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1988
1988 - 2885.PDF
BM^K ^'7*8 :\?S3? 4 • t t t t C-BFSJ PUfPi mmm* D»S»B™ Y ft «v? tfo 1CL • • i Breaking records Business aviation suppliers are bullish as they prepare for the US National Business Aviation Association's annual trade show and convention in Dallas, Texas, which is likely to be a record-breaker as firms clamour to exhibit. L North American business aircraft suppliers are in an upbeat mood'as they prepare for the industry's most important trade show of the year, to be held in Dallas, Texas, later this month. They form the healthiest part of the general-aviation manufacturing sector, and are at the sharp end of the $15 billion-a-year GA industry, whose activities stretch from aircraft manu facture to fuel, spares, and an ever expanding range of services. That industry looks set to make the Dallas trade show the biggest ever, with more than 15,000 trade visitors expected to attend. If the NBAA show is a barometer of the industry's outlook, then the industry must be optimistic. By early this month 485 firms, mainly from the USA, had signed up to exhibit, compared with the 466 at last year's event in New Orleans. Organisers at the NBAA in Washington are expecting over 500 to register for the three-day Dallas event, making it the biggest ever. In addition, over 70 aircraft are expected to be flown in for a static display at Love Field near Dallas, including the Rinaldo Piaggio P. 180 Avanti, which will be making its first appearance at the specialist trade show and will highlight a growing foreign contingent attempting to sell in the world's most important business aviation arena. . The traditional NBAA format of separate static park and trade show areas continues this year, and as usual there will be no noisy airshow to disrupt conversation. Demonstra tion flights will be possible, though, for aircraft with the appropriate certification, a requirement which will prevent Piaggio from flying potential customers in the Avanti, which is some way from certification. NBAA staff mirror the industry's opti mism, with a correspondingly high expectation for the show. "This is going to be an upbeat show," said one this month, predicting that the visitor attendance would reach an all-time high. The busiest NBAA show yet was five years ago when it was last held in Dallas, an "aviation city", in the NBAA's words. It attracted 14,700 visitors. New Orleans is not an aviation city, in the NBAA's view, and so is blamed for the poor turnout at last year's show, which had 13,600 visitors. N The NBAA stages the show to further the (at times conflicting) interests of its members, who number 2,990 (an all-time high), and who for eligibility must either earnat least half their income from business aviation or operate aircraft which are not for hire. Collectively, the members have well over 5,000 aircraft, including over 2,000 jets, but almost half of them operate just one aircraft. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 8 October 1988 19
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