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News, facts, and comments on the coming revolution for piston-engine aircraft.In 1998, one diesel engine flew on a converted airplane for the first time since 1945. Today, close to 4,000 singles and twins are flying. This is the beginning of a worldwide trend which will eventually allow a rebirth of the piston-engined aircraft, around new specs and new missions. DieselAir Research, Inc., the publisher of The DieselAir Newsletter, offers strategic intelligence services to the aircraft industry, its suppliers and its customers who ambition to benefit from this global change of paradigm which will mean new markets, new concepts, new services, new materials and components… You may be interested in our services if your firm designs and/or manufactures aircraft and components, aero engines, avionics, propellers and engine components, fuel systems or additives, advanced materials, or industry specific machinery for manufacturing of these; or provides aviation services such as fuel production or distribution; flight training, aircraft chartering, maintenance and operations (FBO’s); or airport management and design, traffic control, hangar, materials handling and storage equipment; or consulting and financial services for these industries; or advertising, sales promotion, trade shows, specialized publications. To know more, send a confidential email inquiry to Dr. Eng. André Teissier-duCros at atc@geanoverseas.com News of April 17, 2011A new diesel plane with Centurion-Thielert diesel 155HP: The Flight Design C4Germany’s Flight Design unveiled a mock-up of its new, four-seat piston single it is calling the C4. “We want to create the optimal four-seat aircraft for our customers,” said Oliver Reinhardt, chief technical officer. “Engineers often put emphasis on certain features of a new design, while a flight school or a private owner might want something we did  not consider, so we are putting our concept of the C4 design out for the public to participate in the process.” The company is planning to collect as much information as possible from potential customers and from its worldwide dealer network and only then, probably at the next AirVenture, will they decide the final setup of the airplane. After AirVenture Oshkosh, the design will be frozen and the first flying prototype will be shown eight months later at Sun ‘n Fun. European approval is scheduled for late 2012, with U.S. certification to follow soon after. The airplane will be powered by an American (gas) and German (diesel) engine, but several “green” solutions are possible together with the hybrid technology. Comments: Flight Design seems to trust Centurion better than any diesel supplier so far, for an airplane which is promised to a very wide diversified clientele including flight academies if it keeps its promises. posted at 8:59 AM |
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