Liberty Enters into Agreement with Wilksch Airmotive for Testing and Certification of the WAM Turbo Diesel Engine
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Melbourne, Florida USA (July 30, 2009) Liberty Aerospace, Inc. unveiled at Oshkosh, the first XL2 fitted with the Wilksch Turbo Diesel. The aircraft, which burns Jet A fuel, is designed to appeal to the fast growing international market place where 100LL is both expensive and hard to obtain. “Our international customers have been very clear to us,” commented Keith Markley, President & CEO of Liberty Aerospace, Inc., “They need an alterative fuel to the 100LL for aircraft they are running in their flight training fleets. We know as a fact that many school operators have elected to come to the US for this show to specifically discuss this aircraft and their requirements with us, and we are extremely encouraged by our test market sampling. With Wilksch now being under the leadership of Mike Newton, Founder and CEO of the CCTV and video technology specialists AD Group, we believe we have a development partner who has the expertise and financial capability to get us to market quickly.”
About Liberty Aerospace, Inc. –
Based in Florida’s Space Coast, Liberty Aerospace, Inc. designs and manufactures and General Aviation Aircraft and is the FAA Type 23 Certificate holder for the Liberty XL2. The XL2 aircraft is IFR certified and meets the specific requirements of flying schools and clubs while offering the private owner/operator a first-class touring aircraft. Well-known for its carbon fiber fuselage and modular construction, it is the first production aircraft powered by a piston engine equipped with full authority digital engine control (FADEC), simplifying power management and providing greatly increased levels of safety, reliability and maintainability. These technological advances have allowed Liberty to deliver an aircraft benefiting from incredibly low operating costs, while remaining extremely fun to fly.
About Wilksch Airmotive.
Wilksch Airmotive (WAM), formed in 1994, in the UK, has focused it's design team on combining new technologies and packaging with a 2-stroke "diesel" (C.I.) operating cycle. Because the concept uses a robust four stroke style multi-valve cylinder head, valve timing can be optimized allowing a turbocharger to provide scavenging and boost over the whole power range. Use of the 2-stroke cycle allows high power outputs to be achieved without the need for a reduction drive. The technology has little in common with conventional 2-stroke engines, no roller bearings and no crank-case compression or oil-fuel mixing. WAM engines achieve a power/weight that matches or betters traditional Avgas burning 4-stroke engines.
For further information about Wilksch Airmotive - please visit: http://www.wilksch.com/
About AD Group
One of the first companies to embrace the concept of video over IP, AD's interests now include CCTV systems for aircraft, transport, smoke detection, together with camera technology and digital video recorders and multiplexers.
The Group is firmly committed to the implementation of effective CCTV standards and its senior personnel play an active role in key industry bodies, helping to drive best practice in critical areas from detector activated CCTV (BS 8418:2003) to digital video evidence.
Beyond CCTV the Group's activities include the operation of an aircraft charter business to destinations across Europe and sponsorship of global motorsport, supporting entrants in prestige events such as the Le Mans 24 Hours.
For further information about AD Group - please visit: www.ad-group.co.uk
For more information:
Paul Bartlett
pbartlett@libertyaircraft.com
321-308-9605
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