American Utilicraft Corporation' FF-1080-300 Freight Feeder

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Afra Airlines announces it has been awarded its Air Carrier's License for cargo and passenger operations by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and an Air Tour Operators License from the Ghana Tourist Board.
Afra Airlines aims to fly 2,000 tourists into Accra weekly by the middle of the year. Afra Resorts and Holdings Ltd. has accordingly been formed to develop significant additional hotel and resort room capacity .

So far, so good. Now it comes:
Global Air Group* and Afra Airlines joined forces
Global Air Group said it recently purchased 100 (hundred) of the new Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, Inc. feeder freighters valued at $1.2Billion USD for deliveries commencing in 2007.

100 (hundred) FF-1080-300 from the American Utilicraft Corporation.

Utilicraft Aerospace Industries are the manufacturers of the FF-1080-300 aircraft which Afra has now purchased for $1.2 Billion

This FF-1080 Freight Feeder aircraft is capable of carrying standard industry air cargo containers on short-to-medium range/medium density routes, and employs an integrated air cargo information system for the freight feeder market.
It typically carries 10 tonnes to a range of 1,000 nautical miles from airfields with 3,000 feet of runway.

Specifications

December 13, 2004 (Business Wire) – American Utilicraft Corporation (OTC: AMUC) -- American Utilicraft Corporation (AMUC), is spinning-off Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, Inc., a newly-formed Nevada corporation, as part of an agreement with The Navajo Nation. The Navajo Nation will invest $34 million, pending legislative and other approvals, in exchange for a 25% stake in the new company. The funds will be used for Phase I FAA certification for the FF-1080-300 freight feeder aircraft.

Utilicraft Aerospace has an agreement with Global Air Group of Brisbane, Australia, for the purchase of 100 FF-1080 Freight Feeder aircraft for $1.2 billion. The company also has an agreement with WSI Hong Kong, Ltd., for 300 FF-1080 aircraft.

The FF-1080 Prototype Aircraft is slated for mid November 2005. The production FF-1080 settled upon by both Companies, will be the -300 version, a slightly larger version of AMUC's -200 developmental design.
(Wat had je gedacht)


Contact info for Afra Airlines:
Afra Airlines & Global Air Group
Luke Butler -Director / CEO
7 Nortei Ababio Street Airport Residential Area Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233 244 932 488 (+61 4 2383 0909)
lukebutler@afraairlines.com
Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, Inc. - 554 Briscoe Blvd - Lawrenceville, GA 30045 - Phone: 678-376-0898 - FAX: 678-376-9093
website: www.utilicraft.com

*Global Air, the Australian gateway to first class passenger and cargo transport..

What to think of this?

[Humberside]

Arent the aircraft meant to operate from small airports in Africa

Dont think it will work. Would Fedex be interested to replace their Cessna's

[findtech]

Fedex could buy it but it's far, far larger than the C-208s, larger than their ATR-72s for that matter.

[SicilianFalcon]

Woah that is 1 ugly looking plane

[HorsePower]

Indeed, it looks like a crumbed fish!
Also, here in France we got a smaller similar plane called Skylander. Sadly, it was previously stated it will be made in Tarbes, but they finally choose Portugal 'cause of workers are payed less there! Shame

http://www.skylander-aircraft.net/

Seb.

[Whistler]

Some people need a reality check.

Luke Norman Butler is a Walter Mitty and CONMAN.

Whatever happened to due diligence???

He recently defrauded a Dr. (medical) in Africa, out of 500,000USD.
Check out these links and google "Luke Norman Butler" and Global Air"

Read this and weep
http://www.pprune.com/forums/showthread ... did=161502

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread ... and+Butler

The deal with the Utilty Air co. is farcical....... it will end in tears, guaranteed!

regards,
whistler

[SicilianFalcon]

What can you say Seems certain people manage to get backign no matter what. Look at the man behind the Excel group He doesnt have a rosy past either from what I read around.

8) Forza

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March 2, 2004: American Utilicraft Corporation and WSI Hong Kong, Ltd., Finalize Distributorship Agreement for 300 FF-1080 Freight Feeder Aircraft
John J. Dupont, President and CEO of American Utilicraft Corporation, and Ruben O. Caputo, President and CEO of WSI Hong Kong, Ltd., signed the Distributorship Agreement, concluding negotiations that began in November of last year (2003). The Distributorship Agreement provides WSI Hong Kong, Ltd., with exclusive marketing and sales rights/responsibilities for the China, Japan, Australia, India and Malaysia markets.

WSI Hong Kong Ltd.
Location: P.R.C. Industry: Telecommunications (but also importer, expoter of ELECTRONICS,GARMENTS,TOYS,TOOLS EXPORT)
WSI Hong Kong Ltd.
Address: No.26G Shen Mao Business Centre Building,Xin Wen Road, Fu Tian, Shenzhen - 518034 P.R.C.
Contact: Leon yu
Email: ??
Company description:
WSI is an in Florida of US based company which is doing business in telecommunication and construction fileds. They have established one representative company WSI HK in Hongkong and one office in main land China.

