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Cessna studies new singles
CESSNA HASBEGUN work on new light-aircraft designs to supersede its piston singles. No decision has been taken on when the Model 172, 182 and 206 will be replaced, but company sources suggest that a design freeze could take place 18 months from now. The US manufacturer restarted piston-single ...
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Business jets boost US GA production
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US MANUFACTURERS delivered 16.5% more general-aviation (GA) aircraft in the first half of 1997, compared with the same period of 1996. Billings were up by 60% to almost $2 billion for the first six months, says the US General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), citing a ...
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Europa Aviation improves its two-seat kitplane
UK MANUFACTURER Europa Aviation launched an improved version of its two-seat kitplane at Oshkosh. The Europa XS has a cruise speed exceeding 175kt (320km/h), a range of more than 1,600km (865nm), a higher payload and increased cockpit and baggage space. The $24,000 kit is designed to be completed ...
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FAA approves composite repairs
Ian Sheppard/LONDON An aircraft-repair technique developed by the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico together with composites specialists from Textron Systems, has gained initial approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration as an alternative to riveted aluminium. The bonded composite "doubler" is the result of a three-year FAA-sponsored ...
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LHTEC focuses on CTP800 design
Guy Norris/Indianapolis US engine manufacturers AlliedSignal and Allison are completing final-design work on the CTP800 turboprop for the Ayres LM200 Loadmaster freighter, following selection of a Hamilton Standard propeller system. The Loadmaster will be powered by twin CTP800s, a turboprop version of the T800 turboshaft, developed ...
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Yakovlev warns on Yak-52 aerobatics
YAKOVLEV HAS ISSUED a service bulletin warning owners and would-be-purchasers of the Yak-52 light aircraft that some earlier models are not fully capable of aerobatics. The Yak-52 is a radial-powered primary trainer, a tandem-seat version of the Yak-50 aerobatic aircraft. The type has been in production in Romania ...
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Tashkent factory develops programme for An-2 restoration
The 243 repair factory in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has developed a restoration programme for the Antonov An-2 bi-plane and its Shvetsov ASh-62 piston engine. Almost all Uzbeki An-2s are in need of urgent repair, but so far only two airframes have been restored at the factory, which expects to repair 50 ...
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US starts up merge mania
Low-fare, low-cost startups on both the east and west coasts of the US are seeking critical mass through mergers in their struggle for survival. On the east coast, ValuJet's mid-July merger with Airways Corporation allows the Atlanta-based airline to obtain critical mass without technically infringing the growth restrictions ...
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Bogota plays safe for FAA
Colombia's airlines are feeling the effects of an invigorated safety campaign aimed at convincing the US Federal Aviation Administration to upgrade Colombia from its Category II status under the FAA's controversial rating of the oversight practices of foreign civil aviation authorities. The country's third largest domestic carrier, Aero-Republica, ...
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China Southen floats on pair of stock exchanges
China Southern Airlines is to become the largest mainland Chinese carrier yet to float its shares publicly, with a dual listing on the New York and Hong Kong exchanges. The Guangzhou-based airline is to make an initial public offer of around 32% of its stock at the end of ...
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Avtech
Robert Horgan, who was previously shop manager with Raytheon Aircraft, has been appointed director of maintenance at Avtech Executive Flight Center, of McCollum Field, near Atlanta, Georgia. He replaces Dwayne Pittsenbarger, who has taken up a position with the US Federal Aviation Administration. Source: Flight International
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Span addes Beeches
Indian feeder air-taxi operator Span Aviation has acquired six used aircraft from Raytheon, four Beech King Air B200s and two Beech 1900Cs, in a deal worth $15 million. Source: Flight International
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Single-lane progress
Cessna's latest revisions keep the 182 Skylane up with the best Dave Higdon/INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS of flyers, the Cessna Skylane has always been the ideal family aeroplane: comfortable, economical, and with more than ample load-carrying ability for far-flung holiday trips. For thousands of others, its ...
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Turboprop Piper
New Piper Aircraft plans to launch a turboprop version of the Malibu Mirage piston single at the US National Business Aviation Association show in Dallas, Texas, in September. The US manufacturer says that the aircraft will be powered by a Pratt & Whitney PT6 variant, and that deliveries are due ...
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Sweden is taking steps towards closer inter-European defence-industry links Tim Ripley/LONDON Sweden is keen to join moves to hasten European-wide aviation- and defence-industry consolidation by building alliances, according to senior Saab executives and Government figures. A Saab team, headed by Sweden's special envoy for defence exports, ...
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FAA details free-flight plan
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC DETAILS OF a two-year, 2,000-aircraft, demonstration of the technologies required for the free-flight concept have been released by the US Federal Aviation Administration. Almost $400 million in funding required to stage the trial has yet to be approved by Congress, however. Free flight ...
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Design changes delay Premier I
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC RAYTHEONAIRCRAFT has pushed back the first flight, certification and delivery of its Premier I entry-level business jet to incorporate design changes required to ensure that the aircraft meets its performance guarantees. The first flight of the Premier I was planned for December 1997, ...
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Fleet addition
Zurich-based Jet Aviation has taken delivery of its first Canadair Challenger 604 twinjet, to add to its fleet of 45 aircraft of various types. The General Electric CF34-3B1-powered aircraft will form part of Jet's charter-management business. Source: Flight International
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Cleveland FBO added to Phillips 66 ranking
The Business Aircraft Center, based at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, has joined fuel-supplier Phillips 66's fixed-base-operation (FBO) network, with the highly rated Aviation Performance Center designation. Services available include aircraft management and charter, maintenance and a flight school. The FBO was acquired in June 1996 and substantially upgraded. ...