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1997 - 0579.PDF
CORPORATE AIRCRAFT tel: +44 (1983) 872 511/5; fax: +44 (1983) 873 246; telex: 86277/86866 PBNBEM G Pilatus Britten-Norman offers the unpres- surised piston- and turboprop-powered BN-2 Islanders in corporate form. The BN-2T Turbine Islander is powered by two 310k\V Allison 250-B17C turboprops, the BN-2B-20 by two 225kW Textron Lycoming O-540 pis ton engines and the BN-2B-26 by two 195k\V O-540s. 2926 Piper Drive, PO Box 1328, Vero Beach, Florida 32960, USA; tel: +1 (407) 567 4361; fax: +1 (407) 778 2144; telex: 6815534 PIPER Piper Aircraft emerged from Chapter 11 bank ruptcy protection in July 1995, with the sale of the company to creditors and Philadelphia investment company Dimeling. Schreiber and Park for $95 million. "New Piper Aircraft" is 50% owned by the investment company, the remaining shares being held by Piper's largest creditor, Teledyne. Piper continues to offer die Malibu Mirage pressurised, six-seat, single-piston light aircraft, and the Seneca piston twin. InJatluary 1997, New Piper unveiled its first substantially new design since emerging from bankruptcy, when it took the wraps off its Seneca V piston twin. The new Seneca has new engines and avionics, improved performance and a modified appearance, and is described by Piper as an "almost-new" design. The aircraft, which has a base price of $472,900, was certificated in December 1996 after flight-testing was conducted in secrecy at Piper's Vero Beach, Florida, plant. The planned 1997 production of 35 Seneca Vs has already been sold out. The Seneca V is a key element in Piper's plan to sell 210 aircraft and generate $ 100 million in sales in 1997, up from 186 aircraft and $84 mil lion in 1995 and 165 aircraft and $70 million in 1994. Piper plans to unveil a turbocharged ver sion of one of its existing designs later this year. •^mm WSK PZL-Mielec. Aircraft Company ul Wojska Polskiego, 3 Mielec, PL-39-300 Poland; tel: +48 (196) 87 000 or +48 (196) 87910; fax: +48 (196) 87 639; telex: 632381 WSK-PZL-Mielec offers the five-passenger M-20 Miewa twin-piston-powered aircraft. i;/:Vii;nu;m:fiEE 10511E Central, PO Box 85, Wichita, Kansas 67201-0085, USA; tel: +1 (316) 676 7111; fax:+1(316) 676 8286 Beech and Hawker are now brand names of Raytheon Aircraft. The company introduced a reduced-price Beech King Air, the C90SE (Special Edition) in 1994, in a bid to stimulate demand for the aircraft. Beech offers a corpo rate version of the 1900D turboprop regional airliner, and production continues of the Beechjet400A twin-turbofan business jet. The Hawker product line includes the AlliedSignal TFE731-powered Hawker 800, the slightly larger P&WC PW305-powered Hawker 1000, and the all-new PW308A-pow- ered Horizon. The design authority for the Hawker range, along with all the other mem bers of die former 125 family, was officially transferred from BAe to Raytheon during 1995. Final assembly of die Hawker 800 is now being undertaken in die USA, with UK production being wound down. During 1995, the improved, longer-range Hawker 800XP was certificated. In 1996, Raytheon delivered the 900tJi Hawker business jet with the handover of the 17th Hawker 1000 for Executive Jet Aviation's Netjets fractional- ownership programme. The Hawker 1000 is being phased out during 1997, with its successor, the all-new Horizon, beingunveiled atthe National Business Aircraft Association show in November 1996. The $14.5 million Horizon will be powered by two 29kN P&WC PW308A turbofans. Honeywell will supply its new Primus Epic flat-panel inte grated avionics. The new aircraft will have a 6,100km range at Mach 0.8, a M0.84 maximum cruise, and a 16,300kgMTOW. Fuji Heavy Industries will supply die wing • In A World Of Cluttered Airwaves Dayton-Granger, Inc. Always Provides A Clear Line Of Communication. Air to air or air to ground communication is extremely important when flying aircraft. Continually increasing air traffic has cluttered the world with millions of airwaves. Increased airwaves leads to increased chances of broken or jammed signal transfer. These days there is a struggle for pilots and radio towers to maintain a clear line of communication. Dayton-Granger is your pipeline for direct and clear communica tion. Our VF10-347 and 720044 communication antenna series were designed to maximize the antennas pattern/gain characteristics to achieve the best performance within the 116 - 156 MHz frequency range. Our antennas utilize state-of-the-art electronic components to insure long term performance and durability. The VF10-347 and 720044 are both manufac tured from cast aluminum to prevent damage due to erosion, vibration and foreign objects. Purchase Dayton-Granger quality antenna products whether you operate corporate, com muter, or major air carriers and Dayton-Granger will assist you in putting an end to cloudy communication. 3299 SW 9th Avenue. Ft Lauderdale. Florida, 33315 Tel: (954) 463-3451 Fax:(954)761-3172 www.daytongranger.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 5 - 11 March 1997 41
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