All General aviation articles – Page 627
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Star will rise in Myanmar
Myanmar's government is using aviation as a key policy tool in its drive to develop regional ties. The country should witness the birth of its fifth airline next year under a joint venture with Indonesia but the deal has sparked speculation that the days of the current flag carrier, Myanmar ...
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Jayhawk gets GPS
Raytheon Aircraft is to retrofit US Air Force T-1A Jayhawk tanker/transport trainers with global-positioning systems (GPS) in a deal potentially worth $25 million if all 180 aircraft are upgraded. Source: Flight International
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Ministers support fuel-tax change
Dutch and Belgian transport ministers have spoken out in favour of abolishing the European airline industry's exemption from fuel taxes. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has responded quickly, saying that such a tax would do nothing to help the environment, as its supporters argue. At a meeting ...
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GAMA censures FAA's 'burdensome'tax plans
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration may impose new fees on general-aviation aircraft, to recover part of air-traffic-control-system costs. The proposal has immediately drawn fire from aviation groups, including the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), which dubbs the proposed fee "...an entirely new tax." "If it becomes ...
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Dassault studies business-jet production boost
Improving sales of Dassault Aviation business jets may force the manufacturer to increase production rates, says its director general, civil aircraft, Jean-François Georges. Dassault's Merignac plant, near Bordeaux, is producing five aircraft a month, around one-third of which are the new Falcon 2000, says Georges. "The market is ...
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Eurocontrol solves B-RNAV problem for ageing aircraft
Ageing aircraft not equipped with modern navigation equipment are likely to be allowed to use satellite navigation for basic area navigation (B-RNAV) after the January 1998 deadline for the introduction of B-RNAV in Europe. A programme of work being carried out by Eurocontrol, and now almost complete, appears ...
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NASA will transfer funds to accident research
THE NATIONAL Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will transfer $500 million over the next five years from continuing "low-priority" aviation research and development efforts to projects designed to cut aviation accidents. NASA's shift in priorities follows the recommendations of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, ...
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Taiwanese/Czechs link on AE-270
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) and Aero Vodochody of the Czech Republic have signed a $60 million joint-venture agreement to co-produce a ten-seat turboprop aircraft, the AE-270. Each will take a 50% stake. AIDC president Wang Shih-sen and Aero Vodochody chief executive Adam Stranak signed the agreement on ...
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Cirrus nears test SR20 completion
Cirrus Design has nearly completed construction of its C-1, the test aircraft which will be used to win US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the new SR20 four-seat piston single. The C-1's first flight is expected in mid-year, says the company, reflecting a six-month delay from earlier plans ...
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Europe's business-aviation fleet increases by 10%
THE EUROPEAN business-aviation fleet grew by 10% during 1996, with 2,051 aircraft registered, against 1,857 logged in the previous year. The increase came mainly in France (115 more aircraft), the UK (32), Sweden (nine) and Turkey (16), according to the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), which held its ...
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Citation X trophy
Cessna is to receive the 1997 Collier Trophy for developing the Citation X, "-the first commercial aircraft in US aviation history to achieve a cruising speed of Mach 0.92", says the National Aeronautic Association. Source: Flight International
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Halon fights on
Three years of US research has failed to find a replacement for Halon as an aviation fire-extinguishant, so the US Federal Aviation Administration has called for its continued use for aviation despite the fact that it is an ozone-depletant. Halon is used in aircraft-cabin fire extinguishers and as an engine ...
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Maintenance put underthe spotlight
GAMTA has launched a benchmarking study to determine the standards of service and prices offered by maintenance organisations in other parts of the world. The study, to be run on lines similar to a 1996 report on the competition UK flying training organisations faced from foreign schools, will attempt to ...
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General growth
The US Federal Aviation Administration is predicting that between now and 2008, the active general-aviation (GA) fleet will increase by over 15,000 aircraft (0.7%) annually, while the number of hours flown is projected to increase by 1% annually. Business-aircraft sales will surpass those of piston-engined recreational aircraft. There were an ...
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Oriental Falcon Jet service
Oriental Falcon Jet Service (OFJS), a joint venture of Dassault Falcon Jet, China Xinhua Airlines and Avion Pacific, will begin Falcon 50 charter operations in China during the second quarter of this year (Flight International, 12-18 March, P19). Seen here are members of the Dassault Falcon Jet team responsible for ...
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Single Euro-safetyagency finds favour
Implementation of the third and final part of the European Union's (EU) single-aviation market, or "open-skies" policy, due on 1 April, has brought into focus the need to establish a European-wide safety authority, with many GAMTA members supporting such a move. Now, each member country of the European ...
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Cathay maintains steady course
Cathay Pacific Airways has turned in a steady set of 1996 financial results, despite struggling with a falling Japanese yen and soaring fuel costs, while the airline's net profits also received a hefty boost from the sale of part of its share in sister carrier Dragonair. Overall, the ...
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Sabreliner moves cargo conversions to boost capacity
Dimension Aviation, the new modification centre set up recently by Sabreliner, has taken over all McDonnell Douglas (MDC) US widebody cargo-conversion work from sister company SabreTech, and could eventually have the capability to convert up to 12 aircraft simultaneously. Sabreliner established Dimension in February as part of a ...
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No barriers to foreign training, says CAA
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that additional foreign flying schools will be able to apply for approval to offer UK private and commercial pilot-licence training until 1 July, 1999. After that, however, European Joint Aviation Regulation for flightcrew licensing (JAR FCL) will be in place, stating that approved ...
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Corporate operators fight for airport slots
GAMTA members are urging airport owners and governments to reconsider their attitude to corporate-aircraft operators, in the face of increasing restrictions to business aviation at many of Europe's major airports. Brian Humphries, chairman of the European Business Aircraft Association and managing director of Shell Aircraft, says that the ...