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SIA cautious on India link
Singapore Airlines' plan to launch a joint venture start-up in India has run into more trouble. The country's civil aviation minister has cast doubt on the plan's official approval by India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). SIA has been lobbying with Tata Industries to launch the airline since ...
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Rebuild with care
New faces in Washington mean action in the most controversial area of FAA reform - funding - is on hold. But the sparks should still fly in 1997. The new US Federal Aviation Administrator may want to consider investing in a pair of velvet gloves on taking up office. ...
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Gulf Air split put on hold
Gulf Air's future remains in doubt as Abu Dhabi still looks set to succeed in its bid to take control of the carrier. The bid by the oil-rich Emirate was put on hold following new objections from Qatar and Oman. Concerned about their ability to grow their own ...
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Sabretech closes another plant in wake of Valujet crash
SabreTech, faced with losing its repair-station licence from the US Federal Aviation Administration, closed its Orlando aircraft repair station on 17 January. The company previously shut down its Miami centre which is alleged to have played a significant role in the crash of the ValuJet McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 on 11 ...
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Ministry places launch order for Beriev Be-200
Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations has placed an order with the Beta-Air consortium for seven Beriev Be-200 jet amphibians.The aircraft will be built at the APKSukhoi Irkutsk plant. Along with Irkutsk and Beriev, the Beta-Air consortium also includes Swiss financier ILTA Trade. The order is a further success ...
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MDHS' MD 600N troubles increase
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) is meeting with the US Federal Aviation Administration to discuss design and certification options following another crash of an MD 600N on 18 January during the flight-test programme. The eight place helicopter should have received FAA certification by mid-December 1996, despite earlier delays ...
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Bell aims for double success with new light twin
BELL HOPES TO emulate the success of the 407 with its new light twin-turbine helicopter, the Model 427. At just under $2 million, the price goal is even more challenging than that for the 407, because the 427 is essentially an all-new aircraft. The 427 will be certificated simultaneously to ...
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Hunting China approval
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)has approved Hunting Avionics & Accessories to carry out repair and overhaul of aircraft avionics for Chinese airlines. The approval follows moves by the CAAC to ban provision of support services for Chinese carriers by unapproved maintenance companies. Source: Flight ...
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Aerosport agent
DM Aerospace of Manchester has been appointed exclusive UK importer of the Thorp T-211 Aerosport two-seat single-engined trainer. The aircraft is manufactured in the USA by Venture Light Aircraft Resources and has been unavailable in the UK since the early 1990s. Source: Flight International
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JAA alarms GA operators with proposal for new ETOPS limit
General-aviation (GA) industry officials believe that a European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) proposal to impose a 120min extended-range-twin-engine-operation (ETOPS) limit on twin-engined business aircraft would severely hamper their operations. Late in 1996, a JAA Operations Committee issued a Notice of Proposed Amendment which would set a 120min ETOPS ...
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Bell begins assembly of new 427 light twin
BELL HAS BEGUN major assembly of the first prototype Model 427 light twin-turbine helicopter. The aircraft is to be flown at Bell's Canadian commercial-helicopter plant in December 1997. Two prototypes are planned and simultaneous Canadian, European and US certification is scheduled for December 1998. The first production 427 ...
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Diamond doubles up capacity in Austria
Diamond Aircraft Industries has more than doubled its manufacturing, research and maintenance areas at Wiener Neustadt-Ost Airport in Austria. The company, the developer of the DV20 Katana Xtreme range of light aircraft, now boasts a factory covering 5,200m2 (56,000ft2). The newly expanded plant is now offering fixed-based-operator services ...
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Cessna delivers first 172R to US AOPA president
Cessna Aircraft has handed over the first new 172R to US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) president Phil Boyer. AOPA took the aircraft on behalf of member Sharon Hauser, who won the 1997 Skyhawk in an Association sweepstake. It is the first Skyhawk to be delivered by the manufacturer ...
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FMS approval
Garrett Aviation Services has won a supplemental type certificate (STC) for the AlliedSignal Global GNS-XLS flight-management system (FMS) and fault detection and exclusion software on the Raytheon Hawker 800. The STC will allow primary-use navigation with the built-in global-positioning system. Source: Flight International
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New Piper launches Seneca V
TWO YEARS AFTER starting work on the aircraft, New Piper Aircraft has unveiled its Seneca V cabin-class piston twin, its first new product since emerging from the bankruptcy of the former Piper Aircraft (Flight International, 8-14 January). "We look at the Seneca V as a dual-purpose aircraft, with ...
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CS aviation
Thomas Seery has joined New York-based aircraft-leasing company CS Aviation Services as vice -president, marketing and administration. Source: Flight International
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Dunlop brakes Nimrod
Dunlop Aviation has been selected to supply carbon brakes and a modular brake control and anti-skid system for the British Aerospace Nimrod 2000 replacement maritime-patrol aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Sabretech talks
Sabre Tech, the maintenance operation which lost business after being linked with the ValuJet crash investigation last year, is due to be acquired by Commodore Aviation, the overhaul subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) also based in Miami, Florida. Commodore, which had sales of $35 million in 1996 and expects ...
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Sophisticated Skyhawk
What was Cessna Aircraft thinking, critics asked 25 years ago, believing that it could sell sophisticated business jets? This was a company known most for its simple single-engine aircraft. When Cessna Citation 500s started showing up on ramps in the early 1970s, sceptics ridiculed the straight-wing aircraft's lack of sophistication ...
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ValuJet disposes
ValuJet has sold three additional surplus aircraft, including its last remaining McDonnell Douglas MD-83, as part of a US Federal Aviation Administration order to reduce its fleet. The airline has also pre-paid the debt on a fourth aircraft, which it will sell. Source: Flight International