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GENERAL AVIATION Alberta gets cash for FanJet certification CANADIAN COMPANY Mill City Gold Mining has agreed to advance Alberta Aerospace (AAC) the CSS million ($3.5 mil lion) required to complete certification of the Phoenix FanJet single-turbofan trainer. Calgary- based AAC is working to certificate the two-seat FanJet, which is based on the Promavia Jet Squalus mili tary trainer, by mid-1998. Mill City's advance will be secured by AAC's assets, including the FanJet prototype acquired from bankrupt Promavia. The company will have the right to con vert the debt into shares in AAC, which is projecting sales of more than 100 aircraft a year. By December 1997, AAC had already raised more than-CS8 mil lion towards certification of the FanJet, including an initial C$ 120,000 from Mill City. • Jet Aviation installs winglets on Gils JET AVIATION has been ap pointed by Aviation Partners of Seattle, Washington, to sell and install its winglet performance- enhancement system on the Gulfstreamll. The West Palm Beach, Florida- based company has already fitted eight sets of winglets on other cor porate aircraft. It has also been awarded a sup plementary type certificate from the US Federal Aviation Ad ministration to tit Dassault Falcon 50s with AlliedSignal GNS-XI flight-management systems, al lowing sole-sensor global-posi- tioning-system operation in remote regions and over water. • NEWS IN BRIEF • ROTORWAY IN UK Arizona-based kit-built-heli- copter producer RotorWay has appointed Southern Helicopters, of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, as UK sales representative. There are 25 RotorWay owners in the UK. Raytheon teams with Jaguar to market special-edition King Air GRAHAM WARWICK/DETROIT RAYTHEON AND luxury-car manufacturer Jaguar have signed a marketing agreement under which die company is to pro duce a special edition of its Beech King Air twin-turboprop. The US manufacturer plans to produce a dozen Jaguar Special Edition King Air C90Bs in 1998. The first four have already been sold. The first example was unveiled on the Jaguar stand at the Detroit motor show in early January and was the first aircraft ever to be displayed at the show. The special edition receives Jaguar design treatment inside and out, including Connolly leather seats and sidewalk, burl-walnut cabinetry and trim, use of Jaguar colours throughout the cabin and a special paint scheme incorporat ing the UK car-manufacturer's name and logo. Jaguar and Raytheon believe that their customers share an inter est in "elegance, handling, style and performance". The aircraft and cars will be displayed together at air and motor shows across the USA in a bid to stimulate sales of both. The Jaguar Special Edition costs S2.65 million, some $66,500 more than a standard C90B. Raytheon says that the Jaguar tie-up is its first venture into "co- identification" with another prod uct. It adds that the Jaguar design treatment could be applied to other Raytheon aircraft "at customer request". The company may be considering a similar link with US motorcycle manufacturer Harley Davidson on its Bonanza piston- single machines. The C90B - the smallest of the King Airs - was selected for the Jaguar deal because it appeals to the owner-flown market most likely to be interested also in the UK manu facturer's luxury cars. Blair Sullivan, manager for turboprop and piston marketing, says that hopes for die special edi tion are modest at first, but that production could be stepped up if it catches on. Some 45 C90Bs are ex pected to be produced in 1998. J Cessna is nearer to Citation Excel US certification... CESSNA EXPECTS basic US type-certification of the Ci tation Excel business jet later this month. Although approval has slipped by four months against the original schedule, the company intends to begin customer deliv eries in April, as planned. The first production Excel has been flown. The Excel essentially combines die wing of Cessna's Citation Ultra light business jet with the larger- diameter fuselage of its mid-sized Citation X. The resulting aircraft will compete with Bombardier's Learjet 45, certificated in Septem ber 1997. The Excel costs $7.2 mil lion, compared widi S7.9 million for the Learjet 45. Cessna has orders in hand for almost 200 aircraft. Powered by two 16.8kN (3,7901b)-thrust Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545A turbofans, the Excel has a range of 3,750km (2,030nm) and cruise speed of 430kt (770km/h). It retains the short-field capability of other straight-wing Citations, with a take-offdistance of 320m (1,050ft) at an 8,700kg gross weight. • ... but misses its target for first-year production of piston singles CESSNA FELL WELL short of the 1,000 aircraft planned for the first full year since it resumed piston-single production. The companv savs that it delivered "300-350" aircraft in 1997, and blames unforeseen difficulties in restarting production at an all-new plant in Independence, Kansas. The vear-end total is below the estimates given in mid-1997, when the company said that it hoped to be able to deliver 500-600 Model 172s and 182s by the end of the year. It says that it underestimated the task of employing and training some 1,000 people to staff the new plant, and in relocating and ramp- ing-up piston-single production after a hiatus of more than a decade. Cessna admits that its objective of building 2,000 aircraft in the sec ond year of production is unlikely to be achieved. The manufacturer says that demand for its piston singles remains strong, with the Model 206 sold out for 1998 and produc tion of the 172 and 182 sold out into the second half of the vear. • Canada approves Hawker800XP RAYTHEON'S Hawker 800XP business jet has been cert ificated in Canada and the first Canadian-registered aircraft has entered sendee with IPL Energy of Calgary, Alberta. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 14 - 20 January 1998
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