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LANCAIR
SELLS 25 MILITARY TRAINER KITS
Lancair announced on Tuesday
that it will provide 25 modified Legacy FG kits to be assembled in
Colombia and used for primary flight training by the Colombian Air
Force. The aircraft, known as the Synergy, has a 15% bigger wing,
leading edge cuffs, and ventral fin than the standard model. The company
says mods make the aircraft "quite docile," but adds it still has plenty
of get-up-and-go. Lancair, through its Colombian partner SudAir
Corporation, will provide the kits to Colombian Aviation Industry Corp.
(CIAC), which will build them for the air force. "This initial agreement
is a result of over two years of negotiations ...," said Lancair
President Joe Bartels. "We will provide molds, fixtures, jigs,
materials, technical support and composite training to CIAC for purposes
of its construction of the initial 25 aircraft." More...
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FLEXJET
OFFERS ROUND-TRIP DISCOUNTS
Every air traveler knows it pays
to book in advance, and Flexjet is rewarding customers who make
efficient use of their fractionally-owned aircraft with a 15% reduction
in the cost of qualifying round trips. Flexjet says it's the first to
offer this kind of incentive to customers making quick-turnaround trips,
and the company expects it to be popular. "We expect this not to be a
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HAWKER
BEECHCRAFT CUTS 2,300 JOBS
Adding to the thousands of jobs
already lost over the last few weeks to aviation businesses in Wichita,
Kan., Hawker
Beechcraft CEO Jim Schuster announced on Tuesday that at least 2,300
jobs will be cut at his company. In a letter to employees published at
the local KSN.com news site, Schuster said, "We are
undoubtedly facing one of the most severe tests in our company's
history." He cited global economic decline as the cause of declining
orders and deliveries. In addition, he said, the government's stimulus
package has failed to loosen up credit markets and orders from
fractional markets have declined "considerably." He also blamed "the
media and some politicians" for characterizing general aviation as "a
wasteful extravagance instead of a critical business tool and the source
of millions of American jobs." He added that with no end in sight to
global market volatility, he could offer no assurance that there won't
be further reductions. Hawker is the third-largest employer in Wichita,
with about 7,500 employees. The company also employs 2,000 others
worldwide, to build a range of aircraft from business jets to piston
singles and the T-6 military trainer. More...
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delivered 1,301 aircraft, including 467 Citation business jets,
and reported revenues of about $5.662 billion. Cessna has a backlog of
$14.5 billion as of December 31, 2008. Since the company was originally
established in 1927, some 192,000 Cessna airplanes have been delivered
around the world, including more than 5,700 Citations, making it the
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LIBERTY
XL2 MOST EFFICIENT IFR AIRCRAFT?
Liberty Aerospace, of
Melbourne, Fla., this week threw down the gauntlet to the rest of the
aviation world, claiming that its XL2 is the world's most efficient
IFR trainer and touring aircraft, after a flight test conducted last
month achieved an efficiency of 21.208 nm per gallon over a 165-nm
course. "With standard equipment and no special pre-planning for weather
or winds, we showed what can be done in real-world everyday conditions,"
said Paul Everitt, business development manager for Liberty. The flight
followed a loop from Spruce Creek to Hernando County Airport in Central
Florida, at a cruising altitude of 7,500 feet, with power set at 50
percent and an RPM of 2350. Maximum power was used in the climb and 30
to 40 percent power for the descent, the company said. Average fuel burn
per hour was 4.686 gallons with an average speed of 106 knots. "For the
GA industry to grow, light aircraft manufacturers must produce
efficient, fully-certified two-place aircraft that allow flight schools
and individuals to continue flying while remaining profitable," said
Everitt. "We challenge the aviation industry to beat our record of being
the most fuel-efficient and environmentally acceptable Part 23 IFR
certified aircraft available today." More...
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THE
LSA BRIGHT SPOT
Amid all the news of job cuts and downturns,
the light sport aircraft sector just keeps on cranking. Dan Johnson,
chairman of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, estimates that
about 11,500 people attended the Sebring Sport
Aviation Expo just over a week ago in Florida, a new record for the
show, and about 20 airplanes, worth about $2.5 million, were sold over
the four-day event. "Every exhibitor I spoke to will return for Sebring
No. 6 in 2010," Johnson wrote at his
blog. In addition, he announced that two new regional LSA shows will
be held this year -- the HOT (Heart of Texas) LSA Show will be held in
March in Bryan, Texas, and the Midwest LSA Show will follow in October,
in Mount Vernon, Ill. Johnson also noted that two new U.S.-built LSAs
made their debuts at the show: M-Squared's
Breese 2 and RANS's
S-6 Coyote. The Breese, built in Alabama, sells for just $34,995, fully
built from the factory. The Coyote is a ready-to-fly version of an
airplane that has been one of the top-selling homebuilts, with almost
2,000 copies in the air. Other new aircraft introduced at the show were
the Flaeming Air FA-04 Peregrin, built in Germany and imported by Hansen Air
Group in Georgia, and the Skyteton K-10, built in the Ukraine.
More...
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AVWEB
INSIDER BLOG: BIZAV, MEET DARWIN
Business aviation isn't just
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bizav is irrelevant and wasteful in the current circumstances. In the
latest installment of the AVweb Insider blog, Mary argues that
those who adapt to the new realities will survive, even thrive.
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 New to the world of LSA? One of the
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difference, in terms of both weight and performance. For an overview of
the three top choices in the light sport segment, Marc Cook,
Editor-in-Chief of Kitplanes
magazine, visits Rotax, Jabiru, and Continental on the grounds of the
U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida. (Click through to watch.)
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