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Lockheed looks to cash in on Mars mania
The life on Mars stories last month has created the most public interest in spaceflight since the Apollo moonshots. NASA's totally speculative Martian discovery resulted in thousands of calls to its Washington DC switchboard, and its Internet Home Page was so busy it was impossible to access. Media ...
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Internet plays its spare part
Is there anything that can't be ordered over the Internet? If calling up pizza via the computer is just too easy, then why not shop for aircraft parts? Aviall of Dallas, Texas, is launching a parts order entry system on its home page. The system ...
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IATA on the "Outlook"
Speakers from Boeing, Airbus Industry, Rolls-Royce and SAAB will be among those at the tenth IATA Air Transport Outlook conference. It's one of two IATA conferences scheduled for later this month. The "Outlook" conference runs from September 16-18 in London: Financing European Air Traffic Management will be held ...
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Merger and magistrate keep aerospace titan away from the show
Notably absent from Farnborough ‘96 is Serge Dassault, chairman and chief executive officer of Dassault Aviation and a score of companies in the Dassault Industrie group. Though his heart is at Farnborough - he can't remember missing a single show since he graduated as an aircraft engineer almost half ...
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US trainer makes transatlantic debut
The Raytheon Aircraft Beech/Pilatus PC-9 MkII is making its debut appearance at Farnborough after a two-hop flight from the USA. The aircraft was fitted with two 230 litre (60 USgal) wing-mounted external fuel tanks for the journey. Confirmed earlier this year as the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System ...
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Missile muscle
Visitors interested in air defence missile systems compare new and old Patriot systems at the Atlantic Research Corporation (ARC) stand. ARC, one of the world's largest suppliers of missile propulsion systems, showcases an impressive array of military hardware at Hall 2/A34, including the Patriot Advanced Capability 3 replacement. ...
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Time capsule
A full-size mock-up at an air show usually means watch this space: the real thing is coming the moment we've built it. Not so on the stand of AlliedSignal Aerospace (4/E3). Here, visitors nostalgic for the 1970s can see a full-size mock-up of the space capsule of Apollo ...
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Bucks whizz
Have US dollars, but need British pounds? Riggs AP Bank, in the US Pavilion in Hall 2 is making its debut at Farnborough and hopes to cash in on a reputation gained by attending previous shows at Le Bourget. The bank, headquartered in Washington DC but with an ...
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Good start
Reliability is the key to success for the US-based Aircraft Parts Corporation (APC) which is making its fourth appearance at Farnborough (Hall 3/A5). The company, specialises in the manufacture of starter-generators and has produced more than 25,000 since its beginnings in 1968. The advanced APC ‘XL' starter-generator will ...
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ARC exhibit
Atlantic Research Corporation (ARC) is exhibiting the launch and sustain units for the Javelin anti-tank missile and the motor for the experimental, winged Enhanced Fibre Optic Guided Missile (EFOGM) being developed by Raytheon for the US Army. Source: Flight Daily News
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In a dizzy spin trying out the latest grave offering
Page 30 Environmental Tectonics (ETC) is putting a select number of customers in a spin here at Farnborough in Hall 4/H8. The favoured few will be asked to try out the company's spatial disorientation simulator, which re-creates the effect of pilot dizziness, one of ...
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Ionix celebrates
Ionix High Performance Wiring Systems is celebrating at Farnborough ‘96 in Hall 4/C5. The Staffordshire-based firm has just secured a contract to supply the wiring harness on Rolls-Royce Turbomeca's RTM-322 engine for the next five years. The engine is certified for both civil and military applications, having been ...
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Light fantastic
Page Aerospace is turning the spotlight on several innovative products for the first time at Farnborough at Hall 4/H13. Among them are a digital controller, used by cabin crew to set cabin lighting at the touch of a button. The intensity, location and colour of the lighting can ...
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Multi-function cockpit displays on show
American firm AlliedSignal in Hall 4/E3 is showing a number of multi-function displays for an aircraft cockpit on colour matrix Liquid Crystal Displays. These displays can also be found on the US-operated Lockheed C-141 Starlifter and the Spanish-operated Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. They have been successfully flight-tested and ...
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Game designer flies in with F-22
Digital Image Design (DID) is going public with the latest addition to its range of 3D simulators at Farnborough. The company, which has its base in Warrington, Northwest England, claims to be a world leader in the creation of flight simulation for the personal computer market and is using ...
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PDQ gears up for new display
From runway to raceway - PDQ Airspares has this year added a racing car to its display (Hall1/A7). The company, a Boeing production support organisation, supplies expendable and rotable components. It aims to highlight the advances it has made in the field of transferable technology. Many of ...
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Hadland recording contract
An airborne video recording system (AVRS) can be seen on the Hadland Photonics stand in Hall4/B9. The Hemel Hempstead, England, based company is competing in a three-way contest with the AVRS to replace the wet film cameras on the Panavia Tornado GR1. The second generation system, which is ...
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Knighthelm in shining example
While would-be pilots stare enviously at the air display, much of the real business of the show is being carried out around cockpits which are strictly earth-based. Some of these can be found on the GEC-Marconi stand (Hall3/B1). With a decision on further funding of the German Tiger ...
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Face the facts with...Colin Green
This is the first Farnborough for Colin Green since becoming Managing Director of the Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group on 30 April. He spoke to Alan Dron on industry trends and the future of his company. Q: You took up your present position after a year as vice-president, ...