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Miami expansion programme continues
Miami International Airport officials were more than happy to welcome a cavalcade of public visitors at their stand yesterday, having the dual role of promoting both Miami's tourism and airport infrastructure. An ongoing US$4 billion expansion programme, started in 1992, continues at the airport - which will be ...
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Messier-Dowty lands two contracts
Franco-British joint venture Messier-Dowty has been chosen to supply undercarriage systems for two new aircraft types, the Airbus A340-500 and -600 and the Fairchild Dornier 328JET. A spokesman said at the show that the main and nose landing gears for the developed Airbus design will be a "significant ...
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DuPont prepares for growth in safety industry
Recognising the rapid growth in air transportation expected over the next 20 years, DuPont Safety and Environmental Management Services (SEMS) has appointed an industry development manager. The company says that the appointment of James Brock, Jnr allows it to better focus on the specific safety needs of the ...
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Thumbs up from Eurofighter pilots
"Eurofighter systems are go - all we're waiting for now is for the politicians to join us." So said Eurofighter's chairman John Weston, speaking yesterday at Le Bourget. With all seven prototype aircraft now flying, and the test programme having achieved a total of 411 flights (with 21 ...
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Kit gives tools to restrain louts in flights
A disturbing rise in the number of unruly passengers on commercial aircraft has opened a window of opportunity for British firm Percival Aviation (Hall 2/J14). The company is coming to the aid of airlines with a specially-designed passenger restraint pack. As well as 'quickcuffs', to gain ...
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Tyre tracks
Goodyear has introduced an industry first which makes it possible to track the life of an aircraft's tyres. And showing a touch of corporate humour it's called the system-Bumpy. Tyres on show at Hall 5 (F17) have a vulcanised black on black bar-coded serial number added in addition to ...
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Linda succeeds where Amelia Earhart failed
Sixty years after trail-blazing aviatrix Amelia Earhart's round-the-world flight ended in disaster, Linda Finch completed a commemorative circumnavigation in an identical 1935 Lockheed Electra 10E. The aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines, is the centrepiece of a special Pratt & Whitney display pavilion in the static park ...
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Paris Hare Show '97
When Le Bourget's runway is quiet at the end of the day's flying display, another 'hare' show comes to life as nature sends out a reminder of how closely she co-exists with technology. A (growing) family of hares finds the deserted environs of the runway the perfect place ...
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Air Malta leaning toward Airbus
Politics are certain to play a key role in a probable fleet rationalisation programme at Air Malta, reports Reed Aerospace's online news and data service Air Transport Intelligence (ATI). Flight Daily News' sister product, which will be formally launched tomorrow, says Malta's hopes of securing membership of the ...
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Herpa's models of perfection
The stand of Herpa, a German manufacturer of miniature aircraft (Hall 5/D11) is the closest thing to paradise for the collector of scale models. The company, which started life more than 35 years ago as a manufacturer of scale cars, turned its eyes and expertise on the aviation ...
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Racal target for acquisition
The progress of UK avionics specialist Racal is being closely watched by Litton Industries as the US company looks for acquisition targets, reports Air Transport Intelligence (ATI) today. The Flight Daily News sister product, being launched at Paris as an online news and data service, says Litton managers admire ...
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GPS software gets airlines' nod
If you need state-of-the-art software for airline GPS, make your way to the Jeppesen stand in Hall 4/ D3. The Jeppesen OnSight offers aircraft tracking, flight planning and weather analysis either individually or as a fully integrated package. The first ground-based systems were installed last year ...
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Dowty shows benefits of Eurobonding
European Union members currently struggling to achieve closer economic and financial 'harmonisation' might usefully look for lessons from Franco-British landing gear specialist Messier-Dowty. At the last Paris show, the British and French sections of the then-newly formed joint venture were just beginning the same type of process. ...
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ESA catches the Express to Mars
The European Space Agency (ESA) says it has approved studies of a mission, called the Mars Express, to land a craft on the surface of the planet Mars to analyse its soil for signs of life. The international frenzy over "life on Mars" has meant that the Mars ...
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Brasilia engine fire
A SkyWest Brasilia suffered starboard-engine power loss and fire when climbing through 2,000ft (700m) out of San Diego, California, on 21 May, the US National Transportation Safety Board reports. The propeller auto-feathered and the fire was extinguished using both fire bottles. The crew made a safe, flapless landing at NAS ...
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Japanese majors look to improve on a poor 1996
Japan's major airlines have revealed disappointing financial performances in 1996/7, as higher fuel charges and a weak yen eroded operating profits, but the carriers are optimistic that there will be improvements this year. Japan Airlines (JAL) swung back into the red with an overall net loss of ´9.2 ...
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UK carriers close on A300F contracts
SEVERAL UK-based cargo airlines are confirming plans to begin operating Airbus A300 freighters, as DHL works towards the introduction of the widebody on its intra-European network. Heavylift Cargo Airlines is understood to have concluded a deal with C-S Aviation Services for two British Aerospace Aviation Services (BAeAS)-converted A300B4 ...
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Dragonair/Cathay gear up as A330 services return
Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair planned to have all 15 of their Airbus A330-300s back in service by 7 June, after completing gearbox modifications to the twinjet's Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. R-R and Cathay had completed 25h of ground and flight testing of the Hispano-Suiza modification package on ...
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P&W solves A330 engine problem
Pratt & Whitney is retrofitting all PW4164 and PW4168 turbofans powering the Airbus A330 with a redesigned blade platform after tests revealed the potential for high N1 (low-pressure-spool rpm) rotor imbalance and the loss of the fan-containment system in the event of a fan blade detaching - a risk with ...
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Boeing battles to complete 777-X definition for Paris
Boeing is struggling to get its proposed 777-200X/ 300X growth derivatives off the ground in time for the Paris air show, as the company considers a further increase to the maximum take-off-weight (MTOW) of the aircraft to meet airline range and payload demands. The US manufacturer is discussing ...