All General aviation articles – Page 592
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Business jet operators fail in court battle over Heathrow
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Business jet operators at London Heathrow Airport have lost their legal battle to prevent the introduction of a new slot allocation procedure at Europe's busiest hub. The Heathrow Executive Jet Operators Association (HEJOA) failed to convince the High Court that the changes introduced on 6 May ...
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North Korea agrees to open up Pyongyang overland route
North Korea has agreed to the opening of the first overland route through the Pyongyang flight information region (FIR), clearing the way for more direct flights from Japan to China and Europe. International flights have also been started on two new air routes through Afghanistan between Asia and Europe. ...
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Rotterdam seeks general aviation restrictions after complaints
The Municipality of Rotterdam in the Netherlands is calling for new restrictions on general aviation at its airport. Working in conjunction with airport authorities and the General Aviation at Rotterdam Airport (GARA) group ,which represents user interests at the airport, the local authority has signed a declaration agreeing to ...
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Joint venture
Avidyne and Trimble have joined forces to market a flat-panel central flight information display for general aviation aircraft. Trimble will sell the display as part of its TrimLine avionics suite. Source: Flight International
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Detection opposition
The US National Air Transportation Association is opposing a Federal Aviation Administration proposal to require business aircraft used for on-demand charter to be equipped with fire detection and suppression systems in Class D baggage compartments, arguing that there have been no cargo fires in such compartments. Source: Flight International
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Power demand delays Koala tests
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Agusta has pushed back certification of its A119 Koala single-turbine helicopter to the fourth quarter of this year. The Italian company cites two reasons - plans to enhance the aircraft's performance in response to customer demands, and the need to concentrate on satisfying high demand for its ...
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FAA and Coast Guard to maintain Loran-C
The US Federal Aviation Administration and Coast Guard have agreed to keep the Loran-C navigation system in service beyond its planned termination date of 31 December, 2000 in a move which will be welcomed by the general aviation sector. The decision, which must be approved by transportation secretary Rodney ...
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B/E takes larger slice of general aviation cabin interiors market
B/E Aerospace is making further inroads into the general aviation aircraft interiors market, having agreed "in principle" to acquire Aerospace Lighting (ALC). The deal is expected to be finalised by the end of the month. This would be the third acquisition in as many months by the Florida-based commercial ...
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Calling all choppers
Paul Lewis/GIFU, JAPAN Japan can best be summarised as a geographically compact and mountainous island nation of 120 million inhabitants, the bulk of whom are tightly squeezed into an urban coastal belt. The country therefore presents some fairly unusual challenges when it comes to disaster relief planning, in which ...
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AlliedSignal dispute Beriev Be-200 claims
AlliedSignal has refuted claims by Beriev that it is responsible for new delays to the maiden flight of its Be-200 twin-turbofan amphibian. The Russian company had alleged that non-arrival of avionics from AlliedSignal, coupled with funding shortages, had stopped the aircraft making its first flight. The absence of the ...
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Conair anxious to introduce fire-fighting C-130
Canadian fire-fighting specialist Conair hopes to introduce its first Lockheed Martin C-130 aerial tanker by the start of the 1999 fire season. The Abbotsford, British Columbia-based company says it has been "frustrated" in its efforts to find suitable C-130s, or civil L-100s, for conversion because delays in the development ...
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France tightens up noise regulations
The French Government has imposed strict new noise regulations at Paris Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget airports as part of concessions won by the local community allowing it to build a further two runways. In the run-up to the European Union's total ban on older, non-Chapter 3 compliant, ...
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Firing up for sales
Graham Warwick/WASHINTON DC With wildfires making headlines from California to Florida, Bombardier believes it has picked the right time to step up efforts to sell its CL-415 waterbomber into the USA. Although it is popular in Canada and with southern European nations that face the same seasonal battle against ...
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Eurocontrol free flight show PHAREs favourably
Julian Moxon/PARIS A key "free flight" element of Eurocontrol's ATM2000 air traffic management programme has been demonstrated. The exercise was part of the Brussels-based agency's programme for harmonised air traffic management research (PHARE), which is designed to enable aircraft to fly preferred flight paths in the proposed future ...
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IPTN Phoenix falls before Australian competition decision
IPTN has abandoned its attempt to sell a variant of the CN-235, the CN-235-330 Phoenix, to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to meet the service's requirement for a tactical transport intended to succeed its de Havilland DHC-4 Caribous. The Indonesian aircraft manufacturer is blaming the withdrawal on International ...
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El Gavilan plans US assembly
El Gavilan is looking for a strategic partner in the USA to manufacture and sell its single-engine utility aircraft in the region. The company, which produces the piston-powered Gavilan 358 and is developing the 508T turboprop utility aircraft has already set up an office in Lockhaven, Pennsylvania, which is ...
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Cessna alters singles lines as new ADs loom
Dave Higdon/INDEPENDENCE Changes are being made at Cessna's two-year-old factory for single-engined aircraft production. The changes are designed to end a series of service bulletins and airworthiness directives (AD) issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration which are mostly connected to engineering or assembly failures in the factory. ...
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KLM accounts hint at the true worth of BA slots at Heathrow
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A rare insight into the value of slots at London Heathrow has emerged from a line in the latest KLM accounts which gives details of a deal with British Airways that appears to put a price tag of up to $3 million on each landing and take-off ...
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Dassault will replace 900B
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Dassault Aviation is replacing its Falcon 900B triple-turbofan business jet with an upgraded variant of the aircraft known as the 900C. The Falcon 900C offers the same performance and cabin features as those of the 900B, but has the avionics of the extended range 900EX. The ...
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Robinson designs hydraulics for R44
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Robinson has designed a customised hydraulic flight control system for its R44 four-seat light helicopter, in response to customer demand. "We have completed all the design work and we hope to have it installed on a machine and flying by early September," says Robinson customer support manager ...