All General aviation articles – Page 561
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Industry hails Aviation Act as saviour of jobs and production
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Five years after its enactment, the US General Aviation Revitalisation Act is being lauded as a "tremendous success" by the industry. Since the act became law in August 1994, limiting manufacturers' product liability to 18 years, piston aircraft production in the USA has more than doubled, says ...
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NTSB rejects ADS-B for cargo fleet TCAS
US cargo aircraft should be compelled to fit traffic and collision avoidance systems (TCAS) following two recent near collisions, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended to the Federal Aviation Administration. An alternative system favoured by the US Cargo Airline Association, automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B), ...
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Zeppelin heads for airship approval
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Zeppelin's new-technology airship flight test programme has passed the halfway mark with over 300 flying hours chalked up. The milestone comes 60 years after the German company halted development of its original family of rigid machines following the loss in May 1937 of the Zeppelin Hindenburg after a ...
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London City wins over business aviation traffic
London City Airport's (LCA) courtship of business aviation is finally paying off, with the city centre airport reporting a 130% increase in general aviation traffic this year, compared with the same period last year. "The airport is experiencing a phenomenal growth in popularity due to its close proximity to ...
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Sumburgh Cessna on the rocks
A Benair Cessna 208 Grand Caravan, flown by Norwegian operator Hangar 5, overran runway 27 at Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, UK, on 6 September. It was on a mail and newspaper run from Inverness, Scotland. Witnesses say it overran the runway and came to rest on rocks 150m (500ft) beyond the ...
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Customs dash
Adelaide-based Surveillance Australia has ordered two Bombardier Dash 8Q-200s for the Coastwatch programme it operates on behalf of the Australian Customs Service. The aircraft will be fitted, by Field Aviation of Toronto, with long-range fuel tanks, search radar, forward-looking infrared television camera and satellite communications, and will join three Dash ...
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French engineers in hunt for funding
A group of French aerospace engineers is looking for funding for a "novel concept" for a new pusher light aircraft. To be produced only in kit form, the Aerowings PR-100 would be the first of a new family of pushers ranging from a two-seat 85hp Rotax-powered version to a ...
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Shuttle schedule switched
NASA has switched the launches of the STS100 Endeavour Shuttle Radar Topography and the STS103 Discovery Hubble servicing missions while inspection and repair work continues on the orbiter's electrical wiring (Flight International, 8-14 September). The tentative launch date for STS103 is 28 October, while STS101 is targeted for a ...
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Zimex sold
Swiss charter operator Lions Air has signed a letter of intent to acquire business aircraft maintenance company Zimex Aviation. Zurich-based Zimex, recently sold its share in Netjets Europe to programme owner Executive Jet. The company continues to provide light maintenance for Executive Jet's growing fleet of business jets. Source: Flight ...
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Embraer to develop armed RJ-145 jet
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Embraer plans to develop an armed maritime patrol (MPA) version of its RJ-145 regional jet on the back of an expected launch order from the Mexico for six aircraft. The proposed EMB-145 MPA would be closely modelled on the modified airframe of the remote sensing ...
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Greek F406S deal
Reims Aviation has signed a contract worth Fr90 million ($14.5 million) with the Greek navy for two F406 Surmar maritime surveillance aircraft for the national coast guard. A further aircraft is on option. The Surmars will be equipped with a side-looking airborne radar, infrared line scanner, forward looking infrared and ...
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BAe to relaunch regional jet family with update of RJ85
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC British Aerospace expects to launch development of the re-engined Avro RJ-X programme with the RJ-85 as a result of stronger market interest in the smallest version of the regional jet family. Two unbuilt RJ airframes have been allocated to the development programme, aircraft serial numbers ...
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Capital aircraft
Welsh charter operator Capital Trading Aviation (CTA) has acquired a new five-seat Cessna Golden Eagle. The aircraft will join the Cardiff-based operator's charter fleet, consisting of two Piper Chieftains. Source: Flight International
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Airports
South African president Thabo Mbeki opened a new passenger terminal at Johannesburg International Airport on 27 August. The R259 million ($43 million) development makes the airport the largest and busiest on the African continent. It handles 10 million passengers annually. The Kobe municipal government in Japan has reached agreement with ...
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Falcon approval
Dassault Aviation has won US certification for the improved Falcon 900C business jet. The aircraft combines the 7,400km (4,000nm)-range Falcon 900B airframe with the Honeywell Primus 2000 integrated avionics of the longer-range 900EX. Dassault, which has an "18-month order backlog for every Falcon", including 51 Falcon 2000s for Executive Jet's ...
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First Century Jet risk-sharer signs
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Century Aerospace has signed the first of five risk-sharing partners to help fund and develop its Century Jet CA-100. The remaining contractors will be announced at the US National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention in October, a year after the six-seat aircraft was transformed from a single to ...
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New Zealand passes cockpit voice recorder legislation
The New Zealand Parliament has approved long-awaited legislation to make the use of cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) mandatory in commercial aircraft. The law makes a major concession to pilots' unions, however, in specifying that CVR recordings will not be used for any purpose other than accident investigation. The Transport ...
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Namibia's QuickJet heads for South African start in BA livery
Hilka Birns/WINDHOEK New Namibian airline QuickJet Aviation has confirmed it is negotiating with South Africa's Comair to launch a joint operation between Namibian capital Windhoek and South Africa on 1 November, using a British Aerospace 146. QuickJet's chief executive Frank Aldridge, formerly the commercial manager at Air Namibia, says ...
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FAA selects Arinc to develop datalink
ARINC has been awarded a five-year contract by the US Federal Aviation Administration to support the development and initial operational capability of controller-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) in the US national airspace system (NAS). The aeronautical communications specialist will develop a prototype CPDLC system in conjunction with the FAA's William ...
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Safety suite set to make Atlanta NBAA debut
AlliedSignal's new flight information service (FIS) is the centrepiece of a general aviation (GA) safety avionics suite to be unveiled at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention in Atlanta, Georgia, in October. The system will combine colour weather graphics received via the FIS datalink with the enhanced ground ...