All General aviation articles – Page 653
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Sparks fly in India pay row
Air India is facing further disruption to its services as ground engineers vow to continue their walkout action in a bid to put their salaries on a level with pilots and flight engineers, while management is retaliating by threatening a lockout at the flag carrier. A strike call ...
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Startup hits Denver hub
After an astounding growth spurt, US startup Western Pacific Airlines is slowing down to consolidate its network spanning 19 cities centred on Colorado Springs, up from five cities when service began a year ago. Though not yet profitable, the airline has boarded 1 million passengers since its first flight, and ...
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Electro-impulse de-icing is selected for Premier I
A LOW-POWER DE-ICING system, which uses a short-duration, high-acceleration deflection of the leading edge to remove ice, has been selected by Raytheon Aircraft for use on the horizontal stabiliser of its Premier I light business-jet. The electro-magnetic expulsion de-icing (EMEDI) system has been developed by Innovative Dynamics ...
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East West in US deadlock
The vagaries of the youthful private Indian aviation sector are starting to manifest themselves in the courts, as the number of cases of litigation against the independents by foreign lessors starts to rise. The most prominent case that has come to court is between East West Airlines and ...
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GV testing is on course despite engine snags
Graham Warwick/SAVANNAH FLIGHT TESTING of the Gulfstream V, long-range business jet, is exceeding expectations, despite a shortage of BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 engines. The manufacturer admits that flying has been slowed by a lack of spare engines, caused by development problems and flight-test incidents. Gulfstream has ...
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Europe's cost crisis
What does it take to ensure the start up of a profitable low-cost carrier in Europe? Hugh Parry looks at the pitfalls and compares the cost of operating in Europe to what is on offer in the US.Imagine an airline based at London/Heathrow flying to Paris 15 times a ...
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Lockheed Martin chief reticent on job losses
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC LOCKHEED MARTIN chief executive Norman Augustine has played down the extent of likely job cuts following the $9.1 billion acquisition of Loral's defence business. Augustine admits that the acquisition, which was completed on 23 April, may mean some job losses in the short term, but ...
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Cessna first
Cessna has flown the first Model 172 piston-single to be produced since 1986. The pilot-production aircraft, flown on 16 April, will be used for flight tests leading to recertification of the 172. Roll-out of the first 172 built at Cessna's new Independence, Kansas, piston-single plant is due in December. ...
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Ansett's Kiwi jaunt drags
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is considering a total takeover of Ansett New Zealand in a final bid to remove obstacles to the proposed merger of Air New Zealand and Australian domestic Ansett. Severing the controlling link between Ansett Australia and Ansett New Zealand appears to be the only ...
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Latin American lead
Increasingly creative financial mechanisms and new products that insure against political and contractual risks, are providing incentives for private sector investment in Latin American and Caribbean airports. By Ellis Juan.As the air transport sector continues its rapid expansion in an increasingly globalised economy, the entry of fast-growing new participants like ...
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FAA admits its mistake on funding for AGATE
Karen Walker/LAS VEGAS THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration says that its decision to drop funding from a programme aimed at rejuvenating general aviation (GA) was "a mistake", and that the money will be found after all. FAA administrator David Hinson told attendees at the US ...
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India's Indigenous P68
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation (TAAL), India's only private-aircraft manufacturer, says that it will soon be producing the P68 twin-piston-engined six-seat light aircraft indigenously. Only the engine and flight instruments will have to be imported. TAAL manufactures the P68 with technical support from Italy's Partenavia. Source: Flight International
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Revamped Beechjet 400A delivery imminent
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT WILL deliver this month the first Beechjet 400As with a redesigned interior providing increased passenger and crew comfort, reduced noise and vibration and improved systems accessibility to minimise downtime during inspections. The cabin has centre club seating with reclining and swiveling chairs. Crew seating is also improved. ...
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Zenith launches kitplane twin
A TWIN-ENGINE kit-built aircraft costing under $20,000 is expected to be available for sale from August. Zenith, US producer of the Zodiac family of kitplanes has launched the CH620 Gemini twin-engine kit, in anticipation of opening a new market, aimed at second-time kit builders. The Gemini will share ...
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Italy's Tecnam targets US school market
A CERTIFICATED LIGHT aircraft produced in Italy has been introduced into the US market, aimed at flying schools. The Tecnam P92-J will sell at prices starting from $80,000 and will be in head-on competition with aircraft such as the Canadian-produced Diamond Katana, says the Naples based company. ...
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Piper researches future products
NEW PIPER AIRCRAFT is conducting a major market-research project during 1996, with a view to launching new aircraft types beginning in 1997. The company, which has recently undergone a major re-organisation to emerge from bankruptcy protection, says that it realises the need to introduce new products to meet ...
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Spars flotation
Aviation Sales, which claims to be the world's largest aircraft-spares redistributor, has announced that it is to become a public company, with the sales of 3.25 million shares. The public offering is expected to raise nearly $76. The business had sales of $114 million in 1995. ...
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GROB first
Grob has delivered the first 115C1 Acro aerobatic light aircraft to North American lead customers AG Aviation of Palo Alto, California, Canada's Ottawa Aviation Services and Ronson Aviation of Trenton, New Jersey. Source: Flight International
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Mooney makes financing move
MOONEY AIRCRAFT HAS established a financing division in a bid to make it easier to purchase its high-performance piston-singles. Mooney, which sells aircraft at prices beginning at $200,000, says that the move to set up a financing arm recognises that customers want purchase agreements similar to those they ...
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Forbidden Factor
THE INTERNATIONAL AIR Transport Association's Pierre Jeanniot has dared to link, in public, the two subjects of safety and culture. The inference is that, beyond straight human error as a factor in some accidents, there may be culturally induced human error. He is right to raise the question, because the ...