All General aviation articles – Page 664
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Amphibian start-up
New Middle East regional carrier City Link plans to begin downtown-to-downtown services between Abu Dhabi and Dubai by the end of the year, using two float-equipped Cessna Caravan turboprop singles. Three new Caravan amphibians are on order for delivery in 1996. Source: Flight International
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Defender 4000 receives CAA certification
PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN (PBN) has announced that the latest addition to its Defender family - the BN2T-4S Defender 4000 - has been granted full type-certification by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Certification was awarded following a 150h flight-test programme, which culminated in a final trial with a CAA crew to verify ...
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SR20 on schedule for 1997
CIRRUS DESIGN has flown the second prototype of its SR20 all-composite light aircraft. The company says that it remains on schedule for certification in early 1997. The aircraft was flown by Cirrus' new test pilot, former Space Shuttle commander Bob Overmyer, from the company's headquarters in Duluth, Minnesota. ...
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UAE could be persuaded to take Enforcer
THE CASA CN-235 Persuader and Fokker Maritime Enforcer Mk2 are emerging as the front runners competing for the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) soon-to-be-decided order for new a maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA). The UAE air force is seeking four aircraft for MPA missions, including anti-submarine warfare and surface strike. The ...
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Cessna
Bill Buckles has been appointed vice-president and general manager of Cessna Aircraft's McCauley Accessory division, of Vandalia, Ohio. Buckles, who has been with McCauley since 1947, has been general manager of the propeller and accessory-manufacturing company since July 1990. Source: Flight International
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Austflight signs Shanghai manufacturing venture
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Australian ultra-light aircraft manufacturer Austflight has signed a joint venture agreement with the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory to build the Australian-designed Drifter SB582 two-seat ultralight aircraft in Shanghai. Under the agreement, the joint venture also plans to offer to supply components, to two other ...
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ASF
Najeeb Halaby has been appointed chairman of the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Foundation (ASF) Board of Visitors. He is a former Administrator of the US Federal Aviation Administration as well as an ex-chief executive of Pan American World Airways. Source: Flight International
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Aero to adapt Caravan
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES AERO UNION, THE California-based aerial fire-fighting-systems specialist, plans to begin negotiations with Cessna early in 1996 over plans to fit a tank-based fire-retardant delivery system to the Caravan utility aircraft. Aero Union commercial tank-works marketing manager Tom Prescott says: "We will be negotiating in ...
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Bombardier offers a hybrid version of CL-415 to Lebanon
BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE is offering to Lebanon a hybrid version of the Canadair CL-415 amphibian, to meet its requirements for forest fire-fighting, search and rescue and surveillance. The aircraft would combine the fire-fighting capabilities of the existing CL-415 turboprop with the basic configuration of the proposed CL-415M maritime-patrol variant, ...
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Kitted out
Carolle Doyle/KIRKBYMOORSIDE THE UK'S EUROPA AVIATION has begun a series of tests of the first customer-built Europa kitplane at its headquarters in Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire. The company intends to carry out similar tests on the first ten kits made by customers. The Europa was launched by Europa ...
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Novel design
Peter Henley/NORTH WEALD A MERE GLANCE at the Grob 200 reveals its designer's novel approach to his task. The airframe is constructed of composite materials, its engine is mounted behind the cabin (driving a three-bladed pusher propeller which lives on the end of a long tailcone), directional stability ...
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Welcome common sense on JAA rules
Sir - The editorial "Regulatory fatigue" (Flight International, 1-7 November) was a welcome shaft of common sense in the dreary saga of the move towards European Joint Airworthiness Authorities (JAA) regulations on flight-time limitations and the proposed changes in the USA and Canada. No-one should underestimate the difficulties ...
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FAA justifies safety-assessment actions
Graham Warwick/Miami THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is defending its International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) programme against criticism that it constitutes the implementation of punitive action against airlines in countries judged not to comply fully with international safety-oversight standards. The FAA has recently added Ecuador, ...
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Brunei chooses ArgoSystems for CN-235
BRUNEI HAS SELECTED ARGOSystem as the tactical integrator for its planned fleet of Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) CN-235 maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA). The US company was selected over Racal, after a prolonged competition lasting some five years. It is now hoped to finalise the integration contract with ...
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Pleasures of the northern lights
Sir - During a recent overnight transatlantic flight, it was interesting to see a wonderful display of the Aurora Borealis northern lights. It is perhaps not surprising that HF radio transmissions were considerably disturbed (with quite a network of relay calls between aircraft) and Shanwick and Gander each ...
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Right Royal bid
Royal Aviation has made an improved, C$63 million ($45.9 million) take-over offer for Montreal-based Transat AT in a bid to create Canada's largest charter carrier, with a 19-aircraft fleet. Transat rejected Royal's original C$52.5 million offer. Source: Flight International
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USA calls for disclosure of pilot work records
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC David Learmount/LONDON THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is to examine airline rights of access to pilots' previous employment history, following the investigation of a 1994 regional-airliner accident which killed 15 people. The NTSB, which blames the pilot of the Flagship Airlines ...
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A better pace-setter
Harry Hopkins/OBERPFAFFENHOFEN SINCE IT FIRST ENTERED service, the Dornier 328 high-speed turboprop has been the subject of a great many detail refinements, not least to its aerodynamics, its propellers and systems. So extensive are these changes that the designation of the current production version has been changed from ...
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Locator rule irks Australian AOPA
AUSTRALIAN GENERAL-aviation pilots are trying to block a new Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) requirement for all light aircraft to carry aircraft-mounted emergency locator transmitters (ELTs). The Australian Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) says that while over three-quarters of its membership agrees that ELT carriage should ...