All General aviation articles – Page 70
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Clive Jackson - Founder Victor Aerospace
Clive Jackson is the founder and chief executive of online business aircraft booking platform Victor, a venture he created in 2011 to shake up the traditional charter model
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: California's waterbomber fleet is matched only by its wildfire problem
California is a US state known for its big-budget movies and wine, but also scorching droughts and massive wildfires
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ENAC authorises testing of optionally piloted Tecnam P92
Italy’s civil aviation authority, ENAC, has authorised the country’s CIRA aerospace research centre to test fly an optionally piloted variant of a Tecnam P92 Echo S light sport aircraft.
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Solar Impulse resumes round-world solar-powered challenge
After a nine-month delay for repairs in Hawaii, the Solar Impulse round-the-world flight attempt resumed with a two-day, 14hr flight to NASA’s Moffett Field, near San Francisco.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Ian Cooper, chief executive, Airways Aviation
Ian Cooper is chief executive of UK training provider Airways Aviation. A former pilot with British Airways, Cooper is determined to expand training provision for a new generation of budding aviators
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Gulfstream secures US approval for GIV-SP synthetic vision
Operators of Gulfstream GIV-SP business jets equipped with PlaneDeck avionics can now add synthetic vision to its suite of cockpit functions, following approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration for the retrofit. A similar supplemental type certification is now being sought for the GV and GIV business jets.
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Quest Kodiak poised for European approval
Quest Aircraft is hoping to secure European validation of its Kodiak single-engined turboprop this quarter, so it can begin deliveries of locally-registered versions of the 10-seat utility type. The continent is already home to six Kodiaks operated on the US N-register.
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Evektor seeks investment to take EV-55 into volume production
As the flight test programme for its EV-55 utility transport gathers pace, Czech manufacturer Evektor is hoping it can generate the investment to take the country’s first new civil aircraft in the post-Communist era into volume production.
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Textron Aviation records modest rise in first quarter profits and deliveries
Textron Aviation recorded a modest increase in business aircraft deliveries for the first quarter of 2016 on the back of rising output for the Citation Latitude.
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AERO: Honda Aircraft hands over first European-owned HondaJet
Honda Aircraft formally delivered the first European-owned HA-420 HondaJet at the Aero Friedrichshafen show – to its German distributor Rheinland Air Service (RAS).
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AERO: Piper prepares M500 debutante for European approval
Piper Aircraft's M500 made its regional debut at the Aero Friedrichshafen show, and the US airframer is now eager to secure long-awaited European Aviation Safety Agency validation for the single-engined turboprop, and begin deliveries across the continent.
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AERO: Daher introduces TBM 930 as deliveries take off
Aero Friedrichshafen marked the first European outing for Daher’s TBM 930 single-engined turboprop, following its roll-out in Tarbes, southwest France, on 5 April.
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AERO: Vision SF50 nears certification as orders soar
Work on Cirrus Aircraft's Vision SF50 is approaching the finishing line, with certification and service entry of the only in-development US Part 23 single-engined personal jet set for the second and third quarters of this year, respectively.
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Embraer celebrates 1,000 business jets delivered
Embraer Executive Jets delivered the company’s 1,000th jet – a Legacy 450 ordered by fractional provider Flexjet – in a ceremony at the company’s growing new factory in Melbourne, Florida.
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Factory-built Zenair CH 750 piston-single returns
Zenair, Canadian developer of the CH-family of piston-singles, will offer a factory-built version of its two-seat CH 750 kit plane, seven years after its production line for the type was shut down.
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Icon Aircraft may review "uncomfortable" sales terms
Acknowledging that the A5 amphibian’s lengthy sales contract makes some customers “uncomfortable”, Icon Aircraft says it may review the terms in the 41-page document as the single-engine type nears a long-awaited debut.
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Winged-Dutchman receives first European-registered EA550
Dutch charter start-up Winged-Dutchman Aero Service has taken delivery of the first European-registered Eclipse 550, following handover of the very light jet (VLJ) – registration OE-FMO – on 14 April.
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Gulfstream's first G600 takes shape in Savannah
Gulfstream has mated the wing and fuselage of the first G600 flight test article at its Savannah, Georgia headquarters, as it prepares the clean-sheet, large-cabin business jet for its maiden sortie this year.
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First meeting for Hemisphere customer advisory board nears
Development activities for Cessna's new Hemisphere large-cabin aircraft are well under way, with the customer advisory board that will help to shape the twinjet preparing to meet for the first time.
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Evektor flies first production-conforming EV-55 Outback
The first production-conforming Evektor EV-55 Outback made its maiden sortie on 8 April at the Czech airframer’s headquarters in Kunovice airport, 280km from Prague. The twin-engined turboprop, – serial number 3, registration OK-DRM –took off at 11:45 local time for a 20min flight that “went according to plan”, says Evektor.