All General aviation articles – Page 547
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WAAS guides FAA to new approach
The US Federal Aviation Administration plans new categories of approach guidance based on the expected performance of the wide area augmentation system (WAAS). Details revealed at the WAAS users' summit in mid-March suggest the new levels will provide increased operational benefit earlier than expected. The FAA told users that ...
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Lancair and Malaysia settle Columbia funding dispute
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lancair has resolved a dispute with its Malaysian partners in the Columbia 300 light aircraft joint venture. The settlement has released funding to ramp up production. The dispute involved the two partners in the Pacific Aviation Composites USA joint venture that produces the Columbia: LIMA, ...
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Hawker poised to fly with winglets
Aviation Partners expects to fly a Raytheon Hawker 800 fitted with prototype winglets by mid-year. This follows the successful Gulfstream II upgrade programme, under which 100 aircraft have been retrofitted with the company's patented blended winglets. Joe Clark, chief executive of the Seattle-based company, says winglets should be ...
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Heliport opens
An unlicensed heliport was opened in Cardiff, UK, on 15 March. The £3.5 million ($5.5 million) facility has a 300m (1,000ft) runway, is claimed to be "the first purpose-built heliport in Europe capable of all-weather flights". Source: Flight International
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Ayres LM200 Loadmaster takes shape
Ayres aims to kick-start flight testing of its LM200 Loadmaster twin turboshaft, single-propeller, utility aircraft by the end of July at its Albany, Georgia, base. The US manufacturer has taken delivery of the aircraft wings, tail cone and other components supplied by its Czech Republic-based subsidiary, Let Kunovice. ...
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Be-200 tests to resume
Beta Air, a joint venture between Beriev, the Irkutsk Aircraft Production Association (IAPO) and private investors, plans to resume water runs of its Be-200 twinjet amphibian this month at the Ghelendjik maritime-aviation flight test base on the Black Sea. The second Be-200 prototype, in assembly at the IAPO plant, ...
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Customers approve S-26 engine
Safire Aircraft says customer reaction to selection of a previously unknown engine supplier for its S-26 personal jet has been positive. The company is proceeding with plans for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise funds for certification of the aircraft. The West Palm Beach, Florida-based company, which expects ...
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Ilyushin draws up PS-90 re-engining programme for Il-76 freighter
A re-engining programme for the Ilyushin Il-76 freighter is being put together by the Ilyushin design bureau and TAPO Chkalov plant, based at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The two organisations are negotiating a business plan with Russian and CIS freighter operators covering the re-engining of 40-60 Il-76s. The 50t (110,000lb)-payload freighter's ...
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AASI secures extra cash for Jetcruzer certification costs
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures (AASI) has raised the first $5 million of a $10 million cash injection needed to complete the long-awaited US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the Jetcruzer 500 turboprop, as well as to ramp up its Long Beach, California, factory site for mass production. A group ...
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Philippines suspends Taiwan flights again
The Philippines has again suspended all flights to Taiwan, saying that an interim accord reached in January was not agreeable to both sides. China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Air halted all Philippines flights from 15 March, re-routing passengers through Hong Kong, or issuing refunds. Flights between the two countries ...
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Business aviation to get a worldwide code of practice
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) is drawing up a code of practice for the international business aircraft community in an attempt to harmonise operations across the globe. IBAC, the Montreal, Canada-based umbrella organisation for nine worldwide trade associations - including the US National Business Aviation ...
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Belgium move upsets Europe's business users
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has slammed the Belgian Government's decision to shift business and general aviation operations from Brussels Zavantem Airport to smaller regional airports, in what the EBAA sees as a further attempt to drive out business aircraft in favour of airlines. ...
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Shadow boxing
Hushkitted airliners may be the cause of an imminent US/Europe trade war, but the chosen weaponry is more outlandish than the conflict itself. Europe wants to ban the import of any more hushkitted airliners, despite the fact that they comply with the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) standards and ...
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Bush reinstated
The US Federal Aviation Administration has reinstated the type certificate for Found Aircraft Canada's FBA-2C1 Bush Hawk light utility aircraft. The first production Bush Hawk flew early this month at the company's new plant at Georgian Bay Airport, near Toronto, Ontario. Source: Flight International
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USA calls in ICAO to referee European hushkit dispute
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC David Learmount/LONDON The Clinton Administration has asked the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to arbitrate in its row with the European Union (EU) over plans to limit the number of hushkitted aircraft operating in Europe after the 2002 introduction of a ban on non-Stage III compliant aircraft. ...
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Mergers
Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications expects to complete its merger with Comsat early in the third quarter, after the US Congress approved satellite communications reform legislation that clears the way for the privatisation of the Intelsat and Inmarsat satellite networks. The legislation allows US customers to bypass Comsat, which controls access ...
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People
Gareth Kirkwood, managing director (MD) of British Airways subsidiary Brymon Airways, has been appointed MD of British Airways World Cargo. Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems sector has appointed four new vice-presidents (VPs): Donald Wilhelm - airspace management systems, George Perkins - space systems, James Armitage - engineering, Baltimore operations ...
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Aerostar seals funding for FJ-100 turbofan derivative
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Aerostar Aircraft is finalising funding for development of the FJ-100 turbofan-powered derivative of the classic Aerostar piston twin. Idaho-based Aerostar estimates that it needs only $40 million to certificate the six-seat twinjet, says president Steve Speer, because the US Federal Aviation Administration has allowed the ...
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Cirrus updates SR20 and increases price
Cirrus Design has upgraded the standard configuration and increased the basic price of its new SR20 light aircraft. The 5% price increase, to $188,300, reflects improvements to the avionics suite. The standard S-TEC autopilot will be upgraded with a global positioning system (GPS) steering function. This allows the standard ...
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Safire identifies mystery engine supplier for S-26
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Safire Aircraft, a Florida-based manufacturer developing a new-generation, six-seat personal jet, has named Agilis Engines as its powerplant supplier, replacing Williams, which instead has tied up an exclusive deal with Eclipse Aviation to develop a rival aircraft. Agilis, also based in Florida, is a relatively ...