All General aviation articles – Page 582
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Dash 7 crash
A de Havilland Canada Dash 7 crashed on a post-maintenance certificate of airworthiness test flight in Devon, in the UK, on 28 November. The small impact area associated with the burned-out wreckage of the aircraft was consistent with eyewitness reports of a near-vertical descent in a stalled condition. The aircraft, ...
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African dawn
Lois Jones/DAKAR David Learmount/CAPE TOWN Air traffic services (ATS) in many parts of Africa are already unable to cope with current traffic levels, never mind increased demand. Meanwhile, wars and political instability raging in parts of the continent mean that basic air traffic control (ATC) is often neglected and ...
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New Piper boosts light aircraft production
New Piper Aircraft is to increase production by almost 10% next year, as its recovery continues to track that of the overall US general aviation industry. The company is scheduled to produce 329 light aircraft in 1999, up from 303 this year. The company plans to build 25 Warrior ...
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FAA reassures over data use as it launches quality programme
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC With the launch of a long-awaited airline flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) programme, the US Federal Aviation Administration has guaranteed that data obtained from aircraft flight data recorders (FDRs) will not be used against carriers or pilots. So far the programme has been limited to ...
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Re-engined firefighting TurboTracker delivered
The first of eight re-engined Grumman S-2F3T TurboTracker firebombers has been formally delivered by Arizona-based conversion specialist Marsh Aviation, to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF). Four aircraft, all of them ex-USNavy operated S-2E Trackers, will be delivered to the CDF by the start of the ...
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UK promises action to crack down on airline violence
Action to stamp out violent behaviour on aircraft has been promised by the UK transport minister, but he has handed to the airlines the task of organising research into the growing phenomenon of "air rage". Following a meeting with airlines and interested organisations in London on 25 November, transport ...
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Alliance fights for single engine change
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The international single-engined aircraft community has formed an alliance to fight for a change of rules in Europe on the prohibition of single-engined instrument flight rules (IFR) operations for commercial aircraft. The European Joint Aviation Authorities is now reviewing whether to alter its longstanding opposition to single-engined IFR ...
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Antenna tie-up
Canadian Marconi has agreed a joint venture with AirTV to supply aeronautical television antenna systems for the aviation industry. The deal makes Canadian Marconi the exclusive supplier of antennas to AirTV. Aircraft equipped with the system would be able to receive live television pictures supplied by satellites to be put ...
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IAOPA appeal
The International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilots Association (IAOPA) is pushing for the Loran-C ground-based navigation aid to be used for augmentation and back-up of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). In October, IAOPA's World Assembly supported development of a second-generation GNSS, to follow the current global positioning system and ...
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Schweizer confirms bidding for Boeing civil helicopters
Schweizer Aircraft has confirmed its interest in Boeing's MD500 and MD600 helicopter lines and says it has submitted an offer. The Elmira, New York-based manufacturer is competing with at least two other companies, including rivals Enstrom, and Belgian Boeing helicopter distributor Heli Fly, which has bid for the entire ...
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Piper Training
New Piper Aircraft has finalised an agreement with Belgium's Sabena Airlines for the purchase of 10 new aircraft to be used for ab initio training. The aircraft - five Archer IIIs, three Saratoga II HPs and two Seneca Vs - will replace Sabena's US training fleet based in Scottsdale, Arizona. ...
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Airport financial results 1997/8
Airport company/authority Country Main city/airport Revenue $ Million Net result $ million Year end 1997/8 change 1997/8 1996/7 BAA UK London Heathrow/Gatwick 2818.4 22.3% 624.0 469.1 ...
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Boullioun changes owners
Boullioun Aviation, which aspires to be the world's number three aircraft lessor, is about to change owners. In a $120 million deal, which the parties hope to close before year-end, Japan's Sumitomo Trust and Banking has agreed to sell Boullioun, a wholly owned subsidiary, to Germany's Deutsche Bank. Seattle-based ...
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Airfield support goes out to tender for UK services
The UK ministry of defence has selected seven companies to submit proposals to provide airfield support services for all the UK armed services airfields, in a long-term deal that could be worth at least £1 billion ($1.64 billion)over 10 years, according to one industry estimate. The tender, which will be ...
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A boxcar designed to be a tough operator
Dave Higdon/HOUSTON Houston's Ellington Field Airport can hardly be described as a bush environment, so it was not the perfect location in which to test the abilities claimed for the Gavilan 358 utility aircraft. After a couple of hours flying the 358, just a few kilometres before my turn ...
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FlightSafety opens low-visibility course for business users
FlightSafety International has launched a training programme for low-visibility operations with business aircraft. The company's first training programme for Category IIIa operations is for the Dassault Falcon 2000 and uses a Teterboro, New York-based Level D simulator equipped with Flight Dynamics HGS head-up guidance system. Installation of the HGS and ...
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Czech Aircraft Works buoyed by float line
Czech Aircraft Works has acquired Zenair's float production line. Tooling has already been shipped from Zenair's Canadian base to the Czech manufacturer's site in Borsice. The sale comes 18 months after Czech Aircraft Works was set up to manufacture, market and distribute Zenair's CH 601-AG and CH701-AG agricultural aircraft ...
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German motorglider nears European approval
Germany's Technoflug has completed flight testing its Carat single-engined motorised glider and is on target for European JAR 22 certification by the end of the year. The all-composite aircraft has clocked up more than 300 flying hours, says the Rottweil, Germany-based manufacturer, and is expected to make its public debut ...
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Navajo gear
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended the US Federal Aviation Administration to require recurrent inspections of Piper PA-31 Navajo inboard door hinge assemblies until they are replaced by a stronger hinge unit. The NTSB's advisory results from a 1997 regional airline incident in which a Cape Smythe ...
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Nanjing assembles
China's Nanjing Light Aircraft has begun construction of the first prototype of a five-seat light aircraft expected to fly next year. According to Nanjing, the AC500 will be powered by a 194kW (260hp) Lycoming 510 piston engine, and will have a maximum speed of 135kt (250km/h), with an 800km (430nm) ...