There’s no doubt that operating to more stringent regulations is going to increase costs. Coming at this time, it will be particularly bad.  ­­—B­CA Staff

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With most anyone else at the controls, this would be the prelude to a crash. For North American Rockwell’s public relations executive Bob Hoover, it is another one of his finely practiced air show maneuvers in which he rolls down the runway, touching down alternately on each wheel.

Golden Eagle Glitter: Deliveries have begun of Cessna’s new pressurized twin, the 421B Golden Eagle, a longer and wider version of the 421A. It is powered by 375-hp turbocharged, fuel-injected geared engines. Price for the standard airplane is $187,5000. 

New lift for vertical lifters. From France, here are the familiar turbine-powered utility transport, the Alouette II (pictured) and III, with a new marketing push by Vought Helicopter Inc. The Alouette II seats five, has a 1,710-lb. useful load and a price of $118,500.

Bonanza: The U.S. Naval Academy Aerospace Engineering Department at Annapolis, Maryland, has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a single-engine Beech Bonanza, to serve as a flying classroom.

Self-assembled island in the sky: “Be the first in your neighborhood to put the Scorpion in your garage. P.S. It fits in a garage,” says the brochure for this mini-­helicopter at a mini-price of $5,673, if you put it together yourself. The model displayed at Reading Air Show had “experimental” tag.

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