All General aviation articles – Page 219
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Business aviation in brief
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a preliminary...
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Hawker Pacific clinches Diamond deal
Hawker Pacific has sold seven Diamond aircraft to the University of New South Wales in a deal worth almost...
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Terrafugia: new flying car design to be unveiled in July
Terrafugia will in July unveil a new design for its roadable aircraft Transition. The vehicle will be...
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Piper enters the light sport market
Piper Aircraft says it will immediately begin selling three light sport aircraft entry-level variants ranging in price from $120,000 to $140,000.
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General aviation in brief
The pilot of a light twin-engined aircraft was able, following a total electrical failure at night, to bring his aircraft back to...
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NewsTaban Tu-154 breaks up on landing at Mashhad
Emergency teams are attending the scene of an accident at Mashhad in which a Tupolev Tu-154 received substantial structural damage, apparently after landing. Images...
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China's ARJ21 programme likely to experience further delay
China's ARJ21 regional jet is unlikely to receive Chinese certification this year as planned, but it has made progress in getting international certification.
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Kingfisher posts 4.2bn rupees loss in Q3
India's Kingfisher Airlines has posted slightly higher losses in its fiscal third quarter, but expects passenger traffic to recover as the Indian economy...
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Asian start-up BJETS hits the skids
Asian start-up BJETS , which ordered 50 business jets two years ago and announced ambitious plans to become...
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UK government gives fresh hope to Farnborough expansion
TAG Farnborough's plans to almost double the number of aircraft movements...
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ATR predicts big US turboprop revival as fuel price prompts regional jet replacement
ATR is targeting the replacement of the large fleets of US-operated regional jets with its turboprop family as airlines look to reduce operating costs in...
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FAA, Honeywell flag Jeppesen GPS error
The US Federal Aviation Administration has alerted the general aviation community that a large number Honeywell Bendix/King navigation systems are unfit...
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Changi's passenger traffic down 1.3% in 2009
Singapore's Changi airport has posted a 1.3% fall in passenger traffic in 2009, but reports a strong rebound performance in the year's last quarter.
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Row 44, WirelessG aim to offer Wi-fi to South African carriers
Broadband company WirelessG is preparing for ground-based proof of concept testing of Row 44 hardware for in-flight connectivity as the South African company...
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Emergency locator beacon helps ATC get light aircraft back home
The pilot of a light twin-engined aircraft was able, following a total electrical failure at night, to bring his aircraft back to base by using a hand-held emergency locator beacon (ELB) and a mobile telephone.
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FAA and EASA certification for King Air 350i
Hawker Beechcraft has received US Federal Aviation Administration and European Aviation Safety Agency type certifications for its new Beechcraft King Air...
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FAA extends ground stop to Port au Prince
The US FAA has extended a ground stop through 18:00EST for all air traffic headed for Haiti's Toussaint L'Ouverture airport. The traffic stoppage is...
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US regulators to probe industry on automation
US FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt says he will bring together airlines and human factors experts in April or possibly sooner to discuss the consequences...
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'Laser blinding' becomes specific criminal offence in UK
New UK laws specifically criminalising the aiming of lasers at aircraft have come into force this month, as Civil Aviation Authority statistics show there...