All General aviation articles – Page 667
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Heading goes in here in here
Sir - In the article "Raytheon's first" (Flight International, 4-10 October, P42), your writer comments that the Premier I is "not a Beech nor a Hawker" and quotes Roy Norris as saying that "...the cabin cross-section is...close to that of a Hawker 800". The very clear Hawker (or, ...
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Stages in US law
US legislation requires that all Stage 2 aircraft be replaced, hushkitted or re-engined by the year 2000 and, in addition, US carriers had to ensure that 55% of their fleets were Stage 3 compliant by the end of 1994. Further deadlines call for 65% compliance by the end of 1996, ...
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Refined simplicity
Cessna's Ultra has all of its family's virtues, and more. Harry Hopkins/WICHITA FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, over the years, has flown several members of Cessna's family of straight-winged business jets, including the Citation II, IIS and V. The latest member of that family is the Ultra, a ...
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No need to jump the gun on JAR 65
Sir - Andreas Georgiades, president of Aircraft Engineers International, wrote on the Joint Aviation Authorities' (JAA) requirement JAR 65 (Flight International, 6-12 September, Letters, P43). I would like to point out that the views and facts in David Learmount's original article (Flight International, 26 July - 1 August) ...
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Aerospatiale
Aerospatiale General Aviation of Grand Prairie, Texas, a subsidiary of Socata, Groupe Aerospatiale, has acquired three new staff for its sales and marketing team. William Johnson, who comes from a similar post with TBM North America, is appointed a director of sales. Douglas Smith, most recently with the ESI (Electrosystems) ...
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Orenda aims at King Air re-engineing
THE FIRST FLIGHT of two aircraft types re-fitted with Orenda 600 piston engines made by Hawker Siddeley Canada will take place by the end of 1995, says Orenda. Orenda plans to deliver two development engines in November to Merlin Products, which will be working on a Beech King ...
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Regional traffic leads European airline growth
EUROPEAN regional passenger traffic grew by 15% in the first half of 1995, says European Regional Airlines (ERA) director-general Mike Ambrose at the association's annual convention at Baveno, Italy, on 12-13 October. The convention itself attracted 35 airlines and 30 companies, reflecting the ERA's contention that regional aviation ...
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Dutch report criticises pilots
PILOT IGNORANCE of technical systems, poor asymmetric-power handling skills and inadequate cockpit-resource management (CRM) training have been cited in the official report into the 4 April, 1994, KLM CityHopper Saab 340B accident at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. The captain and two passengers were killed and nine ...
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DC-10 misses Frankfurt runway - by 300km
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS David Learmount/LONDON A NORTHWEST AIRLINES McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 carrying 241 passengers from Detroit to Frankfurt missed its intended destination by 300km (160nm), landing at Brussels Airport by mistake on 5 September. The pilots of Flight 52 only realised their error when they ...
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Raytheon modifies its plans for advanced Hawker 1000
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has slashed the development budget of a proposed stretched Hawker 1000 upgrade, and is now considering a more modest improvement to the aircraft than originally planned. The next-generation Hawker could be unveiled at the 1996 National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) ...
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Midway Beech 1900DS
Great Lakes Aviation subsidiary, Midway Connection, has taken delivery of two Raytheon Aircraft Beech 1900D regional airliners for use in a new code-sharing arrangement with Midway Airlines. The two aircraft will fly from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, to Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Source: Flight ...
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Ethiopian Airlines signs understanding for Fokker 50s
NATIONAL FLAG carrier Ethiopian Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding for the acquisition of five Fokker 50 turboprops to replace its two 46-seat ATR 42-300s and some 18-seat de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters. Delivery of the new aircraft, which will be acquired on a ten-year finance ...
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Czech bank offers Let funding to certificate GE-powered L-610G
CZECH REGIONAL manufacturer Let Kunovice has been offered funding to complete certification of its General Electric-powered L-610G turboprop. The money - understood to be CKr450 million ($17 million) - is being provided by Czech bank Komercni Banka as a long-term loan. Let now believes that it can complete ...
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Ayres considers Dual Pac power for new types
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES FRED AYRES, developer of the Ayres Turbo Thrush agricultural aircraft, is designing a series of new types - ranging from a fire fighting tanker to a utility freighter - using the Soloy Dual Pac with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6As as the power plant. ...
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Shuttles mean business
CORPORATE SHUTTLES are becoming more commonplace, with the NBAA debut of a corporate version of the Saab 2000 high-speed regional turboprop. The aircraft was one of three ordered by General Motors to replace its aging Convair 580 shuttles. Inside, the aircraft is outfitted with 36 passenger seats instead of the ...
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Cirrus on tour
Cirrus Design has begun a 20-city US demonstration tour with the SR20 light aircraft. The prototype has been flown for 200h since its first flight in March, and a second SR20 will be flown later this year. Certification is planned for early 1997. Source: Flight International
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Meggitt in Citation deal
Meggitt Avionics has won a production contract for its solid-state secondary flight-display system from Cessna Aircraft, for incorporation in the Citation family of business jets. Meggitt Avionics, based in Fareham, UK, claims that the product is the first system integrating conventional instruments indicating attitude, altitude and airspeed into a single ...
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Piper eyes corporate market for Malibu
NEW PIPER Aircraft is offering the Malibu Mirage high-performance piston single as an economical alternative to turboprops and light business jets for companies considering moving to smaller corporate aircraft. Piper president Chuck Suma says that, on a 300nm (550km) mission with four passengers, the 250kt (460km/h)-cruising speed Malibu ...
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FBOS expand presence
SIGNATURE FLIGHT Support's new Las Vegas general-aviation terminal, at McCarran Airport, was host to the 130-aircraft NBAA static display. The flight-support organisation (FSO) opened for business in early August and is the second of Signature's "new-generation" FSOs, modeled on the two-story terminal at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Connecticut. ...
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Explorer in Germany
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) has sold its first MD Explorer in Germany, to IBCOL Group, its Munich-based distributor. The eight-place, twin-turbine helicopter will enter service with Bonn-based Air Lloyd early in 1996, for customer demonstrations and short-term charters. MDHS' African distributor, Comair, has delivered three MD 500Es to the ...