All General aviation articles – Page 556
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Autopilot approval
Century Flight Systems has won US approval for its Century 2000 altitude-based, single-axis autopilot. It will be aimed at Cessna's 172R Skyhawk operators, who, until now have been limited to AlliedSignal's Bendix King KAP140 autopilot as an option on their piston singles. Source: Flight International
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Catching African bugs
Age is beautiful for many African airports, which have avoided the biggest problems in becoming Y2K compliant Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA Africa is never short of contradictions. In the run-up to the year 2000, the very things that made some African airports the laughing stock of yesteryear are the reason that ...
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Bombardier orders top $200m
Bombardier revealed a series of business jet orders at the show, with a value totalling $200 million. The largest single order came from Bombardier sales agent ExecuJet Aviation Group of Switzerland, which ordered 12 Bombardier business aircraft, comprising five Learjet 45s, two Learjet 60s, four Continentals and one Canadair Special ...
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NTSB urges BK117 airworthiness bulletin
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called on the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an airworthiness directive mandating a two-year-old service bulletin issued for the Eurocopter BK 117. The NTSB believes the service bulletin, issued in 1997 recommending the installation of a hook-type latch, would prevent access ...
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Cessna reaches Skyhawk milestone
Cessna has delivered its 1,000th 172R Skyhawk since production restarted in July 1996 and announced initiatives to stimulate sales of its light aircraft. The company has introduced a leaseback programme which allows buyers to lease their aircraft back to their local Cessna affiliates for hourly rental by other pilots. ...
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Top prop certificated
Hartzell Propeller has certificated a propeller upgrade for the single-turboprop Cessna Caravan that reduces noise by 8dB(A) below International Civil Aviation Organisation limits. The four-blade, 2.44m-diameter, Top Prop propeller also offers improvements in ground clearance. Source: Flight International
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Bombardier scoops rivals with Challenger sales
The Royal Jordanian Air Force and a fast-growing Turkish executive charter business have switched from long-established agreements with other manufacturers and ordered Challenger 604 business jets. The deals, announced at the show yesterday, were part of more than $200 million worth of sales revealed by Bombardier. "In the ...
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KAL boss arrested on tax evasion charges
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE South Korean police have arrested Korean Air (KAL) chairman Cho Yang-Ho on charges of tax evasion and embezzlement. Cho was arrested on 11 November. Prosecutors have reportedly charged him with evading 62.9 billion won ($54 million)of taxes and embezzling billions of won in company funds. ...
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Airports
All 565 US airports regulated by the US Federal Aviation Administration have passed millennium bug safety and security system compliance tests. The US Department of Transportation says it has achieved Y2K compliance objectives for its mission critical systems, including the FAA's air traffic control system. A $70 million upgrade of ...
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Costs, not technology, stall in-flight access to internet
Steve Nichols/DUBAI The Internet is the hot business tool of the 1990s and usage is predicted to continue increasing exponentially in the next millennium. So it is not surprising that passengers are starting to demand Internet access on board aircraft too. Honeywell (E712) is demonstrating its In Flight Email ...
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Russian Mil Mi-8s bound for Rwanda
Kazan Helicopter Plant has shipped several Mil Mi-8MTV-5 transport helicopters to Rwanda. Also known as the Mi-17MD, the variant is the latest incarnation of the Mi-8 Hip. The helicopter is fitted with a hydraulic ramp and wide doors on both sides of the cabin, a configuration developed using combat ...
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Dubai takes Bell 407
Dubai Air Wing is joining the family of Bell 407 light helicopter operators, announcing that it is to take delivery of a single-engine machine before year-end. Hawker Pacific, which represents Bell in the Middle East, announced the sale at the show. Aircraft marketing manager Alan Parsons and general manager, ...
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El Gavilan sells 358 to Canada
El Gavilan has sold its Gavilan 358 utility aircraft type certificate to Advanced Wing Technologies (AWT) of Canada. The Colombian company will continue to build labour-intensive parts for the twin-engined aircraft, which will be shipped to AWT's base in Richmond, British Columbia, for final assembly. Under the terms of the ...
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Mexican crash kills 18
Investigators are searching for evidence in the crash of a TAESA McDonnell Douglas DC-9 on 9 November. The crash happened shortly after the aircraft left Uruapan airport in central Mexico. All 18 people on board, including five crew, were killed when the DC-9-31 (XA-TKN), operating TAESA flight 725, nose-dived into ...
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Gulfstreams sold to Saudi charter
Gulfstream added to the sales celebrations yesterday when it announced the sale of two Gulfstream IV-SPs to a Saudi Arabian customer. The two aircraft, bought by Sheikh Salman bin Hethlain, president of the Executive Group, will be registered in Saudi Arabia for charter operations. Delivery is scheduled for 2000 ...
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Authorities taking no chances with Y2K compliance
Steve Nichols/DUBAI With the Year 2000 less than 50 days away the airline industry is feverishly putting the finishing touches to its Y2K 'millennium bug' programmes. Analysts point to Turkey, Egypt, India and South Africa as being the worst-prepared regions, although IATA Director General Pierre Jeanniot reports that: "Excellent ...
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Gulfstream visual system is major safety advance
Steve Nichols/DUBAI Bad visibility may not seem to be a problem at Dubai 2000, but don't be deceived. For three months a year, in the late autumn and winter, fog can force diversion of flights. But a Gulfstream V or IV-SP equipped with its new Enhanced Vision System (EVS) can ...
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Rising fuel costs drive Russian carriers to tough measures: ATI
Struggling to cope with soaring aviation fuel prices, Russia¹s airlines are set to boost air fares by as much as 50% and cut back their flights. This year the cost of jet fuel in Russia has risen steadily in line with mounting world oil prices. In January, a tonne of ...
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Merger creates a giant - ATI
Lessors AerFi Group and Indigo Aviation are to merge in a move that the companies say will create one of the world's largest independent aircraft leasing entities. AerFi of Ireland - the renamed GPA Group - and Indigo of Sweden say in a joint statement that the merger will occur ...
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South Africa enters the jetliner business
South Africa is entering the jetliner business following a deal by Denel to manufacture components for the British Aerospace RJ airliner. The two companies have signed a letter of intent under which Denel Aviation will deliver rudders and ailerons to BAe Regional in the UK. Covering 18 sets a year, ...