All General aviation articles – Page 642
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Protection is secured
Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) officers have ensured the protection of not only you, the visitors, but of the VIPs who have attended the airshow throughout the week. The force has a number of specialist Personal Protection Officers (PPOs) whose designated task is to ensure the safety of the ...
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Sailplane showcases advanced materials
Aircraft designer John Edgley, of Optica fame, has brought his new EA9 sailplane to Farnborough - the show's slowest and lowest-powered aircraft. On display in the historic and light aircraft park, the EA9 is unique in that it is made from Fibrelam, a strong, lightweight pre-cured composite sandwich with ...
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Flightspares named as agent for Morse
Flightspares is celebrating the signing of a contract to become a worldwide aftermarket distributor of Morse Controls aviation products for civil operators. This latest signing on Tuesday in Hall 1/D22 was the third new international contract in the last year for the UK firm and comes hard on the ...
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Every picture tells a story
Messier-Dowty's chalet is doubling as an art gallery thanks to the Guild of Aviation Artists, whose paintings have pride of place on the walls. The Messier-Dowty link is that all 20 aircraft depicted are fitted with the company's landing gear. Messier-Dowty chairman and chief executive officer ...
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BAe Nimrod 200 looks to set new MPA benchmark
A new battle lies ahead for British Aerospace's (BAe) Nimrod 2000 to win up to $13 billion in exports, with a top secret US Air Force sensor platform being seen as an early prospect. BAe won a $3 billion contract in the summer to rebuild the Royal Air Force's ...
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The pass masters keep show running smoothly
Next time you put on your show pass, spare a thought for the team who have been labouring six months to make sure everyone who needs it has access to the site. The work falls to the Process Unit of the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP), and since early ...
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Optical firm on view
Russian-optics specialist PA Urals Optical Mechanical Plant is making its first visit to Farnborough. On show they have the gyrostabilisation platform, designed for use in helicopters. Its main application is detection of oil and gas leakages. Other uses include surveillance operations for police and maritime patrols and ...
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Fighting talk from veteran jet jockeys
Fighter aircraft almost always provide the most eye-catching and impressive of flying displays at air shows, but can the expert eye compare competitors by watching these aerobatics? Two people who do know how to assess a flying display, as well as how to perform one, are Neil Anderson and ...
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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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British police miss Dassault in swoop on airshow chalet
Officers from Scotland Yard's extradition squad supported by Ministry of Defence police raided the Dassault chalet at Farnborough during the flying display yesterday afternoon at the request of the Belgian police. It is understood that they were seeking Dassault president Serge Dassault and at least one other senior company ...
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Nose guards with a sniff upper lip
Meet Lenny and Glen, Armed Explosive Search (AES) dogs of the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP). The two Labradors and their handlers are on duty at the Show to help make sure Farnborough ‘96 remains incident-free. The MDP are responsible for all policing and security tasks "inside the ...
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Royal guest puts case for museum
The British Royal family has a long association with the aerospace industry and several members of "the firm" are visiting the show this week. HRH Prince Michael of Kent took advantage of an opportunity to meet many top people from the aviation business at a special event organised by ...
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Raytheon buoyed by Hawker plans
Raytheon is to unveil plans for a new super-mid-sized Hawker jet at the NBAA in Orlando this year. Roy Norris, president of Raytheon Aircraft, says the next-generation Hawker will be "...bigger, faster and have a longer range than any of its predecessors". He stresses that it ...
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UK police forces order MD Explorers
THE UK'S POLICE Aviation Services has ordered ten McDonnell Douglas MD900 Explorer helicopters, making it the largest single purchase of the type to date in Europe. The first eight-seat helicopter will be delivered in June 1997 and enter service with the Wiltshire Constabulary Air Support Unit. The aircraft will be ...
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Westland develops digital Super Lynx
Douglas Barrie/LONDON WESTLAND IS developing an advanced variant of its Lynx maritime helicopter, the Super Lynx Series 300, fitted with a "glass" cockpit, digital avionics and the LHTEC CTS800 engine. The Super Lynx 300 is complemented by the Super Lynx Series 100 and 200. The ...
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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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Fokker Elmo starts China venture
Andrew Doyle/LONDON FOKKER ELMO has set up a joint venture with two Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) subsidiaries, with the aim of manufacturing electrical-wire harnesses for AVIC's planned AE-100 regional jets and other new types. Called Lang Fang Fokker, the new company is 60%-owned by Fokker Elmo, part of the ...
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Large order revives R-R Tu-204 programme
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONPaul Duffy/CAIRO KATO GROUP of Egypt has revived the Rolls-Royce-powered Tupolev Tu-204 programme with a contract for 30 aircraft, as part of a planned commitment for 200 examples of the Russian twinjet. Kato will set up an international aerospace group to market and support the aircraft ...
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Traffic control...the road to a breakdown?
It might be on the roads rather than in the air, but traffic control at Farnborough ‘96 is a complex business. For TNT Showfreight, the official freight and logistics agent, the week of the show is the culmination of months of careful planning. Handling the estimated 100,000 cars ...
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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 ...