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Toyota stops work on petrol engine project
Toyota has halted development of its FV4000-2TC petrol engine, five years after the project began, blaming the powerplant's lack of "commercial viability" as the reason behind the 19 March announcement. The project was set up in January 1993 by the Tokyo, Japan-based car manufacturer and Hamilton Standard in the ...
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Certification near
Elliott Aviation of Moline, Illinois is close to supplemental type certification of AlliedSignal's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System on the Raytheon Beechjet 400 and Beech King Air 200/300/350 aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Mirage propelled
New Piper Aircraft has introduced a Hartzell composite bladed propeller on its Malibu Mirage high performance piston single. Compared with the original two- blade metal propeller, the new design, with three swept Kevlar blades, improves low speed performance and reduces noise with only a small weight penalty. Source: Flight ...
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General aviation flying hours rise in USA for third consecutive year
Hours flown on US-registered private aircraft increased from 26.1 million in 1996 to 26.5 million in 1997, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration. The agency is forecasting an average annual growth rate of 1.4% to 31.3 million hours in 2009. The FAA uses the number of flying hours ...
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Harbin agrees North American Y-12 sales deal
Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing (HAMC) of China has concluded a joint venture agreement to supply Y-12(IV) turboprop airframes to the Canadian Aerospace Group for modification, final completion, certification and sale to the North American market. The deal concluded in Beijing covers the supply of to 50 Y-12s over the next ...
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China joins worldwide trend for outside airport investors
China is looking overseas for investors in its airports Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is to release investment guidelines later this year to enable foreign companies to take up to a 49% stake in the country's airports. The move follows ...
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Heavy SJ30-2 given Part 23 exemption
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Sino Swearingen Aircraft has received US Federal Aviation Administration permission to certificate its SJ30-2 light business jet under Part 23 commuter category rules, allowing a higher take-off weight. The company plans to certificate the SJ30-2 at a maximum take-off weight of 5,990kg, above the 5,670kg ...
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Operators fight Heathrow slot proposal
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Business jet operators at London Heathrow are considering legal action in a bid to stop a UK Government approved slots co-ordinator from introducing what they consider to be damaging changes to the slot allocation process at the airport. The Heathrow Executive Jet Operators Association (HEJOA) is ...
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Latin timeshare
New Piper Aircraft's Argentine distributor, Buenos Aires-based Piper Argentina/ Hangar Uno, has launched a shared ownership programme offering quarter shares in the Malibu Mirage, Seneca V, Saratoga IIHP/TC and Archer III. Source: Flight International
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Orenda completes certification tests on Vee-8
Orenda Recip has completed certification tests on the OE-600 high-power Vee-8 piston engine. Transport Canada's approval was granted at the end of March, climaxing a prolonged development and certification effort, which began in 1994 when the Canadian company acquired the engine programme. Certification allows OE-600 production to begin, initially ...
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FAA delay hinders airline ACAS efforts in Europe
Emma Kelly/BRUSSELS The delay in US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the latest traffic collision and avoidance system (TCAS II) version equipment is hampering airlines' efforts in meeting European airborne collision avoidance systems (ACAS II) requirements, delegates at a recent Eurocontrol conference in Brussels were warned. The European ...
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Asia's fireless dragons
Traditionally cosy and secure, nestling in the world's highest growth region, can Asian airlines find the panic button now that the bad times are here? For some the bottle is always half empty, to others it's half full. But to proclaim the virtues of a bottle with just the ...
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BM gets itchy US feet
After a 15 year break, British Midland is planning a comeback on the North Atlantic, with a request for route licences to the US. The airline wants to fly from London/Heathrow to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and Washington DC. The application ...
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Busy Socata is forced to delay Tangara
Julian Moxon/PARIS Production of the Socata Tangara light twin is to be delayed by up to a year, as the French manufacturer meets increased demand for subcontracting work and its TBM700 single. French certification of the Textron Lycoming 0-360-A1G6 powered Tangara was obtained in December 1997, with production start-up originally ...
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Cessna confirms its plan for skyhawk SP
Cessna has confirmed plans to introduce a new version of the Skyhawk (Flight International, 18-24 March). The new Skyhawk SP will use the same Textron Lycoming IO-360-L2A as the 172R Skyhawk, but with a fuel injected engine certificated at 135kW (180shp) rather than at 120kW. Improved aircraft performance is coupled ...
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Second Sikorsky Skycrane is converted for use as firefighter
Erickson Air-Crane is remanufacturing a second Sikorsky S-64 and offering it to operators as a firefighting "Helitanker". Oregon-based Erickson bought the S-64 Skycrane type certificate from Sikorsky in 1992. The company developed more than 100 modifications for the helicopter before producing its first Air-Crane in July 1997. The zero-time ...
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FAA scrambles to defuse timebomb
Tick, tick, tick. The millennium bomb is counting down, potentially to wreak havoc just as champagne corks and fireworks explode to welcome in the new century. Like most bombs, until the fuse is lit no-one is quite sure whether this will be a dud or a disaster, but there ...
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Mobile navaid test
Intertechnique's new automatic navaid inspection system (ANIS) has been certificated by the French civil aviation authority, the DGAC, for up to Category 3a instrument landing systems. The French company says that ANIS avoids the use of test aircraft and thus offers considerable savings. Source: Flight International
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Toyota plans
Toyota Motors is developing a four seat light aircraft and a diesel powerplant, according to Japanese press reports. A prototype is scheduled to fly at the end of 1999. Toyota has reportedly earmarked ´100 billion ($765 million) for the project. Source: Flight International
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Stage III starts F28 hushkit development work
Stage III Technologies has begun developing a hushkit for the Fokker F28 to enable it to meet latest International Civil Aviation Organisation noise legislation. The unit being developed for the F28's Rolls-Royce Spey 555 engines is based on a Stage 3 hushkit already under way for the Spey 511-powered ...