All General aviation articles – Page 596
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New finance programmes developed for Cessna singles
Cessna Finance (CFC) has developed a new set of finance programmes to help boost slower than expected sales of the recently relaunched Cessna single products, including the 172R Skyhawk, 172S Skyhawk SP, 182 Skylane and 206/T206 Stationairs. CFC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Financial, has developed the packages to ...
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New Piper investor
US finance company American Capital Strategies has invested $20 million in privately held New Piper Aircraft. American Capital bid competitively to provide the funds, which will be used for growth plans. Source: Flight International
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UK Government investigates business aviation
Growing concerns over business aircraft access to UK airports and the emergence of proposed reliever airports to alleviate the problem, has prompted the UK Government to commission a study into the state of the business aviation industry in the south east of England. The investigation, entitled "State of the ...
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Regulators get tough on Canada's taxi operators
Canadian air taxi operators have been presented with a list of 71 recommendations designed to improve safety by a task force set up by air transport regulator Transport Canada. The Safety of Air Taxi Operations (SATOPS) task force was set up in January 1996 following a Transport Canada review ...
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Datalink weather set for GA cockpits
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Weather graphics and other flight information could be widely datalinked to the cockpits of general aviation (GA) aircraft by year-end if a US Federal Aviation Administration initiative runs to schedule. The FAA believes the Flight Information Services (FIS) digital datalink will improve GA safety by ...
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Mobile simulators gather momentum
The first mobile commercial flight simulator could gain US Federal Aviation Administration approval by mid-June. TechniFlite's Mobile Training Facility (MTF) is a tractor-trailer housing a full flight simulator for the Raytheon Beech 1900D regional airliner. The company will base the MTF at its Englewood, Colorado, factory for Great Lakes ...
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Safer skies
Kevin O'Toole/JOHANNESBURG Fears about air safety over Africa are not new, but a year ago the issue hit the headlines worldwide, following pilot complaints that air traffic control (ATC) was either inadequate or simply absent over much of the continent. An image painted by the media was one ...
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Cessna deliveries
Cessna has delivered its first uprated Caravan 675 to Riversville Aviation. The single turboprop is fitted with floats for flights from the company's 23rd Street dock in New York to the owner's Connecticut home. Source: Flight International
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Noisy pilots face jail
Airline pilots whose aircraft infringe airport noise regulations in Israel will face $41,000 fines or six months in prison if a proposed law is approved. Put forward by the environment ministry, despite Civil Aviation Authority and pilot opposition, the law would double penalties for a second contravention. The International Federation ...
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Bacon interests engine maker in innovative 3X Jet
Richard Bacon, the inventor behind the concept of powering aircraft with dissimilarly sized engines, says that his 3X Jet Aircraft company has held "major talks" with an interested powerplant manufacturer. Golden, Colorado-based 3X Jet hopes to persuade the unnamed engine supplier to champion the 3X configuration in subsequent discussions ...
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New Piper ambitions focus on building a business jet family
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON New Piper Aircraft is examining market needs for a "family" of business jets to add to its line-up of piston and turboprop-powered aircraft. "We feel that this will be a natural progression for our Malibu Meridian customers," says Larry Bardon, New Piper's director of sales. He says ...
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Growing power
Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCO Through a series of agreements with authorised service centres, AlliedSignal Engines has been expanding its TPE331-10 turboprop upgrade programme to encompass more general aviation (GA) aircraft. These centres, in conjunction with the Phoenix, Arizona-based manufacturer, have developed supplemental type certificates (STCs) for specific aircraft. These involve modification ...
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Gulfstream seeks Russian secondhand market
Gulfstream is looking to tap into a developing market for secondhand business jets in Russia by certificating its more elderly models there. Joe Walker, senior vice-president of international sales, says that the GIII, produced between 1980 and 1987, has already received Russian certification. The 1966-79 GII should be certificated there ...
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Indian policy starts afresh
Ravi Prasad The appointment of a new Indian civil aviation minister, Ananth Kumar, is translating into a fresh outlook for Indian aviation policy. The minister is scrutinising recommendations made by an expert group, headed by a senior civil aviation ministry official, to reassess India's aviation sector. Kumar promises ...
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China seeks foreign cash
David Knibb Zhu Rongji may be starting cautiously as China's new premier, but his pro-market plans are clearly visible in recent aviation initiatives. Beijing is cutting its own spending as the Civil Aviation Administration of China considers whether to allow more foreign capital in airlines and how to attract ...
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Caught in the loop
Lois Jones There's no denying it - from movies to massacres, from hamburgers to heart disease cures, from diets to democracy, the United States leads the way while the rest of the world is inclined to follow. So what happens now that this 'Land of the free' has suddenly ...
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Commander approval
Commander Aircraft has received US Federal Aviation Administration certification of a flight into known icing (TKS) system for its single-engined 114B and 114TC trainers. According to Commander, the system is designed to "-provide complete protection for the aircraft" by emitting de-icing fluid through the leading edges of the wings and ...
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CN-415 assembly
Bombardier Aerospace has selected North Bay, Ontario, for the final assembly of its CN-415 amphibious firefighting aircraft, which will begin in November. This will allow the company to prepare its Dorval Montreal plant for the new Canadair CRJ-700 regional jet. Source: Flight International
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Avionics purchase
AlliedSignal has acquired privately held UK company Skyforce Avionics, which manufactures hand-held and panel-mounted moving map displays for general aviation aircraft. Skyforce had 1997 sales of $2 million. Source: Flight International
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German guard will take its first EC135
Germany's border guard is to receive the first of 13 Eurocopter EC155 twin-engine medium helicopters this year. Eurocopter co-president Siegfried Sobotta says the group is putting a "tremendous effort" into getting the first of the EC155s to the border guard this year. The EC155 is a further development of ...