All General aviation articles – Page 576
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Proposed US-EU dialogue may ease tensions
Alan George/BRUSSELS The European Union and the US Government have discussed the establishment of a 'structured dialogue' aimed at defusing aviation tensions between the two sides. The talks, between EC Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock and US Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, took place in Brussels last week. Slater went to ...
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Eaglet approval set back to later this year
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON EURO-ENAER has pushed back certification of its two-seat single-engined Eaglet trainer to the second half of the year. The manufacturer blames delays in the flight testing programme caused by "poor weather" and teething problems with European Joint Aviation Requirement (JAR) 23 certification procedures. "We were planning to certificate ...
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Tupolev design bureau to merge with Aviastar factory
Russia's Tupolev aircraft design business and its Aviastar manufacturing facility are to merge, forming the first commercial partnership between Tupolev and a production factory. The government has issued a decree on the integration of the companies. Alexander Knievel, head of aviation at the economics ministry, says a business plan ...
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Trimble terminates GA avionics production
Trimble is planning to halt general aviation avionics production by May, following the rumoured collapse of a deal to sell its product line. The sale by Trimble of subsidiary Terra, set up four years ago to handle the Terra avionics product line, is also expected to fall through. Sunnyvale, ...
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Mooney study resurrects plan to build pressurised piston single
Mooney Aircraft is considering adding a pressurised piston single to its line-up - 30 years after its last attempt to market a similar type, the Mustang. The Kerrville, Texas-based company has commissioned a feasibility study of the cost of development, which should be completed in the third quarter. ...
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EC resignations delay new rules
Alan George/BRUSSELS New European aviation initiatives have been put on hold following the mass resignation of top officials at the European Commission (EC) in the wake of a damning report into fraud and cronyism at the Brussels headquarters of the European Union. Despite the chaos caused by the resignations ...
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Survey goes for Gold
Gold Air International has secured a contract from Ordnance Survey to undertake aerial photography missions across the UK. The air charter operator will use Piper Chieftains (above) and Aztecs based at Blackpool to undertake around 700h of air survey data work annually over four years.Source: Flight International
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Found after 30 years - the new Bush Hawk wins certification
A Canadian light utility aircraft is back in production after 30 years, following Transport Canada certification of Found Aircraft's Bush Hawk, an updated version of its original FBA-2C. Deliveries will begin in April, against initial orders for 11 aircraft. First deliveries of the all-metal five-seater will be to Reliance Airways ...
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Rockwell focuses on enhanced weather AWAREness for pilots
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES An enhanced weather briefing and reporting tool for general aviation (GA) pilots is to be demonstrated to US flight schools and fixed base operators in California, Iowa and Maryland. The Advanced Weather and Reporting Enhancements (AWARE) tool is being developed by the Rockwell Science Centre, Rockwell ...
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Indonesia pushes for transport safety board
Andrzej Jeziorski/JAKARTA The head of Indonesia's Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission is pushing for the formation of a body, modelled on the US National Transportation Safety Board, to take control of air safety issues by 2004. The move is being pursued in the wake of the much-criticised investigation into ...
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IMC poised to secure funding for Centaur
IMC Warrior is "close" to securing about £15 million ($24 million)to kick-start full-scale development of its six-seat Centaur light amphibious aircraft. "We are confident that the funding will be in place by the end of the year," says Centaur designer James Labouchere. The UK company, which has already flown ...
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'Irregularities' ground flying college
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) grounded China Southern's flying college near Perth, Western Australia, on 27 February, following the resignation of the college's chief pilot/chief flying instructor (CFI). The safety authority says that, although the college had nominated a new CFI, the authority had delayed its approval of ...
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Helicopter flat-panel displays get video and maps
Rogerson Kratos is upgrading its helicopter flat-panel display systems to handle video and moving maps. The improvements are being developed for the Bell 412 and will be incorporated later in the 427. Video input capability will allow the company's integrated instrument display systems (IIDS) to handle forward-looking infrared images, ...
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ICAO leads way with enhanced proximity warning proposals
David Learmount/AMSTERDAM In a visible break with tradition, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is set to make mandatory the use of flight data analysis (FDA) and enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS) even though they have not yet been declared requirements in any member state. Previously, the organisation ...
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Raytheon first
Hainan Airlines has purchased a Beechjet 400A and a Hawker 800XP for charter operations, the first business jets Raytheon Aircraft has sold into China. The Beechjet entered service in February and the Hawker will follow later this year. A Hawker 800XP operated by Macau-based Jet Asia is due to enter ...
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IATA outlines Y2K plans
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE David Learmount/LONDON Fear of year 2000 (Y2K) "bugs" in air traffic services (ATS) computers is almost certain to cause flight delays and cancellations to varying degrees, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has calculated. Plans revealed for Asia-Pacific assume the need to reduce the capacity of ...
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Pilot error still main cause of US accidents
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Judgement failures by pilots remain the leading cause of US general aviation (GA) accidents, says the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's Air Safety Foundation (ASF). A just-completed examination of US accidents in 1997 involving fixed-wing GA aircraft under 5,670kg (12,500lb) gross weight shows that 74% ...
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Alleged rule bending stymies BA plans to start Italian airline
Chris Jasper/LONDON Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Secret British Airways plans to establish a franchised airline in Italy have been hit by allegations that Australian regional carrier National Jet Systems (NJS), which had aimed to launch the service, has been trying to circumvent European regulations to gain an air operators certificate ...
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Eurocopter boosts its sales in USA
Eurocopter's US arm has announced a clutch of helicopter sales to North American air medical operators and law enforcement agencies. Corporate Jets, which operates 36 emergency medical service (EMS) bases across the USA, has taken delivery of its first EC135. Five more will be delivered over the next five ...
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News in Brief
Top of the Props Hartzell Propeller has won new certifications for its Top Prop series of three-blade propellers. The design is now approved on Cessna's A188 Agwagon as well as on Raytheon Aircraft's Bonanza A36 and B36TC. Flexjet expands Customers for Bombardier's FlexJet business jet ...