All General aviation articles – Page 589
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Chek Lap Kok inquiry highlights computer fiasco
Surprise details have begun to emerge from a public inquiry set up to investigate the controversial opening of Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok. A select committee set up by the Legislative Council to probe the handling of the airport yesterday heard director of civil aviation Richard ...
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Groen wins new gyroplane order from China
Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) says it has secured a further large order for its gyroplanes from Shanghai Energy and Chemicals (SECC) of China . The order is on top of an existing contract for 200 of the Utah-based company's Hawk III gyroplanes, and covers purchase options on further Hawk ...
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UK company seeks funds to work on radical seaplane design
A UK aviation company is searching for financing to continue work on a six-seat light amphibious aircraft which it has under development. Warrior (Aero Marine) claims that its Centaur composite aircraft offers better performance and reduced costs compared with those of rival seaplane designs. Warrior has flown the first of ...
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GLS to debut on Continental flight
Steve Nichols Honeywell will claim a world first later this month when a Continental Airlines MD-83 flight becomes the first revenue service to land using a GPS landing system (GLS). On 21 September, the aircraft will fly two approaches into New York Newark and Minneapolis-St Paul using the ...
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Nightmare scenario puts crash crews to the test
Mark Hannant A mid-air collision of two aircraft during a flying display was the nightmare scenario that faced the site Emergency Services Control unit two days before the show opened. All relevant emergency services were scrambled as the scale of the disaster became clear. Operational control of the ...
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Satnav test flights are Euro milestone
Steve Nichols As visitors were leaving the show on Monday evening a BAe one-eleven took off from Farnborough - and made European aviation history. In a joint venture between UK National Air Traffic Services (NATS), Racal, British Telecom and Inmarsat, the aircraft flew the first wide-area augmentation satellite-based ...
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PZL-Okecie flies P&WC-powered Kruk variant
Polish aircraft manufacturer PZL-Okecie has begun test flights of a new variant of its PZL-106 Kruk agricultural aircraft, powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG turboprop engine. According to the company, the modified aircraft is aimed at the export market, with particular emphasis of sales to South America, ...
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Franco-Italian team to produce nacelles
Potential European alliances are big news in aviation but two companies, one French and one Italian, have jumped the gun and stolen some of the expected thunder from their larger brethren. Hurel-Dubois from France and Italian company Aermacchi have set up a new joint venture company to produce engine ...
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Pair make light work of travel from India
Geoff Thomas Two intrepid adventurers yesterday become the first people to fly from India to the UK - by microlight. They arrived at Farnborough on Tuesday morning having taken 39 days and 135 flying hours. Flying a pair of weight-shift Pegasus Quantum 912s powered by 80hp (60kW) ...
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Industry watchdogs
David Learmount/LONDON Religion, especially in medieval times, used the fear of hell as its most potent weapon to make people believe and behave. The promise of heaven never had quite the same power of persuasion. Those who wish to persuade industry to believe in the Y2K "bug", and ...
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Single minded
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The economic shackles are steadily being removed from the single-engined turboprop market as international aviation authorities reverse their longstanding prohibition on single-engined instrument flight rules (IFR) operations for commercial flights. The impressive safety record of Pratt &Whitney Canada PT6 turbine-powered aircraft has contributed a great deal to the ...
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Turboprop and jet lease fleets all set to merge
Karen Walker British Aerospace Asset Management has completed its three-year strategy programme to stabilise its turboprop portfolio and will now move forward rapidly to merge the company's turboprop and jet operations. Stephen O'Sullivan, the company's executive vice-president, turboprops, says that by the end of 1998 his group will ...
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New amphibian inspired by yacht design ideas
Mike Martin A fresh concept in amphibious aircraft will be unveiled at Farnborough '98. The six-seat Centaur is said by its designer to have resolved key issues associated with amphibians. "The evolution of amphibians over the last 30 to 50 years has tended to show certain drawbacks," ...
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Anglo-French joint venture to tackle fighter technology
Tim Ripley British and French fighter manufacturers have formed a joint venture company to develop the technology for the next generation of European combat aircraft. European Aerosystems brings together British Aerospace and Dassault Aviation in a formal arrangement, which builds on the November 1995 memorandum of understanding between ...
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Gulfstream grows with acquisition of K-C Aviation
Gulfstream Aerospace has completed the purchase of K-C Aviation for $250 million. The acquisition allows the company to expand its aircraft completions, maintenance and parts business, and establishes Gulfstream as a major player in the aircraft engine service market. K-C has facilities in Texas, Wisconsin and Massachusetts, which ...
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BAe puts futuristic spin on village life
Sally Shore Dome that's set to travel the world The largest aviation exhibition staged in Europe is guaranteed to pull in the crowds at this year's Farnborough show. British Aerospace has transformed 11,000m2 of airfield into a futuristic high-tec Partnership Village designed to deliver the ...
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Sikorsky targets firefighting role
The forest fires sweeping across California in the run-up to Farnborough are proof of the increasing market for an effective aerial firefighting capability. Sikorsky says its Firehawk helicopter, destined for the US Army National Guard, has completed 23h of water drop exercises over the summer, using simulated firelines at ...
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Firefighters ready for any emergency
Alex Gallemore It's all hands on deck for the 50 members of the aviation fire crew at this year's airshow. Since October last year fire teams and event organisers have been arranging extra firefighting equipment and crews to be on stand-by for Farnborough '98. Aviation firemen have ...
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MDP vigilant for security breaches
With the recent terrorist bombings in Africa and Omagh, security at Farnborough '98 will be as tight as ever. Some 170 officers from the Military of Defence Police (MDP) will be on duty at this year's show and the main goal will be to ensure that everything runs smoothly. ...