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Space links
Loral Space and Communications will introduce a space-based navigation and positioning service in 1998. The Loral Integrated Navigation and Communications Satellite Services (LINCSS) will use the company's 48-satellite Globalstar mobile telecommunications service and the global-positioning system (GPS) satellite network to provide an accuracy of a few millimetres, says the company, ...
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Launch contract
Arianespace has won its fifteenth contract this year, to launch the MMS-built ST-1 communications satellite for Singapore Telecom and Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom, in 1998. Arianespace has 41 satellites in its outstanding orderbook and will launch the V91/Ariane 42P on 10 September with the Loral-built Echostar 2 satellite. Source: ...
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Panther leaps
Delivery of the first of five Eurocopter AS565 Panther helicopters to the Israeli navy began in August. The Panthers will replace the navy's AS366 Dauphin. Source: Flight International
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Boeing's £6 billion bonanza
Boeing Commercial Airplane set the show alight yesterday with the announcement of 68 jetliner orders worth $6.3 billion. The company also revealed it is to launch a new version of the 757 twinjet - the 757-300 which will seat 20 per cent more passengers than the 757-200. Launch ...
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Blown away
Hurricane Edouard, diminishing in intensity, is now headed for Nova Scotia after pounding Cape Cod. The eastern part of the Cape and Nantucket island were hardest hit, with widespread power cuts and coastal flooding. Source: Flight Daily News
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What a winner
Flight Daily News reporter Karen Walker scooped the competition when she became a double winner in the Royal Aeronautical Society's aviation journalist of the year awards. Source: Flight Daily News
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Flying display
Today's flying display (current at time of going to press) 14.00-16.30: A340; Kamov KA50; Embraer 145; Firefly; Tornado; Super Tucano Hawk 100; Eurofighter 2000; Tornado GR1; Gripen; Harrier GR7; Aero L59; Grob 115TA; F18 Hornet; Yak 52; Dassault Rafale; Dassault Falcon 2000; Dassault Falcon 900; F16; ZLIN 242; MiG ...
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Traffic control...the road to a breakdown?
It might be on the roads rather than in the air, but traffic control at Farnborough ‘96 is a complex business. For TNT Showfreight, the official freight and logistics agent, the week of the show is the culmination of months of careful planning. Handling the estimated 100,000 cars ...
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BT makes sure it's good to talk at show
Keeping the lines of communication open at Farnborough could only be described as a logistical nightmare for the BT team which maintains the show's telephone network. The scale of the task is such that BT begins its preparations for show week in April and will still have an engineering ...
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China contract
France's Messier-Bugatti carbon-brakes manufacturer has clinched a major deal with Air China for its three Airbus A340-Growth jetliners. This contract, the first for an A340 in China, could total more than $4 million over the life of the aircraft. Air China is a first-time customer for Messier-Bugatti, and ...
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Casting the net
Canadian firm Haley Industries, a light-alloy foundry making aluminium and magnesium castings, can be found in Hall 4/C6/2. Casting components from the PW150 engine in the De Havilland Dash 8-400, under development, are set up on the stand as they will be seen on the aircraft. ...
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Trolley option
Small aircraft operators looking for an inexpensive, simple-to-operate hydraulic services trolley need look no further than Hall 4/A7. UK firm ADE-HML is showing off the first ever HTD 241. The lightweight, diesel powered equipment is derived from an electric version, which has been on the market just 18 ...
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Mini mount
A small helmet mount, the size of a postage stamp, is making its debut European appearance at Farnborough. The active matrix electroluminescent display, which can also be used for weapon sights, is made by Planar Advance and can be seen in Hall 2/B17. Also on display for the ...
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Compensation
A pressure-balanced compensator developed specifically for the Lockheed Martin C130J Hercules can be seen in Hall 2/A12. Senior Flexonics developed the product, which is installed in the bleed air ducting and environment control system, specifically for the flight test programme for the RAF. It can sustain the 15G ...
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Boeing's trump card is a new 650-seat Jumbo
Boeing has plans for a 650-seat version of the 747, dubbed the 700X, it was revealed at Farnborough yesterday. Although the company says it does not expect to build the aircraft, it is clearly gearing up to take on Airbus Industrie if it launches its 555-800 seat A3XX double-decker ...
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ASTOR rivals come clean with solutions
The competition to provide the UK's Airborne Stand-off Radar (ASTOR) requirement for the next 30 years hotted up yesterday at Farnborough as the two major protagonists - Raytheon and Lockheed Martin - came clean for the first time about their individual solutions. The decisions will intensify what is already ...
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Business jet battle focuses on service
The war of words between Gulfstream and Bombardier continues over their respective new generation business jets. With the rollout of Bombardier's Global Express last week, Gulfstream vice-chairman Bryan Moss moved the battle to the service and support the aircraft will receive. "We've got a big advantage in terms ...
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Heseltine delivers backing for future
The British government has given firm assurances that the Farnborough air show will continue on its present site. Michael Heseltine, Britain's Deputy Prime Minister, gave the bold backing yesterday when he officially opened this year's Show. Heseltine says: "Aerospace and Farnborough are synonymous, and for the SBAC to ...
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French buy three RJs
Bombardier Regional Aircraft, having just enjoyed a record-breaking week of new orders, kicked off Farnborough ‘96 with another $60 million worth of business. Brit air of Morlaix, France took the opportunity of a visit to the Show to sign a contract for three Canadair Regional Jets and indicated that ...
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Warm interest in proposed MD-XX
McDonnell Douglas has received six letters of interest from airlines indicating possible orders for more than 40 of its proposed new 300-seater airline, the MD-XX. MDC president and chief executive officer Harry Stonecipher says he cannot reveal how many potential orders would be required to launch the MD-XX officially, ...