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 ...NUMBER 4784 VOLUME 159 12-18 JUNE 2001
NEWS
Headlines
6 Japan rejects Airbus offer.
ILFC halts RJ market plan
7 Boeing secures USAF deal.
Raytheon cuts production and jobs
8 Moscow plans new me...
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 ...NUMBER 4785 VOLUME 159 19-25 JUNE 2001
This week
NEWS
Headlines
6 L-3 aims for European links.
Combat air vehicle moves ahead
7 GE/Honeywell set to call off merger.
10 USN opts for new helicopt...
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 ...B139
C27J
ATR-42MP
F28Mk0100
Do328Je?-300
Do328Jet-300
Slingsby T67 M260
Slingsby T67 M260
F/A-18F
F/A-18F
AH-64D
J-UCAS
Challenger 300
Global 5000
Learjet 40
DHC8-402
Schweitzer 300
Cirrus SR22
Falcon 900EX
Multi purpose Helicopter
Lockheed P-3B
Embraer 190
Embraer 170
Embraer Legacy (135BJ)
AN-74TK-200
AN-140-100
L410UVP(T)
F-16
F-16
Hawker 800XP
Premier 1
DC10-40 ...
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 ...CHECKLIST^ CESSNA 182 SKYLANE GENERAL ARRANGEMENT
VProven dependable 182 airframe
unchanged
Advanced integrated digital
avionics added
nPFD easy to read and interpret:
large airspeed display, sc...
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 ...light Test Cirrus SR22
Cirrus' second production
model is stronger, heavier and
faster than its sibling, but the
SR22 is more than just a
power upgrade
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DAVE HIGDON / TAMPA
•lying Cir...
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 ...light Test Cirrus SR22
Top:
wing-tip
extensions
give 1m of
additional
wing span to
the SR22
and aid the
pilot through
the stall.
Middle:
Cirrus has
added a
stylised
logo to
differentiate
this mo...
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 ...•The Cirrus
airframe
parachute-is
a life-saver
FINALIST
SIKORSKY
ACHIEVEMENT:
S-92 programme
With its S-92, Sikorsky claims to have
built the first truly viable public
transport helicopter
Cirrus SR22 owner and pilot Lionel
Morrison has reason to thank Cirrus
Design for investing millions in the
research and development of the Cirrus
Airframe Parachute System (CAPS). On
3 October 2...
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 ...ination of SATS technologies. It is mod
elled on the industry alliance formed to support
the forerunner to SATS, NASA's Advanced
General Aviation Transportation Experiments
(AGATE) programme. The Cirrus SR22 and
Lancair Columbia 3 00 to be used as SATS test-
beds are products of AGATE.
With the SATS programme NASA is looking
further ahead, up to 2 5 years into the future, but
some operatio...
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 ...irrus SR22
before dropping manifold pressure to the
next stop. Beyond the last stop, retarding
the power lever lowers engine rpm and
manifold pressure simultaneously.
That leaves only mixture co...
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 ... is designed to
handle double the current total,
but we don't know when this will
happen. Production this year is
expected to remain stable at
around 500 aircraft," Bentley says.
Meanwhile, the Cirrus SR22 has
become the only aircraft in its class
with a glass cockpit, following
delivery last week of the first two
aircraft equipped with the $24,500
option. The Avidyne flat panel pri
ma...
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 ...vindicates
parachute rescue system
Safe landing of certificated aircraft makes $10m investment worthwhile, says Cirrus
An airframe parachute has been
used "in anger" for the first time to
land a Cirrus SR22 light aircraft
successfully - an event the manu
facturer calls a milestone in general
aviation safety. There have been
over 155 documented "saves" of
ultralights and kitplanes, but th...
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 ...the Bravo, Eagle2 and Ovation2.
The cuts have been achieved without reducing aircraft specifica
tion, says Norris. At just under $300,000, the entry-level Eagle2 will
now compete on price with the Cirrus SR22, but offer higher perfor
mance, he says. To replace distributors, Mooney is planning
"Lexus-style" showrooms at its Kerrville, Texas, factory, the former
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structu...
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 ...he Northern
Ireland Aerospace Consor
tium to build the mock-up of
the 50kW(200hp) Textron
Lycoming LY-360 piston-pow
ered AK4.
It is being designed to com
pete with the Cessna 172/182
and the Cirrus SR22.
The AK4, which will have
a wingspan of 10m (33ft) and
measure 6.9m long, will have a
maximum take-off weight of
1,300kg (2,8601b), a cruising
speed of 95kt (17Skm/h) and
a range of...
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 ...ing training."
BRS also builds parachute sys
tems for the Cessna 172 Skyhawk
and Cirrus SR20 piston singles, for
which it is fitted as standard. The
firm is also developing a system for
the new Cirrus SR22 and is work
ing towards blanket LIS approval
for a range of airframes with weights
similar to the Skyhawk. •
Guizhou embarks on
Czech joint venture
CHINA AVIATION Industry I (AVIC I)...
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 ...as
averaged 95%, Casson says.
A one-eighth share in a new pis
ton single costs $30,000-60,000,
with a monthly management fee of
$200-700 and hourly costs of $115
for a Cessna 182 to $124 for a
Cirrus SR22. King Airs are shared
between six owners. OurPlane is
the exclusive fractional outlet for
Raytheon Aircraft's GA line, up
through the King Air C90B, and
has its first Beech Bonanza pi...
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 ... the engine. "We have a
limited capacity in terms of field
engineers," he says. "We would
like to have an OEM network."
Candidate aircraft applications
include the Beech Bonanza,
Cessna 206 and Cirrus SR22,
Thielert says. The Centurion 4.0
is designed to be a replacement
for Lycoming IO-540 and
Continental IO-550 engines.
Announcements on "about two"
of the additional applications
cou...
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 ...l spend one week in
ground school, and get 20h of flight time
in the aircraft."
Walker says that the third training path
- for the least experienced pilots - will
include initial training in the Cirrus SR22,
then the A500, followed by the jet.
Adam will include a post-delivery train
ing component, involving mentor pilots.
Walker estimates that this will add
between 50h and 125h of traini...
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 ...the
pilot's situational awareness. The enhanced
ground proximity warning system, with its digi
tal terrain database, has proved to be an
equally powerful aid to safer flying.
When the pilot of a Cirrus SR22 encoun
tered control difficulties and deployed the light
aircraft's airframe parachute, landing safely in
woods and walking away uninjured, he entered
the history books. But was the in...
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 ...BUSINESS & GENERAL AVIATION
HUSHKITS
Really Quiet
gets heard
in Europe
Really Quiet is talking to Jet
Aviation in Switzerland and
Marshall Aerospace in the UK
about setting up European
centre...
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 ...EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT SHOW
UPGRADES BRENDAN SOBIE / LAKELAND, FLORIDA
Cirrus introduces SR20 variants
Manufacturer's plans for avionics and other modifications are set to draw heavily on existing S...
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