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Coining it in with Dimo
How would you like to be coining it in? You could be if you visit the Dimo stand at W960, where they're giving away a bag of gold plated coins every day in their free prize draw. The one-cent coins have been finished by Quaker City Plating, which ...
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Abu Dhabi to get hi-tech training institute
Steve Nichols/DUBAI A multi-million-dollar agreement for a new hi-tech training institute in Abu Dhabi was signed at the show yesterday. The deal, between France's Thomson CSF and the UAE's Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT), creates a new joint venture company, the CERT Thomson Institute (CTI). ...
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Learjet sale is music to Bombardier ears
Music and dancing spilled out over the apron alongside the Learjet 45 as Bombardier handed over the all-new business jet to South African customer Aaron Searll, chairman of Seardel Investment, part of the Execujet programme. The local dancing, tea, fresh dates and Arabic music were there to celebrate the ...
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Raytheon chalks up $170m Hawker sale
Alan Peaford/DUBAI A deal worth $170 million for 14 Hawker 800XP business jets broke the drought of sales at Dubai 2000 yesterday. And the announcement means good news for potential business aircraft users in the region as the Saudi-based National Air Services (NAS) has added the aircraft to the ...
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Sheikh Ahmed looks to buy narrow bodies for Emirates
Alan Peaford/DUBAI Emirates Airline is to broaden its fleet with the acquisition of narrow-bodied aircraft to meet a growing demand for regional transport. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of Emirates and president of the Department of Civil Aviation, says he will be talking to both Boeing and ...
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Typhoon in running for European sales
Tim Ripley/DUBAI Eurofighter Typhoon is still firmly in the running in the Greek and Norwegian fighter contests, according to leading executives of the four-nation consortium that produces the hi-tech combat aircraft. Press reports that the Greeks had re-opened their fighter contest, after deciding last February to select the ...
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Rolls-Royce aims to build on Trent success
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Rolls-Royce and its international partners, which have a major presence in the Middle East in both civil aerospace and defence markets, are demonstrating the group's broad product range at Dubai 2000. The Trent is winning customers throughout the region and Rolls-Royce has nearly 1,000 military engines in service, ...
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P&W claims engine is best in the world
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Talk to Pratt & Whitney's Rick Moran about his baby, the F119-PW-100 turbofan engine, and you'll quickly want to buy one of your own. Moran is one of this world's true enthusiasts and his eloquence on the 35,000lb vectored-thrust engine - two of which power the Lockheed ...
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Denel's helicopter upgrades
Paul Derby/DUBAI Denel Aviation is aiming to build on its growing success in offering individually tailored upgrades to the world's operators of Eurocopter Puma helicopters. Among the options offered by the South African company is an autopilot replacement which involves replacing the original analogue system with a digital version ...
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Honeywellto lead team
Honeywell (E712) has been selected as the lead team to provide the fly-by-wire flight control system for the Fairchild Aerospace 728JET aircraft family. Honeywell flight controls, coupled with its Primus Epic next-generation integrated avionics systems on the 728JET, will feature less weight, higher reliability and an integrated maintenance system. ...
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Service and solutions from FedEx
For the third consecutive Dubai airshow, Federal Express (FedEx) is official courier and is offering show visitors a 40% discount on services. Visitors can drop off packages when they drop in to the FedEx cyber café (W635) and receive the discount on UAE list rates for full services including ...
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Face The Facts with...Manfred Schindler
The Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) defined a new market for large corporate/VIP aircraft and its success surprised even Boeing. The Middle East is a key market for the aircraft and more so for the recently-announced BBJ 2, a larger aircraft based on the Boeing 737-800 fuselage. First orders for the ...
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'Never say die' Rafale has UAE ambitions
Mike Martin/DUBAI The expression "never say die" could well be French judging from comments at the Gifas press conference yesterday. Despite Lockheed Martin closing on its long-awaited signing of the deal to sell Block 60 F-16s, the delegation have not given up hope of a switch to the Dassault Rafale. ...
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Airbus happy with competitive aviation market
Mike Martin/DUBAI Airbus Industrie has no ambition to gain a market share powerful enough to put Boeing out of the civil aircraft business, the European manufacturer said at Dubai 2000 yesterday. "The market is best served if there is a balance between Boeing and Airbus Industrie," says John Leahy, ...
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UAE/SA deal
The UAE is likely to announce today that it is to sign an agreement with South Africa covering a range of military activities. South African defence minister Mosiua Lekota is expected to be at Dubai 2000 today. The agreement will probably be signed this week with the head of ...
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Marconi training system for UAE?
UAE air force pilots could soon be flying simulated combat missions in aircraft equipped with Marconi's revolutionary "fifth generation" training system. Marconi Avionics has been "down selected" to the supply the UAE with 150 sets of Rangeless Airborne Instrumented Debriefing System (RAIDS). The system involves installing on aircraft ...
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Radome solution from Nordam
The Nordam Group (W660) is forecasting a bright future for its new product called WeatherMaster, an impact-resistant, moisture-proof radome, used to protect navigational equipment. The technology replaces conventional honeycomb and fluted coring with a rigid, closed cell PVC foam material. Director Sudhakar Murthy says: "The closed cell of ...
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Tiltrotor wet lease option mooted for US military
Paul Derby/DUBAI Bell/Agusta is offering a wet lease option to the US Marine Corps and US Air Force as a means of funding any future acquisition of BA609 tiltrotors. The move is just one option being put forward by Bell/Agusta as it seeks to capitalise on a potentially ...
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Authorities taking no chances with Y2K compliance
Steve Nichols/DUBAI With the Year 2000 less than 50 days away the airline industry is feverishly putting the finishing touches to its Y2K 'millennium bug' programmes. Analysts point to Turkey, Egypt, India and South Africa as being the worst-prepared regions, although IATA Director General Pierre Jeanniot reports that: "Excellent ...
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Gamco signs Moroccans
Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (Gamco) is to supply its Specification 2000 computer software package to Royal Air Maroc. The advanced programme is designed to administer procurement data. Gamco is the first company to develop and implement the software in a Maxi-Merlin mainframe environment. The programme enables suppliers to list ...