All General aviation articles – Page 648
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Cirrus
James Griswold has become vice-president of engineering at Cirrus Design, of Duluth, Minnesota, with responsibility for US Federal Aviation Administration certification, and delivery of, the SR20 four-seat business aircraft. Griswold, who has helped develop regulatory policy for the FAA, was founder and president of Questair and has held positions with ...
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Suspect parts
The supply of "rogue" aircraft parts is back in the spotlight following New Zealand's grounding of some helicopters. Paul Phelan/NELSON A FATAL helicopter crash in New Zealand has triggered the grounding of about 5% of civil helicopters in that country, the suspension of engineers' licences ...
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Indonesian purchase
Frasca International is set to supply seven flight-training devices (FTDs) to the Indonesian Civil Aviation Academy. Delivery of four Socata TB10, two Raytheon Beech Barons and one Socata TBM.700 FTDs will begin in mid-1996. Source: Flight International
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Cessna delivery
Cessna says that the first new-production Model 172 piston-single will be delivered in January 1997, followed by the first 182 in February. The first Model 206 will be delivered in July 1997. Source: Flight International
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Pilatus appointment
Western Aircraft of Boise, Idaho has been appointed to sell the Pilatus PC-12 single-turboprop, seven-passenger, utility aircraft in the western USA and Hawaii. Pilatus now has six US dealers. Source: Flight International
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Reg asks NASA to back engine
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE CANADIAN developer of a revolutionary engine is seeking NASA backing to develop an aero-engine derivative. Reg Technologies has teamed with Global Aircraft to bid for a contract under NASA's General Aviation Propulsion (GAP) programme. The proposal was to be submitted in late July. ...
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Stork wraps up Fokker Aviation deal
DUTCH ENGINEERING group Stork has sealed its acquisition of the Fokker Aviation business, which groups together the profitable support and components-manufacturing operations which escaped the Fokker bankruptcy in February. The acquisition does not have a direct bearing on the fate of the bankrupt assembly business, but Fokker Aviation ...
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Facing the future
Aviation in Hong Kong is preparing for the return to Chinese rule. Paul Lewis/HONG KONG IN JUST UNDER 12 months' time, Hong Kong reverts back to Chinese sovereignty, ending 156 years of UK rule. During the seemingly endless countdown to the transfer of power, the question ...
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Magellan
MAGELLAN Satellite-navigation company Magellan Systems, of San Dimas, California, has named Ralph Fisch national sales manager for aviation products. He was international sales manager with Garmin International. Bob Rutkowski becomes aviation regional sales manager. He was previously with global-positioning-system company Tropic Aero & Loran. Source: Flight ...
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Raytheon 1900D fire threat revealed
THE THREAT OF cockpit fires has prompted the US Federal Aviation Administration to order US regional airlines to disarm windscreen anti-icing systems on their Raytheon Aircraft 1900D turboprops, pending development of a solution. Operators of the 19-passenger aircraft have now been prohibited from flying into known icing conditions. ...
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BRS opens up SR20 parachute testing
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BALLISTIC RECOVERY System (BRS) has conducted the first test of the emergency parachute for Cirrus Design's SR20 light aircraft. The SR20, scheduled for certification in mid-1997, will be the first production light aircraft fitted with a recovery-parachute system as standard. BRS, based in South ...
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Falcon 2000 cleared for London City
Operation of the Dassault Falcon 2000 business jet at London City Airport has been approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. London City's 5.5¡ approach, 1,200m (4,000ft) runway and noise restrictions require special approval procedures (Flight International, 7-13 February). Dassault says that it has demonstrated glideslopes as steep ...
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Jabiru approved for kitplane use
AUSTRALIAN, NEW Zealand, South Korean and US civil aviation authorities have approved the Queensland, Australia-built Jabiru for kitplane construction. The all-composite Jabiru has already received type certification in Australia and New Zealand in the general-aviation and ultralight categories, and had its European debut at the UK's Popular Flying Association's Cranfield ...
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ValuJet bids to resume flying with smaller fleet
VALUJET AIRLINES hopes to win the US Federal Aviation Administration's approval to resume service as early as the first week of August. It has submitted a plan to the FAA's Atlanta, Georgia, regional office describing how the grounded low-fare carrier would resume flights with about 15 aircraft. More ...
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The cabin challenge
Perceptions of new cabin dangers are emerging as old problems resurface. Paul Phelan/CAIRNS David Learmount/LONDON AIRLINE PASSENGERS ignore safety briefings because they believe that it is the cabin crew's responsibility to protect them, according to recent research. Professor Helen Muir, of Cranfield University in the UK, ...
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Cessna certification
Cessna has received US certification for the Model 172 piston-single - 41 years after the aircraft was originally certificated. Recertification follows Cessna decision to restart piston-single production, with the first aircraft to be delivered in January 1997, some 11 years after production was halted after delivery of over 36,000 aircraft. ...
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Reims eyes Cessna singles
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA REIMS AVIATION is negotiating to restart licence production of Cessna's piston singles. The French company previously built a range of Cessna aircraft for sale in Africa, Asia and Europe, but ceased production of piston singles when the US company did, in 1986. Cessna describes ...
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Gavilan flight-testing resumes
COLOMBIAN manufacturer El Gavilan has begun flight-testing the Gavilan 358 single-engined utility aircraft. The second prototype - the first crashed in 1993 after engine failure - is being flight-tested at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and US certification is planned for later this year. Designed and built at Lock Haven ...
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Pilatus base
Swiss business and utility aircraft manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft, has chosen Broomfield, Colorado as it is US and Western-hemisphere headquarters. A new company, Pilatus Business Aircraft, has been established to market the PC-12 turbine single and to provide support. Source: Flight International
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Analogue systems are still worthwhile
Sir - Unlike aircraft, VHF radio systems, which use a single-unit "transceiver", air-traffic-control (ATC) ground/air radio systems use a semi-duplex arrangement. With semi-duplex, the transmitter and receiver are independent items, which, ideally (in the case of ATC), are physically separated. The rationale behind this independence and separation is ...