All General aviation articles – Page 95

  • Bell 525
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    ​Bell Helicopter sees success in 2015 for clean-sheet commercial rotorcraft

    2015-03-03T00:46:33Z

    Bell Helicopter is betting on two clean-sheet commercial rotorcraft to boost its presence in the civilian helicopter market, and, while neither has entered production, the company has hundreds of customers lined up for the light-single and super-medium offerings.

  • Solar Impulse 2 mosque 640
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    Solar Impulse 2 completes 12h training flight

    2015-02-26T17:46:29Z

    ​Only days before launching a historic, round-the-world flight, the Solar Impulse 2 staged a 12h test flight on 26 February from Abu Dhabi.

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    National Police Air Service to close ten bases

    2015-02-26T16:07:39Z

    ​The National Police Air Service (NPAS) of England and Wales is closing ten bases over the next two years a following hefty cut to its budget. The publicly-funded service will operate 23 aircraft from 15 sites strategically located across the two regions.

  • A321 cockpit
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    Many pilots 'medically-impaired' due to toxic cabin air

    2015-02-26T08:09:05Z

    ​The Global Cabin Air Quality Executive heard at its annual conference in London yesterday that at least 3% of airline pilots are flying with degraded physical and mental performance caused by repeated exposure to neurotoxins in the aircraft cabin air, and may become actually incapacitated during flight if their exposure ...

  • Surf Air Pilatus PC-12NG
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    Surf Air takes delivery of the 1,300th PC-12 and plots expansion

    2015-02-25T14:38:45Z

    The 1,300th Pilatus PC-12 entered service on 24 February with US members only VIP airline Surf Air. The Santa Monica-based operator is now plotting expansion to cater for the booming demand for its all-you-can-fly, single-engined turboprop-based scheduled service.

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    SyberJet SJ30i first flight slips to fourth quarter

    2015-02-25T12:49:20Z

    ​SyberJet Aircraft has pushed back first flight of its SJ30i to the end of the year following its decision to bring the electronic engineering work to incorporate the light business jet’s redesigned cockpit, in house.

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    Flying Colours completes first VIP S-92

    2015-02-25T11:50:19Z

    Canadian maintenance, repair and overhaul company Flying Colours has completed its first VIP refurbishment of a Sikorsky S-92, marking its first foray into the large/heavy-twin helicopter completions business.

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    AVALON: Viking sells Twin Otter Series 400 to Walker

    2015-02-24T13:42:00Z

    ​Sydney-based Walker Corporation has ordered a DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft from Viking Air of Canada via Australasia sales representative Utility Air for operation on guest transport services at a new resort in Fiji.

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    AVALON: Pilatus displays 'super versatile' PC-24

    2015-02-24T13:39:03Z

    Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus has brought a full-scale mock-up of its new PC-24 “Super Versatile Jet” to the Avalon show, for which the manufacturer already holds orders from Australian customers.

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    Australia grounds some R44s on rotor blade concerns

    2015-02-24T13:29:35Z

    ​Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has issued an airworthiness directive grounding Robinson R44 helicopters fitted with C016-7 main rotor blades.

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    AVALON: Business jet manufacturers expand presence in Australia

    2015-02-24T13:26:05Z

    ​A number of business aircraft manufacturers have boosted their presence at this year’s Australian International Airshow, acknowledging that the small but growing local market is a significant one in the region.

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    AVALON: ​Mahindra works towards Airvan 10 certification

    2015-02-24T12:50:42Z

    Mahindra Aerospace is aiming to submit certification documents for its new Airvan 10 to Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority in the third quarter of this year.

  • BA 777-300ER
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    BA and CAA ordered to act on cabin air contamination

    2015-02-20T15:34:00Z

    ​British Airways and the UK Civil Aviation Authority have been given 56 days (until 13 April) to reply to a Coroner’s “Report to Prevent Future Deaths”, that the December 2012 death of a BA pilot, Richard Westgate, was associated with the presence in his body of organophosphate toxins that are ...

  • Airvan 100
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: India-owned Mahindra extends its footprint from Australia to North America

    2015-02-20T10:34:35Z

    With a manufacturing base in Australia, a marketing and assembly operation in the USA, a growing global sales and support network and ownership by an Indian conglomerate, Mahindra Aerospace is truly a global company.

  • PC-24 tests
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    PICTURES: Pilatus begins engine ground runs on PC-24

    2015-02-19T16:43:49Z

    Swiss airframer Pilatus is progressing towards the maiden sortie of its new PC-24 - the first business jet it has ever produced - with the initial flight-test prototype performing ground engine runs at its Stans facility on 18 February.

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    AERO INDIA: ​UTC Aerospace Systems to expand presence in India

    2015-02-18T18:07:17Z

    UTC Aerospace Systems expects to conduct a greater scope of work in India following the approval of its new four-person life raft by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for domestic production and export.

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    Airbus Helicopters drops PW210 engine on 'repositioned' X4

    2015-02-18T14:52:54Z

    ​On the eve of the officially unveiling of its new X4 medium-class rotorcraft, Airbus Helicopters has sensationally ditched one of the two engine suppliers on the programme and hinted at a heavier aircraft than previously thought.

  • Quest Kodaik
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    Japan's Setouchi Holdings buys Quest Aircraft

    2015-02-18T13:04:43Z

    ​Quest Aircraft, manufacturer of the Kodiak single-engined turboprop, has been snapped-up by Japanese company Setouchi Holdings for an undisclosed sum.

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    Economic impact of General Aviation climbs to $219 billion in six years

    2015-02-18T13:00:49Z

    The US business and general aviation industry contributed $219 billion to the US economy in 2013 and supported 1.1 million jobs, according to a study jointly commissioned by eight leading business and general aviation associations.

  • Gulfstream G500 & G600
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    P&WC announces key milestone for G500 and G600

    2015-02-17T22:04:08Z

    ​Pratt & Whitney Canada has received engine certification for the engines that will power Gulfstream’s two newest business jets unveiled last October.