All General aviation articles – Page 646
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Precision to supply Cessna with electrical control for singles
PRECISION AIRMOTIVE is to supply Cessna with a new type of electrical control for its general-aviation aircraft following its acquisition of PFT. Cessna has selected PFT's master control unit (MCU) for its Model 172, 192 and 206 piston-singles, now re-entering production. PFT manufactures electrical components, including generator control-units for turbine-powered ...
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China backs US gyroplane
US GYROPLANE developer Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) has signed a letter of intent covering licence-assembly of its aircraft in China. Shanghai Energy and Chemicals (SECC) plans to buy 200 H2X three-seat commercial gyroplanes with which to establish an air-taxi company in China, and for corporate transport around congested Shanghai. SECC ...
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FAA review attacks modern cockpits
David Learmount/LONDON MODERN AIRLINER cockpits are full of traps for pilots, according to a US Federal Aviation Administration-led international review of aircrew performance since the introduction of electronic flight-instrumentation systems. The report says that pilots "...too frequently had limited understanding of automation's capabilities, limitations, functions, ...
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Grimbergen airfield will be re-opened
BELGIUM'S MAJOR general-aviation airfield at Grimbergen, near Brussels, is to be re-opened after a defeat of the environmental movement which succeeded in having the field closed in 1992 by its then-owner, Belgium's Flemish regional government. A local referendum found that the majority of the Grimbergen population wanted the ...
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Macau has recorded 400,000
Sir - I refer to the article about Macau International Airport, "Slow start" (Flight International, 5-11 June, P26). Macau InternationalAirport was officially opened on 8 December, 1995, and one could not expect to see a lot of aircraft on the runway - especially when a ceremony for about ...
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The whole holy grail by halves
What a difference a year makes. Just 12 months previously transport commissioner Neil Kinnock was faced with a majority of member states opposed to granting Brussels its holy grail - the external negotiating mandate for bilateral air service agreements. In mid-June, he won over enough support to start negotiations with ...
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Privates feel legal pinch
India's private operators appear to spend more of their time defending themselves against litigation, pursuing their own legal claims, or running into trouble with the regulators, than they do flying. The latest player to join the now familiar scene of foreign lessors resorting to court action over unpaid ...
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Contrary Mary in eye of the storm
Mary Schiavo, the erstwhile US Department of Transportation investigator general who has become nationally known for her high-profile criticism of the Federal Aviation Administration since the 11 May crash of ValuJet 592, has been good for the US airline industry. Such a statement could be considered heretical, especially amongst ...
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Dragonair breaks ice
Confirming Beijing's increasing influence over Hong Kong, a surprising number of clouds over the territory's aviation arena melted away within days of Cathay Pacific's shareholders approving the deal giving China National Aviation Corporation control of Dragonair. Taiwan headed the list, with Hong Kong's Sino-British Joint Liaison Group giving ...
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Aussie hints at price war
Aussie hints at price war ustralia's airline industry may be heading for a Christmas confrontation as two newcomers, Aussie Airlines and Kiwi International, prepare to fly on routes dominated by incumbents Qantas and Ansett. The prospect of a fare war during peak season emerged after a Federal Court ...
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ValuJet aims to limp back
ValuJet, which was grounded by the US Federal Aviation Administration in mid-June, is attempting an August comeback with a significantly smaller fleet and in the face of a highly circumspect public. ValuJet filed a plan of operational and management reorganisation to the FAA in mid-July, hoping to convince ...
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Suspect parts
The supply of "rogue" aircraft parts is back in the spotlight following New Zealand's grounding of some helicopters. Paul Phelan/NELSON A FATAL helicopter crash in New Zealand has triggered the grounding of about 5% of civil helicopters in that country, the suspension of engineers' licences ...
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Cirrus
James Griswold has become vice-president of engineering at Cirrus Design, of Duluth, Minnesota, with responsibility for US Federal Aviation Administration certification, and delivery of, the SR20 four-seat business aircraft. Griswold, who has helped develop regulatory policy for the FAA, was founder and president of Questair and has held positions with ...
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Cessna first
Cessna has flown the first new pilot-production Model 182 Skylane, powered by a Textron Lycoming IO-540. Two more are planned before series production begins. Source: Flight International
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Business jets slip in GAMA totals
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BUSINESS-JET shipments by US manufacturers slipped in the first six months of 1996, but are expected to pick up in the second half as production increases, initiated in 1995, work their way through. Compared with the first half of 1995, business-jet deliveries fell by almost ...
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The Top Fifty Airlines
The world airline industry made record profits in 1995, but will the boom last? The signs are mixed from this year's ranking of the world's top 50passenger-airline groups. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IT HAS TAKEN a long time to arrive, but recovery in the world airline industry appears to ...
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British Aerospace
The tragic loss of British Aerospace's de Havilland Mosquito on 21 July means that we have not only lost a marvellous aircraft, but a Total Aviation Person in Kevin Moorhouse who died in the crash along with his engineer Steve Watson. Kevin was one of those who self-improved all the ...
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Pilatus improves PC-12 range
Julian Moxon/PARIS SWISS general-aviation manufacturer Pilatus is introducing a range of factory options to improve the payload and range performance of the PC-12 business and utility aircraft. The first option in the Pilatus Power Products range became available on new production aircraft in July, with ...
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Indonesian purchase
Frasca International is set to supply seven flight-training devices (FTDs) to the Indonesian Civil Aviation Academy. Delivery of four Socata TB10, two Raytheon Beech Barons and one Socata TBM.700 FTDs will begin in mid-1996. Source: Flight International
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Cessna delivery
Cessna says that the first new-production Model 172 piston-single will be delivered in January 1997, followed by the first 182 in February. The first Model 206 will be delivered in July 1997. Source: Flight International