All General aviation articles – Page 115
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NewsBell delivers first 429s to Turkish police
Bell has delivered the first seven of 15 Bell 429s to the Turkish National Police. The remaining aircraft will be delivered throughout 2014. The twin-engined types will be used for a wide array of law enforcement missions, including surveillance, personnel transport and air support of ground operations. The 429s ...
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NewsMubadala and Tata increase equity in Piaggio Aero
Mubadala and Tata are injecting an additional €190 million ($253 million) into Italian airframer Piaggio Aero, increasing their combined stakes to 85.5%.
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FL Technics parent branches out into helicopter MRO
Lithuania’s Avia Solutions Group is taking over local rotorcraft support specialist Helisota. The parent of Vilnius-based MRO provider FL Technics is acquiring 96.2% of Helisota, partly through the transfer of newly issued Avia group securities. The transaction will be conducted in stages, but is to be complete by year-end.
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NewsRostec flies first Russian-built Diamond trainer
Russia’s Ural Works of Civil Aviation has assembled and flown the first license-built Diamond DA40 NG trainer aircraft, one of the first batch of 49 to be delivered to local flight training schools, parent company Rostec says.
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UK prepares to simplify GA rules
More than 270 separate proposals to simplify the regulation of UK general aviation have been received by the Civil Aviation Authority since it launched its "Red Tape Challenge" initiative.
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NewsLegacy 600, 650 receive Taiwan type certification
Embraer’s Legacy 600 and 650 private jets have received type certification in Taiwan.
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NewsUK government to slash red tape for GA sector
The UK government and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) are preparing to strip away unnecessary bureaucracy for the country's general aviation sector. The decision is in response to feedback from a government-backed study into this huge aviation sector which spans ad hoc charter companies and corporate flight departments to flight training ...
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With enough wind up your skirts, YouFly
Another antipodean take on personal flying vehicles comes from Australia’s Entecho, which is launching the sales campaign for its YouFly vehicle following successful unmanned tethered flights.
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Jetpacks set to become practical reality
A science fiction vision dating to the 1920s but never realised beyond short demonstrations may soon become commonplace if a New Zealand inventor’s 30-year quest to make a jetpack proves a commercial success.
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FL Technics parent branches out into helicopter MRO
Lithuania’s Avia Solutions Group is taking over local rotorcraft maintenance specialist Helisota.
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NewsFAA clears high-speed mark for new Citation X
The new Citation X is cleared to operate at Mach 0.935 when it enters service and become the fastest non-military aircraft in the world, Cessna says today in a press release.
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NewsBook values on business jet sales hit five-year peak in Q3
Business jet sales remain weak in some areas, but a resurgence of large jet orders fueled by new products drove the market’s best third quarter in five years in terms of book value, according to shipment data released today by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA).
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NewsEmbraer announces Melbourne expansion for Legacy 500/450
Embraer will add assembly lines for the Legacy 500/450 business jets to the expanding Melbourne, Florida, production complex, the company says today.
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US Army sells cancelled LEMV airship to original designer
The US Army confirms it transferred in mid-October a deflated airship previously known as the long-endurance multi-intelligence vehicle (LEMV) to the original designer – Cardington, UK-based Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV).
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NewsFAA chief calls for conversation on agency's funding model
US Federal Aviation Administration chief Michael Huerta today endorsed calls for a “thoughtful conversation” about how the agency is funded and which services it should provide.
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NewsSumburgh Super Puma crashed in vortex ring state
A second interim factual report on the 23 August fatal crash of a Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma on approach to Sumburgh, Scotland confirms that no technical faults were involved.
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NewsNorth Africa's business aircraft fleet on the rise
North Africa’s business aircraft fleet is growing at almost twice the rate of the global average, according to a study by German data research consultancy Wingx Advance, on behalf of the Middle East Business Aviation Association.
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NewsARA receives FAA authority to operate Nighthawk IV in Vermont
Applied Research Associates (ARA) has received authority from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly its Nighthawk IV micro-unmanned aircraft at its facility in Randolph, Vermont.
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NewsMooney to restart piston aircraft manufacturing following Soaring America investment
Struggling Mooney Aviation has been a thrown a life-line by California-based investment firm, Soaring America, five years after the financial crash forced the US airframer and maintenance company to cease manufacturing of its legendary high performance piston- single line.
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NewsNBAA: New wave of product introductions critical for Cessna
Something is about to happen at Cessna that has not been done in nearly four years.