All General aviation articles – Page 612
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Stevens
Aircraft maintainer Stevens Aviation, of Greenville, South Carolina, has promoted Sheldon Early to vice-president of business development. Before joining Stevens in 1995, he was with US Department of Defense contractor AEL Industries of East Alton, Illinois. Source: Flight International
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A J Walter
UK aircraft-spares supplier and overhauler A J Walter Aviation of Partridge Green, Sussex, has named Sean McKiernan technical director. He was formerly with Maersk Air Engineering. Iain Sturrock becomes commercial director. Until 1996, he was with Jet Aviation in Basle, Switzerland. Source: Flight International
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EU Single-engine operations
Sir - I believe that your readers, the industry and the European Commission (EC) should be made aware that the Executive Committee of the UK Civil Aviation Authority intends to propose an amendment to the Air Navigation Order (ANO) (No2). This is in clear breach of EC Regulations, according to ...
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New ICAO protocol tackles cross-border leasing 'nightmare'
David Learmount/London An international "regulatory nightmare" has been resolved by a new International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) protocol on cross-border aircraft leasing. The protocol, Article 83 bis, clears the state of the aircraft's registration to agree transfer of the responsibility for the aircraft's safety oversight to ...
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Aviall to stock props
Dallas, Texas-based aviation-parts distributor Aviall has signed a deal with McCauley Propeller Systems to stock and sell McCauley propellers around the world. Cessna Parts Distribution will retain sales responsibility for its network of Cessna Service Centers and join Aviall in supplying McCauley Service Centers. Source: Flight International
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Jetcruzer 500P first flight is completed
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures' (AASI) Jetcruzer 500P business turboprop had its maiden fight on 22 August. The 500P, which is an upgraded, higher-speed version of the Jetcruzer 450, had a 45min flight from the US manufacturer's base at Long Beach, California. AASI plans to synchronise amended US Federal ...
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Robin relaunches the R118 with four-seat upgrade
French general-aviation manufacturer Avions Pierre Robin is re-introducing an upgraded version of its four-seat R118 Aiglon, 17 years after production was halted. Dubbed the Aiglon II, the light aircraft will have minor modifications over the earlier design, although these have yet to be disclosed. Like its predecessor, the ...
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Simcom
Tracy Brannon has become vice-president for training at US simulator-training firm Simcom International, of Orlando, Florida. She is succeeded by Thomas Evans as Orlando training-centre manager. He was formerly Pilatus PC-12 programme manager and Piper Navajo programme manager . Source: Flight International
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Dassault contracts
Dassault Aviation has signed an agreement with a second North American company for maintenance and servicing on its range of business jets. Garrett Aviation Services in Arizona will provide maintenance and parts over six years on new Falcon 50EX, 2000, 900B and 900EX models through its new Total Aircraft Service ...
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Hartzell issues propeller order
Hartzell Propeller has issued a service bulletin requiring repetitive inspection of propellers fitted to "hundreds" of Beech, Cessna, Navion, Piper and Twin Commander aircraft manufactured in the 1950s and 1960s. The bulletin affects two- and three-bladed steel-hub units. Hartzell says that service bulletin 217 is a result of ...
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Irish Police receive Defender
Pilatus Britten-Norman (PBN) has delivered the first production version of the BN2T-4S Defender 4000 to the Irish Police. The aircraft is an enlarged variant of the BN2T turbine Islander/Defender, offering increased range, higher payload and a larger cabin area. PBN is scheduled to deliver its second Rolls-Royce Allison 250-B17F-powered Defender ...
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Vantage debut
VisionAire plans to display the proof-of-concept prototype of its Vantage single-turbofan business jet at the US National Business Aviation Association show in Dallas, Texas, on 22-25 September. Some 55 flights, totalling 100h, have been completed at Scaled Composites in Mojave, California. The aircraft is to be based from October at ...
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ValuJet probe shows cockpit shortcoming
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Improved cockpit emergency training might have prevented pilots of a ValuJet McDonnell Douglas DC-9 from being overcome by smoke and fumes from a cargo fire, says the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The verdict follows its probe into the fatal crash of ...
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New Swiss centre
Signature Flight Support and Zimex Aviation officially inaugurated their joint business-aviation centre and flight-support operation at Zurich Airport, Switzerland on 22 August. The centre, which includes a 2,415m2 (26,000ft2) maintenance hangar, is intended to offer support for every type of business aircraft. Source: Flight International
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More than collision avoidance
Harry Hopkins/LONDON An unplanned-for side-effect of the fitting of the traffic-alert and collision- avoidance system (TCAS) to airliners - compulsory already in the USA, and shortly to be so in Europe - is that pilots can have a much greater awareness of the positions of other aircraft around ...
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Atlantic investors plan fixed-based expansion
USAVIATION-SERVICE company Atlantic Aviation has agreed to be acquired by the Legg Mason investment fund in a move designed to provide the backing for ambitious expansion plans. The company, which employs about 500 people at five US fixed-base operations (FBOs) and a business-aircraft maintenance and modification base at ...
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Anglo American Airmotive
Anglo American Airmotive sales and marketing director John Norris (left) and sales executive Derrick Ings stand in front of a Piper Seneca V at the company's Bournemouth base. Orders have been placed with the company for 17 new Piper aircraft, 12 of them during June and July, making Anglo American ...
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Global Aircraft puts flexible propeller under test
A flexible self-optimising propeller which combines the advantages of fixed-pitch and constant-speed units is being tested by US firm Global Aircraft of Starkville, Mississippi. Production of the Quasi-Constant-Speed (QCS) propeller, priced at $3,500, is set to start this month, initially aimed at experimental aircraft. Production of units certificated for general-aviation ...
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Peru regains top ranking
Peru has become the first Latin American country to regain Category I status for safety oversight from Washington, but officials in the region are wary over claims that the US Federal Aviation Administration will upgrade other Latin American countries still on the 'black list.' 'This as not at ...
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FAA falters over charges
Under a barrage of protest from overseas governments and pressure at home, the Federal Aviation Administration may back down and modify its position on overflight fees. A senior official at the FAA confirms that most of the comments received on the overflight ruling are negative. Before the current ...