All General aviation articles – Page 636
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Orenda puts off piston approval
Orenda Aerospace has delayed certification of its 370-560kW (500-750hp) piston-engine family after testing was halted by crankshaft manufacturing defects. The Canadian firm now expects to certificate the engine in the second quarter of 1997, rather than by the end of 1996. Orenda says that the final 150h endurance ...
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Dornier ambulance
A Fairchild Dornier 328 has been delivered to Austria's Tyrolean Air Ambulance, configured with seats and stretchers, a 19-seat corporate/VIP interior, or a 31-passenger layout. The company sees a corporate market for its planned 328 turbofan-powered derivative. Source: Flight International
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Air transport industry serves notice on 'dangerous' Africa
David Learmount/LONDON The world's two leading aviation agencies, have come out in support of an International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Association (IFALPA), claim that severely inadequate air-traffic control (ATC) in three-quarters of Africa's airspace, combined with massive increases in air traffic over the continent, pose a serious ...
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Time to act on pilot
Sir - Your comment "Admit It" and "Report slams world pilot standards" (Flight International, 13-19 November, P3 and 14 respectively) begs a question. It is easy to knock pilot training standards and condemn legal minima for producing inadequately trained pilots. Doing something about it is a different ...
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Beech accident at Quincy airfield
Collision at Runway Intersection A UNITED EXPRESS Beech 1900C-1 (N87GL) commuter aircraft, landing at an uncontrolled regional airfield near Quincy, Illinois, USA, was hit as it passed across the runway intersection by a Beech King Air A90 (N1127D) which was taking off on the other runway, according to a ...
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Vanguard Variations
The Merchantman's origins lay with the 100- to 140-seat Vickers Vanguard of the early 1960s. The four-engined turboprop was first flown from the Vickers-Armstrongs factory at Brooklands on 20 January 1959, and entered service with British European Airways (BEA) in December 1960. Although very economical to operate, the design was ...
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Pedigree preserved
Peter Henley/LUTON By the time British Aerospace sold its corporate-jets business to Raytheon in 1993, the BAe 125 8-14 passenger twinjet had gained a formidable reputation. Since 1962, when the original de Havilland DH 125 was first flown, 850 customers from more than 40 countries had purchased various ...
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FAA improves US fire and rescue services
Technology designed to assist airport rescue and firefighting crews at night and in bad weather has been deployed by the US Federal Aviation Administration. The Driver's Enhanced Vision System (DEVS), developed at the FAA's research-and-development centre, combines satellite navigation, digital datalink and infra-red (IR) technologies. Using the DEVS, ...
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Kiwi International rescue is in doubt, while ValuJet sees red
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The future of Kiwi International Airlines remains in doubt and liquidation of the low-fare US airline entrant is a distinct possibility as a rescue effort turns sour. Kiwi, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 30 September and suspended its scheduled flight ...
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Safety delegates warned on Third World issues
David Learmount/DUBAI EFFORTS TO IMPROVE the world's air-transport safety will fail while the industry continues to ignore the needs of developing countries and the Third World, where most accidents happen, according to Pakistan International Airlines' Capt Amjad Faizi. Delegates from 40 nations attended the combined Dubai ...
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Dallach provides Fascination
GERMAN KITPLANE MANUFACTURER Dallach is selling a new side-by-side two-seat aircraft, known as the Fascination D.4, in France and Germany. Previous Dallach designs have been open-cockpit mono and biplanes, such as the Sunrise II, in the ultralight and microlight classes. The Fascination is a sleek steel-tube-fuselage airframe with a bolt-on ...
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EC supports compromise over status of JAA and Eurocontrol
Kevin O'Toole/Brussels THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) says that it is supporting a compromise deal to establish the region's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and Eurocontrol as official international bodies, but which stops short of creating single European authorities. Proposals for a reformed JAA are due to be ...
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Collins
A demonstration flight in Rockwell-Collins' Sabreliner testbed, equipped with a prototype of its Pro Line 21 display for the Raytheon Premier I, illustrates the progress made since the system was launched a year ago. The first impression of the display is of solid colours and crisp symbols against a smooth ...
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China venture opens
The Xiamen, China-based Lucas Aerospace/Taikoo Aircraft Engineering (TAECO)joint-venture company has become operational, following approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The centre specialises in the repair and overhaul of aircraft engine and flight controls, and power-generation systems. TAECOis owned by Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering, Xiamen Aviation Industrial, CAAC, ...
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Textron Lycoming puts new products on drawing board
Ramon Lopez/WILLIAMSPORT The resurgence of piston-engined general-aviation (GA) aircraft production in the USA has prompted Textron Lycoming to improve existing powerplants and develop new advanced engine models. Officials admit that research and development has remained "stagnant" during the past decade as the GA industry went into ...
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Shifting balance
Forbes Mutch/London Midway through 1995, it looked as if a new trend had been established in the world fleet of business aircraft. For the first time in many years of turboprop dominance, the balance tipped in favour of jet-powered aircraft. The lead was not substantial (a meagre 1%) ...
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Raytheon unveils all-new Hawker
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Raytheon Aircraft has launched development of the Hawker Horizon "super mid-size" business jet to replace the current Hawker 1000. The first flight is scheduled for late 1999, leading to US certification in the second quarter of 2001. Raytheon is planning to build 20-25 aircraft a year. ...
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Air Methods delivers modular medical interior for MD900
Air Methods has delivered its first modular, multi-function, medical interiors to operators of the McDonnell Douglas MD900 Explorer helicopter in Europe and the USA. Boise Life Flight in Idaho, and HSD in Germany, have taken delivery of Explorers equipped with the new multi-role interiors. Denver, Colorado-based Air Methods ...
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China begins to produce stretched FT-7P
CHINA'S GUIZHOU Aviation Industry (GAIC) claims to have completed development and begun production of a stretched version of the tandem-seat FT-7P fighter trainer. The aircraft is a derivative of GAIC's original two-seat FT-7 trainer, incorporating a 600mm fuselage plug, says the manufacturer. The additional space created by the ...
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Dassault makes progress with Falcon 50EX
Dassault Aviation has flown the first production Falcon 50EX business jet. The aircraft is due to be displayed at the US National Business Aircraft Association show in Orlando, Florida, on 19-21 November, before being delivered to Dassault's Little Rock, Arkansas, completion centre for interior installation. French certification of ...