All General aviation articles – Page 550
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GAMA predicts healthy growth
US general aviation manufacturers delivered more than 2,500 aircraft last year, almost 14% more than in 1998. Similar or better growth is projected for this year, says the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). The value of the aircraft shipped by GAMA member companies rose by over 35% last year, ...
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FAA snag sparked Premier revamp
Raytheon Aircraft says a "communication" problem with the US Federal Aviation Administration led to the need to redesign the flight control system on the Premier I business jet. The redesign late in the development programme will delay certification to the end of June (Flight International, 1-7 February). Premier I ...
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Engine upgrade
The US Coast Guard is to spend $40 million upgrading Honeywell (formerly Allied-Signal) LTS101 engines powering its 93 Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphins. Phased improvements to the full-authority digital engine control and other components will increase power by 23%. Source: Flight International
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LoPresti gets Fury design rights
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The Swift Museum Foundation, owner of the Globe Swift light aircraft type certificate, has granted intellectual rights to LoPresti for the Swift-based Fury design. The move clears the way for LoPresti, based at Vero Beach, Florida, to begin certificating its all-metal two-seat side-by-side piston single. The move ...
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Problem case
Setbacks to the US Federal Aviation Administration's satellite navigation centrepiece - the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) - just won't go away. The WAAS, designed to allow the US National Airspace System (NAS) to move away from its reliance on ground-based navigation aids to more accurate and efficient satellite-based ...
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Islander noise tests beat expectations
Flight tests of Hartzell three-bladed propellers on a Britten-Norman BN2B piston-engined Islander have exceeded original projections, revealing a noise reduction of up to 7dB(A), according to the UK general aviation aircraft manufacturer. "The experimental props, through the lower tip speed and scimitar shape, reveal significant performance and efficiency benefits ...
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Australia leads the way in East Timor operation
At the start of this month the UN-mandated International Force East Timor (INTERFET) began to hand control of the disputed former Indonesian territory over to the UN Transitional Authority East Timor. INTERFET was formed last September to provide protection to the population after violence broke out following a vote for ...
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Alliance takes the fast track in race to launch new regional jet family
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Alliance Aircraft has unveiled a fast-track programme launch and development schedule for the 70- and 90-seat baseline members of a planned new family of regional jets. It claims to have letters of intent for up to 30 aircraft from two unidentified European and Asian carriers (Flight International, ...
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Millennium Singles
Cessna has unveiled a limited-edition range of piston singles, covering the 172 Skyhawk SP, 182 Skylane, 206 Stationair and Turbo Stationair lines. Key features of the Millennium Edition aircraft will include a redesigned interior with leather seats; exterior striping schemes and Honeywell Bendix/King KLN 94 instrument flight rules global positioning ...
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Interstate skyways
The USA wants to create a third tier of air transport using personal aircraft linking thousands of small airports Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Unveiled this week, US President Bill Clinton's 2001 budget includes the seed of a science fiction dream - that one day automated air taxis will whisk us from ...
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Ilyushin and MAPO to offer new regional
Ilyushin and MAPO MiG are to offer a new utility aircraft to Russia's airlines to replace the ageing Antonov An-2 biplane, which has been in service for more than 50 years. The Il-100 is a high winged, twin turboprop, designed to carry up to 1,500kg (3,300lb) of freight over ...
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Helicopter training
Helicopter Adventures of the USA has signed a training agreement with the Hellenic Police Department of Greece. Training of eight police officers on specialised infrared equipment will span three months, starting in March. The Hellenic Police force operates three Eurocopter BO105s and plans to add two new generation EC135s this ...
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Gripen-dispersed operations
The Swedish air force has for many years pursued a policy of dispersing operational flying from its main military airfields on to pre-prepared sections of highway. Each fighter base has a cluster of smaller airfields in the surrounding road network. Roads, however, will never be as long or wide as ...
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US distributor first to order Socata TB GT
Julian Moxon/TARBES Socata has launched its TB Generation Two (TB GT) range of light aircraft with a major US order for 79 aircraft. The deal, signed with recently appointed West Coast distributor New Avex, includes up to 10 TBM700 single-engined turboprops. The Aerospatiale Matra general aviation subsidiary has also ...
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Mobil offers full compensation over fuel contamination
Mobil Oil Australia has offered all its avgas customers full compensation for direct business and personal losses caused by ethylene diamine fuel contamination in January. By 3 February about 1,000 of the 5,000 grounded piston-engined aircraft had been restored to service. Compensation was offered to commercial aircraft owners or ...
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Cessna inspection
Operators of Cessna 300/400-series turbocharged twins must visually inspect exhaust systems every 50h, conduct a pressure check every 100h and perform other inspections under an airworthiness directive issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration. Source: Flight International
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CarterCopter rebuilds for new flight tests
CarterCopter, the Texas-based maker of a proof-of-concept hybrid autogyro and fixed-wing aircraft, is rebuilding and modifying the prototype after it crash-landed on its twelfth flight. The innovative gyroplane, designed by company president Jay Carter, is designed to take off and land vertically and fly at low speeds like a ...
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Fractional ownership to be a click away
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON TransJet.com, an Internet-based business aircraft and helicopter fractional ownership venture believed to be the first of its kind, will start operations on 15 February in the USA. The operation, owned by 3wVentures.com, a California-based Internet funding subsidiary of venture capitalist Web Capital of Florida, plans to launch ...
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Turkish Bribes arrest
General manager of the Turkish Civil Aviation Authority Sermet Unel has been arrested on a charge of taking bribes from airlines. He was video recorded by police apparently receiving money from Turkish airline Air Rose, which had warned the authorities in advance of Unel's alleged $50,000 demand, according to Reed ...
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Eurocopter delays EC145 sales effort
Eurocopter has put back commercial sales of its EC145 medium-twin utility helicopter for around 12 months, until the production backlog, totalling 40 machines for the French security forces, has been cleared. Advertising and promotion of the Turboméca Arriel 2E1-powered machine has also been delayed temporarily. Eurocopter president Siegfried Sobotta ...