All General aviation articles – Page 564
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June approval for Rans two-seater
After four years of development and test flying, the S-7C Courier is back on track at Kansas-based Rans, with certification of the $55,000 two-seat sportplane expected next June. The S-7 was designed more than a decade ago as a high-wing, tandem-seat, tailwheel kitplane. Rans has evolved the design for ...
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NJS and BWA link for BA's Italian franchise
Chris Jasper/LONDONBritish Airways is poised to launch an Italian franchise operation with the aid of Australian regional carrier National Jet Systems (NJS). The airline is expected to operate as National Jets Italia and will use the air operator's certificate (AOC) of UK charter carrier British World Airlines (BWA). BA had ...
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Bell to build tiltrotor training centre
Bell Helicopter Textron is to build a BA609 civil tiltrotor training and delivery centre at Alliance Airport, near its Fort Worth, Texas, headquarters. The new site will also be the headquarters for the Bell/Agusta Aerospace joint venture formed by the US and Italian companies to manufacture and market vertical-lift ...
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Gulfstream expands in Caribbean with codeshares
US Regional carrier Gulfstream International Airlines will begin Caribbean codeshare operations for Continental and United Airlines from its new San Juan, Puerto Rico, hub on 1 November. Miami, Florida-based Gulfstream will relocate 19-seat Raytheon Beech 1900C/Ds to San Juan for the new operation. Plans call for six aircraft to ...
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FAA lines up private weather data service
Two private sector service providers have been selected by the US Federal Aviation Administration to uplink weather and other data direct to the cockpits of business and general aviation aircraft. Under the FAA's Flight Information Services programme, Arnav Systems and NavRadio will build and operate competing datalink networks. These ...
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New finance plan drawn up to jump-start stalled Vantage jet
Dave Higdon/WICHITA VisionAire's stalled Vantage development programme will resume in six to eight weeks' time - if the company can raise the funds to begin work on a new prototype of the single-engined business jet, according to chairman Jim Rice. VisionAire reviewed the Vantage design late last year, following problems ...
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Renaissance revives Silvaire
Dave Higdon/OSHKOSH Renaissance Aircraft expects to resurrect production in October of the classic Luscombe 8F Silvaire light aircraft. Maryland-based Renaissance will use international suppliers to keep the base price of the all-metal taildragger at $69,500, president John Deardon said during the Experimental Aircraft Association convention at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, ...
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Schweizer locks up 330SP orders
Schweizer Aircraft has sold two Model 330SP helicopters to the San Antonio police in Texas, to add to two the unit operates." The deal will enable the eighth largest city in the USA to move to standardise its fleet," says Elmira, New York-based Schweizer. The helicopters will be used for ...
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Texas Turbine flies TPE-331 DHC Otter
Texas Turbine Conversions has begun test flying an AlliedSignal TPE331-10 turboprop-converted de Havilland Otter, for which it hopes to win a supplemental type certificate by the end of the year. The 670kW (900hp) engine will replace the Otter's current 450kW Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial piston engine, offering a ...
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Agusta reveals new tiltrotor
Andy Nativi/GENOA An Agusta-led team is seeking European Union (EU) research and development funding for a second generation tiltrotor which uses a tilting outer wing and can take off like a conventional airliner as well as vertically. Italian company Agusta is seeking around 90 million euros ($92 million) ...
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Aviat flies Special
Aviat Aircraft completed the first flight of its resurrected Monocoupe 110 Special on 25 July, reaching speeds of 165kt (305km/h). The Special, based on the 1932 radial-powered Monocoupe design, is driven by an aerobatic 150kW (200hp) Textron Lycoming AEIO-360 turning a 1.95m (78in) Hartzell constant-speed propeller. Certification is planned for ...
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Swiss lessor boosts Galaxy orderbook
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Galaxy Aerospace has reached an agreement in principle with Swiss leasing company ILI Aviation for the purchase of seven Galaxy super mid-size and two Astra SPX mid-size business jets, valued at about $146 million. The deal includes options for another 15 Galaxys and two SPXs which, if ...
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Giving over control
It may be time for governments to shed the burden of air traffic control Emma Kelly/LONDON David Learmount/LONDON Private provision of air traffic services (ATS) may prove to be the way of the future. Canada's ATS is already privatised - but as a trust. The UK has just launched ...
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Diamond prop
MT-Propeller has won German supplemental type certification for a new hydraulic two-blade constant speed propeller for Diamond Aircraft's DA20 and DV20 Katana. According to the general aviation propeller manufacturer, the MTV-21-A is designed to reduce noise significantly, "and offers improved take-off and climb performance". Source: Flight International
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Grimes distributor
AlliedSignal has appointed AAR to distribute its Grimes-brand lighting products, ranging from anti-collision to interior lights, to the business and general aviation markets. Source: Flight International
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Emergency parachute to be offered for Skyhawk
Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) is developing an emergency parachute system for the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. The whole-aircraft recovery system is fitted as standard on the recently certificated Cirrus Design SR20 four-seat piston single. To fund development and certification, Minnesota-based BRS has launched an "initial pilot offering", aimed at enlisting ...
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Utility explorer
Explorer Aircraft is designing three utility aircraft to fill the niche below turboprop utilities. The Australian engineering company says the piston-powered eight to 16-seat Explorer 350R and 500R, and the 750T turboprop, will be characterised by wide tall doors, flat cabin floor and retractable landing gear. Certification testing of the ...
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GV tests low visibility landing system
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCGulfstream will begin flight testing an enhanced vision system (EVS) low-visibility landing aid on a Gulfstream V business jet later this month. The company plans to certificate the EVS on the GV by year-end, and on the GIV-SP later next year. Gulfstream believes it will be the first ...
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Hainan Hawker
Raytheon has delivered a Hawker 800XP to Haikou-based Hainan Airlines, the first Hawker business jet to enter service in China. Hainan will use the aircraft, and a Beechjet 400A delivered by Raytheon in February, for charter operations. Meanwhile, Raytheon Aircraft Services is to expand its maintenance centres in Atlanta, Georgia, ...
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Cirrus hands over first four-seat SR20
Cirrus Design delivered the first single-engined SR20 on 20 July, while the second aircraft handover is imminent. Duluth, Minnesota-based Cirrus has clocked up more than 320 orders for the $179,400, four-seat 160kt (300km/h) aircraft, which is fitted with an airframe parachute system as standard. Cirrus plans to deliver 100 Teledyne ...