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Propjet offers attractive proposition
The new high-speed propjet Jetcruzer 500 has been unveiled by AASI Aircraft following a six-year development costing $57 million in private and public funds. The single-engine pusher aircraft is designed to provide the cheapest and highest-speed propjet transportation in the world, reports the manufacturer, with a price tag ...
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Eurowings expands ATR fleet
Geoff Thomas German airline Eurowings announced at Le Bourget yesterday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to buy five ATR 42-500s - plus options for a further five aircraft. Eurowings operates the largest ATR fleet in Europe which comprises 17 ATR 42-300s; six ATR 72-200s; and ...
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Aviation art gets boost from industry
One of the many things that Paris is famous for is its art, so it is appropriate that Messier-Dowty has used the show to exhibit, for the first time, an Anglo-French exhibition of aviation art. The paintings, more than 30 in total, all feature British and French aircraft ...
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Lord wins noise reduction approval
Lord Corporation's NVX Active Noise and Vibration Control System has become the first such product to get FAA approval for use on large jet airliner. The system has been approved by the FAA for installation on McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and MD-80 series aircraft. Supplemental Type Certification was completed ...
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Americans move to defuse fears over mega-merger
Tim Ripley Moves by the European Union to oppose the proposed controversial merger of US aerospace giants Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) are likely to end in compromise, say MDC sources at Paris. "We are confident the differences will be worked out," says Fred Hill, McDonnell Douglas senior vice-president for ...
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Recaro sitting pretty with AA
Recaro Aircraft Seating of Germany has just received an order from American Airlines (AA) to equip the carrier's entire narrow-body fleet with economy class seats. It's the first order American Airlines has placed with an aircraft seat supplier from outside the USA. Recaro will replace coach ...
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Saturn 5 engine to power Shuttle fly-back booster?
Boeing engineers are considering the use of the F-1 first stage engine of the giant Saturn 5 booster that launched Apollo to the Moon to power a new fly-back booster for the Space Shutle. The company's Space Systems division - formerly Rockwell Space - has been awarded a ...
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Training site
European Aviation has opened a new training department at Bournemouth International Airport in the UK. Housed in what was the British Aerospace production hangar, the purpose-built complex comprises L-1011 TriStar, BAC one-eleven and Boeing 727 simulators plus a full BAC one-eleven fuselage used for cockpit procedure and cabin ...
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French lessons
If you fancy a year in France learning to become an aircraft maintenance engineer, then wander down to Hall 4/C9 here at the Paris Airshow. The stand is manned by the students from the new course running at the University of Aix en Provence near Marseille. Investing in ...
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Quiet signs hush deal
European Aviation Air Charter has confirmed a contract with Quiet Nacelle Corporation of Miami for the American company to develop a stage 3 hush kit suitable for its fleet, currently powered by Rolls Royce Spey engines complying with the stage two criteria. The kit will comprise an engine ...
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Sikorsky scoffs at buy-up prediction
The 'not for sale' signs were up unequivocally at Sikorsky yesterday following the publication of an industry forecast with whose sentiments the venerable helicopter company may well agree, but with whose details it certainly would not. The Teal Group's first world rotorcraft forecast target Sikorsky as the most ...
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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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Learjet clears the Atlantic in record time
Anyone needing to get from Pittsburgh to Paris in around eight hours should visit the Bombardier chalet and enquire about buying a Learjet 60. For the 100th production aircraft arrived at the show to take up its place in the static display in record-breaking time, taking just 1minute ...
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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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Fashion joins aerospace for Flight Awards
Winners of the prestigious Flight International Aerospace Awards will share centre stage with top models from the creme de la creme of French fashion houses tonight, in what promises to be an unforgettable occasion. A specially choreographed show by members of la Federation Francaise de la Couture, who ...
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Polyphem fibre-guided missile shows pin-point accuracy
France, Germany and Italy have successfully test-fired the Polyphem, a versatile precision weapons system designed to deliver a 20kg warhead at a range of up to 60km. The Polyphem is touted as the world's best performing fibre-optic-guided missile for ground-to-air, air-to-ground, ship-to-ship and anti-submarine warfare, in all-weather conditions, ...
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Are AVIC and Airbus wrong about AE31X?
Sir - I refer to the article "AVIC/Airbus sign AE31X agreement" (Flight International, 21-27 May, P7). The new regional AE31X family, planned to Ìt in below the niche of the Airbus A319, should not have a smaller, five-abreast, fuselage cross-section. This would mean abandoning the Airbus ...
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Growth markets
While the prime focus at the last major European air show, Farnborough in September 1996, was on the dog-fight between Boeing and Airbus Industrie to launch a 747 successor, the duel has now regrouped around longer range, and/or increased capacity derivatives of the two rivals' existing products. Airbus ...
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The cost of free flight
RUNNING an orderly air-traffic-management (ATM) system using airways, by definition, confines aircraft to a fraction of the airspace available. At a time when the skies are becoming increasingly crowded - particularly in Europe - any ATM system which fails to use all available airspace is, therefore, giving up part of ...
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Jumbo challenge
If Airbus Industrie sticks to its timetable for the A3XX, the first example of the 560- to 660-seat long-range giant will be undergoing flight demonstrations for the first time in public at the 2003 Paris air show. What visitors to the show will see circling over the famous Le Bourget ...