A.O.G. Air Support Inc. Announces Status of Cessna 208 Caravan Program

LOWNA, BC, April 14 /CNW/ - A.O.G. Air Support Inc. (AOG) (TSX 
Venture: ASP) is pleased to announce that it has now completed the initial
experimental flight test program on the Cessna 208 Caravan on both wheels and
floats.
Last year, AOG initiated a design and development program to introduce
two new products that will enhance the safety, flight performance and
stability on the Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft.
Leveraging from its core capabilities in wing STOL technology, AOG has
designed and manufactured a prototype airfoil modification called 'Hot Wings'
which consists of new drooped leading edges, wing extensions and winglets.
This airfoil modification will be built as a Kit, like all of AOG's other
products, and will be capable of being installed at AOG's facility or at any
"Trained Install Center" established by AOG for the Cessna 208 Caravan's world
market.
The other product that has been prototyped on the Caravan is a 750 SHP
turbine engine conversion along with the Avia V508E-AG/106/A three-blade
propeller.
Concurrently, AOG is working with the National Research Council's
Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC/IAR), to test and study the effect the
Hot Wings product has under icing conditions which is being tested at the
NRC/IAR wind tunnel facility in Ottawa, Ontario.
AOG's Director of Business Development, Doug Kobayashi, has stated that,
"the preliminary results are extremely encouraging and early test results show
that we have met or exceeded our original program objectives." Wind tunnel
testing has just commenced at NRC/IAR; however, the warming weather will
hamper progress on the wing icing test program.
The next step in the program is the formal FAA flight test program, which
is scheduled to commence in June 2005. FAA approval for the Hot Wings product
is expected in October 2005, and the approval for the engine conversion
modification by the end of this year.

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