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Regional aircraft operators
around the world have to start somewhere, and many have chosen the ten-seat
Britten-Norman Islander or its bigger sister, the eighteen-seat Trislander,
as their entry level aircraft. The Islander has been in production for 35
years, and Trislander production ceased in 1979. In the Britten-Norman, founded in the 1950s by John Britten and Desmond Norman, is now the trading name of B-N Group Ltd.
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23.8.09: Roraima introduce their third Islander
Islander 8R-GRB (msn 431 ex N431V & G-IOWA) was delivered to Roraima in June and entered service on 26th July: click here to read the story.
23.8.09: Amazing Video from 1996: recovery of Roraima A/W Islander from Colombia
Islander 8R-GRA (msn 3006) is recovered from a remote location in Colombia after being stolen from Guyana: click here to see the You Tube video!
17.5.09: Islander pair flying display at Duxford
Islanders G-ECZA and G-OBNL put on a great display at Duxford click here for pictures
6.5.09: Blind Man flies and Islander
A blind man who took the controls of an aircraft in a charity fundraising event said it was a "brilliant experience". Colin McArthur, 57, piloted a Britten-Norman Islander plane during a flight from Bembridge Airport, Isle of Wight. The trip follows a previous charity event which involved Mr McArthur controlling a 130-seat hovercraft. Mr McArthur, from Sandown, lost his eyesight through Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) 22 years ago and was raising money for the RP Fighting Blindness charity. The father-of-five said: "I have just come back down to earth with a bump - it was a brilliant experience."It was a weird experience, I could feel the plane banking left and right and the pilot gave me a brilliant commentary as we flew out to sea and over the island. "As a young lad of 14 I was partially-sighted and was at the Farnborough Air Show in the mid-1960s where the Islander was unveiled. It stole the show." Mr McArthur said he is hoping to raise more than £1,000 from the flight and was planning to organise further events for the charity. In 2007, he steered the Hovertravel craft from the Isle of Wight for a 20-minute trip under the guidance of a professional pilot. Link to BBC Web site for film clip: click here .
6.5.09: World's shortest scheduled flight on YouTube
Click here to see the YouTube clip of the Loganair scheduled flight on an Islander, from Westray ib the Orkneys to Papa Westray. Elapsed flying time is two minutes over a distance of just nine miles.
6.5.09: Another new Islander from recent batch arrives at Bembridge
The first new build Islander to arrive from Romania this year, G-CEUB c/n 2306, arrived at Bembridge on 19th March at 1730. As before the BN-2B-26 was quickly put inside the factory, where it is being prepared for an as yet undisclosed customer.
28.5.08: New Islander arrives at Bembridge
The first new build Islander to arrive from Romania, G-CEUA c/n 2305, for a few months flew in to Bembridge on 24th April at 1635 from Luxembourg. First flown at Bucharest, Romania on 22nd April, the BN-2B-20 painted in the usual green primer was quickly put inside the factory, where it is being prepared for an as yet undisclosed customer.
However, news from the German Aviation Authority informs us that c/n 2305 has been allocated registration D-IOLO for Friesian Islands operator OLT.
- Ostfriesische Lufttransport of Emden. OLT have operated Islanders since their first, D-IOLT c/n 21, was delivered 40 years ago on 17th April 1968.
They currently have two BN-2B-20 Islanders (D-IFBN c/n 2185 and D-IFOX c/n 2186) in their fleet, and last year sold a third (D-IOLA c/n 2187) back to B-N.
Over the past 40 years OLT have owned or operated 17 different Islanders.
* Latest Press Releases from BN Group:
* To a list of previous Press Releases from BN Group To
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Aero Tropics grounded by CASA:
Aero Tropics 1.7.08 Highland Airways' First Service:
HIGHLAND 17.6.08 Malta Update:
Islander used for drug running in Spain:
Loganair link up with Flybe:
LOGANAIR 3.3.08
BNG Purchases Surveillance Australia aircraft 18.2.08
Changes in Customer Support 8.2.08
From Police Aviation News May 2008: Article is on page 5:
MALTA 27.5.08
From Police Aviation News April 2008: Article is on page 4:
SPAIN 27.5.08
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New General Manager for FIGAS:
FIGAS 23.2.08
Britten-Norman sell ex-Surveillance Australia aircraft:
Surveillance Australia 20.2.08
Britten-Norman open
warehouse near Heathrow: BN
at Iver 2.11.06
BN Defence open for
business at St. Athan: BN Defence 17.10.07
Working
Lunch 15.06.07
BELIZE DEFENCE FORCE
ISLANDER (BDF-5) AIRLIFTED FROM CRASH
BDF
3.4.07
BDF 3.5.07
NEWS OF ISLANDER SALE TO
IRAN IS INCORRECT:
IRAN
27.3.07
B-N Group's official comment 28.3.07:
Britten-Norman has NO representation in Iran. Mr Ghobadi has previously
represented Britten-Norman, but neither he nor Paravaran Asseman have existing
consultancy or other representation agreements with the Company.
During the 40 years of manufacturing of the Islander a number of aircraft have
been sold to Iran all of which are in civil use only. There have been no sales
of new aircraft, used aircraft or aircraft related spare parts by the Company
to Iran of late.
Since the year 2000 one civil aircraft has been supplied to the Iranian Civil
Aviation Organisation by Britten-Norman following a stringent exercise by the
UK government to approve that aircraft for export. This aircraft is in use as a
passenger aircraft with a humanitarian/air ambulance secondary role and was
contracted for sale in 2002. The supply of that aircraft is in no way related
to the current diplomatic issues in Iran.
Britten-Norman's highly dependable products are popular in countries worldwide
where infrastructure requires unsupported rough field operations. Although
there have been expressions of interest for further aircraft sales in Iran,
Britten-Norman does not believe that there is a prospect of immediate future
sales nor does it believe that UK export clearances would necessarily be
available for any such new aircraft sale at the present time.
SHETLAND COUNCIL'S
SIC
17.2.07
ISLAND HOP FROM NEVIS TO
MONTSERRAT:
ISLAND HOP
9.2.07
Picture:VP-AAG
SUN
AIR MERGER 7.2.07
LATEST ISLANDER DELIVERY:
SHETLAND
NEWS 26.1.07
SHETLAND
TODAY 26.1.07
LONDON AIR LINK TO TAKE OFF AGAIN:
ISLE
OF WIGHT AIRWAYS 11.1.07
Picture:G-IOWA
THE SHORTEST SCHEDULED
FLIGHT 2006:
OAG
3.1.07
AIRLINE GROUNDED AFTER ISLANDER DITCHES:
STUFF.CO.NZ
30.12.06
NEW
ZEALAND HERALD 29.1.07
Britten-Norman delivers 50th aircraft for Cirrus:
50th
CIRRUS 10.11.06
Best Spirit In The World
Flies High With Loganair:
Loganair 31.10.06
Highland
Park 2.11.06
Pictures:
G-BLDV
G-BPCA
MORE LINKS ADDED AS WE FIND
THEM!
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