All General aviation articles – Page 658
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Polish glider tug
Polish manufacturer Yalo is looking for funds to complete certification of its GM-2 Gniady glider tug, after the withdrawal of state support. Development had been, funded by Yalo and the Government. The single-seat GM-2 is a hybrid design from the Aviata bureau, incorporating the wings and tail of the PZL-Okecie ...
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Thai piper
New Piper Aircraft has delivered two Seminole piston twins to Thailand's Civil Aviation Training Centre, at Bo Fai Airport in Hua Hin, for use in private- and commercial-pilot ab initio training. Source: Flight International
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Precision quick-start for pistons
PRECISION AIRMOTIVE has introduced a lightweight electric starter for aircraft piston engines. The Lamar permanent-magnet starter has demonstrated quicker engine starts than conventional starters under most conditions, the Everett, Washing- ton-based company says. The bulky field windings of a conventional starter motor are replaced with lightweight permanent magnets. ...
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Cessna 172
Cessna will roll out the first pilot-production Model 172 piston-single on 2 April and display the aircraft at the Experimental Aircraft Association's Oshkosh show in late July. The company says that it will use Oshkosh to reveal prices for new-production 172s, 182s and 206s, which will be ready for delivery ...
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'Pseudo' approach available since 1988
Sir - I read the article "DGPS approaches" (Flight International, 28 February-5 March, P28). Latlong developed software in1988, which allows its creator, T Peter Cutsey, to design a flyable "pseudo" approach to any airport, tailor-made for the aircraft type in question. In the US Federal Aviation Administration's Special ...
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Bell Helicopter cracks Latin America market with 407
Bell Helicopter Textron has sold some 50 Model 407 light single-turbine helicopters in Latin America. Of more than 160 firm orders received for the new aircraft, 40 are from customers in Brazil, the company says - with at least ten of those coming from first-time customers. The US ...
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Russia refuses to back down on 757
RUSSIA HAS REFUSED to back down on its claim for $25 million in excise duty, which, it says, is owed on a Baikalavia-operated Boeing 757, despite intense pressure from the US Government to remove the levy. The 757-200, leased from International Lease Finance, has been impounded by police, ...
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Flight aid trust
John Fack, co-owner of the Pegasus aircraft company, hands over the first of three Pegasus Q flex-wing micro-lights to Chris Copeland of the Flight Aid Trust, which hopes to raise £250,000 ($380,000) for African leper colonies and Christian aviation charity, the Mission Aviation Fellowship with a 21,400km (11,600nm) flight around ...
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TrunkLiner work continues for China
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) IS CONTINUING work on the first of 20 MD-90-30 TrunkLiners destined for China Eastern and China Northern Airlines, despite the cancellation of a visit by Chinese foreign trade minister Wu Yi's to MDC's Long Beach factory to sign a contract for the aircraft. The first aircraft is ...
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Costly corporate updates on the way
THE COST OF additional or replacement equipment for business aircraft to meet impending regulations could cost almost $1 million for older aeroplanes, warns fixed-base operator Magec Aviation of Luton, UK. Some equipment has yet to be specified and its' cost to be defined. Magec flight-operations director ...
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FAA forecasts more turbine-engine growth
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is forecasting that the turbine-engined segment of the general-aviation (GA) fleet will continue to make gains at the expense of piston-engined aircraft - at least in the short term. There were about 8,280 turbine-powered aircraft in the USA in 1995, according to ...
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Howell first
Colgate-Palmolive has placed the first order for Howell Instruments' turbine-outlet temperature gauges and cycle-monitoring system. The instrumentation will be fitted to AlliedSignal LTS-101s powering its Eurocopter BK117 B2 helicopter. Source: Flight International
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UK set to re-examine foreign pilot-training policy
UK CIVIL AVIATION Authority chief Sir Christopher Chataway has told the UK General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association (GAMTA) that he will "look again" at the policy of allowing CAA-approved foreign flying-training schools to issue UK commercial pilot licences. GAMTA chief executive Graham Forbes says that UK flying-training-school ...
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Noise rules could muzzle sales
INCREASINGLY STRINGENT noise regulations are seriously threatening future development and sales of light piston-engined aircraft in Europe, according to Bob Wilson, technical director at Pilatus Britten-Norman. Wilson told delegates at the GAMTA conference that "tremendous pressure" is building up - particularly in France and Germany - for ...
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Strategic planning
A STRATEGIC PLAN, SETTING out the future role of GAMTA as opposed to a "firefighting" approach to problem solving, is being called for by chief executive Graham Forbes. "Although we must continue to firefight all the problems as they arise, the change to a more global economy and ...
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Thais take CN.235
The Royal Thai police force has taken delivery of a new CASA CN.235-200 utility aircraft. The twin turboprop, ordered in April 1995, will be used for transport, medical evacuation, paratroop drops, border patrol and anti-drug operations. Two more aircraft will be required. Source: Flight International
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AOPA
David Ogilvy has been named executive chairman at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of the UK (AOPA UK), following the death of Ron Campbell. He has been vice-chairman for the past five years. Jack Wells, president of the Civil Service Aviation Association, becomes vice-chairman of AOPA UK's executive committee. ...
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BTG breathes LIVE into ASTA project
David Learmount/AMSTERDAM A BRITISH TECHNOLOGY Group (BTG) system which provides airport ground-movement controllers with real-time identification of all categories of aircraft and vehicles may provide a solution to one part of the US Federal Aviation Administration's all-airport surface-traffic automation (ASTA) project, according to the manufacturer. ...
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Cessna flies widebody Excel
CESSNA FLEW ITS PROTOTYPE Citation Excel "wide-body" light business jet for the first time on 29 February, two weeks ahead of schedule. Certification and first deliveries are planned for the first quarter of 1998. Cessna says that it has sold 88 Excels and is increasing production in 1999 and 2000 ...
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Diamond in talks on Chinese Katana production
DIAMOND AIRCRAFT Industries is in negotiation with the Chinese aerospace-technology group CATIC over the possible licensed production by the latter of the Canadian-built DA20 Katana two-seat primary training aircraft. China is understood to have a requirement for around 800 training aircraft over the next few years, to keep ...