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Nose guards with a sniff upper lip
Meet Lenny and Glen, Armed Explosive Search (AES) dogs of the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP). The two Labradors and their handlers are on duty at the Show to help make sure Farnborough ‘96 remains incident-free. The MDP are responsible for all policing and security tasks "inside the ...
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Double win for Flight Daily News reporter
Flight Daily News reporter Karen Walker has picked up two awards at the 1996 Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards for her work in Flight International. Walker won both the Best General Aviation story award, sponsored by the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), and the Bombardier award for Best Business ...
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Royal guest puts case for museum
The British Royal family has a long association with the aerospace industry and several members of "the firm" are visiting the show this week. HRH Prince Michael of Kent took advantage of an opportunity to meet many top people from the aviation business at a special event organised by ...
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Airbus head dismisses superjumbo derivative
Boeing's planned 747-500X/600X superjumbos are nothing but "warmed-over derivatives", a rival Airbus Industrie spokesman said at the Show yesterday. Its own proposed Airbus A3XXX "...will begin life where the Boeing 747 ends, even with its planned 650-seat 747-700X," says Airbus chief operating officer Volker von Tein. Speaking on ...
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Boeing bullish on future of 500X/600X
Boeing's proposed 747-500X ultra-long-range aircraft will be able to fly London-Perth non-stop, programme manager Jon Hayhurst said at the Show yesterday. "That's probably the most commercially significant route to potential customers," says Hayhurst who adds that the aircraft will also be capable of flying non-stop between Dakar and Chicago ...
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Spanish beauty lifts off
The first two-seat Eurofighter 2000 powered by Eurojet EJ200 engines - and Spain's first Eurofighter 2000 - takes off at the start of her maiden flight at the CASA flight centre at Getafe, Spain. The aircraft, designated DA6, made a 55 minute flight, described afterwards as "very satisfactory". ...
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Raytheon buoyed by Hawker plans
Raytheon is to unveil plans for a new super-mid-sized Hawker jet at the NBAA in Orlando this year. Roy Norris, president of Raytheon Aircraft, says the next-generation Hawker will be "...bigger, faster and have a longer range than any of its predecessors". He stresses that it ...
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Eurofighter links
Munich-based ACMA (H3/A14) has been awarded all the armament carriage and release contracts for the Eurofighter 2000 project. At the same show site is ML Lifeguard which also has strong links with the same project, as it is supplying all the aircrew clothing for Eurofighter 2000. ...
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No flyweight
Slingsby Aviation is responsible for production of the Firefly training aircraft. The US Air Force has contracted Slingsby (H3/A14) to supply it with the Firefly for training purposes because of the aircraft's remarkable handling characteristics. Source: Flight Daily News
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Hose that?
PacAero has been approved to supply medium pressure, light weight high pressure and heavy duty high pressure Teflow hose to Teleflex Aerospace Fluid System for aerospace applications. PacAero, a division of the Banner Aerospace group (H2/A32), makes hose for airline, general application and military OEM application. ...
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On the road
British firm B&K Resins is using Farnborough to trumpet its solution to the distribution problems of companies large and small. The company operates solely as a distribution provider for some of the biggest names in the polymer and chemical sector, including Ciba Polymers, Union Carbide, Hexcel Composites and Courtaulds ...
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V for Vickers
Pratt & Whitney Canada has selected Vickers Aerospace Components for precision machined fabrications on the new PW 150 engine. Mark Thompson, marketing co-ordinator for Vickers' Propulsion Technology Division, says: "The company has invested heavily in new technologies over recent years, and being chosen by Pratt & Whitney Canada as ...
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Pooled expertise helps to put V2500 on the map
Pubs are traditional haunts for journalists in search of a story, and the scribes who dropped into the Flying Partners at Farnborough yesterday were not disappointed. At the tavern mock-up which forms the heart of the International Aero Engines stand, the company announced four deals worth almost $300 million. ...
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Extended CRJ launch delayed to end of year
Page 8 Bombardier Regional Aircraft Division (BRAD) announced at Farnborough yesterday that the formal launch of the extended Regional Jet project, the 70-seater CRJ-X has been delayed until later in the year. However, BRAD can begin offering the aircraft for sale and can confirm performance specifications. The ...
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Early warning for market as heavyweights join forces
In a teaming of US giants, Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to capture business in the international airborne early warning/command & control (AEW&C) market. The two companies plan to market an AEW&C variant of Lockheed Martin's C-130J Hercules. Northrop Grumman's vice-president ...
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Gulfstream blows whistle on Bombardier
Gulfstream is pulling no punches in its on-going battle with Bombardier over sales figures of each company's rival ultra long-range business jets. Bryan Moss, Gulfstream's vice-chairman and president, has emphasised that firm orders and letters of intent (LoI) for the new Gulfstream V are valid sales to end-user customers. ...
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Europe divided over future of industry says survey
Distinct national differences of opinion have emerged over the nature of future consolidation in Europe's aviation industry. British firms are much more focused on mergers and acquisitions than their French and German counterparts, who want to see more consolidation in the form of consortia. This is one of ...
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£70m MoD engine support deal
Roll-Royce Aero Engine Services has won a £70 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for the support of RB211-524B4 engines for the Royal Air Force fleet of Lockheed L1011 TriStars, it was announced at the Show yesterday. The overhaul and repair arm of Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group, RRAESL ...
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The answers to RNZAF dilemma
The answers to RNZAF dilemma Sir - Having read the article on Royal New Zealand Air Force training "Forward thrust" (Flight International, 24-30 July, P27), I have to say that RNZAF training is going nowhere fast. Your article reflects an appalling state of affairs. Air Vice-Marshal ...