All General aviation articles – Page 687
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Battles continue
In North America there will be profits for many, but the weak still need surgery. For North American carriers 1995 will be a battle, either for survival or for profits, and one notable marker will be the performance of Southwest and its clones. Internationally, policy makers in Washington will ...
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China feels the pinch
Just when China's airlines are facing a struggle, Bank of China is pressuring them to find at least some unguaranteed finance for 1995 aircraft deliveries. As a result CAAC affiliates, including flag carrier Air China, are testing the market by notifying Hong Kong financiers of their desire to ...
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North-South divide
Southern European carriers will struggle as recovery continues in the north. The efforts of the southern European majors in bridging the divide with their resurgent northern counterparts will dominate the aviation calender in the year to come. Any restructuring will be heavily influenced by the attitude of a new-look ...
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Gulfstream
Gene Rainville has been named executive vice-president of international sales at business-jet manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace, of Savannah, Georgia. He was most recently senior vice-president of marketing for Dassault FalconJet of Paramus, New Jersey, and, before that, spent 13 years with Cessna of Wichita, Kansas. Source: Flight International
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Sloane Helicopters
Seen on a recent visit to helicopter distributor Sloane Helicopters is UK Minister of Aviation and Shipping, Lord Goschen (left), with Sloane technical director Richard Sanford. Sloane claimed to be the world's largest distributor of Robinson R22 and R44 helicopters, discussed with the minister the applications of the aircraft in ...
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Schweizer capitalises on R22 troubles
SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT reports strong interest in its Model 300CB training helicopter, fuelled by fears that the Robinson R22 could be grounded because of safety concerns. The 300CB will be launched formally at the Heli-Expo '95 in Las Vegas, Nevada, in late January. Elmira, New York-based Schweizer says that ...
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Australia compromises over certification of Eagle XT-S
AUSTRALIA'S Civil Aviation Authority has issued a special category certificate of airworthiness to allow the Eagle XT-S sports trainer to operate in Australia, following its failure fully to meet European Joint Aviation Regulations for Very Light Aircraft (JAR-VLA). The aircraft is manufactured in Perth, Western Australia, by Eagle ...
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Turboprop market ripe for mergers
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE TURBOPROP market showed few clear signs of recovery in 1994, lending weight to moves for industry consolidation in the run-up to the alliance between ATR and Jetstream; exclusively reported in Flight International, 18-24 January issue. Overall delivery numbers appear to be largely unchanged ...
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Stability with style
Bell has incorporated both flair and style in its intermediate-sized twin-turbine helicopter, the Model 230. Peter Gray/DALLAS When Bell Helicopter Textron decided to re-engine its Bell 222 helicopter with Allison 250-C30G/2s, it took the opportunity to incorporate more than 70 other refinements and modifications. The result is the ...
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Flutter heads suspect list in BD-10 crash
FLUTTER IS SUSPECTED as the cause of the in-flight break-up of a Bede Jet BD-10 turbojet-powered light aircraft, which killed the pilot (Flight International, 11-17 January). The aircraft was being used for flutter testing in a programme intended to lead to certification of the BD-10 for production by ...
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LTS101 directive
The US Federal Aviation Administration proposes an airworthiness directive to enforce a 1988 service bulletin from Textron Lycoming requiring cast axial-compressor rotors in LTS101 turboshafts and LTP101 turboprops to be replaced with improved machined wrought rotors. Source: Flight International
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Grob aims to regain Strato 2C financing
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN COMPOSITE-aircraft manufacturer Burkhart Grob is expecting a decision to be taken this month on further Government funding for the Strato 2C high-altitude research aircraft, which has overshot budget estimates. The company says that the programme requires DM30 million ($19.5 million) extra cash from ...
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AFI draws up plans to revive Prescott Pusher kitplane
THE PRESCOTT PUSHER, a kitplane design from the mid-1980s, is to be certificated and produced under a scheme developed by San Antonio, Texas-based Aviation Franchising International (AFI). Plans call for the four-place, all-metal aircraft to be fabricated overseas, assembled in the USA and sold through franchised dealers. AFI president ...
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Too close for comfort
The TCAS 2 mandate is being met as the FAA pushes the TCAS 1. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC For the past year, all civil airliners with more than 30 seats operating in or into the USA have been equipped with the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS). ...
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Lancair secures ES deal
LANCAIR International has formed a joint venture with a Malaysian partner to certificate and produce the Lancair ES four-seat, all-composite, light aircraft. The fixed-gear ES is now available as a kitplane and the certificated aircraft is expected to be available within 18 months. Lancair says that it was ...
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Weight limits imposed on Eagle trainer
AUSTRALIA'S CIVIL Aviation Authority has imposed a take-off-weight restriction on the Eagle XT-S sports trainer, which effectively limits it to single-seat operation. The aircraft is manufactured in Perth, Western Australia, by Malaysian interests (Flight International, 9-15 March, 1994) The move apparently resulted from an ACAA review of the ...
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Government order reprieves Kania
Poland's Kania multi-role-helicopter programme has been granted a stay of execution following the placing of four new orders by the Polish Ministry of the Interior - the first new sale of the Kania in five years. The deal came at a time when some at manufacturer WSK PZL-Swidnik were pushing ...
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New momentum, but little new in safety summit
A two-day aviation safety .summit held in Washington DC on 9-10 January produced a list of 70 safety recommendations for the US Federal Aviation Administration and the US airline industry. The meeting, attended by 1,000 airline executives, safety officials, pilots and aircraft manufacturers, was held in the wake ...
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Taxi service
Span Air, a new Indian private-taxi operator, is launching a regional service in the state of Maharashtra, using three Reins-Cessna F406s acquired from Sembawan Aviation of Singapore. It is believed that Span is paying $1.5 million per aircraft. The taxi operator says that it is also talking to aircraft and ...
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MDC plans to test new aft- nozzle design on Harrier II
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) plans to begin flight-testing a new aft-nozzle design on its AV-8B Harrier II technology demonstrator, beginning in February. The aircraft has been used to evaluate wingtip-mounted AIM-9 Sidewinders since its first flight on 30 November 1994. The "zero-scarf" aft nozzles have been developed by Rolls ...