All General aviation articles – Page 652
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Saab certification
A caption on P53 in the Regional and Utility Aircraft Directory incorrectly referred to the Saab 2000 being scheduled for certification by the end of this year. The caption should have said that a passenger/cargo combi version of the aircraft could receive certification this year. Source: Flight International
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Swissair considers stake in new low-cost Italian carrier
SWISSAIR IS IN talks with Italy's new low-cost carrier, Noman, on commercial links which may lead to it taking a share of up to 33% in the airline. Noman, which was formerly known as Fortune Aviation, began scheduled passenger operations on 22 January, offering no-frills services between ...
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Capital gains
Overcoming finance-house ignorance of product and market is the first problem for private purchasers attempting to buy an aircraft. Karen Walker/ATLANTA BUYING A HOUSE is often listed as a high-stress activity, but for those people interested in owning an aircraft, obtaining a mortgage can seem enviously ...
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NTSB investigates oxygen canisters in crashed DC-9
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Karen Walker/ATLANTADavid Learmount/LONDON FOCUS ON WHAT caused the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9-30 accident in Florida, USA, is concentrating on oxygen-canisters wreckage is slowly recovered from the Everglades swampland into which the aircraft dived on 11 May. US National Transportation Safety ...
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Palestinian carrier launched with two used Fokker 50s
THE PALESTINIAN Government has ordered two used Fokker 50s for the newly formed Palestinian Airlines.The contract was signed on 14 May by the Palestinian finance minister and Fokker Aviation. The aircraft will be delivered in June and July, with Fokker Aviation providing training and support. The selection of ...
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An-2 production poised to restart at PZL-Mielec
POLISH AIRCRAFT manufacturer PZL-Mielec is considering restarting production of the Antonov An-2 biplane. A batch of 22 aircraft could be built initially. Mielec says that no formal decision has been made on the subject, adding that it is still awaiting the results of market research before giving ...
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Lockheed Martin streamlines procurement
LOCKHEED MARTIN'S aeronautics sector has implemented procurement changes, which are projected to reduce operating costs by $410 million by 1999. The company has consolidated procurement for its Fort Worth, Texas, and Marietta, Georgia, aircraft plants at the Aeronautics Material Management Center in Fort Worth. The centre was established ...
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Small-aircraft owners catch on to self-fuelling
PERRY MAINTENANCE has purchased self-service-refuelling specialist Cornerstone and formed a new division, Perry Aviation Refueling (PAR). Fuel supplier Air BP, meanwhile, has launched a self-service aviation fuel card, which customers will be able to use at selected fixed-base operators (FBOs). Indiana-based PAR says that self-service refuelling at FBOs ...
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MD900 Explorer faces IFR delay
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Ajoint McDONNELL Douglas (MDC)/AlliedSignal effort to develop an instrument flight-rules (IFR) package for the MD900 Explorer has been delayed because of "greater-than-expected complexity". The IFR package, announced at Heli-Expo in February, was due to be certificated by the end of April. MDC ...
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Ilyushin sells first production Il-103
ILYUSHIN HAS SOLD the first production version of the five-seat Il-103 to an undisclosed customer. The aircraft, is believed to have been sold to a South African client who undertook demonstration flights in April. The Il-103 is produced at the Lukhovitsy plant near Moscow, which is a member of MAPO ...
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Hughes victor as FAA switches WAAS deal
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DCGraham Warwick/ATLANTA WILCOX ELECTRIC says that its $475 million Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) contract was terminated by the US Federal Aviation Administration because the agency became "a victim of its own experience" of cost and schedule overruns on previous programmes. The FAA ...
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Australia to make TCAS compulsory for transports
AUSTRALIA's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) plans to order the use of the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS) for transport aircraft. CASA has circulated an industry discussion paper following a 1995 Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI) report recommending that TCAS be compulsory for all public-transport Australian ...
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AST becomes the first victim of UK training policy
David Learmount/LONDON THE UK'S OLDEST flying training school has become the first victim of a Government policy loophole enabling UK pilots to gain UK commercial pilot's licences in foreign training establishments. The 60-year-old Air Services Training (AST) at Perth, Scotland, announced on 26 April that ...
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Bombardier shows Australian maritime-patrol Dash 8s
BOMBARDIER is conducting a 12-country demonstration tour with the first of three de Havilland Dash 8-200 maritime-patrol aircraft for Surveillance Australia. The tour began in Scandinavia, and is continuing through the Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia, with the aircraft due to arrive in Australia in June and enter service in ...
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IPTN founds German subsidiary for N-250
INDONESIAN AIRCRAFT manufacturer IPTN is to establish a new marketing subsidiary in Lower Saxony, Germany, to promote its N-250 turboprop in Europe.The company is to be founded in co-operation with former Deutsche Aerospace maintenance subsidiary Aircraft Services Lemwerder (ASL). Under the terms of a memorandum of understanding signed ...
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Appointments
Edward Methot is the new vice president of flight operations at America West Airlines. Swissair has appointed Klaus Knappik head of the cargo and logistics division. Crossair has appointed Josef Felder EVP of the new product management division. Juhani Suomela has become Finnair's EVP ...
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Pressing for open skies
The US Department of Transportation has in general had strong support from the halls of Congress of late - especially in the realm of international aviation issues. In a late March floor speech, Larry Pressler, South Dakota Republican and chairman of the Senate commerce committee, spoke on the ...