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Pretoria bound
Waterkloof air base, outside Pretoria, is to be the venue for a new, more comprehensive South African air show next year. Aerospace Africa '98 will run trade days from 28-30 April, with the public being allowed in on 1-2 May. The event brings together the Commercial ...
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Now you can make your own judgement
An Embraer EMB-145 regional jet sporting one of the designs new (a Celtic image created by Timothy O'Neill) is gracing the display area of Le Bourget. The EMB-145 is the first of five destined for delivery to Manx Airlines, part of the British Regional Airlines Group. ...
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Embraer in force at Paris
Embraer will showcase a trio of its products in Paris this week, including a flying display by the acclaimed EMB-145 regional jet, which has been ordered by Continental Express, Regional Airlines, PGA-Portugalia Airlines, British Regional Airlines and Rio-Sul Servicos Aereos Regionais S/A. On static display are the EMB-312H ...
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Dowty wins $30m hydraulics contract
Dowty Aerospace, the British propellors-to-engine components specialist, announced yesterday it has won an order to provide a major part of the new Raytheon Aircraft Premier I business jet's hydraulic system. The contract, which Dowty reckons is worth more than $30 million over the aircraft's life, involves building 15 ...
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Raytheon unveils HISAR-equipped Beech King
Making its debut in Europe at Paris '97 is a Ray-theon Beech King Air B200T fitted with a Hughes high integrated synthetic aperture radar (HISAR). Hughes unveiled the HISAR radar imaging system at Paris two years ago and has been flight-testing it since using the King Air as ...
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Bombardier or Embraer to scoop big RJ prize at Paris?
As the regional-jet-versus- turboprop debate rages, all eyes are on Bombardier and Embraer at Paris '97. The expectation is that one of these two rivals could announce a large regional-jet order from American Airlines during the air show. At Farnborough '96 the spotlight fell on Brazilian ...
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Centrepiece of Pratt & Whitney's outdoor display
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 ...
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French FOG is clear fibre optic winner
France's revolutionary Hussard 2 FOG unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has successfully demonstrated that its fibre optic cable can be used to remotely control air vehicles. The Conference delegates were shown a test video of the system, which is not vulnerable to enemy jamming, according to programme manager Robert ...
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Chance for unmanned flights at Paris in 1999
Unmanned, uninhabited or remotely piloted vehicles are rising high on the agenda of many nations and a conference in the Paris Meridien Hotel last week to review thelatest developments attracted some 500 delegates. Maj Gen Kenneth Israel, the Pentagon's Director of Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office, was the keynote speaker at ...
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Doctored signal makes radar reading suspect
Electronic warfare could be revolutionised when new Drone Radar Electronic Enhancement Mechanism (DREEM) tech-nology is in widespread use on manned aircraft, towed decoys and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Details of DREEM technology to be deployed on the Bristol Aerospace Hokum-X and Vampire test targets to deceive enemy air ...
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Flying the flag at Le Bourget
While the exhibitors are putting the finishing touches to their stands and exhibitions, it is yet another day in the office for the pilots in the flying display. The couple of days leading up to the official opening are for rehearsals...when the pilots from all over the world ...
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Plan to issue one standard
NATO moves to introduce standardisation in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems will benefit both users and industry, according to the chairman of the Alliance's NIAG SG/53 working group, Guisseppe Leveque. He says the group will produce recommendations by next February to standardise the interfaces needed to pass control ...
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Quiet signs hush deal
European Aviation Air Charter has confirmed a contract with Quiet Nacelle Corporation of Miami for the American company to develop a stage 3 hush kit suitable for its fleet, currently powered by Rolls Royce Spey engines complying with the stage two criteria. The kit will comprise an engine ...
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French sales dip hits Euro defence plans
"They are where the UK was in the late 1980s and early 1990s," says Hadley. "The Americans call it downsizing. The Germans have done it: it's now the turn of the French." The way ahead for the French industry will be signalled by a landmark speech by Jospin ...
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Phoenix with new features
Britain's GEC-Marconi Avionics is pursuing development of advanced features for its Phoenix unmanned aerial vehicle. Company director Ray Dennis says future payloads could include a lightweight thermal imager, dual infra-red/television sensors, synthetic aperture radar, electronic warfare systems, GPS navigation, improved ground stations and developments to the air vehicle ...
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UAVs attract renewed US attention
America's revolutionary high-altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programmes are back on track after a series of setbacks, say Pentagon officials in Paris. USAF Maj Gen Kenneth Israel, Director of the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office, says it has been a "great year for us". The recent ...
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Fairchild Dornier eyes 50-seater jet market
Fairchild Dornier plans a full-fledged development launch of its 50-seat 528JET regional jet around January 1998, says company president Jim Robinson. The company is seeking two more risk-sharing partners to join the programme along with Aermacchi. Development costs for the 528JET are expected to reach about ...
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Louvre bistro captures the art of French cuisine
They say that Paris is justly famous for two things: Its art and its food. Visitors to Le Bourget '97, faced with the prospect of doing Paris the American way (ie. in about three hours) can get a shot of both of this beautiful city's attributes in one single location. ...
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Ariane wins four launch contracts
Arianespace has won four new launch contracts, maintaining its lead in an increasingly competitive commercial market. The company says it has 42 satellites in its orderbook and claims a 50% market share. Arianespace will launch the Swedish communications satellite Sirius 3 in 1998. This Hughes HS376 ...