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Farnborough goes live with a show TV
Page 31 A live television service - the first of its kind at a major international air show - is providing eight hours of expert coverage each day at Farnborough. UK-based REW is bringing together the TV project through its subsidiary, Aerospace Communications, and has set ...
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Canopy system cuts risk of ejection injuries for pilots
Ejecting from a fighter aircraft without canopy jettison systems can be a painful business. Many pilots have suffered broken collar bones or worse. Now PMP, a subsidiary of South Africa's Denel, has designed and manufactured a canopy ‘fragilisation' system that works on those aircraft which have canopy reinforcement ...
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Messire-Dowty looks back
The Anglo-French amalgam Messier-Dowty celebrates its Farnborough debut with a display which showcases six decades of aeronautical history. The joint venture between TI Group of the UK and Snecma of France is now the world leader in the design, development and production of aircraft landing gear, with more than ...
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MiG-AT makes debut over Farnborough
Russia's new generation MiG-AT trainer makes its international debut at Farnborough ‘96, with scheduled daily demonstration flights. The Russian-French training system combines the aircraft's aerodynamic characteristics, high thrust-to-weight ratio, Sextant state-of-the-art avionics and reconfigurable fly-by-wire control system with a ground-based training system to ensure a dramatic time and cost ...
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Derco double
Derco Aerospace has announced double distribution deals at the Show. Michelin Aircraft Tire has appointed the company as a distributor of all its US-manufactured bias-ply military aircraft tyres, after Derco's success in marketing the C-130, F-16, F-5, F-4, Boeing 707 and P-3 aircraft tyres. In another announcement PTI ...
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Civil spinoff
Honeywell has gained US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the avionics it is developing for the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules. The FAA has granted Honeywell a technical standard order (TSO), which certifies that the equipment complies with applicable FAA standards. It is the first time that Honeywell has ...
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McDonnell works out a phantom identity for AS&T
McDonnell Douglas has coined the term "Phantom Works" to give a popular identity to its Advanced System & Technology group (AS&T). The slogan represents the formation of a single corporate-wide entity to identify future market needs and provide design and prototyping services for the different parts of the group. ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
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US still tops defence market says survey
Reports that the Russians have overtaken the Americans for top position in the world defence market are flawed, a top British Government analyst says at Farnborough ‘96. A US Congressional Research Service survey released just prior to Farnborough ‘96 claims that the Russians had leapt to pole position ...
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Re-engined Sikorsky wins another order
Sikorsky is expected to announce a new order for its S-76C+ today at Farnborough. Details of the customer, believed to be European, should be announced at a press conference this morning. Deliveries of the higher-powered C+ variant, which was introduced earlier this year, began in July, and Sikorsky ...
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Fighting talk on JSF project by Lockheed Martin
Describing itself as a "Fighter Enterprise", Lockheed Martin is sporting an aggressive stance at Farnborough and touting a wide array of military aircraft products. A priority at the show, the company says, is the marketing of its concept for the US/UK Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. The three ...
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Merger and magistrate keep aerospace titan away from the show
Notably absent from Farnborough ‘96 is Serge Dassault, chairman and chief executive officer of Dassault Aviation and a score of companies in the Dassault Industrie group. Though his heart is at Farnborough - he can't remember missing a single show since he graduated as an aircraft engineer almost half ...
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US trainer makes transatlantic debut
The Raytheon Aircraft Beech/Pilatus PC-9 MkII is making its debut appearance at Farnborough after a two-hop flight from the USA. The aircraft was fitted with two 230 litre (60 USgal) wing-mounted external fuel tanks for the journey. Confirmed earlier this year as the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System ...
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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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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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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 ...