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Turboprop market rings to the sounds of silence
Don't expect a war of words as the battle for the 50-seater turboprop market heats up - expect a war of whispers instead. Both Saab with its top-of -the-range high-performance Saab 2000 and the Bombardier Regional Aircraft (BRAD) de Havilland Dash 8Q series are claiming technological advances which ...
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Mapping a future
Becker Avionic Systems (Hall 5/G7) is promoting Airscout, a fast moving map navigation system which features a number of extras. The Airscout, for use in civil and defence helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, has a very fast global positioning system (GPS) sensor. This tracks eight satellites with six ...
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Alcatel plans 64 satellite system
Alcatel revealed more details yesterday of its planned 64-satellite low Earth orbit Skybridge Ku-band interactive multimedia access system. Alcatel, US company Oracle and other operators and manufacturers will join forces to operate the multimedia satellite constellation that will be capable of reaching 20 million users in 2000. ...
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Aeroflot to install Collins avionics
Russia's international airline Aeroflot is spending just over $6million to equip its 10 new Boeing 737-400s with an advanced Collins avionics suite from Rockwell's Avionics and Communications. Each aircraft will be equipped with Collins comm/nav radios and sensors, forward looking windshear radar, a TCAS system and a Series ...
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Demos draw in the crowds at Aeroquip-Vickers
Hands-on activities at Hall 4/B5 are drawing in the crowds to the Aeroquip-Vickers stand. The attractions are live demonstrations of a new aerospace Target-Pro particle counter and interactive software. Aeroquip and Vickers are exhibiting as Aeroquip-Vickers, a new name adopted in April 1997. The ...
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European ATM giant proposed
Thomson-CSF and Siemens are seeking European regulatory approval for a new joint venture teaming their air traffic management activities and creating the largest ATM company in the world. The new company, Airsys ATM, will be owned 60% by Thomson CSF and 40% by Siemens. Airsys will ...
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Proper fractions
One of the biggest revolutions ever to hit the air-transport industry came when airlines realised that, to run a profitable business, you no longer had to own your own aircraft, but merely to own the access to aircraft. Leasing was the key: let somebody else own the aircraft; even let ...
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Honeywell for LM200
Ayres and FedEx have selected Honeywell's SPZ-5000 integrated avionics system for the Loadmaster LM200 freighter. The suite will include the IC-500 Integrated Avionics Computer, which combines the functions of autopilot, flight director and display processor, and Honeywell's Primus II navigation/communication radios and Primus 440 colour weather radar. The LM200 is ...
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Rockwell Sino link
Rockwell's Avionics and Communications is to assemble and test two major components of the Collins Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System in China. This follows a co-production agreement with China National Aero-Technology International Supply Corporation. The agreement signed at the show calls for Leihua Electronic Technology Research Institute ...
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Say it with flowers
There really is a toilet smelling of roses - and it is here at the Paris Airshow in Hall 4, stand E8. Werner Groth is displaying an A330/340 toilet, by filling it with a whole bunch of flowers. The German manufacturer is also displaying a new ...
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Wheels in motion
The wheels of industry are certainly turning in the Japanese area of Hall 3. Kayaba Industry, which makes wheels, brakes and hydraulic systems, has been asked to supply landing gear products for the 'Superconducting Magnetically-Levitated Linear Motor Car' - a high speed mass transit system for the 21st ...
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United tests weather display on a DC-10
United Airlines is flight-testing an advanced cockpit weather information (CWIN) system on a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10 under a contract from the NASA Langley Research Center. The six-month, in-service evaluation will "-determine the cost savings from use of the system", says MDC, which is leading the CWIN consortium. ...
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Contract for F-18 cockpit panels awarded
A US multi-year contract for the supply of hundreds of Up-Front Control Panels (UFCP) for the F-18 cockpit has been announced by Aero-Maoz. The Israeli firm, found here in the Israeli Pavilion, has been selected on the basis of competitive price and experience in upgrading aircraft. ...
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Reed Aerospace poised to launch 24h information service
Reed Aerospace, publisher of Flight International and Airline Business, is to launch the world's first round-the-clock air transport-dedicated newswire as part of a major new electronic information service. An initial team of eight journalists worldwide is being recruited to provide the first-hand news that will make up the ...
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China switches AE31X assembly plans
Aviation INDUSTRIES of China (AVIC) has switched plans for the final assembly of the proposed AE31X family of regional aircraft from Shanghai to Xian, in an move which threatens to complicate development and logistical support of the international programme. China's State Council is understood to have dropped Shanghai ...
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AS350 transatlantic crossing attempt fails
THE ATTEMPT by a Eurocopter AS350B3 civil-helicopter crew to fly non-stop from New York to Paris has failed because of a faulty fuel-tank weld. The two French pilots, trying to follow the path of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, had to abandon the effort in mid-journey when a fuel ...
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Robin revs up all-wooden DR400 President
French general-aviation manufacturer Avions Pierre Robin is presenting a more-powerful version of its all-wooden DR400 at the Paris air show. The four-seat aircraft, now called the "President", has been re-engined with a more powerful 150kW (200hp) Textron Lyco-ming engine, replacing the previous 135kW model, and is now fitted ...
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Airbus makes Trent 500 deal with Rolls-Royce
Airbus Industrie has struck a non-exclusive deal with Rolls-Royce for the supply of its Trent 500 engines. The agreement ends Airbus's search for a powerplant supplier for the A340-500 and -600 ultra long-range/stretch versions of the A340. It is believed that Airbus continues to keep the ...
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Boeing's next-generation 737 has European debut at Le Bourget
Boeing has brought the fifth Boeing 737-700 to Le Bourget - the European debut for the next-generation 737 family. The 737, which is destined to be delivered to Germania in 1998, is painted in a special colour scheme for the show, and is configured with examples of the new cabin ...
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Customer interest is renewed as first MD-95 takes shape
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) hopes to conduct final negotiations at the Paris air show with potential MD-95-30 customers as production of the first twinjet moves into final assembly. "Our timing is good because we want to place orders 21 months before delivery," says MD-95 vice- president and general manager ...