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1994 - 2520.PDF
x£f]£m\ L A yjA rjun Gulfstream may advance GV flight GULFSTREAM AERO SPACE is looking at bring ing forward the first flight of its Gulfstream V long-range busi ness-jet, now scheduled for 15 November, 1995. Assembly of the first aircraft began at the com pany's Savannah, Georgia, plant on 3 October, more than a month ahead of schedule. Northrop Grumman's Vought Aircraft division, a revenue-shar ing partner on the GV, will begin assembling the first wing this month, for delivery to Gulfstream in June 1995. Fokker Aircraft, another revenue-sharing partner, will deliver the first GV tail in May 1995. • Honeywell offers satcom-system upgrade bargains HONEYWELL IS offering incentives to business-aircraft operators prepared to upgrade their flight-management systems (FMS) and install satellite-commu nications (satcom) systems with the company's new communications- management unit (CMU). The US company is offering introductory prices on its new FMZ-2000 FMS, Honey- well/Racal MCS-3000 three-chan nel satcom and GMU for orders placed by December. These are designed to encourage operators to equip their aircraft for the future air-navigation system. The single-box CMU acts as an interface between the communi cations suite and the FMS in the cockpit and passenger-telephone system in the cabin. The unit interfaces with MCS-3000/6000 satcom, UHF telephone, VHF radio, datalink and cabin-enter tainment systems. In the cabin, the CMU allows passengers to use the same hand set for satellite and terrestrial communications. The unit can handle printers, fac similes, personal-computer modems and up to ten handsets. In the cock pit, it interfaces with Honeywell's IC-800 avionics computer or FMZ- 2000 FMS. • Italian national police force requires three Observers to be delivered this year Police order boosts Partenavia KlERAN DALY/LONDON PARTENAVIA OF Italy has won an order for six P.68 Observer 2TCs from the Italian national police, as new owner Aercosmos attempts to steer the company towards a firm future. It is close to re-establishing steady-rate production after securing further capital and is bid ding for, or negotiating, a series of potentially lucrative contracts. The Italian deal requires three aircraft to be delivered this year and three more in 1995. It follows the sale of a single P.68 Observer 2TC to the US Department of the Interior, which resulted in US certification of that model in July. In the UK, Partenavia is com peting for the Home Office's con tract to supply fixed-wing aircraft to regional police forces. In Thailand, it has been in lengthy negotiations over a large requirement for P68-class aircraft and also for 100-plus single- engined aircraft, while, in Nigeria, it is trying to finalise a 30-aircraft order. Partenavia is also tendering for a ten-aircraft requirement in an unidentified North African country. Since acquiring the company from Alenia in 1993, Aercosmos has been attempting to re-build the structure and image of a neglected enterprise. It has sent an Observer and a Viator to Taneja Aerospace of Bangalore, India, as demonstra tors, and will send three more air craft, including an updated VIP machine, by March 1995. Its licensed-assembly contract with Taneja then calls for 17 Viators and ten other P.68 versions to be provided in kit form. Aercosmos is radically over hauling Partenavia's vendor and distributor networks, having expressed deep unhappiness with some distributors. The Partenavia division is obtaining some $6 million in funding, partly from privately held Aercosmos funds, and partly from a venture-capital source. It will shortly secure ownership of vital manufacturing plant still in Alenia's hands and move into new premises in Naples. Although its major concern is to put the P.68 line back on a firm footing, it is also working to acquire the rights to the P.64-sin- gle, still held by Alenia, and then to pressurise the Viator. Meanwhile, Roy LoPresti of Florida is examining various P.68 aerodynamic improvements. • IMP Group ventures into Russian business aviation CANADA'S IMP GROUP has announced two new business- aviation ventures in Russia. Its Innotech/Execaire Aviation Group subsidiary is to build fixed- base-operator (FBO) sites at Moscow and St Petersburg, while IMP Group International has been appointed Cessna Citation sales agent for Russia. Innotech/Execaire operates a network of eight FBOs in North America and forecasts a market for development of between eight and ten bases in Russia over the next ten years. Start-up dates for the first two FBOs are being- negotiated. The Moscow base will provide ramp services for aircraft up to 68,000kg, plus airframe and engine maintenance in a 4,600m- hangar. The group is Cessna's Citation distributor in Canada and will assist IMP Group International in marketing and supporting the business jets through offices in Moscow and St Petersburg. Parent company IMP Group operates the Moscow Aerostar Hotel in co-operation with Russian carrier Aeroflot. 3 NEWS IN BRIEF • EXECUTIVE TRAINING Reflectone is to provide Raytheon Hawker 1000 pilot and maintenance training for Executive Jet Aviation (EJA) at its Dulles, Virginia, training centre. Reflectone operates the only Level C simulator for the Hawker 1000s used in EJA's Netjets fractional-own ership programme. • CUT-PRICE DELIVERY Raytheon Aircraft delivered the first reduced-specifica tion Beech King Air C90SE in early October, to Guatemalan businessman Rudy Weissenberg. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 19 - 25 October 1994
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