All General aviation articles – Page 114
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InterviewWorking Week: Neil Jeffers
Neil Jeffers is chief pilot with London’s Air Ambulance service. The charity operates an MD902 helicopter to delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured people across the UK capital.
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INDIA AVIATION: Beechcraft gears up for Indian growth
Beechcraft sees significant opportunities for growth in India, and believes that the country is progressing towards embracing business and general aviation.
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Metal Master prepares Flaris LAR 1 for first flight
Polish engineering company Metal Master is readying its Flaris LAR 1 ultra-light personal jet, for its first flight in the middle of the year. The milestone, if achieved, would come around a year after the four-seat single was unveiled by the Podgorzyn-based company.
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Hawker Pacific to support Cessna Caravans in the Philippines
Hawker Pacific has been appointed as an authorised service facility provider in the Philippines for Cessna Caravan aircraft.
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NewsUS aviation community fights new user fee proposal
A familiar backlash from the aviation community has already greeted the Obama Administration’s latest proposal to add a $100 surcharge for each flight on most users of the air traffic system.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Air Expo: Royal Jet sets April deadline for BBJ replacement decision
Abu Dhabi-based VVIP charter company Royal Jet will decide in April which aircraft type it has selected to replace its entire fleet of Boeing Business Jets – of which Royal Jet is the world’s largest operator.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Air Expo: Seaplane tour operator for offer VIP shuttle
Dubai-based seaplane tour operator Seawings has joined forces with fixed-base operator JetEx to provide a VIP shuttle service from Al Maktoum International airport (DWC), using Cessna 208 Caravan seaplanes. "JetEx will be offering the downtown air taxi flight as a complimentary service to its own private jet clients travelling through ...
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NewsAbu Dhabi Air Expo: Tecnam targets training schools in Middle East
General aviation manufacturer Tecnam is planning to expand its service centre offering in the Middle East to support the region’s installed base of the Italian-built aircraft.
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NewsPilatus introduces enhancements to PC-12 NG
Pilatus has incorporated a handful of enhancements into its PC-12 NG, in an effort to stimulate sales and retain customer interest in its single-engined turboprop.
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NewsDiamond DA52 on track for year-end certification
Austrian airframer Diamond Aircraft says it is on target to secure preliminary certification for its DA52-VII piston twin later this year, but will not begin its marketing push for the seven-seat aircraft until 2015, when it expects to secure full approval for the Austro AE300-powered type.
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NewsEpic steps up E1000 single-engined turboprop manufacturing effort
Epic Aircraft is intensifying its efforts to gain certification for its E1000 single-engined turboprop next year, and has kick-started a recruitment drive to augment its workforce in order to bring the six-seat, high-performance type to market within 20 months.
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NewsFAA attacks GA safety weaknesses
The prevention of weather-related general aviation accidents will be the top priority for the US Federal Aviation Administration in its ongoing campaign to improve GA safety, according to administrator Michael Huerta.
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NewsCirrus poised to fly first Vision SF50
Cirrus Aircraft’s ambition to be the first to market with a single-engined personal jet looks set to become a reality, as it prepares its Vision SF50 prototype for first flight next month.
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Marshall names executive to grow commercial business
UK maintenance provider Marshall Aerospace and Defence has appointed James Dillon-Godfray as vice-president of business development for the group’s commercial aviation arm.
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NewsPICTURES & VIDEO: Cessna rolls out the Citation Latitude for ground tests
Cessna quietly rolled out the first Citation Latitude jet from the company’s Wichita factory on 20 January and ran initial taxi and installed engine tests. A picture of the unpainted aircraft undergoing testing first appeared on the aviation subpage of the Reddit online community site. Cessna confirmed to Flightglobal that ...
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NewsTecnam seeks government loan to bring P2012 Traveller to market
Italian general aviation aircraft manufacturer Tecnam is hoping to secure a loan from the Italian government to help fund development of its P2012 Traveller piston-twin.
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NewsBombardier misses 2013 business jet delivery forecast
Fragile demand for business jets, coupled with the "sluggish" global economy, resulted in falling orders and lower than expected deliveries for Bombardier in 2013.
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NewsVIDEO: NTSB reports on fatal Aspen crash
The private Bombardier CL600 business jet which crashed at Aspen-Pitkin county airport, Colorado, on 5 January landed with a high, gusting tailwind, bounced and turned over, killing one of the pilots and seriously injuring the sole passenger and the other pilot.