All General aviation articles – Page 662

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    Airports Council condemns ICAO environmental rules deferral

    1996-01-10T00:00:00Z

    THE RECENT DECISION taken by the International Civil Aviation Organisation's Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) to postpone the implementation of stricter environmental standards (Flight International, 3-9 January) has been condemned by the Geneva-based Airports Council International (ACI), which is one of the Committee members. Avi Gil, ACI's ...

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    Late Skyhawks

    1996-01-03T00:00:00Z

    New production Cessna Aircraft 172 Skyhawks will not be rolled off the company's new $45 million manufacturing plant at the Independence, Kansas, municipal airport until December - about three months later than planned. Poor weather had slowed down progress.   Source: Flight International

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    GAMA

    1996-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Shelly Snyder has been named director of communications at the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). She was formerly with FedEx, of Memphis, Tennessee. Source: Flight International

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    Airlines

    1996-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/Business Editor THE WORLD AIRLINE INDUSTRY finally shook off the recession in 1995, to produce what are likely to be the highest profits on record. Barring unforeseen disasters, the industry should continue to forge ahead in 1996. The figures have yet to be collated for ...

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    Air Atlantique extends engine life

    1996-01-03T00:00:00Z

    AIR ATLANTIQUE has applied to the UK Civil Aviation Authority for an almost 60% extension of the time between overhauls (TBO) on the Teledyne Continental GTSIO-520 piston engines powering its Cessna 404 Titans. The first of four tear down inspections required by the CAA, has revealed no problems ...

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    Production MD 600N lifts off

    1996-01-03T00:00:00Z

    THE FIRST production model of the MD 600N helicopter had its maiden flight at the McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Mesa plant in Arizona on 15 December. MDHS experimental test pilot Chan Morse flew the MD 600N for 30min, reaching a top speed of around 100kt (185km/h) in ...

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    SJ30 tests make progress

    1996-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Graham Warwick/ATLANTA SINO SWEARINGEN Aircraft (SSAC) has completed bird-strike testing for the SJ30 light business-jet. Tests were conducted at windshield manufacturer PPG in Huntsville, Alabama, and SSAC says "...the metal cockpit structure required no repairs after the 320kt [590km/h], 4lb [1.8kg] bird strikes." The first US ...

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    Smooth operators

    1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The third package not only improved market access, it gave European Economic Area carriers the ability to choose the most favourable environment for their operations. Dermot Scully reports on the advantages of using more than one licence.European airlines are beginning to recognise the full extent of the potential benefits ...

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    Lloyd's find out what's in a Name

    1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

    After several horrendous years in which the accumulated losses of the London insurance market climbed to £8.2 billion ($12.7 billion), it is at last possible to believe that Lloyd's is far enough along the road to recovery and reform to remain a significant factor in the global insurance industry. ...

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    Brussels fails to use its muscles

    1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The new European Commission has held office for a year but has little to show for its efforts, despite the initial hype. Mark Odell looks at Brussels' performance in regulating a market where competition is on the increase.When Neil Kinnock took over as the new European transport commissioner in January ...

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    Stevens

    1995-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Jim Amador has been named vice-president for aircraft sales at maintainer and technical-service company Stevens Aviation, of Greenville, South Carolina. A member of Stevens' sales team since 1994, Amador was formerly vice-president for aircraft sales at JetCorp of St Louis, Missouri.   Source: Flight International

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    Citation X changes confirmed by Cessna

    1995-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Graham Warwick/ATLANTA CESSNA AIRCRAFT PLANS to deliver the first Citation X high-speed business jet in June 1996, a delay of two months, following full US certification of the aircraft with an increased payload. The US manufacturer had been aiming for basic US certification of the Mach 0.92 aircraft ...

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    BAe/Dassault joint research foreshadows wider defence link

    1995-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE AND Dassault Aviation are setting up a joint research centre, in a venture, which foreshadows the creation of a single European military-aircraft company to rival the US giants. The initial aim is to establish a "centre of excellence" to develop technologies ...

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    Piper

    1995-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Larry Bardon, formerly with Lockheed's "Skunk Works" and Pilatus Aircraft, has been appointed director for marketing and sales at light piston-aircraft manufacturer New Piper Aircraft, of Vero Beach, Florida. Dan Elliott becomes manager for manufacturing. Elliott, who previously spent 13 years with Piper, returns having served as chief tool engineer ...

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    The dangers of down-wind turns

    1995-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Sir - Although not always accepted by the flying establishment, the danger of the "down-wind-turn" phenomenon is accepted by pilots of light aircraft and gliders. The effect may be seen, as birds circle in windy conditions, when the rapid loss of height as the bird turns down-wind, becomes obvious. ...

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    Cooper

    1995-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Aircraft-parts distributor Cooper Aviation, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, has named Dave Davis Cooper Express representative in the Mid-West, and Mike Fischer joins the companies inside sales-support staff.       Source: Flight International

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    Cessna delays

    1995-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Cessna Aircraft is expected to announce that it has delayed certification of its Citation X high-speed business jet until the second quarter of 1996. Partial US certification had been expected by the end of 1995, but the manufacturer has decided instead to aim for full certification of the Mach 0.92 ...

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    Northwest crew is punished for Brussels miscue

    1995-12-13T00:00:00Z

    NORTHWEST AIRLINES has taken stern action against the flight deck crew of a Frankfurt-bound McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40, which landed at Brussels Airport by mistake on 5 September. Northwest has completed its internal probe of the incident, which has resulted in the captain "taking early retirement" the first officer ...

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    Textron revamps Bell/Cessna structure

    1995-12-13T00:00:00Z

    TEXTRON HAS announced management changes at its Bell Helicopter and Cessna Aircraft units. David Assard has been promoted to the newly created post of president at Cessna, reporting to chairman and chief executive Russ Meyer. Other changes at Cessna include the promotion of executive vice-president Gary Hay to ...

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    Jet Aviation's success in outfitting

    1995-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Sir - The main reason for Jet Aviation's success in outfitting and customising aircraft interiors is missed in Julian Moxon's article "An inside story" (Flight International, 22-28 November). In the 1970s and 1980s, as chief pilot of a presidential flight of five business jets, I had experience of ...