Labels:text | transport | newspaper | vehicle | airplane | air travel | plane | aircraft | outdoor OCR: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY square metres of outdoor space. Many of the ex- hibitors were represented in national groups from major aerospace nations such as Canada, Ger- À340 many, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Japan and the United States. The Russians made headlines at the show with the announcement of the first sale of a Rus- sian airliner to the West. An Amsterdam-based company ordered five Ilyushin Il-96T freighter air- craft powered by Pratt & Whitney engines, a firm During the sho w, indicator of the potential for Russian airframes the Airbus A340 married with Western power plants and avionics. fle w aro und the One writer summed up the situation by saying world with only that the powerful "blackboard technology" of the one stop (New Commonwealth of Independent States is moving Zealand) in 48 fast, with Westem aerospace help, to make com- hours, 22 minutes and 6 seconds EBET petitive products using their huge low-cost labour nage on American companies at the show, which force caused the withdrawal of some exhibitors, around Despite a US 100 US companies made up the US pavilion. An warning that the F-16 fighter was on display at the entrance to the French may in- pavilion, and information on the aircraft was avail- dulge in some able at the exhibitor's stand to anyone who was in- industrial espio- terested. More than 3,000 F-16s are in service
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