Another aircraft engine maker is considering Florida's Space
Coast as a distribution site for its new line of engines.
Bombardier Motor Corp. of America, an affiliate company of
Montreal-based Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., hopes to
choose between Titusville's Space Coast Regional Airport and a site
near Duluth (MN), by the end of the month. The Space Coast Regional
Airport has agreed to a three-year lease of hangar space with
Bombardier if it picks Titusville.
Cessna likes China and with good reason. The manufacturer says
its single engine piston aircraft sales in the Far East and Pacific
region have been robust throughout 2003, and 2004 is expected to
culminate with the delivery to China of two new Turbo Stationairs
equipped with Garmin's new, all-glass G1000 PFD and MFD avionics
suite. In August 2003, Cessna announced the sale of the first Turbo
Stationair in China. The T206 Turbo Stationair was delivered in
January 2004 to Beijing Sport Aviation School. The institution will
use the aircraft for commuter service, skydiving missions, and
aerial surveys. The aircraft is also expected to be used in the
2008 Olympics held in Beijing.
The FAA has built flexibility into a stringent final rule on air
carrier airport operations. Because the new rule now affects much
smaller airports, AOPA had expressed concern that the high cost of
meeting certification requirements, such as aircraft rescue and
fire fighting (ARFF) equipment, would be passed on to general
aviation pilots at those smaller airports. Because of AOPA's
advocacy, those airports may be able to waive some of the
requirements, reducing their costs, and ultimately the cost to GA
pilots.
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