All General aviation articles – Page 612
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Rogue RVSM flights cause concern
Kevin O'Toole/AMSTERDAM Air traffic control (ATC) services have warned that the success of new reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) across the North Atlantic is being marred by safety concerns over their inability to discriminate against aircraft not approved to operate within the minima. When the RVSM was ...
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Safer than ever?
Airlines fear the regulation of safety oversight is fragmenting while Icao seeks to stamp its authority on the process. By Doug Cameron. Outsourcing can be taken to extremes. One Asia-Pacific state contracted out its airline licensing and safety oversight functions to a neighbouring country but failed to inform international regulators ...
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Raytheon fractional scheme exceeds initial targets
Raytheon Aircraft says that its Travel Air fractional-ownership programme is growing faster than was expected when the scheme was launched in June. The programme will involve 11 aircraft by the end of 1997, two more than originally projected, and subsidiary Raytheon Travel Air plans to add 16 aircraft in 1998. ...
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VisionAire makes plans to follow Vantage
VisionAire is working on plans for a family of small, all-composite, single-engined jet aircraft which would form a follow-on to its Vantage business jet. Tom Stark, president emeritus of VisionAire and senior vice-president of its Future Works subsidiary, says that the initial family of a two-seat trainer and ...
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Four-seat Phoenix rises from the Squalus
Alberta Aerospace plans to develop a four-seat version of the former Promavia Jet Squalus jet trainer. The Calgary-based company is now working to certificate the basic two-seat, side-by-side version, renamed the Phoenix FanJet, for the airline-pilot ab initio training market. The follow-on pressurised four-seater would be marketed as ...
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New Piper unveils turbine mock-up of Meridian
NEWPIPER Aircraft has unveiled a mock-up of its Malibu Meridian six-seat turbine-single, further boosting this burgeoning sector of the aircraft market. The Meridian is based on Piper's Malibu Mirage pressurised piston-single, and is the company's first turboprop since the Cheyenne production line was halted several years ago. The ...
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Sydney syndrome
As Australia's government prepared to launch the second phase of its airport privatisations in October, the difficulty of finding a buyer for Sydney remained a significant cloud on the horizon. By Tom Ballantyne.Three down, 15 to go and one odd man out. That constitutes a pretty good summary of where ...
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Falcon Jet
Falcon Jet of Teterboro, New Jersey, has named Marc Valle, formerly programme manager for the Falcon 900 and 900EX at Dassault Aviation in Velizy, France, vice-president of programmes. Carlos Mejia becomes field service representative to support Falcon operations in Mexico and Central America. He was formerly a Falcon maintenance instructor ...
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Lufthansa fights fires
German national carrier Lufthansa will begin training in mid-October on a Finnish-developed environmentally friendly firefighting trainer, with a propane-gas fire simulator and water extinguisher, which replace carbon-dioxide practice extinguishers. Source: Flight International
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Cessna expands
Cessna has appointed 19 service stations throughout North America to sell and support its 172 Skyhawk, 182 Skylane and 206 Stationair piston-singles in Canada and the USA. Source: Flight International
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Cirrus breaks ground
Cirrus Design has begun construction of a manufacturing plant in Duluth, Minnesota, for the SR20 light aircraft. Cirrus has orders for 115 SR50s, with certification scheduled for early 1998. Source: Flight International
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Uprated SJ-30-2 flies
Sino Swearingen Aircraft has begun flight testing its prototype SJ30-2 light business jet re-engined with uprated Williams-Rolls FJ44-2A turbofans. The first flight with the 10kN (2,300lb)-thrust engines was completed on 4 September. The prototype SJ30-2 will be at the US National Business Aviation Association show at Dallas, Texas, on 22-25 ...
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Fairchild Dornier reveals plans for corporate 328JET model
Fairchild Dornier has unveiled plans to offer a corporate version of the 328JET regional airliner now under development, but declines to comment officially in the lead-up to the US National Business Aviation Association show, on 23-25 September. The company is already believed to have reserved "several" early-delivery slots ...
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AOPA demands free databases for GPS
Free or low-cost updates of navigation databases may be provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration in a bid to promote general-aviation use of the global-positioning system (GPS). The US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) says that update costs of up to $700 a year associated with ...
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Raytheon steps up Horizon drive
Raytheon Aircraft is to step up marketing of the Hawker Horizon "super mid-size" business jet with the unveiling of a full-scale mock-up at the NBAA. The company has booked "about a dozen" orders for the $14.6 million aircraft since its 1996 launch. In contrast, Raytheon expects to book ...
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Embry-Riddle establishes regional-pilot programme
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has established the first direct-hire programme for its student pilots under an agreement with US regional carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). Candidates selected in joint screening by the airline and university will be given a conditional offer of employment and provided training ...
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Maintaining UK safety record
Sir - The current dispute between commercial single-engined-aircraft suppliers and the UK Civil Aviation Authority would appear to be driven by profit and safety, respectively. Before offering support in either direction, the industry should have at its disposal information on the number of in-flight shutdowns of the Pratt ...
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PZL-Mielec aims to generate Brazilian sales with local plant
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Polish aircraft manufacturer PZL-Mielec is preparing to start final assembly of M-18B Dromader agricultural and firefighting aircraft at a new plant in Anapolis, Brazil. According to Mielec, the first Polish-manufactured aircraft parts are to be delivered this month, with the first completed aircraft to be ...
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British World takes delivery of ATP QC
British World Airlines took delivery of its first British Aerospace ATP QC (Quick-Change) on 15 September. A second will arrive in December and "at least another two" in 1998, says sales director Mike Sessions, who adds that the aircraft "-have only been flown for about 20h each". ...