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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 ...
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AOPA withdraws
The US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration to withdraw airworthiness directives requiring wing changes on American Champion Scout and Aeronca/Bellanca/ Champion Champ-series light aircraft. The association believes that a visual inspection technique developed by the Citabria Owners Group eliminates the need for additional access ...
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Trade links increase
Almost every week, it appears, a US airline announces a new service to Latin America. Almost every month, it seems, a new codeshare agreement is forged between carriers in North and South America. Every year, it is evident, traffic between the two regions continues to grow. Increasing trade is the ...
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Lancair puts back Columbia certification plans
Lancair has revised certification plans for the Columbia 300 piston single, in a bid to keep first deliveries on schedule for year end. The company received a provisional type certificate for the all-composite four seater in July last year, and had planned for full instrument flight-rules (IFR) certification in April. ...
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Dassault targets ASRAAMs for Rafale
Dassault Aviation is considering integrating the Matra BAe Dynamics Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) for export variants of the Rafale combat aircraft. Dassault says that the missile "is available as part of the weapons suite, depending on negotiations". The costs of integrating the missile "would probably have to ...
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AOPA warns Europe's training schools on licencing rule change
David Learmount/LONDON Up to 40% of Europe's pilot training industry will be lost to foreign schools if pressure to amend European pilot licensing regulations goes ahead, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (UK) executive director Pamela Campbell has warned. Campbell was the only Joint Aviation Requirements for Flight Crew ...
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Uprated 172 Skyhawk to bridge Cessna gap
Cessna plans to produce a more powerful variant of its four seat, single engined 172R Skyhawk. The Skyhawk SP is designed to bridge the gap between the 120kW (160shp) 172R and the 182 Skylane. It is believed that the aircraft will be powered by a 135kW Textron Lycoming IO-360 ...
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Sociable climber
Mooney's Encore climbs, descends and cruises like its hot-rod predecessor, but is a machine for serious business flying Dave Higdon/augusta, kansas Mooneys's Encore climbs, descends and cruises like its hot-rod predecessor, but is a machine for serious business flying.What most sticks in mind about one aeroplane or another? Is it ...
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Reims halts plans for new Cessna singles
Lack of demand has prompted Reims Aviation to abandon plans to resume production of Cessna singles for the French market. The company says that it will continue its successful Cessna sales and distribution business, as well as manufacture of the 14-seat Cessna 406 Caravan II, but adds: "We do ...
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Columbia bookins
Lancair has booked its 175th deposit for its new Columbia 300 - the 100th since the all-composite light aircraft was y unveiled inAugust 1997. Certification is due in April. Source: Flight International
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Battling the giants
Closures, airport bans and hostile neighbours have hit general aviation hard in Europe Kate Sarsfield/London EUROPEAN Owners of general aviation (GA) aircraft not only have to face the opprobrium of hostile neighbours, including the occasional sniper, but they are rapidly being deprived of airfields. Barely a week goes by when ...
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Raytheon backs Mexican share plan
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Raytheon Aircraft is backing efforts by its Mexican distributor, Aerolineas Ejecutivas, to establish a business jet fractional ownership programme in Mexico, using Beechjet 400As. The Mex Jet 2000 programme has yet to be launched, but Aerolineas is believed to be close to selling all the available ...
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FAA backs phased free flight
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US government industry advisory body RTCA has "strongly endorsed" phased modernisation of the National Airspace System (NAS), and has recommended sites for the initial deployment of the air traffic management systems that will form most of the "Free Flight Phase 1" effort. The RTCA's Free ...
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Raytheon Premier I enters final assembly
Raytheon Aircraft has mated the fuselage of the first Premier I business jet and is "on track" to meet its revised schedule to be rolled out in May, with a first flight in June. The first wing has already been joined and systems installation is under way. The forward and ...
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Rogerson displays ambitions
Rogerson Kratos is to supply cockpit flat panel displays for an upgraded version of the Bell 412 twin turbine medium helicopter. The company will provide an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) and integrated instrument display system (IIDS). Flight testing is due to begin by the end of the year. ...
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Final Lycoming AD limits inspections
The US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is claiming victory after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a revised airworthiness directive (AD) limiting the impact of crankshaft inspections on Textron Lycoming piston engines. AOPA says that "80% of Lycoming owners will not be affected" by the final rule - ...
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Maiden flight of Ae 270 scheduled for mid-1999
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) and Czech partner Aero Vodochody will begin assembling the first prototype Ae 270 single turboprop utility aircraft by the middle of the year in readiness for a maiden flight in 1999. According to AIDC business manager Paul Yang, the Taichung-based manufacturer has already begun ...
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GE aims to expand oriental engine support ventures
General Electric Engine Services is focusing efforts on firming up planned new engine-overhaul joint ventures in China and the Philippines, following the recent start of its partnership with EVA Airways in Taiwan. GE has confirmed that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Xiamen Aviation Industrial to ...
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Fresh delay puts back Renault diesel engine programme
A new delay in the first flight and certification of the Renault Sport/Socata MR250 four cylinder diesel engine is being attributed to "minor problems" with setting up the powerplant by programme manager Luc Pelon. He denies reports that the engine suffered a major failure while undergoing ground tests. "We ...
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Cessna skips basic certification in effort to keep Excel on schedule
Cessna is proceeding with full certification of the Citation Excel business jet, bypassing basic certification, in a bid to keep the first deliveries on schedule for April. Basic certification, expected in January, has been delayed by staff changes, so the company is proceeding with certification of the autopilot, thrust reversers ...