All General aviation articles – Page 574
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Mergers
Pan Am parent Guilford Transportation Industries is planning to buy ailing Nations Air. The purchase could hasten Pan Am's shift to scheduled operations - a move that might also be aided by the US FAA's decision to suspend, rather than revoke, the air operator's certificate of Kiwi International Airlines, in ...
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Raytheon trims Premier I tests
AndrewDoyle/FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Raytheon has cut the planned flight test programme for its Premier I light business jet by 200h following better-than-expected performance data from initial flights. The company is aiming to win US Federal Aviation Administration and European Joint Aviation Authorities certification by the end of this year, around ...
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Raytheon to up Premier 1 production
Raytheon plans to increase production of its Premier 1 business jet from 48 to 60 aircraft a year to satisfy demand for its entry level business jet. The Wichita, Kansas-based manufacturer has more than 150 orders for the aircraft and anticipates more sales following its eight-city European tour, which ...
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FAA switches Y2K focus abroad after ATC passes test
The US Federal Aviation Administration is focusing its year 2000 (Y2K) compliance efforts on the international arena after a live test of its renovated air traffic control (ATC) system revealed no date-related problems. The test, conducted in the Denver, Colorado area on 10-11 April, involved all the major elements ...
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Privatisation fuels Romanian business aircraft traffic boom
Romania is witnessing an unprecedented growth in business aircraft traffic, boosted by the former communist country's 10-year privatisation programme. President of business aircraft handling company Romanian Airports Authority (RAS), Dorin Ivascu, says: "Privatisation has drawn international companies to Romania [including US industrial group Biofarm, which recently acquired aircraft manufacturer ...
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Westwind brings training order to New Piper
New Piper Aircraft has signed a $3.3 million deal with Arizona-based Westwind Aviation Academy to supply 19 aircraft for use in its ab initio pilot training programme. Based at Phoenix Deer Valley Airport, Westwind will begin taking delivery of the aircraft in July, to replace Cessna 172s and 172RGs. ...
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Neighbourly helicopter
Eurocopter's "neighbourly helicopter" programme has given rise to the EC120 and EC135, which have noise levels 6dB lower than the International Civil Aviation Organisation standard, making them the quietest in the business. This year, the work will progress with a demonstration of the EC155 main rotor, fenestron and inlet, ...
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Perfect partner?
CASA's Alberto Fernandez has steered the Spanish manufacturer in a clear strategic direction, creating 'a lovely bride' for European manufacturers courting it Julian Moxon/MADRIDFor a 75-year-old national aerospace company on the verge of being sold to one of four European suitors, it would seem reasonable to assume that the atmosphere ...
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EH101 joins the Tokyo Metropolitan Police
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police (TMP) force has taken delivery of an Agusta/GKN Westland EH101. The medium-lift, multirole helicopter, which is fitted to carry 30 passengers in a standard central aisle cabin configuration, replaces a Kawasaki KV-107. The EH101, which has a rear ramp, will be used to patrol ...
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Cessna tackles 172R and 172S stabilisers
Cessna Aircraft has issued its third mandatory service bulletin in less than a month, requiring a new round of inspections of 172R Skyhawks and 172S Skyhawk SP singles delivered during the past two years. The latest bulletin requires the inspection of the aircraft's vertical stabiliser aft spar, and rivets ...
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Cirrus resumes SR20 assembly despite demonstrator crash
Dave Higdon/WICHITA Cirrus Design has resumed production of the SR20 single-engined four-seat business aircraft, as the investigation continues into the crash of the first demonstrator. The first production SR20 crashed on 23 March, killing Cirrus Design's chief test pilot, Scott Anderson (Flight International, 31 March-6 April). Despite the crash, ...
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Air ambulance training
Norway's state-run air ambulance service, Statens Luftambulanse, has signed a contract with the SAS Flight Academy for the training of around 120 ambulance helicopter pilots. It will provide training for Norwegian air ambulance operators Airlift, Norsk Luftambulanse and Lufttransport. Source: Flight International
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Fuel approval
The US Federal Aviation Administration has approved the use of a new aviation gas for use in thousands of piston aircraft, already approved to burn unleaded car fuel. The approval should help to spur the introduction of the 82-octane lead-free aviation gas, 82UL, as a replacement for 80-octane leaded avgas. ...
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New avionics and engines for Bonanzas
Raytheon Aircraft has introduced new engines and upgraded avionics for its three general aviation piston aircraft, following two years of development. New Beech Bonanzas and Barons will be equipped with Raytheon Special Edition engines, built by Teledyne Continental of Alabama. The powerplant features internal mass balancing of all reciprocating ...
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LoPresti's SwiftFury prototype makes first flight
The prototype SwiftFury made its first flight earlier this month, after LoPresti Speed Merchants founder and president Roy LoPresti secured the rights to the design of the two-seat sports aircraft earlier this year. The SwiftFury is based on Globe Aircraft's Globe Swift design of the 1940s. In the late ...
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Telescope tested for Shuttle launch
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory, formerly the Advanced X-Ray AstroPhysics Facility, is in final testing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in preparation for its launch aboard the Space Shuttle STS93/Columbia on 9 July. The Chandra is the third of NASA's "great observatories", after the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ...
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Lynton plans revamp
Lynton Group aims to have restructuring plans in place next month, following its latest acquisition in the general aviation market. It has become "a major equity partner" in Stratford, Connecticut-based corporate jet charter and management company Premier Aviation. Lynton has not released purchase details. Premier is the fourth acquisition ...
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Malibu mandate
The US Federal Aviation Administration is considering issuing an airworthiness directive ordering replacement of the wing-attach hardware to more than 180 Piper Malibus, following New Piper's fears that the steel used may not be as strong as intended. Florida-based New Piper claims that the parts were "annealed instead of normalised ...
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Legend Airlines plans lift-off before 2000
Completion of terminal construction at Dallas Love Field and finalisation of the US Federal Aviation Administration's Part 121 operating certificate process is expected to allow Legend Airlines to initiate services from the Texas airport in September. Plans to begin interstate business-class operations using 56-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s may be ...
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Eurocontrol monitors Europe's ACAS progress
Emma Kelly/LONDON Eurocontrol is sending questionnaires to all users of European airspace to determine operators' ability to meet Europe's airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS II) mandate, which takes effect from 1 January, 2000. The European ACAS mandate calls for all civil fixed-wing turbine-engined aircraft with a maximum take-off ...