All General aviation articles – Page 569
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ATC simulator
Communications and Systems (CS) is showing a tower simulator it has developed for Aeroport de Paris "CDG". It features a full 360deg airfield and traffic display, preparation and management of training exercises, realistic modelling of aircraft and ground vehicles, approach radar display and weather information. CS (Hall 2/F6) has ...
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Gulfstream targets international markets
Karen Walker Gulfstream is basing its international sales organisation in London as part of a push to increase its overseas sales. Bill Boisture, Gulfstream's president and chief executive officer, says the London office will be "...an important first step in expanding the strength of our international team substantially." ...
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Debut for 'flying phone exchange'
History was made at Le Bourget yesterday when the spectacular Halo-Proteus took to the skies in its international debut. This was the first time a stratospheric aircraft had flown at the Paris air show and the first time the aircraft has been seen outside its home base in Mojave, ...
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Weclome return for the popular Cessna
Tamzin Hindmarch A French company has this year started selling new single-engined Cessna 172s, 182s and 206s to buyers in Europe. But for many leisure pilots this year's star of the show is the Cessna F150 Rénové. Reims Aviation has for some time played a key role in ...
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Flood of orders buoys MD Helicopters
Paul Derby MD Helicopters has emerged from its purchase of Boeing's civil helicopter line with a flood of orders, making its debut appearance at Paris a positive affair. The company comes to the show fresh from the sale of 14 helicopters to customers in Latin America and sales ...
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Britten-Norman enjoys new Romanian rhapsody
Britten-Norman (BN) has chosen Paris to show off its newly strengthened capability since acquiring Romanian aerospace company Romaero. BN acquired its long-time airframe subcontractor last January, giving it hands-on control of Romaero Islander/Defender construction. Other Romaero activity that now forms part of the BN Group is structure assembly ...
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Kit aircraft is a real Revelation
Tamzin Hindmarch Small aircraft mean big business for Slipstream president Michael Puhl who has turned his hobby into a thriving enterprise. The Revelation can be seen sitting pretty in front of the USA conference hall at the airshow like a large model aeroplane, and like a model, can ...
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Romanian aerobatic trainer makes world debut
Geoff Thomas The Paris air show marks the world debut of the Romanian-built Aerostar Iak-52W, flown by UK advanced aerobatic champion Mark Jefferies and also on display in the static park. This latest version of the popular Iak-52 aerobatic piston trainer - with a +7/-5g capability - has ...
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Green future for P&W's JT8D family
Geoff Thomas Pratt & Whitney's ubiquitous JT8D-200 family of engines will now be much 'greener', thanks to a new Environmental Kit (E-Kit) combustor system which exceeds all ICAO standards for new production engines. It also qualifies for one of the world's toughest emission categories, Switzerland's Class 5. ...
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Gulfstream flies from strength to strength
Gulfstream Aerospace arrives in Paris in rude financial health with an overflowing order book and projections for a record-breaking year of production. With the Gulfstream V - the ultimate in luxury business travel - entering a third year of customer deliveries and with 141 aircraft sold, president and CEO ...
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Meridian turboprop plays merry tune for Piper
Visitors to Paris '99 can get their first glimpse of the New Piper Aircraft's Malibu Meridian six-seat single turboprop. A mock-up of the aircraft is making its European debut on Piper's stand in Hall 3. Orders for the Meridian, which is on track for a mid-2000 certification, have now ...
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Ground warning help at hand for GA pilots
There are few things that can be said in favour of flying straight towards a large outcrop of Arizona rock that extends rather higher than the current altitude of the aircraft in which you are located. One is that the experience tends to distract you temporarily from what the strong ...
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Second aircraft joins Premier testing programme
Raytheon now has two aircraft in its flight test programme for the Premier I business jet. A second aircraft has made its maiden flight from the company's headquarters in Wichita, Kansas. The second jet's first flight lasted 90min. The aircraft, which will be joined by third and fourth jets soon, ...
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Will the crash damage russian fighter sales?
Yesterday's dramatic and highly public crash of a $34 million Sukhoi Su-30MK during its flying display once again saw two Russian pilots make a seemingly miraculous escape, but their country's aerospace industry may not be so lucky. The question on everyone's mind today - having established the pilots are unharmed ...
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Technology promises breakthrough in air traffic monitoring
Air traffic control could soon be moving from the ground to the air if trials of an Automatic Dependent Surveillance -Broadcast (ADS-B) solution on display at UPS Aviation Technologies' stand (Hall 3/A8) go well. ADS-B is just one new technology on the road to true "free flight". It allows pilots ...
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Runners wanted to start Sprint
Production of the FLS Sprint aerobatic trainer could be resumed if new investors are found to acquire the aircraft programme, valued at $2.75 million. The all metal, two-seat side-by-side light aircraft was sold by Swedish overhaul and maintenance company FLS Aerospace in 1997 after a chequered history. The owner, ...
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Chandra cleared for launch
Tim Furniss/LONDON The STS93 Space Shuttle mission to deploy the Chandra X-ray telescope has been cleared to fly on 22 July. The much-delayed Columbia launch has been put on hold because of concerns about its Boeing inertial upper stage (IUS) after a similar stage failed during a US Air ...
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USA backs Eurocontrol ATM
Julian Moxon/BRUSSELS Eurocontrol has won US support for its approach to a future air traffic management (ATM) system that offers the potential to double airspace capacity by 2015. Presenting the results of its 10-year programme for harmonised air traffic management research (PHARE), the agency says the US Federal Aviation ...
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Cathay sick-out escalates as airline feels rising cost
The Cathay Pacific Airways pilots' "sick-out" is costing the airline millions of dollars daily, and forcing it to wet-lease aircraft from 10 carriers in an attempt to minimise disruption. The action began on 28 May with the cancellation of three flights by pilots who called in sick, claiming excessive ...
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Piaggio tests re-engined P166
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Piaggio Aero Industries has begun flight testing its re-engined P166 twin-turboprop utility aircraft and plans to step up its marketing efforts in an attempt to stimulate demand for the gull-winged aircraft. Certification is scheduled for late next year. The Italian manufacturer, formerly known as Piaggio Industrie Aeronautiche, ...