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FARNBOROUGH: Gripen hits back at 'paper aeroplane' slurs
Saab moved to counter opponents of its Gripen NG programme yesterday by outlining its ambitious plans to sell the type to nations from a lengthy list of potential buyers, including Brazil and India.
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FARNBOROUGH: HK taking A350 through A330 conversion
Hong Kong Airlines' tentative order for the Airbus A350 XWB will involve converting 15 of its current backlog of 23 A330s.
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FARNBOROUGH: STOVL F-35s face pressure on new flight-test delays
Lockheed Martin is ahead on the overall schedule for F-35 flight test, but the short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant risks falling behind due...
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus recognises Engine Alliance A380 fuel burn improvement
Engine Alliance has been given a boost by Airbus in its battle with Rolls-Royce on the A380 after the airframer officially recognised a further improvement...
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing to chose powerplant first, then decide on re-engining
Boeing's commercial aircraft division boss has reiterated the airframer's intention to clear up the questions hanging over its 737 re-engining plans before...
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London City bestows approval on Baron
The Beechcraft Baron light piston twin has been approved for operations at London City airport.
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FARNBOROUGH: Delcam helping to boost productivity
Midlands-based Delcam is at Farnborough to demonstrate how it can help aerospace companies of all size boost their manufacturing productivity.
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FARNBOROUGH: Virgin launches Rockwell digital altimeter
Virgin Atlantic is the launch customer for a new Rockwell Collins digital radio altimeter, to be fitted to its 10 ordered Airbus A330s that are due to begin delivery in spring 2011.
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Optimism grows over use of biofuels in aviation
Optimism over the use of biofuels in the aviation sector appeared to be increasing among attendees at this year's Farnborough air show, with the possibility of scaling up production to the levels needed to make them a viable option starting to look like a more attainable goal than it did ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Raytheon Systems eyes export opportunities for Sentinel
UK company Raytheon Systems Limited is looking to export its Paveway IV precision-guided bomb, Sentinel R1 ground surveillance system and Shadow R1 signals intelligence platform.
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2009 Top 200 airlines passenger traffic
The Airline Business 2009 World Airline Rankings show passenger traffic growth declined by 0.4% among leading carriers last year, though capacity discipline helped keep load factors at healthy levels
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FARNBOROUGH: Paris Air Show organiser predicts 'biggest ever' event
The next edition of the Paris air show may still be 10 months away, but organiser GIFAS is already predicting that the event - to be held from 20-26 June 2011 - will be the "biggest ever".
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus Military's anti-submarine C-295 draws interest
Although the larger A400M 'Grizzly' has grabbed most of the headlines this week, another of Airbus Military's products - the C-295 anti-submarine warfare...
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FARNBOROUGH: Concorde question day 5
Concorde is the subject of the latest book in Haynes' successful Owners' Workshop Manual series. Flightglobal is giving away a copy during each day of the show
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FARNBOROUGH: Lufthansa A380 takes Cair humidifier
The first Cair cabin humidification to be installed by an aircraft manufacturer has gone into service on a new Airbus A380 delivered today to Lufthansa.
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FARNBOROUGH: ASD boss calls for new era of defence consolidation
Defence budget cuts across Europe could provide an opportunity to consolidate the market, but only if there is sufficient political will, according to Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe secretary general François Gayet.
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FARNBOROUGH: First composite landing
Messier-Dowty (Safran Group) has achieved a historical milestone in the development of the Boeing 787 landing gear, with the first successful take-off...
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FARNBOROUGH: Ilyushin Finance to buy Western types
Some of the $300 million Ilyushin Finance plans to raise from an initial public offering will go towards buying 30 small, Western turboprops, its general director Alexander Robtsov told Flight Daily News at the show yesterday.