All General aviation articles – Page 593
-
News
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. ...
-
News
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 ...
-
News
Huey converted for firefighting role
Simplex has modified its Model 304 fire attack system to work on board the Bell UH-1H helicopter. The Oregon-based company received US certification in May after using an Idaho Helicopters-owned UH-1H for the test work. According to Simplex, no airframe modifications are required to fit the 304 and after ...
-
News
Raytheon nears Premier I decision
Raytheon Aircraft is close to announcing a date for the delayed roll-out of its Premier I light business jet. Three flight test aircraft are in the final stages of assembly at Wichita, Kansas, and the manufacturer has added a fourth aircraft to the flight test programme in an effort ...
-
News
FAA finalises parachute testing
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The US Federal Aviation Administration is close to completing tests on a parachute system that will allow Cirrus Design's SR20 aircraft to decelerate and drift down to the ground in the event of a mechanical failure or other emergency. Tests on the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) ...
-
News
GPS takes over US non-precision flying
Operators at US provincial airports and airfields will soon be able to use satellite navigation equipment to carry out non-precision approaches for which distance measuring equipment (DME) and automatic direction finders (ADF) are now used. The Federal Aviation Administration has given notice that it will approve the new procedure ...
-
News
Performance Skyhawk
Cessna adds muscle to a proven performer and brings some unexpected benefits to the 172Dave Higdon/Wichita Preconceptions can be risky when you are experiencing something new and different. You may think you have "been there, done that" - but then you realise you have never been there at all. Such ...
-
News
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
-
News
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 ...
-
News
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 ...
-
News
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 ...
-
News
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 ...
-
News
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 ...
-
News
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 ...
-
News
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
-
News
UK certification for Eurocopter EC 135
Eurocopter has received UK Civil Aviation Authority certification for its EC135 twin turbine helicopter. The French manufacturer has clocked up more than 120 orders for the EC135 to date. The Central Counties consortium air support unit, which incorporates the West Mercia and Staffordshire police forces, is to take delivery of ...
-
News
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 ...
-
News
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 ...
-
News
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 ...
-
News
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. ...