All General aviation articles – Page 669
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LongRanger achieves high-altitude record
BELL HELICOPTER Textron has set a new company record for high-altitude operations after a Model 206L-4 LongRanger climbed to 19,300ft (5,880m) to rescue the crew of a Pakistan army Aerospatiale SA.315 Lama which had crashed in the Himalayas. The LongRanger was in Pakistan being demonstrated to the army ...
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Russian support
Switzerland's Zimex Aviation has formed a joint venture with Russia's Avcom, called Zimcom Aviation. It will offer corporate services in the CIS, using Raytheon Hawker business jets based at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. Two aircraft are dedicated to service, with others available. Avcom will provide passenger handling and access to restricted, ...
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FlightSafety
Bob Russell has been named project manager maintenance training plans for FlightSafety International, of La Guardia Airport, New York. The newly created position is part of the expanding service organisation, which FlightSafety is providing for the training of aircraft-maintenance technicians. Russell was previously director of aircraft services at Duncan Aviation, ...
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Gulfstream V roll-out date is set
GULFSTREAM WILL roll out its Gulfstream V long-range business jet, at its Savannah, Georgia, plant on 22 September. The first flight is on schedule for 15 November, the manufacturer says. The Fokker-produced empennage was attached to the first GV early in August, the Northrop Grumman-built wing having been ...
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'Colleague resource management'
Sir - The article "Safety-resource management" (Flight International, 16-22 August, P33) identifies the usefulness of crew-resource management (CRM). We have introduced CRM at the ab initio stage of training on our aviation degree course. The first solo is now the first flight in command. In addition, we use ...
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Aviata tug has its debut
THE HIGH Powered Aviata GM-2 Gniady glider tug, has been flown for the first time in Warsaw. The low-wing aircraft is designed by Aviata and incorporates the wings and tail plane of the PZL-Okecie PZL-110 Koliber, a licence-built version of the Socata Rallye. The engine, propeller and cowlings ...
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Silvaire flies again
FACTORY-remanufactured examples of the Luscombe Silvaire light aircraft, widely regarded as a classic design, are now available from the Luscombe Foundation. The last Silvaires were produced in 1961 and technical support for the aircraft was unavailable until the non-profit Foundation acquired the type certificate and engineering data in ...
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MD-90 metal cut
Metal has been cut on the first of 20 McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90s to be built in China under the country's Trunkliner programme. Fabrication has begun at Aviation Industries of China factories in Xian, Shenyang and Chengdu and at Shanghai Aviation Industrial's Dachang plant, where final assembly will be performed. ...
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Concern mounts over JAR 65
Sir - Having read David Learmount's article "Licence to change" (Flight International, 26 July-1 August, P25), Aircraft Engineers International would like to offer its input on this important issue, which concerns future European maintenance engineers' licensing as it will be covered in the forthcoming Joint Aviation Authorities' (JAA) requirement JAR ...
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Lifeline for USAfrica?
Just when World Airways thought it was safe to file for US-South Africa traffic rights held by bankrupt and grounded airline USAfrica, along came Continental Airlines. The Houston carrier has given the international startup with clipped wings a lease of life - if it can find the financing and convince ...
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More progress
Oh, dear. The 100 largest airlines in the world once again have failed to turn a net profit. It was a close call, but this is the fifth consecutive annual net loss for the carriers in the Airline Business 100. Last year was, of course, a big improvement. ...
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Pacific links spur on talks
In an attempt to flout the stalled US-Japan aviation relationship, airlines from the two countries are forming partnerships that could make alliance-building the issue that forces bilateral liberalisation. It is Delta Air Lines' proposed codesharing alliance with All Nippon Airlines, announced at the start of August, that is ...
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The great Gats
Despite the complexities, experience with the Gats in aviation so far shows it should not be written off as a vehicle for multilateral liberalisation. Ron Katz reports. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (Gats) and its annex on air transport services came into force for the majority of Gatt ...
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New game in town
Last November's takeover of the US Congress by Republicans has made for strong partisan politics and even aviation, traditionally a bipartisan affair, is showing signs of rancour. Mead Jennings reports. If there is one person who signifies that Congress now leans to the right following the Republican takeover last November, ...
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Twin trouble for Cathay?
Cathay Pacific doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. On the one hand, it has avoided sharing its Hong Kong-Taiwan route with a Chinese-backed aspiring new entrant, China National Aviation Corporation, but it must still contend with two new entrants on the lucrative route. The thorny issue of ...
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ATA comes out fighting
Washington aviation officials have been watching with fascination as the Air Transport Association - the trade group representing most US majors - has transformed itself into an effective lobbying entity. Gone are calls heard only a year ago for disbanding the group because it was a waste of money for ...
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AirAsia back for seconds
Proposed Malaysian startup AirAsia is back - well almost. Owners Hicom and the Mofaz group are launching an airport ground services company to cement their role in aviation, while the government continues to consider the application for an operating licence. AirAsia was to have become Malaysia's second national ...
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Air India has capital plans
In a bid to reverse its declining market share Air India is embarking on an ambitious fleet renewal and expansion plan which would double the number of aircraft to 54 by the year 2002. With the state coffers shut tight, the Indian flag carrier is planning a further expansion of ...
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Trunkliner progress
Metal for the first Chinese-built McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90-30 TrunkLiner has been cut by Shanghai Aviation Industrial (SAIC) and sub-assembly manufacturers Xian and Chengdu Aircraft. SAIC will deliver the first of 20 MD-90 twinjets in the first quarter of 1998. MDC is, meanwhile, understood to be close to concluding a ...
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Lloyd unveils heliport plans
Australia's Lloyd Helicopters has announced plans to build a commercial heliport in Melbourne, Victoria. The company says that it is negotiating a central site near Melbourne's dock area. Plans call for the heliport to be fully operational in 1996. The project will entail a total investment of around ...