All General aviation articles – Page 659
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USA and Japan agree to introduce FANS on the North Pacific
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE USA AND JAPAN are co-operating in introducing the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) and the wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) on the North Pacific. As part of the deal, the two sides have agreed to look at establishing additional air-navigation routes and opening Japanese airports ...
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FAA and JAA agree to harmonise on common standards
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration and the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) have agreed common standards for certification of new general-aviation aircraft built in the USA and Europe under FAR/JAR 23 rules. The standards, which become effective on 1 March, cover powerplant, airframe and aircraft performance requirements for ...
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Hawker aerospace arms head for Fleet
CANADA'S FLEET Aerospace has agreed to purchase the aerospace businesses of Hawker Siddeley Canada for $27 million. The businesses, which had 1995 sales of almost $93 million, include Hawker Siddeley's Orenda division, which is developing a new range of high-power piston engines for general-aviation aircraft. The businesses will ...
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The criteria for flightpaths are incomplete
Sir -It is stated in the article "Wavionix speeds up design of air-traffic flight patterns" (Flight International, 24-30 January, P23) that en route airways flightpaths are designed according to criteria laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) aircraft operations manual. ICAO Document 8168 - Procedures for ...
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What's on
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Safety
Winner: Jeppesen Location: Englewood, Colorado, USA. Achievement: A simple but highly effective development to help pilots remain familiar with the world's more exacting airport approaches, by making the charts on which they rely more readable. To help address an identified need within the airline industry to improve ...
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Raytheon Premier on track
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has issued performance guarantees to buyers of its new light business-jet, the Premier I, after the latest series of windtunnel tests confirmed initial predictions. Maximum cruise speed at 33,000ft (10,000m) is expected to be around 460kt (850km/h), while range is pegged at 2,775km (1,500nm). Payload with ...
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...while piston sales increase
OPTIMISM IS GROWING within the US general-aviation (GA) industry that the promised steady long-term growth in piston-engined-aircraft sales is beginning to materialise. Presenting a strong set of figures for 1995, Ed Stimpson, president of the US General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), commented that reform of US GA product-liability ...
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The pros and cons of a 'single European ticket'
Sir - It is interesting to be informed via "European FAA?" (editorial, Flight International, 24-30 January) that there are plans to force the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) to become legally responsible to the European Commission, rather than to the individual airworthiness authorities of member states. Can we ...
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Technology challenge
Making it easy is not part of the latest Branson challenge. Andrew Doyle/LONDON WHEN VIRGIN AIRWAYS chairman Richard Branson and balloon manufacturer Per Lind- strand launch their attempt to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon, it will be more than a test of human endurance. The performance of ...
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Russians sign avionics deal
AVIACOR, THE SAMARA-based manufacturer of the Tupolev Tu-154M, has formed a strategic alliance with Honeywell, covering the use of the US avionics-maker's equipment on the Russian manufacturer's aircraft. The agreement, which was signed at Asian Aerospace '96, specifies potential programmes for the installation of Honeywell's integrated avionics, flight-management ...
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CAA criticises preparation for new automated aircraft pilots
David Learmount/LONDON AIRLINE PILOTS ARE given inadequate type-conversion training for modern, highly automated aircraft, according to a senior UK Civil Aviation Authority official. CAA test pilot Capt Terry Newman, a European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) representative on a US Federal Aviation Administration team studying safety in ...
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IPTN renews interest in Bell 430
INDUSTRI PESAWAT Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) is signalling renewed interest in assembling the new Bell 430 helicopter in Indonesia. The Indonesian manufacturer originally signed an agreement with Bell Helicopter Textron in December 1994 to either assemble or re-assemble the 430 for sale to the local civil market. There has ...
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Flightline to take surplus BAe146s
THE FIRST OF 18 surplus USAir British Aerospace 146-200s will soon re-enter commercial service with UK-based Flightline. The UK firm formally accepted the aircraft from USAir Leasing on 5 January. The aircraft, leased via Alpine Aviation, will be used on a London-Switzerland route. Before its acceptance, ...
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Talk this way
A Swedish-led technology could provide a key element of the Future Air Navigation System. Kieran Daly/LONDON THE GLOBAL-NAVIGATION satellite-system-synchronised, self-organising, time-division, multiple-access (STDMA) data- link really needs a much better name. It is one thing for the dedicated souls serving on the International Civil Aviation ...
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In-trail-climb testing inadequate
Sir - In the article "New members join in-trail-climb club" (Flight International, 6-12 December, 1995, P16), Ken Peppard of the US Federal Aviation Administration is quoted as saying that "...pilots, controller and ARINC operators feel comfortable with the procedure". The US Airline Pilots' Association (ALPA) believes this to be an ...
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Ryanair rebuffed by Irish Government
RYANAIR, THE independent low-fare Irish airline, is to re-assess its expansion plans for Dublin following the rejection by the Irish Government of its plan for a second city airport at Baldonnel's Casement Aerodrome, now used by the Irish Air Corps. Chairman Tony Ryan had proposed the move, to ...
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UK delays Swanwick opening by one year
THE OPENING OF the new en route air-traffic-control centre for England and Wales has been delayed until December 1997, says the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The £350 million ($530 million) Swanwick Centre, near Fareham, Hampshire, has been plagued by problems with integrating the air-traffic-management system's 2 million lines ...
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Beyond the basics
Aptitude is not enough to win airline sponsorship for today's ab initio pilot-training courses. David Learmount/LONDON IT IS ALREADY axiomatic in the airline industry that today's airline pilots are expected not only to retain traditional piloting and airmanship skills (despite practising them less on the modern flight ...
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FAA approves Saab wingtip
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has granted full certification, for the Saab 340B Plus extended wingtip programme, enabling the introduction by American Eagle, of 25 of the new type. American Eagle already operates more than 100 Saab 340Bs. Extended wingtips were certificated late in 1995 by Transport Canada ...