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Electra special date
Centrepiece of Pratt & Whitney's outdoor display is the Lockheed Electra 10E used by American Linda Finch in her recent around-the-world flight in honour of Amelia Earhart's fatal journey 60 years ago. Finch's aircraft is powered by two restored P&W R-1340 Wasp engines. P&W was a sponsor of Finch's ...
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Meggitt growth
Specialist engineering firm Meggitt will be unveiling plans for the group's future expansion on Tuesday. The company's chairman Mike Stacey will also outline the company's view of developments in the markets it serves when he addresses the press at Le Bourget. Briefings will also be given by managing ...
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Racal target for acquisition
The progress of UK avionics specialist Racal is being closely watched by Litton Industries as the US company looks for acquisition targets, reports Air Transport Intelligence (ATI) today. The Flight Daily News sister product, being launched at Paris as an online news and data service, says Litton managers admire ...
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Cyberspace
Dassault Aviation is exhibiting the cyber plane - a worldwide premiere. A dedicated bit of cyberspace has been set up to allow show-goers to navigate freely, in real-time 3D, inside of a complete Dassault Aviation-designed aircraft. The navigation features are provided by the databases of the ...
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Training site
European Aviation has opened a new training department at Bournemouth International Airport in the UK. Housed in what was the British Aerospace production hangar, the purpose-built complex comprises L-1011 TriStar, BAC one-eleven and Boeing 727 simulators plus a full BAC one-eleven fuselage used for cockpit procedure and cabin ...
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Avrotec double
Avrotec, the maintenance and refurbishment arm of British Aerospace Regional Aircraft, comes to Paris '97 on the back of two new contract wins. The first deal involves undertaking four-year structural checks, repainting work and the retrofit of engine life computer systems on seven China Northwest BAe 146-300 aircraft. ...
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Schrak pack
Making its debut at the Paris Air Show is Austrian Airspace, formed from the amalgamation of Schrak Aerospace and ORS. The company manufactures electronics and mechanical components for spacecraft and related ground support equipment and thermal hardware for the protection of spacecraft. Meggitt growth ...
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Flight spectacular
The show organisers have a word of advice for visitors: Don't wait until mid afternoon to arrive at the site, because you might miss some of the particularly spectacular parts of the flight presentations. Commercial neutrality however, prevents them from giving reasons. "We leave that to ...
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Chinese checkers
Pilots of the Republic of China Air Force's Indigenous Defense Fighter will have the benefit of the latest Improved Radar Warning Receivers (IRWR). Litton's Applied Technology division announced at the show it been awarded the $116.2 million contract by the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation of Taiwan, ROC. The ...
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Hamilton selected
Hamilton Standard has been selected by Boeing to supply airconditioning and bleed air systems for the Boeing 767-400ER. Previously, Hamilton was supplying only the bleed air system for 767s. Source: Flight Daily News
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Mica on target
Dassault Aviation's Rafale B01, naval version of the fourth generation multirole combat aircraft, has for the first time successfully fired, by ejection release, a Matra BAe Dynamics Mica missile, with inertial guidance, at a supersonic target. The firing, carried out on 26 May at the Centre d'essais des ...
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Lockheed showcase
Lockheed Martin is adopting the same exhibit strategy at Paris as it did at Farnborough last year - the company is showcasing all of its products under one roof in its Partnership Pavilion. The Pavilion is in Hall A/62-71 and features examples of Lockheed Martin's many international programmes ...
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Gyro replacement wins contract
Litton's Aero Products division announces at the show a $35 million contract to retrofit gimballed C-IV Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) for Northwest Airlines. INS is currently installed on 33 Northwest B747 and 21 DC-10-40 aircraft. Existing INS systems will be replaced with strapdown Ring Laser Gyro LTN-92 INS. ...
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Cessna on a roll
Cessna comes to Paris with its single-engine-aircraft production line about to complete its first year of operations. Sales of the 172R Skyhawk and 182S Skylane continue to rise, following the first Skyhawk delivery in January. Source: Flight Daily News
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Caravanserai
TACA Group of El Salvador announces that it will operate eight more Cessna Grand Caravans for use in subsidiary airlines. This order brings TACA's fleet to 12 Caravans. TACA Group comprises five airlines operating throuhgout Central America. Source: Flight Daily News
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World market for casting
Expansion of the export side of its business is high on the agenda for British-based castings specialist Finecast at the show this week. The UK firm, exhibiting in Hall 2/J12, which produces lost wax investment castings for military and civil aviation clients, currently does 40% of its business ...
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Russian optics
Making its debut at the Paris Airshow is Russian firm Pa Uomz which can be found in Hall 4/ F11. The firm produces systems for Russian aircraft and is showing its gyro-stabilised optical electronic system, GOES 320. The two-channel system has a thermal imager and a TV camera. ...
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Lancashire presence
More than 130 aerospace companies from the North West of England are exhibiting together under the banner of the Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace (CLA) at Paris '97. Many of the businesses, which range in size from industry giants such as British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce to firms with less ...
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Danger business
Cargo Transport Company (CTC) of Russia, which specialises in transportation of dangerous cargo, can be found in Hall 5/F2. Part of the state-owned Rosvoorouzhenie group, CTC has more than 40 years' experience in handling armaments, ammunition, military equipment and other special purpose cargo. World wide air transport is ...
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Charge it
American firm Bren-Tronics has a highly charged stand in Hall 1/F14. The company supplies military batteries and charging systems designed to do away with the need to replace disposable primary batteries. Leo Brenna from international sales and new products says: "Using typical alkaline batteries could cost the US ...