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Johnson: eBusiness the future for AlliedSignal
Just 24 hours before news of AlliedSignal's planned merger with Honeywell stunned the aviation community, AlliedSignal Aerospace's president and CEO Bob Johnson talked to Flight Daily News on his company's aims and prospects. AlliedSignal Aerospace had, itself, recently completed a major internal reorganisation. Commercial confidentiality obviously meant he could give ...
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Green future for P&W's JT8D family
Geoff Thomas Pratt & Whitney's ubiquitous JT8D-200 family of engines will now be much 'greener', thanks to a new Environmental Kit (E-Kit) combustor system which exceeds all ICAO standards for new production engines. It also qualifies for one of the world's toughest emission categories, Switzerland's Class 5. ...
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Avro RJX project shifts to powerplant phase
Alan Dron Members of the Avro RJX programme team will be exchanging the current damp UK summer for the heat of Arizona imminently, following successful completion of a preliminary design review of the aircraft's integrated powerplant system, it was announced at the show yesterday. The team, which has ...
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Shenyang deal extends Sino-links
Geoff Thomas BMW Rolls-Royce is to extend its Sino-links by signing a long-term deal with CATIC Supply and Shenyang Engine Manufacturing at Le Bourget today. The deal - to be signed by BMW Rolls-Royce's operations director Neil Ansell and a representative of CATIC - is believed to involve ...
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Just because you asked
"The stand has no relevance to our product - that's why people stop by," says John Donoghue of Forged Metals (FMI). "They ask: 'What exactly is it you guys do?'" Which comes as no surprise, as the stand proudly sports what is described as a 'highly modified' Citroen 2 ...
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Corporate jet leads Airbus 30-year anniversary
Air show veterans will recall the launch of the Airbus Industrie A300 in 1969... then raise a glass to the astonishing organisation celebrating its 30th anniversary at Le Bourget. Airbus is here in style, with a pair of firsts - showing off the Airbus A319 Corporate Jetliner (A319CJ) ...
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Face the facts with Mike Terrett
Mike Terrett became the new president at International Aero Engines in November, making Paris '99 his first major air show since that appointment. Terrett inherits a company that is on a roll - IAE's V2500 enjoyed spectacular success in 1998, taking 55% of the Airbus A320 market - but ferocious ...
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Honeywell ahead in merger name game
As the Paris air show kicks off, industry participants are once again getting used to the idea of two familiar company names being merged into a single entity. Even for an industry now familiar with consolidations, the proposed merger announcement by AlliedSignal and Honeywell, announced on the eve of the ...
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Face the facts with... John Rose
John Rose has been chief executive of Rolls-Royce plc since May 1996, having joined the company in 1984, and is the current president of the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC). He talked about Rolls-Royce's prospects with Alan Dron. Question: What's the best guess for when the next air transport ...
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High-tech service extends JT9D longevity
After more than 30 years and millions of hours of in-service time, the Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbofan's longevity is being extended, thanks to high-tech repairs by Barnes Aerospace's Windsor Airmotive division. In conjunction with P&W and the US Federal Aviation Administration, Connecticut-based Windsor Airmotive has developed two major exhaust ...
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Further orders logged for AlliedSignal APU
General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed an order for AlliedSignal's 131-9(A) auxiliary power unit (APU) to be fitted to its firm order for 48 Airbus A320s. The order is valued at around $48 million over the next few years and will be worth even more should GECAS ...
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Rolls-Royce happy with Trent 500 tests
As the Rolls-Royce Trent engine celebrates one million hours of service this week, the newest variant, the Trent 500, has begun test runs at the company's Derby, UK, factory. R-R Trent 500 project director Charles Cuddington says testing so far has gone "entirely as predicted", with the engine performing "exactly ...
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Cathay Pacific selects AlliedSignal APUs
AlliedSignal announced at the show yesterday that it had been selected to supply auxiliary power unit (APU) maintenance for Cathay Pacific's fleet of Airbus A330, A340 and Boeing 777 aircraft. Speaking at the show, Tom Johnson, AlliedSignal engines & systems vice-president, commercial auxiliary power, said: "From our Singapore repair centre, ...
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Boeing bullish about 717's market prospects
Boeing's newest aircraft, the Boeing 717 - dubbed the best solution for the growing 100-seat market by chairman and CEO Phil Condit - makes its European debut at Le Bourget. Boeing inherited the 717 as the MD 95 following the takeover of McDonnell Douglas. It is the direct successor to ...
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Honeywell avionics at heart of B717
Honeywell's Versatile Integrated Avionics (VIA 2000) system is the avionics architecture for the new Boeing 717 twin-jet being shown at Le Bourget this week. The VIA system that forms the basis of the 717's Advanced Flight Deck features six flat panel liquid crystal displays. Dual VIA computers integrate the following ...
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Embraer studies ERJ options
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Embraer will announce at the Paris air show later this month the selection of an engine and cockpit avionics for its proposed new ERJ-170 and ERJ-190 family of regional aircraft. This will clear the way for a final decision on development planned for 1 July, although there ...
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Fairchild poised for US 428JET order
Paul Lewis/SAN ANTONIOFairchild Aerospace plans to announce a $1.5 billion launch order for the 428JET regional jet, along with additional 328JET sales, at the Paris air show. The company has refused to identify the customer, but it is widely believed to be US carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). San Antonio-based ...
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Snecma M88
Qualification of the basic Snecma M88-2 was completed in early 1996, with the first production engine delivered at the end of the same year. The M88-2 has a thrust-to-weight ratio of 8.5, producing 11,250/16,850lb of dry/afterburner thrust (50/75kN). The engine has proved extremely reliable in flight tests to-date, by early ...
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Piaggio tests re-engined P166
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Piaggio Aero Industries has begun flight testing its re-engined P166 twin-turboprop utility aircraft and plans to step up its marketing efforts in an attempt to stimulate demand for the gull-winged aircraft. Certification is scheduled for late next year. The Italian manufacturer, formerly known as Piaggio Industrie Aeronautiche, ...
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CAGI wins Canadian financing for Windeagle production
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Canadian Aerospace Group International (CAGI) has received C$1.625 million ($1.1 million) from the Canadian Government towards setting up a manufacturing facility at St Hubert, Montreal, for the Windeagle general aviation aircraft. CAGI's Windeagle Aircraft subsidiary plans to begin producing the former Windecker Eagle all-composite light aircraft ...