All General aviation articles – Page 187
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NewsGulfstream: G650 flight test family complete
Gulfstream on 24 January performed first flight of the fifth and final member of its airborne certification fleet for the ultra long-range G650. Aircraft...
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Mahindra readies five-seat piston for March roll-out
India's Mahindra Aerospace is planning to roll out its first aircraft in March to exploit the country's increasing hunger for business and general aviation.
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Mexico takes trio of Black Hawks
The Mexican government has taken delivery of three more Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, bringing its total fleet to seven.
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Working Week: Mike Carrivick
Aviation and travel industry veteran Mike Carrivick has since 2004 been chief executive of the Board of Airline Representatives in the UK, making the industry's case to government, regulators and airports
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Eurocopter expects more lucrative mix in 2011
Eurocopter boss Lutz Bertling expects the EADS subsidiary's 2011 helicopter deliveries to be down on 2010's level, but an ongoing shift to larger aircraft, plus a rise in service revenue, will maintain revenue at 2010's level. Last year's numbers will be detailed on 9 March when EADS unveils its full-year ...
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Focus on labour: working to rule
As airlines continue to expand outside their home markets, David Knibb questions whether they can they solve...
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NewsHawker Beechcraft: international markets will drive recovery
Hawker Beechcraft expects international markets to continue to outpace sales growth within North America and is devoting additional resources to capture a slice of the lucrative global market for business and utility aircraft.
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Business Aviation - In Brief
"A significant overhang of used business jets are still available at attractive prices, demand remains anaemic and backlogs continue to decline," says the latest industry report from JP Morgan North American Equity Research aerospace analyst Joseph Nadol.
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Working Week: Mike Turner, StandardAero
With StandardAero dealing in engines, airframes, avionics and completions, keeping priorities and messaging clear is in the hands of Phoenix-based marketing and corporate communications director Mike Turner
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Boisture: 90 days to manufacturing improvements
Hawker Beechcraft chairman Bill Boisture says he expects to see rapid "payback" from a new three-year, $10 million employee education and training programme funded by the state of Kansas.
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Elisra to supply South Korean CN-235s with EW suites
Elisra has won a $29 million deal to equip South Korean CN-235 transports with electronic warfare and self-protection equipment ...
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Japan orders AW139 for firefighting mission
Japan's Saitama prefecture has ordered a single AugustaWestland AW139 medium twin helicopter, which will be operated by its Fire Fighting and Disaster Relief...
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NewsPiper divorces light sport partner
One year after it formed a partnership with light sport aircraft (LSA) maker Czech Sport Aircraft (CSA), Piper has terminated a licensing agreement with...
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NewsSix operators ground Tu-154Bs after Surgut fire
Six Russian air companies have grounded Tupolev Tu-154B aircraft in the wake of the fire on a Kolavia jet at the beginning of the year. Federal transport...
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European business aviators campaigns to snuff out illegal charter flights
The European Business Aviation Association has launched a campaign for operators, brokers and passengers to curtail illegal charter flight activity within Europe.
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NTSB frets about emergency locator transmitter malfunction
A fatal general aviation accident in which four badly injured survivors' lives were put at risk by the failure of the aircraft's emergency locator transmitter has worried the US National Transportation Safety Board.
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NewsGulfstream: Flawless performance for G650 “get home” mode
Gulfstream says its test pilots and engineers invoked a "safe mode" control actuation system on a G650 prototype for more than 2h on 21 December, demonstrating the viability of the electrically powered backup technology.
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Hawker Pacific plots expansion after Seacor investment
Australian aerospace sales and product support company Hawker Pacific plans to use funding from new part-owner Seacor to provide fixed-base operations and maintenance repair and overhaul activities in India, Singapore and Shanghai, as well as expanding its Asia-based aircraft salesforce.
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Indonesia's PT SKY launches regional turboprop services
Fledgling Indonesian scheduled operator PT SKY Aviation is undertaking a major expansion through the lease of three Fokker 50s, which will begin flights...
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Solar panels and wind turbines throw up concerns for aviation
Possible interference with radar signals by wind farms is one of several aviation safety issues that have put the brakes on some US renewable energy projects