in Hall 2/B14, employs Differential Eight Phase Shift Key (D8PSK) modulation. Speed It is the first radio of its kind from ...
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RJE beacon is shining example
American firm RJE International, manufacturers of underwater, research and recovery navigation systems, is being represented for the first time at Farnborough by Glendale International in Hall 2/A37. One of the many displays is an underwater locator beacon which bolts on to black boxes, as used on the TWA 747 ...
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Near-miss highlights need for radio system upgrade
Details of one of the most serious near-miss aviation incidents ever recorded in Britain came to light in an official Civil Aviation Authority report last month. British Aerospace Systems and Equipment (BASE) is using the report to highlight the significance of its Contran VHF radio anti-blocking system. The ...
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Airbus fights back with $2.5 billion sales
Airbus Industrie has announced two new orders for a total of 14 aircraft worth nearly $1.5 billion. The company also has a long-awaited $950 million order from Asiana Airlines for 18 A321s. But, despite the celebrations, Airbus did not miss the chance to attack Boeing's previous day's announcement ...
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Boeing bullish on future of 500X/600X
Boeing's proposed 747-500X ultra-long-range aircraft will be able to fly London-Perth non-stop, programme manager Jon Hayhurst said at the Show yesterday. "That's probably the most commercially significant route to potential customers," says Hayhurst who adds that the aircraft will also be capable of flying non-stop between Dakar and Chicago ...
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Extended CRJ launch delayed to end of year
Page 8 Bombardier Regional Aircraft Division (BRAD) announced at Farnborough yesterday that the formal launch of the extended Regional Jet project, the 70-seater CRJ-X has been delayed until later in the year. However, BRAD can begin offering the aircraft for sale and can confirm performance specifications. The ...
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Process improvement
OVER THE PAST few years Europe's aerospace industry has inevitably been preoccupied with the impact of defence-budget cuts and a depressed airliner market, but, as recession ends, so the priorities are beginning to change. European aerospace research shows clearly that the new drive is for production efficiency and ...
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Safety standards must be consistent
Sir - Like Steve Kirby, in his letter "Engines should be treated separately" (Flight International, 14-20 August, P40), I was reminded of the US National Transportation Safety Board accident report on the 5 May, 1983, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar oil-loss incident. There were lessons to be learned from that near-accident, which ...
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Airbus is poised to join AE-100 programme
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINESE AND European aerospace-industry negotiators are expected to reach an agreement by the end of the month for Airbus Industrie to join the proposed Chinese AE-100 regional-jet programme. Under a plan which is now in the process of being finalised, Airbus will assume a leading role in Aero ...
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NTSB asks TWA to help
THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is asking Trans World Airlines (TWA), Boeing and Pratt & Whitney for $8 million towards accident-investigation costs in the continuing probe of the July TWA Boeing 747 crash. Meanwhile, traces of a chemical used in plastic explosives have been detected on ...
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Horizon Dash 8 order signals end for Dorniers
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HORIZON AIR of Seattle, Washington, has placed orders and options, worth potentially more than $750 million, for up to 70 de Havilland Dash 8-200/300 turboprops. The huge deal, which includes firm orders for 25 Dash 8s, spells the end of Horizon's Fairchild Dornier 328 ...
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Honeywell and Rockwell
HONEYWELL AND Rockwell are on course for further conflict in the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance (TCAS) market as both companies announce progress with their product lines. British Airways is to be the launch customer for Honeywell's TCAS II system (dubbed TCAS 2000). The unit is scheduled for certification in ...