All General aviation articles – Page 660
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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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Pilots beware
Sir - As the UK British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) and the Independent Pilots Association (IPA) have received many recent enquiries, we are offering some cautionary advice to pilots seeking employment. We are led to believe that pilots are being offered employment verbally, subject to their obtaining UK ...
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Call Red
Air-ambulance work in Europe is in its infancy, but is already establishing its credibility. Tony Booth/LONDON IN 1989, THE UK'S West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) launched a project to provide a five-county area of the central UK with air-ambulance cover (the County Air Ambulance service). The idea began ...
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Safety versus cost: the realities
Sir - Wilfried Mommaert's letter (Flight International, 31 January-6 February, P74) raises a valid point. The life-threatening situation arises when an accountant interferes in the critical balance between safety and cost. He will always err (potentially fatally) on the side of cost. The engineer will err on ...
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Technical details
THE 407 WAS certificated by the Canadian Civil Aviation Authority, just a few days before our flight. US Federal Aviation Administration certification will follow. Even before this, more than 150 orders have been placed, with about 100 deposits paid. Initial deliveries will be at Heli-Expo '96 in Dallas, Texas, on ...
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Statistics reflect the effects
Sir - I have lectured for 25 years on flight safety and, with reference to the Viscount article (Flight International, 20 December-2 January, P30), the hot-air anti-ice system does not necessarily supply sufficient heat to the tail-section leading edges in severe icing conditions, unless the fuel flow to engines two ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...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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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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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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What's on
Ship Vulnerability Reduction/SVR 21-23 February; Advanced Infra-red Systems and Technys/AIST 26-28 February; Data Base Security/DBS 4-5 March;Battlefield Management 7-8 March; Software Risk Management/SRISK 11-13 March; Littoral Warfare/LW 20-22 March, London, UK. Contact: H Silver & Associates, Africa House, 64-78 Kingsway, London WC2B 6BD, UK; tel: +44 (171) 413 0936; fax: ...
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Crash leads to Tu-154B groundings
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW THE CIS INTERSTATE Aviation Committee has grounded 15 Russian-operated Tupolev Tu-154Bs because of information emerging about the 7 December 1995, Khabarovsk Air Tu-154B crash in the Russian far east (Flight International, 20 December, 1995-2 January). The aircraft are to remain grounded until the investigation is complete. ...
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USA reports increase in GA accidents
US GENERAL-AVIATION (GA) accidents increased slightly in 1995, causing concern that efforts to improve safety have reached a plateau. The US National Transportation Safety Board says that there were 408 fatal GA accidents in 1995, compared with 402 in 1994. Safety has been steadily improving since the ...