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IAE Celebrates 30 Years of Superior Technology 0

GLASTONBURY, CT — (Marketwire) — 03/11/13 — It was March 11, 1983 and IAE-s five new shareholders — Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Japanese Aero Engine Consortium, MTU Aero Engines, and FiatAvio — were on a mission to develop an advanced aero engine that would lead the single-aisle segment into the new millennium. (.)The result was the V2500 — a cleaner, quieter, more fuel-efficient engine that has grown into one of the most successful civil aerospace programs of all time. It has captu

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Airbus grants qualification for Mankiewicz´s “ecological” paint 0

Innovation fully approved after two years of thorough practical testing

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus confirms that the Basecoat/Clearcoat System, manufactured by the Hamburg-based company, Mankiewicz was granted the highest approval for the whole fleet. Thus, this traditional German company is one of only three paint manufacturers worldwide approved as paint supplier for the Airbus exterior. Thinner paint layers save weight and consequently, fuel. Projected over the years the airlines will sav

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