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1981
1981 - 0065.PDF
FLIGHT International, 10 January 1981 59 Casa C-212 sales boom CASA of Madrid reports that sales of its &212 Aviocar have reached 229 and 190' have been delivered to some 20 countries: including Switzerland, Costa Rica, Argentina and Kiribati. Casa is considering a production rate increase from its present rive a month and is collaborating with Nurtanio of Indonesia to produce a larger ver sion. The prototype is designated CN235. Indonesia has bought 68 C-212s, most of which are assembled by Nurtanio. The aircraft is capable of carrying 19 passengers or more than 2J2 tons of cargo. It is powered by two Garrett TPE331s. International business aircraft council may be formed THE UK Business Aircraft Users Association (BAUA.) has suggested the formation of an international business aircraft council. The main objectives of the council would be to participate in regulatory and legislative prob lems involving bilateral airspace agreements, work for greater equity in user charges, advocate the removal of airport restrictions on certain types and present more strongly business aviation's fuel needs. A pre- Christmas meeting held by the BAUA in London was attended by the US National Business Aircraft Associa tion, the Canadian Business Aircraft Association, the Business Aviation Committee of the West German BDI (Bundesverband der Deutschen Indus trie) and the International Business Aircraft Association. Articles of con federation are being set up. Brent SAR helicopters total 50 rescues IN its first 18 months of operation, the offshore-based Shell Expro/Bris- tow Bell 212 Search and Rescue (SAR) unit has carried out 50 mis sions, which have included the winch ing of 24 men from a wide variety of vessels, six searches for persons lost overboard rigs and ships and the transfer of 42 casualties to hospitals ashore. Shell Expro has three Bristow Bell 212s based offshore on the Brent accommodation rig Treasure Finder for inter-structure personnel transfer. Rescue equipment is immediately available. The SAR Unit has 30 million candlepower "Night Sun" searchlights capable of being fitted within minutes. Bristow is currently experimenting with portable infra-red equipment, with the long-term intention of using it to detect floating bodies at distances beyond optical range. In their normal role, Bristow's 212s have carried over 680,000 passengers since January 1978 on more than 138,000 sectors, totalling better than 25,000hr. Over three million pounds of freight have been carried during the same period. Short finals ... Aerospatiale has sold a third Corvette to Service de la Formation Aero- nautique et du Controle Technique for flight training at its Saint-Yan Centre . . . Dan-Air has asked us to point out that the London Air Taxi centre is an associated company and not a subsidiary as stated on this page for December 27 . . . Cessna has awarded an $8 million contract to Brunswick for manufacture of wing flaps, spoilers and engine nacelles for Citation Ills. The nacelles will be constructed of composite materials in cluding graphite, Kevlar and glass- reinforced plastic. Deliveries will be gin in 1982 . . . Piper has signed an agreement with Aerotaxis de Mexico to form a corporate aircraft centre Short finals . . . for the country. The Mexican firm will offer sales and service for Cheyenne I, II and Ills and the new Cheyenne II XL due for delivery this spring . . . Devore Aviation of Alber- querque, USA, has received a supple mental type certificate (STC) for the installation of tail floodlights on the Falcon 50. The company says that installations on Gulfstream III and the Challenger have been completed and STCs are expected soon . . . Aviation Accident Prevention is spon soring its 26th international course in aviation accident prevention investi gative techniques to be held from June 22 to July 3 in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information con tact the Secretariat, Institute of Business AND LIGHT TRANSPORT wumm Tobias leaves Sikorsky Gerald Tobias, president and chief executive of Sikorsky, has taken another post within United Tech nologies. Robert Daniell, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Sikorsky since May, will assume the duties of chief executive officer. No reason for the move has been given by United Technologies at this time. Sikorsky has orders for 433 S-76s and the 100th machine was de livered last autumn. City of London helipad nears completion THE first public-use helipad in the City of London is nearing completion and should be open early in March. A pontoon is> being converted for the purpose and it will be moored be tween Blackfriars and Southwark bridges. About ten companies, includ ing banks and diamond merchants, are reported to be considering buying helicopters now that this public-use helipad is available. Until now, heli pads within the City have only been available for use by the companies who own them. The new helipad will be operated by the British Helicopter Advisory Board (BHAB) but movements will be limited to 3,000 for the first year of operation. The BHAB says that this may restrict traffic, but a three-year licence has been granted to the BHAB with a thousand more move ments being allowed in each succes sive year. The 180ft X 160ft pontoon is being converted by the Port of London Authority at a cost of £120,000. Lon don's only other public-use heliport is south of the river in Battersea and has poor public transport communi cations with the City. Short finals . . . Aviation Safety, Department of Aero nautics, Royal Institute of Tech nology, S 100 44 Stockholm 70, Sweden.
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