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Latavio tries to wreck SAS Latvian venture
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LATVIAN FLAG CARRIER Latvian Airlines (Latavio) is mounting a last-ditch attempt to sink the proposed joint venture between Baltic International USA (BIUSA) and Scandinavian Airline System (SAS). Latavio is now being backed by the privately owned Banka Baltija - the largest bank in ...
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Lifting the gloom
The mood at GAMTA's annual conference in London was very different to that in 1994. Kieran Daly/LONDON The second half of the 1990s will test Europe's general aviation (GA) operators beyond precedent, but it may also reward them, as never before. What is beyond doubt is that ...
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FTL: the snags with legislation
Sir - The letter from R P Holubowicz "Pilots to influence flight-time limits?" (Flight International, 25-31 January, P52) clearly illustrates the difficulties of trying to legislate in the area of flight-time limits (FTL). FTL should fall into two separate areas. The first is the national, or now-planned, European ...
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Starkraft ditches kitplane plans
STARKRAFT HAS dropped plans to market its Model 700 piston-twin as a kitplane and is arranging financing to certificate the eight-place, all-composite aircraft. A prototype was flown for the first time in December 1994, powered by two 260kW (350hp), liquid-cooled Teledyne Continental TSIOL-550s mounted in the nose and ...
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Diamond
Karl Pfister has joined light-aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft, of Ontario, Canada, as vice-president of manufacturing. He was previously head of production management and small-aircraft projects for Burkhart Grob. Earl Boyter is named head of worldwide marketing and sales. He was formerly, eastern sales manager for Diamond USA, the North American ...
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Diamond ships its first Katana to Missouri
DIAMOND AIRCRAFT has delivered its first DA20 Katana trainer to Central Missouri State University. The London, Ontario-based manufacturer says that it has firm orders for 121 of the all-composite two-seaters, the majority from US flight schools. Diamond has so far delivered 11 Canadian-built DA20s and operates a demonstrator ...
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Simon Aviation's de-icing system 'saves on fluid use'
SIMON AVIATION Ground Equipment of Olathe, Kansas has launched an aircraft de-icing system, which, the company claims, saves up to 30% fluid use. Known as the Fluid Efficient Deicing System, it consists of a spray nozzle on a manoeuvrable swivel, which allows an operator, housed for protection in ...
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Airfield fight to spread across UK
GAMTA executives plan a renewed commitment to fighting closures and restrictions at airfields across the UK after securing increased Government sympathy. Civil servants present confirmed that a series of encouraging Government statements over recent months was explicitly intended to create a better regulatory environment for business aviation. Delegates ...
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NTSB urges ASDE-3 movement
THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to allow the immediate commissioning of the Westinghouse Norden Systems ASDE-3 surface-movement radar installed at 23 US airports. It also wants the FAA to speed up development of the associated Airport Movement Area Safety ...
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Use of ex-Soviet aircraft worrying
Sir - I have noted that aircraft from former Soviet Bloc countries are being chartered by organisations in the UK. There is a question mark over the airworthiness and operating standards of such aircraft. Some companies instruct their staff not to fly on them, unless there is no ...
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Leading edge sales
Leading Edge Concepts of Bethel, Connecticut, has appointed Germany's Aircraft Technology and the UK's Brian Moore Aviation Consultants as sales representatives for its range of electroformed-nickel leading edges for erosion protection of rotor blades and composite propellers. Source: Flight International
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UK CAA
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has just presented its first Safety Award for general aviation to Stephen Linstead (right), a student pilot who suffered an engine failure on his first solo flight. Presenting the award, CAA managing director Tom Murphy said that Linstead "…conducted himself in a laudable manner and ...
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China sells Eaglets
China's Xian Aircraft says that it has sold the first three Eaglet 100 light aircraft to Shantou Aviation Club in the south of the country. The Eaglet is described as a low-cost two-seat aircraft, selling for around 110,000 yuan ($13,000). The Xian-designed aircraft is 5.5m long, with a 9.8m span, ...
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Upbeat UK operators urged into Europe
The UK Government has pledged backing for its business-aviation operators in ensuring a "level playing field" in Europe when full cabotage is introduced in 1997. The promise was delivered at the annual conference of the General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association, which urged its members to exploit the ...
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Passenger growth has accelerated, says FAA study
A NEW US FEDERAL Aviation Administration's 12-year growth forecast for US commercial aviation shows that passenger numbers grew faster in 1994 than at any time since 1987. "The commercial-aviation industry breathed a collective sigh of relief in fiscal year 1994 as most sectors of the industry recorded their ...
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Appointments
Ian Shiu has been named as general manager marketing and sales at Dragonair. Tom Davenport has been appointed to head up the Pratt & Whitney and MTU mid-thrust family engine project. Edmond Soliday has been named as United's vice president corporate safety and security. ...
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Sizing up all the options
I agree with the basic message of 'Stop Downsizing' by Scott Brandt (Airline Business, October 1995). No significant improvement in the maintenance cost structure has been accomplished - not only over the last five years but in the last 25 years!Bearing in mind that the major ...
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Touch and go
Time is becoming a critical factor in air traffic control. Harry Hopkins/BOSCOMBE DOWN Research and planning for more efficient European air traffic control (ATC) in the next century emphasises the precise use of the fourth dimension: time. The UK Defence Research Agency (DRA) at Boscombe Down, in ...
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Marshall wins second order for TriStar freighter work
MARSHALL AEROSPACE of the UK is to convert three Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStars to freighters for International Air Leases (IAL), and the company has also negotiated additional options. The deal is the second major TriStar freight-conversion contract for Marshall, which again beat rival Lockheed Aeronautical Services (LAS) for the ...
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NASA disputes JAA duty plan
David Learmount/LONDON EUROPEAN JOINT Aviation Authority (JAA) proposals for airline-pilot working hours exceed safe limits, with excessive duty time and inadequate rest periods, according to a study from NASA. The JAA has declined to comment. The study was led by, Mark Rosekind of NASA's Ames ...