Cobalt Aircraft unveiled a mock-up for its Co50 twin-engine pusher prop at AirVenture 2010. The four to five-seat aircraft is expected to cruise at 250kts. The French design features a canard but the mock-up unveiled at Oshkosh for now is missing the canard.
Source: FlightGlobal.com
Porter Aircraft Leasing, a subsidiary of Canada’s Porter Aviation Holdings, has agreed to the sale-leaseback of four Pratt & Whitney engines with international lessor Avolon.
The Hollywood, Florida-based operator recently told FlightGlobal that it plans to complete the process in the first quarter but declined to be more specific, citing “pending proceedings” with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
In addition to the array of civil firefighting aircraft operating on the frontline of the historic wildfires in the Los Angeles area, military aircraft equipped with firefighting systems have also been deployed to support the effort.
