All General aviation articles – Page 644
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Caracas crunch
US-Venezuelan aviation relations hit an all-time low in August after the FAA grounded Avensa and Zuliana aircraft at Miami for inspection. Caracas retaliated by grounding American and United aircraft. The tit-for-tat episode, which appears to have been limited to one day, is part of a simmering dispute in which the ...
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Washington now Virgin territory?
As Virgin Atlantic makes its presence felt in the US-UK open skies negotiations, Washington's commonly held wisdom that British Airways holds nearly complete sway over the UK's international aviation policy is being put to the test. BA, which wants an open skies pact so it can seek antitrust ...
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ValuJet's long shadow
US The crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in May has had more impact on the US airline industry than any other commercial aviation tragedy. Mead Jennings explores the longer-term repercussions of the ValuJet affair. The repercussions of the crash of a 27-year-old ValuJet Airlines DC-9 in Florida's Everglades, which killed ...
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North open by year end?
Iata claims to have brokered an agreement to open North Korean airspace to all carriers from December, producing annual savings to effected carriers of US$125 million through flight time savings. The breakthrough comes after 18 months of talks between Iata and Pyongyang. But the scheme may yet face ...
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Deciphering codes
The burst of renewed scrutiny of codesharing practices may say more about the attitude of regulators than the concern of passengers. By Doug Cameron. Please tick as applicable. The aircraft was late. The seats were too narrow. The service was lousy. You had red wine spilled down your white ...
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Russia gets Euro boost
The European Commission is inviting consultants to tender for three studies to assess the commercialisation and upgrading of Russia's airports, which could lead to privatisation of the sector. The Commission will select the winner for each of the year-long studies in September. The studies are part of a ...
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TWA resists Pan Am rerun
After years of proving detractors wrong and just as the carrier was showing signs of recovery, TWA is once again fighting to prove that it can survive, following the crash of Flight 800 off New York's Long Island on 17 July. In the three weeks that followed the ...
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Wingtip zip
LoPresti Speed Merchants, of Vero Beach, Florida has certificated drag-reducing composite Zip Tip replacement wingtips for Piper Seneca, Lance and PA-28/ 28R-series light aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Relative safety
Europe is joining the USA in pressing less-powerful nations to put aviation safety at the top of their national-budget priorities. David Learmount/LONDON THE EUROPEAN UNION decision to join the USA in invoking its own aviation-safety assessment rules will raise the pressure for the less- powerful nations of ...
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Slow progress
Progress towards achieving a US/Russian bilateral airworthiness agreement remains slow. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE USA AND RUSSIA will break no speed records in their marathon efforts to complete a bilateral airworthiness agreement, say US aviation officials involved in the negotiations. While some progress is reported ...
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Ireland launches scheduled services
IRELAND AIRWAYS STARTED OPERATIONS on 16 August, using a 24-seat Shorts 330, on scheduled services between Dublin and Donegal. A Dublin-Sligo service, using a soon-to-be-acquired 44-seat Fokker F27, may be added in October. Ireland Airways, was formed by Dublin-based charter company EI-Air Exports, which aims to create Ireland's third major ...
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HR Smith
HR Smith is exhibiting a range of lightweight, low-cost, advanced thermoplastic antennas, which are offered to replace in-service antennas. Also on display will be Personal Locator Beacons, fully compatible with COSPAS/SARSAT 406MHz satellite-based survivor location equipment, and Emergency Locator Transmitters, fully compliant with new European joint aviation regulations. ...
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Gulfstream V meets long-range target
Graham Warwick/SAVANNAH THE GULFSTREAM V business jet is meeting its specific-range guarantee, and is "on track" to achieve its 12,000km (6,500nm) designed range, at Mach 0.8, despite being overweight, the manufacturer says. Senior vice-president, GV programme, Pres Henne, says that the aircraft has sufficient margin to accommodate ...
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Century ready to build 'full prototype' of single-engined business jet
CENTURY AEROSPACE says that it has funding in place to complete the first prototype of its Century Jet single-engine business jet, which was unveiled at the US Experimental Aircraft Association's Oshkosh show held in early August. The Columbus, Ohio-based company says that it will not build a proof-of-concept ...
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Dunlop aims brake-by-wire at airliners
Andrew Doyle/LONDON DUNLOP AVIATION is targeting large civil airliners as the next application for its dual-redundant "brake-by-wire" (BBW) and anti-skid technology, which the company has developed for combat aircraft. The latest version of UK-based Dunlop's BBW landing-gear control system, combined with carbon/carbon composite brakes, has ...
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Aerotech world trade
Aerotech World Trade will represent several companies, which are showing new products. CEIS TM is displaying its latest tri-frequency, 406MHz Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT), which it claims offers location of a downed aircraft with greater accuracy than was possible with earlier 121.5/243MHz ELTs. Dukane, meanwhile, is showing its latest Underwater ...
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NASA advances GA engine design
NASA PLANS TO AWARD contracts in October under its general-aviation propulsion (GAP) programme to develop power plant technology for next-generation light aircraft. The GAP programme aims to reduce the price of "intermittent combustion" (IC) engines by half and small turbine engines by a factor of ten. The ...
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ValuJet misses 23 August target date for service resumption
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC VALUJET AIRLINES has failed to resume flights by the 23 August start-up target, which it had set earlier in the month. The carrier says that "proving runs" were to take place on 20-21 August for the benefit of US Federal Aviation Administration inspectors. ...
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Aviation sales grows
US spares-reseller Aviation Sales, based in Miami, Florida, has acquired the assets of Dixie Bearings' aviation-distribution division, which handles aircraft bearings, power-transmission components and accessories. Source: Flight International
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Caravan sites
Cessna has appointed Aero Trans International, of Englewood, Colorado; J A Aero, of West Chicago, Illinois; and Modern Aero, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, to sell the Caravan utility turboprop in the US northern Mid-West. Source: Flight International