All General aviation articles – Page 179
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Airframers say China fears overblown
Top executives at Piper, Cessna and Cirrus are not worried by the increasing number of attempts by China's AVIC and its many subsidiaries to purchase general aviation companies based on US soil.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police fulfils Quest for Kodiak
Quest Aircraft has delivered a Kodiak single-engined turboprop to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police .
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Cirrus contemplates new trainer under CAIGA
Cirrus Aircraft chairman Dale Klapmeier says a trainer aircraft is key to the long-term strategy of proposed purchaser China Aviation Industry General Aircraft.
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PICTURES: Tornado sweeps through Sun 'n Fun and leaves destruction in its wake
The 37th annual Sun 'n Fun show - held in Lakeland, Florida from 29 March to 3 April - hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons
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Epic: there is life after China
Epic Aircraft delivered its first two experimental category Epic LT turboprops in late March, one year after winning a court battle that put the company...
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Al Ain Goose crash followed loss of control
The preliminary factual report by the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority into a Grumman G-21 Goose amphibian accident on 27 February has found that the aircraft crashed out of control shortly after rotate from Runway 19 at Al Ain airport, United Arab Emirates.
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INTERIORS: Six winners scoop Crystal Cabin Awards
Nearly 200 invited guests from the aviation industry witnessed six winners collect their snow-white trophies at last night's Crystal Cabin Awards at Hamburg's...
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G650 was at high angle of attack prior to accident
The Gulfstream G650 involved in the fatal crash that killed four company employees on 2 April was at a high angle of attack just before its right wingtip...
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Russia's MAK recommends tighter control over GA manufacturers after L-44 crash
The Russia-based Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) has called on the nation’s Trade and Industry Ministry to develop a system for ensuring that aircraft manufacturers meet existing regulations for production, licensing and testing, following the fatal crash of an L-44 amphibian light aircraft near Moscow in June 2010 that killed three ...
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Australia to study GA safety
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority plans to next year establish a consultative...
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Oma Sud gets green light from USA for SkyCar piston-twin
Italian aeronautical company Oma Sud has won US certification for its SkyCar piston-twin, paving the way for the Italian airframer to begin delivering its high-performance aircraft into the country.
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PICTURES: Piaggio Avanti is a work of art
A Piaggio P180 Avanti II has been transformed into a work of art by Italian artist Mimmo Paladino.
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NTSB tells business aviation to sharpen up its act
The US National Transportation Safety Board has issued a list of recommendations that effectively tell business aviation operators and pilots to smarten up their act.
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Metrojet approved to work on BBJs
Hong Kong-based Metrojet has obtained approval from the country's civil aviation department for its maintenance repair facility to work on Hong Kong-registered Boeing Business Jets.
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Bombardier customer snaps up more 415 firefighting amphibians
Bombardier has sold four twin-engined 415 amphibious firefighters to an existing yet undisclosed 415 owner in a deal worth around $162 million, including training and spares
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First conforming HondaJet 'surpasses performance expectations'
Honda Aircraft says its first Federal Aviation Administration-conforming HondaJet light business jet achieved a maximum speed of 425kt (790km/h) at 30,000ft (9,150m) and Mach 0.72 above 30,000ft on 11 March, "surpassing the company's performance commitment of 420kt for the production HondaJet".
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Avantair plots global expansion with Avanti
US fractional ownership company Avantair is looking to expand its Piaggio Avanti-based programme into China, India, Latin America and South America.
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FAA suspends controller for loss of separation between a Cirrus and Southwest 737
The US FAA has suspended a controller in the Central Florida Terminal Radar Approach Control after a Southwest 737 was placed in "close proximity" to a Cirrus...
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PICTURE: Corvalis to become first all-glass Cessna piston single
Cessna on 29 March at the Sun n' Fun exhibition in Lakeland, Florida, unveiled the newest member of its single-engine piston line, the all-glass Corvalis TTX.