All General aviation articles – Page 597
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Cathay takes first 777-300
Cathay Pacific received the first 777-300 on 21 May, one of seven Rolls-Royce Trent 892-powered aircraft it has on order. The 777 has been awarded 180min extended twin-engine operations by the US Federal Aviation Administration. European clearance is due in August. Delivery of the first of six Thai Airways ...
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British Aerospace aims Jetstream 32EP at Mexico
British Aerospace Asset Management is trying to persuade Mexican regional Aerolitoral to replace its fleet of 27 owned Fairchild Metros with 15 leased Jetstream 32EPs. The approach follows BAe's first deal with a Mexican carrier - to lease five 19-seat J32EPs, with seven options, to Aerocaribe. Cancun-based Aerocaribe, like ...
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Orenda Recip receives FAA certification for Vee-8 OE-600
Orenda Recip has been awarded US Federal Aviation Administration certification for its OE-600 piston engine, four years after the Ontario, Canada-based manufacturer acquired the Dick McCoon "Thunder" engine programme. The company has orders for 150 engines and options on a further 30 to date, which includes re-engineing de Havilland ...
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Japan opens Haneda Airport to GA traffic
Japan's Haneda Airport has re-opened to general aviation traffic, following a 25-year absence, although severe restrictions will apply. The Japan Civil Aviation Board, which operates the Tokyo-based airport, is allowing only four movements each day, which must be taken after 2100. Foreign-registered aircraft are required to land at an ...
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Further closures hit US general aviation airports
General aviation airports in the USA are being closed down at the rate of 70 a year and, if the trend continues, the situation could become catastrophic, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). "The loss of our public use airports is critical, as it has an ...
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Fortis Alliance
Fortis Aviation is selling its Alliance Airinvest subsidiary to ex-Airbus senior executive Stuart Iddles and associates. The company will be renamed Alliance Aviation, and will continue its role in commercial aircraft investment and trading. Fortis will retain a minor shareholding. Source: Flight International
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ATR forecasts revival in turboprop market
ATR is predicting a revival in regional turboprop sales within the next few years, as aircraft come up for replacement. "There is no way all the 30-seaters will be replaced with jets," believes Antoine Bouissou, president of the US arm, ATR Marketing. He calculates that some 450 30-seat turboprops ...
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USA clears singles for instrument flight rules
Commercial single-engine operations under instrument flight rules (SEIFR) have been ruled permissible by the US Federal Aviation Administration, along with a rule which clarifies the aircraft engine requirements. The National Air Transportation Association (NATA), welcoming the long-expected judgement, says that the clarification enables operators to convert aircraft to conform ...
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Dassault details supersonic jet
Julian Moxon/PARIS Dassault Aviation has revealed key details of its planned supersonic business jet (SSBJ), which it says could be flying "by 2004". The manufacturer is still hesitant about the size of the potential market for SSBJs, but Dassault Aviation vice-president Bruno Revellin Falcoz insisted when a model of the ...
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Honeywell will lead real time weather display project
Real time global weather patterns displayed on the flightdeck are on the cards after NASA approval of a development plan by a Honeywell-led team. The work, which promises improved safety and fuel savings, is a part of the space agency's Aviation Safety Programme, which was created in 1997 with ...
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Soloy plans Pathfinder push
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Soloy plans to start a worldwide marketing campaign for its Pathfinder 21 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan twin engined conversion in about September following a successful first flight on 30 April. The Pathfinder 21 is fitted with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6D-114A turboprops powering a single propeller ...
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Reaching for the sky
Dave Higdon/HOUSTON After several false dawns, the much trumpeted renaissance of general aviation in the USA finally appears to have become reality in 1997 - with a hint of a continuing strengthening of the position in years to come, according to figures delivered by the Federal Aviation Administration during the ...
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Hansa-3 trainer flies for the first time
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation's (TAAL) Rotax 914-F3-powered Hansa-3 ab initio trainer made its maiden test flight on 11 May. The programme was conceived in 1989 as a joint venture between India's TAAL and Government-owned National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL). TAAL will market and manufacture the aircraft from its Hosur, Bangalore, ...
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Controlling the future
David Learmount/LONDON There was a deafening silence from UK National Air Traffic Services (NATS) between 5 April and 13 May. At the beginning of the period, NATS had somewhat nervously announced that it had run the first full "operational" test of the much delayed new en route air traffic ...
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Public offering cuts down Forstmann's
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced a $775 million public offering that will reduce investment firm Forstmann Little's remaining stake in the Canadian business aircraft manufacturer to less than 25%. Forstmann, its affiliates and Gulfstream management, hold 43.2% of the company, and will own 25.3% after the stock sale. New ...
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Fast and furious
Dave Higdon/KANSAS CITY Breaking out into the sunshine and levelling off the new Mooney Bravo high-performance piston single just above the cloud at 6,000ft (1,830m) brought home graphically the speed we were making. Billowing cloud tops blurred past the windows at more than 200kt (110km/h) as we raced south ...
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Free flight study finds pilots' workload is not increased
Ian Sheppard/LONDON A Dutch national aerospace laboratory (NLR) study has concluded that workload does not increase when a pilot is given responsibility for separation assurance in a "free flight" air traffic control environment. Ronald van Gent, NLRproject leader, says that the conclusion surprised the research team. "We anticipated a ...
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Chauffair wins JAR 145
The UK's Chauffair has won UK Civil Aviation Authority Joint Aviation Requirement 145 approval for its Farnborough-based maintenance and engineering company. It claims to have the largest fleet of business jets in the UK, with a total of seven aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Martini Ayres
Duijvestijn Aviation has signed a five-year agreement with Martini Airfreight for the lease of two Ayres Loadmasters. The Amsterdam Lelystad Airport-based aircraft sales and leasing company, which has an firm order for five Loadmasters and an option for a further five, is due to take delivery of the first aircraft ...
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Simcom inaugurates first simulator for PC-12
Simcom International has begun operating the first simulator to be available for the Pilatus PC-12. The Orlando, Florida-based company is the exclusive provider of simulator training for the single-turboprop aircraft and built the training device in house. The simulator is qualified initially as a Level 5 flight training device, ...