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Flying display
Today's flying display (correct at time of going to press) : 14.15 A330/A340; 14.27 Embraer 145; 14.34 Firefly; 14.41 Super Tucano/Hawk 100; 14.52 Eurofighter 2000; 14.58 Tornado GR1; 15.05 Gripen; 15.12 Harrier GR7; 15.20 Aero L59; 15.27 Grob 115TA; 15.33 MiG AT; 15.40 F-16; 15.46 Yak-52; 15.51 Rafale/Falcon 2000/Falcon ...
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Snakes alive! What will they lose next?
The Exhibition police station, manned by the Ministry of Defence Police, is the repository for Lost and Found Property during the Show. Normally they re-unite owners with their wallets, passes, cameras and mobile phones - including one which was left on the roof of the owner's car as he ...
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Protection is secured
Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) officers have ensured the protection of not only you, the visitors, but of the VIPs who have attended the airshow throughout the week. The force has a number of specialist Personal Protection Officers (PPOs) whose designated task is to ensure the safety of the ...
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Security increased at US stands
Security has been stepped up on the American stands in light of the escalating Middle East crisis. Sniffer dogs are being used to scour Hall 2 regularly and staff are being urged to watch out for anything suspicious. Source: Flight Daily News
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Portillo calls for foreign tie-ups
UK Defence Secretary Michael Portillo underlined the need for international collaboration in the aerospace industry during his visit to Farnborough yesterday. Portillo says the British industry must find more and new ways of collaborating in Europe and the US to capitalise on its strengths. "The way of the ...
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R-R accredited
Rolls-Royce is the first UK company to be accredited to the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) JAR21 Engineering and Design standard. The Approval Certificate was received on Thursday at Farnborough. The approval follows a rigorous assessment over the last 18 months by the UK Civil Aviation Authority in ...
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Valcom signals arrival
Page 4 The development of a 10.5m (35ft) HF broadband antenna, the world's first without the use of a resistor, has been revealed at Farnborough. Canadian firm Valcom has taken five years to develop this equipment, which creates no heat and cannot, therefore, be located by a heat ...
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Purification unit
Meggitt Aerospace Components has designed what it says will be the lightest ozone converter for cabin air purification in Boeing 747 aircraft. The 4.5kg unit incorporates design modifications to improve air flow and is fully interchangeable with all current 747 converters. Source: Flight Daily ...
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Orders for Embraer
Embraer, fresh from its massive order from Continental Express, has received orders for a further two EMB-145s and five options for the type from Regional Airlines of France. Embraer president Maurício Botelho reveals that seven EMB-120 Brasilias had been sold to an unnamed customer. Source: Flight ...
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Textron new contract
Textron Systems announced at Farnborough that the French Ministry of Defence will contract for a follow-on experiment of the Mobile Microwave Landing System aboard a French carrier. The first experiment was a successful feasibility test conducted aboard the French carrier. The second experiment will consist of both technical ...
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US-Canada JV helo bid
A new Canada-US team will enter competition for the Canadian Search and Rescue Helicopter programme by offering a derivative of Sikorsky's S-70A Blackhawk to meet the Canadian Forces requirements. ‘Team Maplehawk', a partnership between Sikorsky and seven Canadian firms, was announced here at Farnborough. ...
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Radar footprint
The mystery of the radar-evading capabilities of the super-secret Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber intensified yesterday when Farnborough air traffic controllers reported they had tracked the aircraft during its brief appearance at Farnborough on Monday. A National ATC spokesman says the Siemens Plessy Watchman radar on the show site ...
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Hawkeye in bid for radar paltform role
Northrop Grumman's E-2C Hawkeye is to continue with its sales offensive in southern Europe in spite of the company's link-up with Lockheed Martin, announced this week at Farnborough, to market alternative airborne early warning (AEW) platforms. "The Hawkeye is going to Madrid, Ankara and Athens after Farnborough," says Robert ...
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Study proves turbofan 30-seater feasability
A technical study by Fairchild Dornier has confirmed the feasibility of a turbofan version of the Dornier 328 - the first turbofan in the 30-seat market. Next week, the company will launch a major exercise to get a market view on future developments of the 328. As well ...
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Defender proves reliability on Asian sales tour
Reliability of 99.5% was achieved by the Pilatus Britten-Norman (PBN) Defender 4000 - displayed in Farnborough's static park - on its recent 27,000km (17,000 miles) sales demonstration tour of nine countries in the Middle and Far East. A separate demonstration to the UK police forces involved special trials to ...
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US fighter hopefuls see role for BAe
British Aerospace looks likely to take part in the new US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme whoever wins this plum contract, says Boeing's defence and space chief Jerry King. Speaking at Farnborough, King was full of praise for the role BAe could play in the next generation of US ...
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BR710 engine gets final approach
The last piece in the jigsaw for the BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 engine is now in place, having received approval from the JAA at a thrust rating of 65.6Kn (14,750lb). The BR710 powers both the Gulfstream V and the Global Express. Receiving the type certificate from the CAA's Peter ...
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Tracor's $20m deal to deliver customised jets
Tracor has won a $20.8 million contract from the Aeronautical Systems Centre at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio for two fully-equipped Astra SPX aircraft to replace C-21s currently in operation. Tracor will modify two executive business jet aircraft Astra SPXs to integrate specific mission equipment for ...
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Sailplane showcases advanced materials
Aircraft designer John Edgley, of Optica fame, has brought his new EA9 sailplane to Farnborough - the show's slowest and lowest-powered aircraft. On display in the historic and light aircraft park, the EA9 is unique in that it is made from Fibrelam, a strong, lightweight pre-cured composite sandwich with ...
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CJ-130J on Show - by satellite
Original plans by Lockheed Martin to bring the C-130J Hercules 2 to Farnborough had to be scrapped because the programme is behind schedule - but the company has shown the aircraft at the flight-test base in Marietta, Georgia, via a live satellite hook-up. Lockheed Martin is saying only that ...