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1980 - 2587.PDF
944 FLIGHT International, 6 September (980 Farnborough first report THIS is the most internationally comprehensive Farnborough yet, with nearly all the Western world's top aerospace companies exhibiting and fielding top teams, including presidents and chief executives. They are here not just for the flying, which this year probably pulls more g than any previous airshow, mostly out of the American and French fighters, but also for the selling. One rela tively small exhibitor tells Flight that many of its sales can be tracked back to show contacts. Customers are here in force, with official delegations from a score of countries including Argentina, Brazil, China (four missions), Egypt, Finland, India, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Venezuela and Jugoslavia. Most are led by the highest-level officials, including defence minis ters and chiefs of staff. Two coun tries have sent a head and a deputy head of state. There are some unofficial Soviet Government visitors. Mrs Thatcher is the first British Prime Minister for many years to be the chief guest and speaker at The "Flight" ten-man editorial team reports from Farnborough the SBAC's annual London dinner for the top delegations. Stands and chalets, extensively augmented since Farnborough 78, break all previous records, as The British Aerospace Nimrod AEW.3 sticks its impressive nose into the flying display every afternoon probably also does the number of aircraft (150). Exhibition space is said to have been oversubscribed by 10 per cent. British industry's priorities seem agreed by a significant number of exhibitors: if the equipment and engine industries are to hold their own in the long term, notwith standing strong medium - term orderbooks, two major nationally led airframe programmes are essential: a new medium narrow- body member of the Airbus family, and an advanced-technology light fighter. The equipment industry is taking new initiatives in putting this message across to HM Govern ment, and seems ready to share positively in British Aerospace sponsorship and leadership of new airframe programmes. E§N» . 1 . ., ,, • fosr. K3"^ '*
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