All General aviation articles – Page 591
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AlliedSignal studies enhanced ground proximity warning
Guy Norris/Redmond An advanced ground proximity warning system for general aviation applications is under study by AlliedSignal and could be given the go-ahead by the end of the year. The system would take advantage of packaging features of the Mk VI enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) now ...
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Ayres takes over Let Kunovice
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH After almost a year of talks, US agricultural and utility aircraft manufacturer Ayres has completed the purchase of 93.6% of Czech regional aircraft producer Let Kunovice. The US company says that it has taken over Let's long-term debt as part of the deal, but declines to disclose the ...
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Commander offers trade-up scheme
Commander Aircraft has introduced a factory-direct trade-up programme. The company hopes this will boost sales of new and used Commander 114B/TC piston singles by making it easier for owners of Beech, Cessna, Mooney and Piper piston singles to trade-in their aircraft. "We offer prospective customers a fair market value for ...
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US fatalities drop
US National Transportation Safety Board figures show that the number of people killed in aviation accidents involving US-registered aircraft fell from 1,093 in 1996 to 976 last year. General aviation fatalities rose, from 631 to 646, but accidents involving US major airlines claimed only eight lives. Source: Flight International
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Kestrel seeks extra funding for family of utility piston singles
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Kestrel Aircraft has pushed back certification and first deliveries of its four-seat, single-engined K-250 utility aircraft to 2000, while it seeks funding for the programme. "Development is ongoing and we are now in the process of ordering tooling for the first production prototype," says Kestrel vice-president ...
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Raytheon prepares to produce Horizon fuselage
Raytheon Aircraft is preparing to produce the first composite fuselage sections for its Hawker Horizon mid-size business jet. The Horizon fuselage will be the biggest pressurised structure yet produced using automated fibre placement, the company says. Raytheon selected fibre placement to produce the fuselage of its Premier I light ...
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Basler Turbo 37 returns to the market
Back on the market is Basler Turbo Conversion's Turbo 34, converted from a Cessna 337 Skymaster by removing the front piston engine and installing a 560kW (750shp) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 turboprop in the place at the rear. With 380kg (840lb) of fuel, the Turbo 34 can cover 1,100km ...
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Boeing deliveries
Boeing has begun delivery of 45 MD 600N light single-turbine helicopters to the US Border Patrol, to replace Hughes OH-6As. Under a $71 million contract, the company will deliver nine aircraft a year. The low noise of the MD600's NOTAR tailrotorless anti-torque system was a major factor in the Border ...
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Record breaker
Dave Higdon/OSHKOSH More than ever before, the annual convention of the US Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) personified a major trade show - without sacrificing its traditional role as a fly-in and air show. Retitled Air Venture Oshkosh '98, the ...
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Raytheon prowls for more co-branding deals
Raytheon Aircraft is to end its King Air marketing agreement with luxury car manufacturer Jaguar after one year, as planned, but is considering similar "co-branding" deals involving its piston-powered aircraft. The manufacturer says the marketing tie-up has been a success, with all but one of 12 Jaguar Special Edition ...
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Commander merger takes it into secondhand jet market
US piston-single manufacturer Commander Aircraft is expanding into the used business jet brokerage and refurbishment market following its merger with publicly traded Aviation General, a new holding company created to provide a vehicle for diversification and acquisitions, according to the group's chairman, Wirt Walker. The first venture by Aviation ...
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Deepwater contract winners will be named shortly
Study contracts for the US Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater System re-equipment programme are scheduled to be awarded within the next two weeks, according to bidders. Just three of the four bidders are expected to move forward into the first phase of the programme to replace the Coast Guard's Deepwater ...
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New Piper rolls out Malibu Meridian
New Piper Aircraft rolled out the first single-turboprop Malibu Meridian on 13 August. "We're on time, we're under budget and we're moving," said chairman Chuck Suma at the roll-out at Vero Beach, Florida. Initial runs have been completed on the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A engine and a first ...
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Cessna training
Cessna has begun shipping its computer-based instruction course for a private pilot's licence to Cessna Pilot Center flying schools. The course, developed jointly with King Schools, includes "virtual" flight lesson previews using digital full-motion video. Source: Flight International
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Cirrus testing
Cirrus Design has completed certification flight testing of the airframe parachute system for the SR20 light aircraft. Deployment was demonstrated at stall and manoeuvring speeds and one turn into a spin. Descent rate at maximum gross weight and 8,000ft (2,400m) altitude was 27ft/s (8.2m/s), equivalent to 24ft/s at sea level. ...
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Eurocontrol wants ACAS delay
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocontrol is calling for the complusory implementation of airborne collision avoidance systems (ACAS) in passenger aircraft to be delayed by up to 15 months, from the existing January 2000 deadline. Introduction of the ACAS 2 standard has already been agreed by the European Civil Aviation Conference ...
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Windshear alert goes on trial in Hong Kong
Pilots flying into Hong Kong's new Chep Lap Kok Airport are being urged to familiarise themselves with a new windshear alerting system, installed after a meteorological investigation revealed that severe turbulence would be encountered for a total of 20h each year. Chep Lap Kok is adjacent to Lantau Island, ...
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Diesel engine launched
Textron Lycoming and Detroit Diesel have launched development of a diesel aero-engine for general aviation aircraft. A prototype 150kW(200hp) turbocharged engine is under test at Lycoming, but a timescale for development and certification has yet to be determined. Both companies say they are pursuing the aero-diesel programme "with full ...
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Two-seat trainer planned
Ultravia Aero International plans to certificate a two-seat trainer, the Pelican 2-100 Tutor, based on its Pelican line of kitplanes. Canadian and US certification is due in mid-1999. Quebec-based Ultravia plans to build four aircraft a month initially. The Tutor, powered by a 75kW (100hp) Bombardier Rotax 912S, will ...
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Europe under attack
The International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations has attacked Europe's new "ATM Strategy for 2000+" airspace modernisation plan for extending air traffic management to previously "unmanaged airspace" used by the general aviation and aerial work communities, which requires them to add equipment. Source: Flight International