All General aviation articles – Page 649
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Morten Beyer
David Hansen has joined US aviation consultancy Morten Beyer, of McLean, Virginia, as director of research and development. He was formerly with Fokker Aircraft USA for 20 years and, before that, was a senior engineer/scientist for Douglas Aircraft working on DC-9s and DC-10s. Source: Flight International
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Aerospatiale/Dassault given new date
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE FRENCH Government has tightened up the time scale for agreement on a merger between Aerospatiale and Dassault Aviation, with January 1997 now set as the new deadline. Dassault Aviation has agreed to the new date, promising that "-the technical, financial and industrial ...
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DFS and Frankfurt Airport push for higher capacity
Andrzej Jeziorski/FRANKFURT GERMAN AIR-TRAFFIC-services agency Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) and Frankfurt Airport are to test a new wake-vortex warning system (WVWS) as part of a drive to increase the airport's capacity. The WVWS, developed by Munich-based IABG, consists of a series of ten to 12 masts ...
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Skywest GA arm is sold
ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S richest private companies, Darwin-based Paspaley Pearling Group, has acquired most assets of the Ansett Group's Perth-based general-aviation arm, Skywest Aviation, for an undisclosed price. Skywest Aviation operates about 35 light- to medium- turboprop aircraft, principally on a range of Government and resource-industry contracts and mining-support ...
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UK taxes tilt training balance in US favour
David Learmount/LONDON TAX CHARGES ARE THE prime reason that the UK flying-training industry is unable to compete against US rivals, according to the draft of a study of US flying-training organisations (FTOs) undertaken by the UK General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association (GAMTA). A UK ...
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Chinese ventures
AlliedSignal Aerospace's joint venture with China Eastern Airlines to repair and overhaul wheels and brakes opened at Long Hau Airport, Shanghai on 28 June. On 1 July, McDonnell Douglas opened a commercial-aircraft-spares centre in Beijing with China Aviation Supply. Source: Flight International
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Compromise sought on AE-100
Paul Lewis/JAKARTA SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) is mounting a last-ditch effort to salvage an agreement between China and South Korea for joint development of the proposed AE-100 regional jet. ST is understood to have dispatched a team to Seoul to meet with the Korean Commercial-Aircraft Consortium (KCDC). ST is trying to ...
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CL-215 leases
Los Angeles County is to lease two Canadair CL-215T firefighting amphibious aircraft from Bombardier for five years after a successful trial of the aircraft in southern California during late 1994. Australian firefighting authorities have also recommended a similar trial for the larger CL-415T during the forthcoming Austral summer. A total ...
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Fokker studies F28 re-engineing proposal
FOKKER AVIATION is studying a possible re-engineing programme for ageing F28s, replacing the type's Rolls-Royce Speys with General Electric CF34s or with R-R Tays. Over 200 F28s are still flying and at least one operator, Scandinavian Airlines System, has already invested in Fokker 70-style cabin upgrades for ...
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IPTN takes delivery of its first Bell 430
BELL HELICOPTER Textron has delivered the first Bell 430 eight-seat intermediate twin helicopter to launch customer Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) of Indonesia. At the same time, the US helicopter company has agreed to extend its existing production arrangement with IPTN to include the manufacture of the ...
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Aircraft window repairs
Aircraft Window Repairs has opened a new office in Florida, following demand for its US Federal Aviation Administration approved hardcoating service. The management team is (left to right) Herb Brock, Ryan Cupery, Robert Cupery-Founder, John Levey and Ray Gregory. Other members of the team (not pictured) are Kathi Cupery and ...
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Fokker looks for east Asian joint venture
FOKKER SERVICES of the Netherlands, a division of Fokker Aviation, the company born out of the bankruptcy of Fokker Aircraft in March this year, is seeking a joint venture with an East Asian maintenance company or airline to meet the service requirements of operators in the region. Erik ...
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Raytheon Premier I stays on track reveals new mid-size business jet
Ramon Lopez/WICHITA RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has sold almost 100 of its new Premier I light business-aircraft, even though first deliveries are not scheduled until late 1998. Considered "the defining product for Raytheon for the next three decades", the Premier I programme is "on schedule, at cost ...
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Egyptian commander
Commander Aircraft has delivered three Commander 114AT trainers to Egypt's National Civil Aviation Training Organisation (NCATO), based at Embaba Aerodrome in Giza. NCATO is the only civilian pilot-training organisation in Egypt, and trains all Egyptian airline pilots. Bethany, Oklahoma-based Commander received the contract, worth more than $1 million, after NCATO ...
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Cycles in the sky
The aviation-industry recovery is in full swing, but economists are even now forecasting when the next downturn will occur Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IN GERMANY THEY CALL it the pig cycle. When pork prices rise, farmers pile into the market to cash in on the boom, only to find ...
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Hinson defends ValuJet grounding
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US FEDERAL AVIATION Administrator David Hinson has responded to allegations that the ValuJet grounding was politically motivated by saying that the decision was made before a meeting at which senior White House officials were briefed. Hinson made the claim during a Congressional hearing ...
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Dunlop preparation
Dunlop Aviation has opened a £750,000 ($1.2 million) metal preparation plant at Coventry in the UK, which manufactures aircraft wheels and brakes. The plant is being used for cleaning, etching and surface preparation of metal parts, before plating or other types of surface finishing. Source: Flight International
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Looking at the overcharging issue
Sir - I refer to the letter "CAA licence to overcharge is simply not on" (Flight International, 19-25 June, P39). While I commiserate with David Leggett, he may be getting off lightly. Like some engineers, many UK aircrew look to the US Federal Aviation Administration for fairness when ...
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UK squeeze
Corporate aircraft are deemed to be a more vital ingredient of the overall traffic mix in the UK. Chris Yates/MANCHESTER AS PRESSURE ON slots intensifies at many of the UK's primary airports, operators are becoming choosy about the type of general-aviation activity they wish to ...
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Sale and delay
China Airlines' holding company, China Aviation Development Foundation (CADF), is to sell 16 per cent of its 82 per cent stake in the Taiwanese flag to help finance new aircraft and boost the carrier's paid-up capital. Meanwhile, TransAsia Airways is to delay its planned IPO on Taipei's stock ...