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Pioneer lifts lid on vacuum
The answer to that age-old question of what happens when you flush the toilet on an aircraft can be found at the Evac stand in Hall 2/E25. The company has brought its latest vacuum toilet to Le Bourget and visitors to the stand are invited to 'have a ...
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IlS claims half share in launcher market
The US/Russian International Launch Services (ILS) company yesterday claimed a 50% share in the commercial launcher market with competitor Arianespace. Vance Coffman, president and chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin which, with Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, operates ILS, says that the company had "...reached ...
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Customers warm to the Lockheed C-130 variant
Lockheed Martin and electronics and systems partner Northrop Grumman claim they have significant interest from five countries for their C-130J-30 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) variant. Speaking at the show, Dana Pierce, Lockheed Martin's director AEW&C, says Australia is the potential lead customer, with Turkey, Greece, Italy ...
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Eurocopter Colibri to take on market giants
Gilbert Sedbon Eurocopter and its Chinese and Singaporean partners have high hopes for their EC120B Colibri new-generation high-technology helicopter, on display at Paris in the static park and in the daily flight demonstrations. With a worldwide fleet of about 5,000 civil and public-service helicopters in the 1.6-tonne five-seat category due ...
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Cypher goes through its paces
Sikorsky's Cypher unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has accumulated about 400 flight hours at the company's Development Flight Centre in West Palm Beach, Florida. In a dramatic demonstration at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) site at Fort Benning, Georgia, Cypher flew down streets, landed on a building's ...
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Dassault resumes his globe-trotting sales activities
With the lifting by the Belgian judiciary of the international arrest warrant against him, French aerospace chief Serge Dassault (right) plans several inter-national trips in the coming months. "I am now free to travel abroad and am glad to resume my normal international activities," Dassault told reporters at ...
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Denel adds art to its science
Paris's reputation as one of the world's art capitals has influenced South African Denel's presentation (Hall 5/F15). Denel asked Rina Bondesio, a graphic artist at its MediaMakers business unit, to splash its missiles and display helmets with some creative colour using the latest computer software. Explains ...
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Russian module signals call
Khrunichevof Russia is showcasing its star product at Le Bourget - a full-size mock-up of the 20tonne module that will be the first element of the international space station (ISS). Called the Functional Energy Block (FGB), it will be launched aboard a Russian Proton booster in June next ...
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The driving force at Timet
Swinging into action is Timet marketing director Jean Pignier. Timet, one of the world's largest manufacturers of titanium products, has a range of applications on show. Along with the golf clubs there is a lightweight bicycle frame, chain mail and impressive pictures of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. The ...
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Patch working
Textron Systems reports that the US Federal Aviation Authority has approved the company's new boron aircraft patch, which it describes as the first of its kind on commercial aircraft. The patch, a boron/epoxy composite doubler, is designed for use on L-1011 TriStar aircraft. An alternative to ...
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Flying model pays tribute to Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci has long been regarded as the father of flight - and the Renaissance's most famous son is commemorated on Italy's Finmeccanica stand by a full-sized model constructed from one of his many 'flying machine' drawings. The 'working' model took a year to build from beech, ...
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Bird's eye view from ESG's
There's a covert helicopter hiding in the clouds that can detect, identify and locate vehicles and people at distances up to 10km. It's called Luna - an airborne, unmanned, short-range reconnaissance system for the Armoured Reconnaissance Corps of the German Army. Portable The Luna ...
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Meggitt all-in-one display is double boost to pilots
Reduced pilot fatigue and the creation of more cockpit space are just two of the benefits of a hi-tech Secondary Flight Display System developed by Meggitt Avionics which is making its public debut at the show this week. The system is a technological leap forward which allows the ...
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Herpa's models of perfection
The stand of Herpa, a German manufacturer of miniature aircraft (Hall 5/D11) is the closest thing to paradise for the collector of scale models. The company, which started life more than 35 years ago as a manufacturer of scale cars, turned its eyes and expertise on the aviation ...
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Global presence
Leach International has marked its growing global presence by setting up a third operating business unit. The company, which manufactures electrical switching and control devices for the aerospace and rail industries, has opened Leach International Asia-Pacific in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The new operation is headed by newly-appointed president ...
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Bottom line
The company which makes leather chairs for Britain's legislators is aiming to find a firm seat for itself in the aircraft industry. Whittle Leather's debut at Le Bourget could soon give travellers the chance to relax in similarly plush surroundings while zipping through the skies. From its base ...
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Safety systems
American firm Safe Flight Instrument, which specialises in in-flight safety systems, has many new things on show in Hall 4/B8. The N1 has been certified in the last six weeks for both the Citation 560/Ultra and the Raytheon Beechjet 400A. Developed over the last three years, ...
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Forum forward
With a 500-strong network of companies turning over an estimated £2.5 billion in regional aerospace business, the West of England Aerospace Forum is confident it can woo more potential investors at Le Bourget. The forum, formed 18 months ago as a means of bringing together the region's wealth ...
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Eagle in picture
The new Eagle-19 high-resolution colour display from dpiX is on show for the first time at Paris. The Eagle-19 is the largest active-matrix liquid crystal display manufactured in North America, claims dpiX, a member of the Xerox New Enterprise group of companies. The display has been ...