All General aviation articles – Page 656
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New Atlantic separation rules catch out corporate fliers
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA CORPORATE-AIRCRAFT operators are hoping for a significant delay to the scheduled 1 January 1997, introduction of reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) on routes over the North Atlantic. The move to increase the capacity of Atlantic airspace by halving the vertical separation between aircraft to 1,000ft (300m) ...
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Eagle makes changes to XT-S sports trainer
EAGLE AIRCRAFT International has made aerodynamic modifications to its all-composite XT-S two-seat sports trainer, and will now fly a full re-certification programme in Perth, Western Australia, to prove conformity with European joint airworthiness regulations for very-light aircraft (JAR/VLA). Having failed by 2kt, to limit stall speed to the ...
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Dassault
Charles Nicol has been named vice-president of worldwide spares at Dassault Aviation in New Jersey. He has nearly 30 years' experience in the industry, most recently with Messier-Bugatti. Mark Verdesco becomes sales manager for pre-owned aircraft. He joined Dassault in 1989 as a technical marketing analyst and was promoted in ...
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FlightSafety expands Falcon training
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) is expanding its Falcon Jet training centre at Teterboro, New Jersey, to house additional simulators for Dassault business jets. The expansion will provide room for three new simulators, plus flight-training devices and classrooms. FSI's Simulation Systems division is already building a Falcon 2000 full-flight simulator ...
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FAA
The US Federal Aviation Administration has appointed John Stenbit, executive vice-president and general manager of TRW Systems Integration Group, as chairman of its research, engineering and development advisory committee. Dr Wesley Harris, Dr Aaron Gellman and Brian Rowe have also joined the committee. Harris is a visiting professor of aeronautics ...
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ValuJet tempers growth as FAA watches watch
VALUJET AIRLINES is to slow its rapid growth for the next few months, citing increased US Federal Aviation Administration safety scrutiny following recent incidents. The low-cost carrier, based in Atlanta, Georgia, will add 13-14 aircraft during 1996, instead of the previously planned 18-24 aircraft. The FAA conducted a ...
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Hawker milestone
Raytheon Aircraft has delivered the 900th Hawker business jet with the hand-over of the 17th Hawker 1000 for Executive Jet Aviation's NetJets fractional-ownership programme. The Hawker series started as the de Havilland DH.125, becoming the Hawker Siddeley HS.125, then the British Aerospace 125, before its sale to Raytheon. ...
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Piper tunes up
New Piper Aircraft has appointed Hanagr Uno in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and ITC-Aerospace in Tokyo, Japan, as authorised distributors for its line of piston-engined light aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Smooth stretch
Bell's 430 twin-engined helicopter looks sleek and provided a smooth flight in our test Peter Gray/SINGAPORE FIRST CAME THE Bell 222 intermediate weight, twin-engined, two-bladed, commercial helicopter in 1979, with a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of 3,570kg, rising to 3,750kg, and the first aircraft to be certificated ...
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Socata spreads
Aerospatiale General Aviation in the USA has changed its name to Socata Aircraft as part of a strategic plan to establish the Socata name worldwide. Socata Group Aerospatiale, the light-aircraft subsidiary of the French aerospace company, produces the TB series of piston singles, the TB320 piston-twin and the single-turboprop TBM700. ...
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Europe aims for tighter foreign-airline safety
David Learmount/LONDON FOREIGN AIRLINES are to face tougher safety surveillance when they enter European airspace because of an agreement by the directors-general of the 33-member European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) to raise safety standards. This follows a similar decision by European Union ministers early in March. ...
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US general aviation targets new pilots
Karen Walker/TAMPA A campaign is to be launched to accelerate the revitalisation of the US general-aviation (GA) industry. The GA Team 2000 initiative will combine the efforts of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) to increase the number of ...
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E-Systems awarded place on Premier I
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has selected its sister company E-Systems as integrator of the flight-control system for the new Premier I business jet. E-Systems' Montek division will also manufacture the spoiler actuation system and spoiler/flap electronic control-unit. E-Systems' responsibility includes integration of the Dowty supplied landing-gear and door actuators and ...
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GlaStar heads for Berlin
STODDARD-HAMILTON Aircraft plans to display the GlaStar two-seat kitplane outside the USA for the first time at the ILA show in Berlin, Germany, in mid-May. The 860kg aircraft will be flown across the Atlantic via Greenland, an estimated 40h trip, and will be demonstrated in Europe before being returned to ...
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NetJets maintenance
Raytheon Aircraft Services' network of US fixed-base operations is to provide all aircraft and avionics maintenance for 17 Hawker 1000s operated by Executive Jet Aviation under its NetJets shared-ownership scheme. Source: Flight International
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Pilot worries
Not enough of it, sometimes too much of it - pilots remain concerned about technology. Harry Hopkins/DUBLIN AIRLINE PILOTS have issued strong warnings about the premature use of new technology in air-traffic operations, but the absence of technology troubles them as well, it emerged at the annual ...
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Seminole registration
New Piper Aircraft has delivered two Seminole piston twins to Sault College, Ontario, Canada, for advanced flight-training. The college's first twins are the first Seminoles registered in Canada since 1980. Source: Flight International
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Polish I-23 to fly by year-end
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW THE WARSAW-BASED Aviation Institute (IL) is planning a year-end debut for its I-23 all-composite light aircraft. The Institute completed wind tunnel testing on the aircraft in 1995, and is now carrying out structural tests on aircraft components in preparation for the first flight at ...
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Former astronaut killed in Cirrus VK30 test crash
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Former US astronaut Robert Overmyer was killed on 22 March while flight-testing a Cirrus Design VK30 kitplane. Overmyer was conducting full-flap stall tests of a VK30 prototype equipped with a new wing when the crash occurred near Duluth International Airport, Minnesota. A former Space Shuttle pilot, ...
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FAA closes account on AGATE programme
Karen Walker/TAMPA THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has come under fire from NASA and industry for pulling its funding from a programme aimed at rejuvenating general aviation (GA) and attracting new student pilots. NASA has warned that, without the FAA's share of funding for the ...