All General aviation articles – Page 639
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Aviastar seeks state guarantees for Tu-204 sales
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW STRUGGLING RUSSIAN aircraft manufacturer Aviastar is pushing for $30 million in Government guarantees in an attempt to keep alive the deal with Egyptian company Kato Group for the delivery of five Tupolev Tu-204 airliners. The Ulyanovsk-based manufacturing plant, which is responsible for production ...
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Wilcox protest
The US Federal Aviation Administration has turned down Wilcox Electric's protest over its award of the $475 million wide-area augmentation-system (WAAS) contract to Hughes Aircraft. The FAA's action was based on a recommendation of a judge with the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals. Wilcox Electric was fired as ...
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Valujet disposes
ValuJet Airlines has sold 15 aircraft and five spare engines "at, or above, the company's book value", as part of a US Federal Aviation Administration order to standardise and shrink its fleet. The transactions reduced ValuJet's debt related to aircraft acquisition and operation by $47 million. They cover seven company-owned ...
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Dunlop de-ices
Dunlop Aviation Ice Protection & Structures has been selected by Rinaldo Piaggio to provide anti-icing heater mats for the fore-planes of the Italian manufacturer's P180 Avanti turboprop-powered business aircraft. The mats are bonded to the leading edges of the fore-planes, and can be retrofitted to existing aircraft, says Coventry, UK-based ...
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US Court threatens GAIN safety system
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC David Learmount/LONDON A COURT DECISION ordering USAir to provide lawyers with internal safety-audit data which the airline thought was protected from compulsory public release by the Federal Aviation Administration could seriously damage US efforts to set up an international safety programme. The Supreme ...
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Piper with attitude
New Piper Aircraft has appointed Attitudes International as its exclusive supplier of flight training. Based at Vero Beach, Florida, alongside Piper, Attitudes will provide pilot and maintenance training on the PA-32 Cherokee/Saratoga, PA-34 Seneca and PA-46 Source: Flight International
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Helicopter medevac will be aided by GPS
STAT MEDEVAC, a Manassas, Virginia-based helicopter emergency medical service (EMS) operating in western Pennsylvania, has signed a deal with Satellite Technology Implementation to set up a network of 13 global-positioning-system (GPS) approaches at remote hospitals. Installation of the US Federal Aviation Administration approved GPS approaches will allow helicopter ...
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IPTN makes changes to N-250 after early flights
Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) is making minor changes to the fly-by-wire (FBW) flight-control system (FCS) of the N-250, Indonesia's first fully indigenously designed airliner, following early flight tests. IPTN test pilot Erwin Danoewinata says that the general handling characteristics are "very satisfactory", and that the FCS is ...
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US aviation data are on sale in UK
Sir - With reference to the letter "Inefficiency with US directives" (Flight International, 25 September -1 October, P55), may I respectfully point out that such information from the US Airworthiness Authorities, and any other information put out from the US Government Printing Office (GPO), aviation related or otherwise, can be ...
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Bosnia bound
Belgium is to put a limited number of Lockheed Martin F-16s at NATO's disposal for participation in the alliance's policing of airspace over Bosnia. Initially, up to five aircraft will be sent to the NATO airbase at Vicenza in Italy, where they will be integrated in the Dutch squadron already ...
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Williams-Rolls
The 10kN Williams-Rolls FJ44-2A has been chosen to power the Raytheon Premier I light business jet, more than 100 of which have been sold a full two years ahead of scheduled first deliveries. The FJ44-2 will also power the Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 business jet, now under development. The ...
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Recommendations for improved safety
THE HUMAN-FACTORS TEAM makes a large number of recommendations for action by the FAA and other agencies. There are eight main headings, but some basic demands, like the need for better information-exchange on incidents, is repeated in varying forms under several of them. The principle recommendations for each heading include: ...
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In the swim at Ghelendjik
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The already crowded international calendar of air shows has received another addition - and Beriev has rolled out its Be-200 twin-turbofan amphibian from the IAPO factory in Irkutsk, even though the aircraft is probably six months away from a first flight. Originally, the multi-role ...
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Dassault service
Dassault Aviation has named Hawker Pacific as its authorised Falcon service centre in Singapore. Its Seletar Airport site will provide after sales service and support for Dassault's range of business aircraft. Source: Flight International
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NASA picks contractors for GA engine R&D
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NASA's Lewis Research Center has selected Williams International and Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) to develop powerplant technology for next-generation light aircraft. Williams International and NASA will share equally the cost of developing an advanced turbine engine as part of NASA's General Aviation Propulsion ...
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Groen signs to supply China with gyroplanes
Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) has signed a contract potentially worth $40 million, to supply 200 Hawk III gyro planes to Shanghai Energy and Chemicals (SECC) of China. SECC plans to establish an air-taxi company using the three-seat auto gyro. The contract is contingent on GBA receiving Chinese certification ...
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CFE
CFE, a joint venture between AlliedSignal and General Electric, is studying the potential market for its CFE738 turbofan as a power plant for sub-50-seat regional jets. AlliedSignal and GE revealed earlier this year that they are investigating the economic feasibility of such an aircraft, although the former company ...
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Jet Aviation expands to run USA's biggest charter fleet
Jet Aviation has completed the purchase of K-C Aviation's Transportation Services (KCTS) and Jet Professionals businesses, establishing it as the largest corporate-aircraft charter company in the USA. The West Palm Beach, Florida-based aviation-services company expects to fly 30,000 charter hours in the USA in 1997. The acquisition of ...
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Saab to take 340 finishing in-house
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON SAAB AIRCRAFT is working on a programme to take all Saab 340 painting and interior finishing work in-house, from its UK subcontractor Hunting Aviation, by the end of this year. This marks the end of 13 years of subcontracting this activity in the UK ...