The week-long search for a deHavilland DHC-6 that went down in
the jungles of Indonesia's West Papua province was spotted over the
weekend. All 18 people on board -- 14 passengers and four crew
members -- were lost in the mishap.
Canadian National Research Council's New Icing Tunnel Puts
Engine Through Its Paces
Albuquerque, New Mexico-based jet-maker Eclipse Aviation has
just completed a $335,000 contract with the National Research
Council Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC Aerospace) for engine
nacelle icing tests on its Eclipse 500 jet. The test program, which
included icing tunnel-based nacelle and engine/nacelle combinations
required for certification purposes, took place during March and
April at the NRC Aerospace facilities in Ottawa, Canada.
AS318 Lends Some French Savoir-Faire To Choppertown
You never know what you're going to see at Sun-n-Fun. Here we
have an Aerospatiale SA318C helicopter -- quite a ways up-market
from the usual homebuilt gyros and helicopters.
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