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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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Airbus sales
Airbus has received an order for one A340 from unannounced customer, taking its 1996 order tally for this type to 25. Korean Air has cancelled its two remaining A300-600R orders (with Pratt & Whitney PW4158 engines), however, reducing its order tally for the type to 32. Source: ...
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British Airways
BRITISH AIRWAYS John Wood has been named director for Asia-Pacific at UK national carrier British Airways. Wood, most recently general manager/ vice-president for Canada, based in Toronto, replaces Val Gooding, who is to leave the airline. LITTON Steven Lambert has been appointed president ...
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NTSB asks TWA to help
THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is asking Trans World Airlines (TWA), Boeing and Pratt & Whitney for $8 million towards accident-investigation costs in the continuing probe of the July TWA Boeing 747 crash. Meanwhile, traces of a chemical used in plastic explosives have been detected on ...
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Rohr relaunches Valsan 727 re-engineing programme
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES ROHR, THE CALIFORNIA-based nacelle manufacturer, has launched the "Super 27" Boeing 727 re-engineing programme which lapsed with the failure of the Valsan 727RE "Quiet 727" effort. The company, supported by Pratt & Whitney, will offer to re-engine predominantly late-production 727-200 Advanced models ...
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Honeywell and Rockwell
HONEYWELL AND Rockwell are on course for further conflict in the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance (TCAS) market as both companies announce progress with their product lines. British Airways is to be the launch customer for Honeywell's TCAS II system (dubbed TCAS 2000). The unit is scheduled for certification in ...
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GE/P&W work out details of 747-X joint-venture plan
US ENGINE manufacturers General Electric and Pratt & Whitney have agreed many of the details of their 50/50 joint-venture agreement to produce powerplants for the Boeing new-generation 747-500/600X and Airbus Industrie A3XX. The new company, to be known as the GE-P&W Engine Alliance, is to locate final assembly ...
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Large order revives R-R Tu-204 programme
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONPaul Duffy/CAIRO KATO GROUP of Egypt has revived the Rolls-Royce-powered Tupolev Tu-204 programme with a contract for 30 aircraft, as part of a planned commitment for 200 examples of the Russian twinjet. Kato will set up an international aerospace group to market and support the aircraft ...
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UK noise limits could threaten $1 billion R-R deal
ROLLS-ROYCE could lose an expected $1 billion order for RB.211-524H turbofans from British Airways, following the UK Government's decision to impose some of the world's strictest noise regulations at London's airports. The airline is poised to place an order worth around $4 billion for a large number ...
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Airbus expects more United orders
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE says that it believes it is "very well placed" to win further orders for narrowbody aircraft from United Airlines following the airline's choice of the 126-seat A319 to replace its Boeing 737-200s. The consortium beat tough competition from Boeing, offering its next-generation 737, to further consolidate ...
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Trent 900 launch
Rolls-Royce has formally launched its Trent 900 project, to produce a 356kN (80,000lb)-class turbofan which could power future versions of the Boeing 747, and Airbus Industrie's proposed A3XX. The first Trent 900 core engine will be run in January 1998, and the first full development engine in September 1998. The ...
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Dowty rings up orders
Dowty Aerospace has won two contracts worth a combined $25 million, covering the supply of engine rings for CFM International CFM56, General Electric CF-6 and Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines. The first is a four-year contract from Norsk Jetmotor, a CFM56 subcontractor, for the production of rolled rings for low-pressure ...
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Digital gyro deal
Airbus Industrie has selected Honeywell's GG1320 digital ring-laser gyro as a replacement for analogue ring-laser gyros in its A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 types. The GG1320 is scheduled to be certificated on the A320 as part of the US avionics manufacturer's air-data/inertial-reference system in December. It will then be ...
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GPS option
Aero International (Regional) has chosen the Honeywell/Trimble HT1000 as standard option Global Navigation Satellite Sensor Navigation Management System on the ATR 42 and 72 regional airliners. Certification is expected in the first quarter of 1997, and the HT1000 will also be available for retrofit through a field service bulletin ...
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Stahlwille makes a science of tool control
Not everyone who exhibits at Farnborough jets in from overseas or travels hundreds of miles along the motorway network. Just ask that chaps at Stahlwille Tools who base their operations a mere stone's throw from the showground in nearby Camberley. As the company name may suggest, there is ...
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Flying partners adds pub atmosphere to Show
If amid the heat of the Farnborough Airshow you fancy a pint of beer in a good old-fashioned British pub, then don't despair - because you don't have far to go to find one. International Aero Engines (IAE) has themed its hospitality area as a traditional pub found in ...
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Atar upgrade
To meet armed forces' requirements over the next 25 years, France's Snecma aero engine builder, in co-operation with Denel Aviation of South Africa and Industria de Turbopropulsores (ITP) of Spain, is developing a new and more powerful Atar Plus version of the proven Atar 09K50 single-shaft turbojet. As well ...
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New Bell chimes in with a mock-up
Bell Canada has unveiled the first mock-up of the Bell 427 light, twin four-blade helicopter on its stand in Hall 4/D1/27. The announcement of the new aircraft development was made with Korean firm Samsung Aerospace at the Helicopter Association International Show earlier this year. This new model will ...