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Zap a few aliens with show virtual reality game
If you want to let off some steam after a busy morning on your stand, why not go and zap a few aliens? Greene, Tweed & Co (GTC) has rigged up a virtual reality ‘zone hunter' game on in Hall 4/G7 to attract visitors. The player who notches ...
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Tough time ahead for suppliers
Suppliers to aerospace prime contractors will face a tough time over the next five years as their customers continue to screw down costs. That was one of the major findings of a survey released at the show by Flight International and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). Though the recovery ...
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Experience pays off
ERA Technology comes to Farnborough with experience in tackling engineering projects for more than 30 different industries. The independent contract research and development organisation has its base in Surrey, southern England. It addresses all areas of avionics, including advanced data transmission systems, software, video and packaging. Radar ...
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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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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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Stolen parts sleuth logs on to the internet
Any aircraft operator who has ever been offered spare parts from an unknown supplier at an unusually competitive price can now check to see whether the components are stolen. Inventory Locator Service (ILS) is a month into running a new free service on the Internet that enables operators to ...
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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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Digital gyro deal
Airbus Industrie has selected Honeywell's GG1320 digital ring-laser gyro as a replacement for analogue ring-laser gyros in its A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 types. The GG1320 is scheduled to be certificated on the A320 as part of the US avionics manufacturer's air-data/inertial-reference system in December. It will then be ...
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Space links
Loral Space and Communications will introduce a space-based navigation and positioning service in 1998. The Loral Integrated Navigation and Communications Satellite Services (LINCSS) will use the company's 48-satellite Globalstar mobile telecommunications service and the global-positioning system (GPS) satellite network to provide an accuracy of a few millimetres, says the company, ...
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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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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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Qantas aims to keep on saving
QANTAS CHAIRMAN Gary Pemberton has warned that, despite improved profits, further fleet expansion will have to be backed by renewed cost savings. Qantas ended its latest financial year to the end of June with net profits up by more than one-third at A$247 million ($190 million), comfortably ahead ...
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A3XX will 'seat 1,000'
SEATING FOR more than 1,000 passengers will be possible aboard growth versions of the Airbus Industrie A3XX, according to Jurgen Thomas, senior vice-president for the consortium's Large Aircraft division. Thomas says that, when it enters service in 2003, the A3XX will be the "world's largest airliner, and the ...
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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 ...
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GPS retrofit
Rockwell's Collins Commercial Avionics is to supply its Multi-Mode Global Navigation Landing Unit for retrofit into Airbus A300 B2 and B4 fleets. Deliveries to Airbus will begin later this year, with certification expected early in 1997. Up to 100 aircraft will receive the Collins system, which is a combined global-positioning ...
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BT makes sure it's good to talk at show
Keeping the lines of communication open at Farnborough could only be described as a logistical nightmare for the BT team which maintains the show's telephone network. The scale of the task is such that BT begins its preparations for show week in April and will still have an engineering ...
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GPS option
Aero International (Regional) has chosen the Honeywell/Trimble HT1000 as standard option Global Navigation Satellite Sensor Navigation Management System on the ATR 42 and 72 regional airliners. Certification is expected in the first quarter of 1997, and the HT1000 will also be available for retrofit through a field service bulletin ...
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Technology experience pays off
ERA Technology comes to Farnborough with experience in tackling engineering projects for more than 30 different industries. The independent contract research and development organisation has its base in Surrey, Southern England. It addresses all areas of avionics, including advanced data transmission systems, software, video and packaging. Radar ...
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ADS system on display 'live' at show
Visitors to Farnborough can chart progress towards a global satellite monitoring system for aircraft at the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) stand (H3/F1). NATS is a leading player in the European consortium which is trialling Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS). The ADS system harnesses the power of satellite technology, ...