All General aviation articles – Page 228
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Working Week: Addicted to these beautiful birds
Olivier Froment joined Dassault Aviation in 2000 to help Falcon customer services develop a flight operations support unit. Today, with a Falcon 2000 type rating under his belt, he is a demonstration and support pilot
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Turning back time
Reliability, ruggedness, versatility, economy and excellent short take-off and landingperformance have been the hallmark of two unpressurised turboprops long out of production. But now, the former de Havilland Canada Twin Otter and Germany's Dornier 228 are poised to re-enter production.
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NewsNo survivors as Il-76 crashes in eastern Russia
None of the 11 occupants of an Ilyushin Il-76 has survived after the heavy transport crashed after departure from Mirny in the Sakha republic. The...
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NewsFAA proposes massive Piper airworthiness directive
The US Federal Aviation Administration is proposing that owners of nearly 42,000 piston-powered Piper-built aircraft have their right and left control columns inspected and possibly repaired due to faulty factory assembly work
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US Coast Guard C-130 and USMC AH-1 Cobra collide off California
Nine people are missing after a US coast guard Lockheed Martin C-130 transport aircraft collided with a US Marine Corp Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter off the...
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Competing Cirrus operators rush to fill SATSair void
While questions remain as to whether the shutdown of the US's largest SR22-based air taxi company, SATSair, on 24 October is more than temporary, competing...
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Newfoundland orders new waterbombers
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is to replace part of its aerial firefighting fleet with four new Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft, to be delivered...
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NewsCirrus not yet ready to increase production
Piper Aircraft is planning an increase in production for 2010, citing improved demand, but rival Cirrus Aircraft says the market is not yet ready to support...
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NTSB: Overfly pilots immersed in scheduling discussion on laptops
US NTSB investigators say the two pilots on a Northwest Airlines A320 (N02374) that was out of radio communications with air traffic controllers for more...
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IATA pushes for emissions deal
IATA chief executive Giovanni Bisignani is urging industry and governments to "sell our position" ahead of December's key Copenhagen climate conference after...
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NewsShuttered SATSair to explain outlook today
Embattled US air taxi operator SATSair will update its pilots and employees today on its decision to temporarily shutdown operations over the weekend, industry sources tell Flight International
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NewsNTSB investigates errant Northwest A320
Officials from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating what happened to a Northwest Airlines A320 (N03274) with 147 passengers...
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NBAA 09: In brief
SimCom Training Centers has added Dassault Falcon 20 and Israel Aerospace Industries Westwind training programmes to its portfolio...
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NBAA 09: HondaJet to feature G3000
Honda Aircraft has become the second manufacturer after Piper Aircraft to select the new Garmin G3000. The HondaJet will be outfitted with the new integrated...
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NBAA 09: Buoyant seaplane market triggers Seastar launch
Dornier Seaplane announced at NBAA that it would launch production of its Seastar amphibian, having exceeded the requisite order tally needed to give the...
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NewsPICTURES: WhiteKnight Two's spoilers get holes
Scaled Composites has added holes to the inboard spoilers of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two mothership prototype...
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Australia's Tiger launching Sydney-Gold Coast
Tiger Airways' Australian operation is launching a service from Sydney to the Gold Coast.
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NBAA 09: Service providers prepare for market rebound
Business aviation service providers were bucking the concerns of the broader business aviation industry at the show by announcing plans to expand their global...
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NBAA 09: Livemercial shows off airliner-turned-luxuryliner
Livemercial aims to deliver business jet comfort at an airline operator's cost by converting small airliners to VIP configurations. The company's...