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Collaboration breaks the mould
Vacu-Blast International and French surface stress analysis specialists, Sonats, have announced a strategic alliance to collaborate on major developments of the shot peening process. Developments in surface treatments will be of interest to companies operating in both the aerospace and automotive industries according to Vacu-Blast International group managing ...
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Boeing award
DuPont has announced at the show that its Korex aramind paper honeycomb core has been selected for use on the Boeing new generation 737-700. The company goes as far as to say the contract extends the string of new developments for its aramind/phenolic composite core, first introduced in ...
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Common thread
Specialist electronics distributor Rayfast is wired for success. The English company recently won approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority and the Britsh Ministry of Defence to distribute the same wiring cable product to both the commercial and military sectors. Previously, separate rules existed for such products in commercial and ...
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Plansee look
One of the world's leading suppliers of advanced materials, structures and components is showing its product range in Hall 4/D6, F4. The Plansee Group manufactures high temperature propulsion- system components for launcher, missile and satellite engines operating at 2,000íC; ODS-superalloys and lightweight titanium aluminide components are manufactured for ...
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Virtual reality
Step into the Dual stand in Hall 1/F22 and you'll enter a world of virtual reality and computer wizardry. The Florida-based company is showing a host of products at Le Bourget, including a virtual reality helmet and a computer that converts data into three dimensional pictures on screen. ...
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New fabrics
Replin, the Scottish manufacturer and supplier of seating fabrics, has a new collection of designs on show in Hall 5/B6. This year the company also has a new range of self-adhesive vertical surface fabrics. Sales and marketing director Ian Taylor says its products are to be ...
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In to Africa
US helicopter corporation Enstrom is expanding the marketplace for its new 480 model by introducing the craft into Africa. The helicopter has been certificated in South Africa by the CAA, and the company's order book has been swelled with interest from private customers in South Africa and Burkina ...
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Open and shut case
"If it's on an aircraft and it opens, then we produce a fitting to keep it closed or locked," says Eric Mandemaker, manager of international operations for Hartwell Corporation. The Los Angeles-based 'latches' experts, who became part of Western Sky Industries earlier in the year, is in Hall ...
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Spaced out
Suffering from vertigo at the beginning of a space mission is not pleasant - as many astronauts and cosmonauts have found to their cost. French firm AECL has come to the rescue with a Posturograph 'mask' which was first used on French astronaut Patrick Baudry. It ...
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Quality award
Embraer has been awarded the International Service Organisation (ISO) 9001 Quality Management Systems certificate of compliance for design, production, sales and servicing of commercial aircraft parts. Source: Flight Daily News
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Rooivalk caught as a pawn in SA political game
A political cloud has formed over South Africa's Rooivalk attack helicopter (right) just as the machine is on the verge of its breakthrough first export sale. Reports in the South African press this week have alleged that the finance and defence ministries are locked in a battle over the ...
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Firm launch orders for revolutionary tiltrotor
Nine companies committed themselves to buying the revolutionary Bell-Boeing 609 tiltrotor at Paris yesterday. First deliveries are in 2001. Bell-Boeing chiefs say the tiltrotor that can land on a tennis court will lead to a new way to travel. "Once the military show what the V-22 tiltrotor can do, ...
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Paris Hare Show '97
When Le Bourget's runway is quiet at the end of the day's flying display, another 'hare' show comes to life as nature sends out a reminder of how closely she co-exists with technology. A (growing) family of hares finds the deserted environs of the runway the perfect place ...
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Leach on CD
A powerful and easy-to-use interactive CD-ROM has been launched by Leach International featuring the company's full range of products, drawings and photographs. Tool Kit, targeted at aerospace design engineers, allows users to match specifications quickly to existing products. Source: Flight Daily News
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Noise leveller
The Saab 2000 is at Paris and flying twice daily to show off its new lower-noise capability. A five centimetre extension to the propeller shaft has enabled noise levels to be reduced to below 76Edb Source: Flight Daily News
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Role change
In what it describes as an unprecedented role change with its major partner Swissair, Crossair is wet-leasing an MD-11 from its parent company this summer and autumn to perform its weekly flights from Zurich to Palma de Mallorca. "Demand for the Saturday service between Zurich and Palma has ...
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Voice system
Austrian telecoms specialist Frequentis is providing a telephone voice communication system for the Area Control Centre in Athis, near Paris. The system, due to go live in 1998, is a further order from STNA (Service Technique de la Navigation Aerienne) as part of its Artemis programme. ...
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A flight of fancy
If you fancy having a helicopter pad built in your garden and don't know who to contact, then get down to Hall 4, stand E1. Sardinia firm Air Systems prepare helicopter landing pads including the surface, electronic and optical aids. The company is here at the Paris air ...
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Castings glance
Head for Hall 1/A11 to catch a glimpse of the forging and casting capabilities offered by US specialist Schlosser. Schlosser's casting plant in southern California is equipped with a state-of-the art metallurgical laboratory and houses the production plant for titanium and aluminium investment castings. Seamless rolled ...
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Fast & easy
Speed of electronic transmission and ease of connection are the main qualities claimed by Connecteurs Cinch for its new Cin::Edge 90-degree back panel. The company is at Chalet A10. Source: Flight Daily News