All General aviation articles – Page 129
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ATR 72 badly damaged in Rome accident
One of the ATR 72 turboprops operating on behalf of Italian flag-carrier Alitalia has been badly damaged in an accident at Rome Fiumicino.
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Hawker Beechcraft cleared to exit bankruptcy protection
Hawker Beechcraft has been cleared to emerge from bankruptcy protection after 14 February as a restructured and smaller company. The US bankruptcy...
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Airline Business launches guide to the biggest names in leasing
Airline Business has published a definitive reference to the men at the top of the world's biggest aircraft lessors and the companies they run
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Proposed Florida bills to regulate law enforcement UAVs
Proposed bills regulating unmanned air vehicle use by US law enforcement agencies have been filed with legislative subcommittees in the state of Florida ...
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Comac ARJ21 completes CAAC stall tests
Chinese airframer Comac has completed stall tests for its ARJ21 regional jet programme. Aircraft 104, one of six regional jets undergoing both ground...
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Nextant steps up European marketing effort for 400XT
Nextant Aerospace is stepping up its marketing effort for the 400XT in Europe following EASA certification of the light cabin business jet late last year.
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Cessna hopes for modest gains in 2013 after bleak Q4
Cessna's deliveries will be "modestly higher" in 2013 despite an unexpectedly slow conclusion to 2012, parent company Textron says.
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Jack Pelton-led start-up launches Cessna 421 re-make programme
A start-up headed by former Cessna chief executive Jack Pelton has launched a remanufactured version of the Cessna 421 with upgraded engines and avionics.
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Canadian transit officer left explosive sample on 767 during test
A transit police officer left a sample of an explosive substance on an Air Canada Boeing 767 after a dog training exercise in Vancouver, documents obtained...
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Dassault awards training providers CAE and FlightSafety
Dassault has issued certificates to its two training partners, CAE and FlightSafety International, for demonstrating "full compliance with the requirements of the new Falcon Training Policy Manual".
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Crashed Tu-204 powered forward as pilots tried reversing thrust
Pilots of the crashed Red Wings Tupolev Tu-204 twice selected maximum reverse thrust without the reverser system engaging, and unwittingly catapulted the...
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Gulfstream records strong 2012 and forecasts 139 green deliveries this year
Gulfstream plans to deliver 139 green aircraft this year, with its large cabin family expected to account for nearly 80% of this tally.
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GippsAero appoints Summit Aviation as GA8 dealer in USA
GippsAero has appointed Summit Aviation as an authorised dealer for the GA8 Airvan in the USA, with the company to focus on government and surveillance aircraft...
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Ascend voted aircraft appraiser of the year
Flightglobal's Ascend advisory and data service has been voted aircraft appraiser of the year in the Airline Economics Aviation 100 Awards.
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Helicopter hit crane while pilot was turning to head for heliport – investigators
The AgustaWestland AW109E helicopter that crashed into a crane over central London on 16 January was turning right over the river Thames to reverse its easterly track and head west for Battersea heliport when it hit the crane's jib at a recorded secondary surveillance radar altitude of 800ft (244m), according ...
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Rizon Jet accuses Qatar civil aviation authority of unfair competition
Qatar-based charter operator Rizon Jet has accused the country's civil aviation authority - and, indirectly, flag carrier Qatar Airways - of "unfair competition" by creating "hindrances that make it impossible to sustain a viable business".
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ATR lands 74 firm orders in 2012
Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR took 74 firm orders during 2012 and delivered a total of 64 aircraft. The airframer detailed its figures during...
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Cirrus introduces fifth-generation SR22
Cirrus has introduced its fifth-generation SR22 series of piston singles, which boast an increase in gross weight from 1,543kg (3,400lb) to 1,633kg and a rise in seating capacity from four to five people.
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AgustaWestland, Embraer plan Brazil helicopter assembly line
AgustaWestland looks set to cash in on an oil-driven Brazilian helicopter sales bonanza through a joint venture with Embraer that could lead to production...
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Ducted-fan AirMule to get new blades
Urban Aeronautics has manufactured new propeller blades that will be fitted to its unmanned AirMule ducted fan vertical take-off and landing aircraft.