San Juan Pueblo Lands Airplane Plant Deal
"San Juan Pueblo in northern New Mexico will be home to an $80,000-square-foot airplane assembly plant for short-haul, turboprop freight airplanes, with a deal the pueblo has signed with the Lawrenceville, Ga.-based American Utilicraft Corporation. Under the deal, the New Mexico plant would assemble American's FF-1080 freight airplane, which is capable of carrying standard industry air containers on short-to medium range destiny routes. In January American announced that it had signed a 36-plane purchase agreement with WSI Hong Kong, Ltd. WSI has an option to buy up to 300 of the planes. The San Juan Pueblo agreement represents another step in New Mexico's effort to create an aviation industry cluster. " from: New Mexico Business Weekly 02/20/2004

The Southern Aviator has it as follows: 12/24/2004 Utilicraft Aerospace has an agreement with Global Air Group of Brisbane, Australia, for the purchase of 100 FF-1080 aircraft for $1.2 billion. The company also has an agreement with WSI Hong Kong, Ltd., for 300 FF-1080 aircraft. The company anticipates producing 96 aircraft a year.
Utilicraft Aerospace Plans to Bring 1,000 Jobs to New Mexico
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Ghana approves, then restricts, then suspends & revokes Afra Airlines' ACL

The Ghana government first approved, then restricted, then suspended and finally revoked Afra Airlines' ACL.
Afra Airlines' management is so forced to reduce overheads and re-focus its business primarily outside of Ghana.
As a result of the decisions by the Government, Afra Airlines felt it had been compelled to lay off 50% of its staff members.
Mr. Luke Butler's, the Chief Executive of Afra Airlines, the company that is said to be in competition with the Mormons-owned Ghana International Airlines, which has Dr. Richard Anane and Mr. Kwadwo Mpiani as principal supporters (as per info sent to me) passport has been seized by the Ghana Immigration Service. Mr Butler was facing severe intimidation and had been frustrated by the actions of the immigration authorities because certain questions that had been raised had not been answered by the authorities. Read the story below.

Mr Butler was encouraged (by the Ghanian President?) to come and invest in Ghana's project for a new airline, and had subsequently moved his entire family to Ghana.
Readers -413 till today - of these columns will quickly undertsand. See ttp://www.luchtzak.be/article8833.html
Ghana's government is itself involved in a other new airline.

Remember also we had a dicssion on the feasibilty of Mr Luke Butler' ghanian aviation initiative?
See: https://www.aviation24.be/posts8543-highlightbutler.html
But following a ban placed on Mr Butler by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) from managing corporations for three years, his efforts to do business in the Ghanaian aviation sector had so far been unsuccessful. That ban followed upon a mishap with Australian Global Air.
In July 2003, the Japanese Government won a multi-million dollar compensation claim against Global Air Leasing for reneging on a deal to extradite members* of a terror group from the Middle East.
The court heard Global Air Leasing pulled out of the deal at the last minute, citing maintenance problems with the 20-year-old jumbo jet it intended to use for the flight.
As a result, the Japanese government had to lease an aircraft from Russian-based Aeroflot.
Global Air Leasing argued it was not liable because the Japanese government intended to use the aircraft to carry out illegal kidnappings.
Global Air Leasing was ordered to pay $US6 million to Japan for failing to honour an agreement to fly the five terrorists from Jordan in March 2000.

*A jumbo to carry five terrorists from Jordan to Japan?
btw, if you have info on that, please let us know.

[Whistler]

Luke Norman Butler is currently on the run, in Benin, after a warrant was issued by the Ghanaian Police for fraud against a Ghanaian doctor for $500,000.

You were warned! ........ LOL

Everything else is BS.

[Thayrd]

Benin Airlines & Utilicraft Aerospace LOI for 100 Feeder Freighters

(Cotonou, Benin Africa – December 2, 2005) -– Benin Airlines, SA - Today officials of Benin Airlines SA, and Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, Inc., executed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for 100 of Utilicraft’s FF-1080-300 ER (Extended Range) Freight Feeder aircraft, with an option on an additional 100.

The initial 100 aircraft transaction is valued at $1.35 Billion USD and has been secured by an initial $5.0M good faith deposit from Benin Airlines to Utilicraft’s lawyers today.

The agreements between the two Companies grant Benin Airlines exclusive Distributorship and a Final Assembly rights for a period of 25 years.

The Distributorship Agreement appoints Benin Airlines as the exclusive FF-1080-300 distributor for Africa and specific Middle East markets, including United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Baharain, and Lebanon.

The Final Assembly Agreement will grant Benin Airlines the right to complete final assembly-kits of the Aircraft purchased by Benin Airlines.

Benin Airlines plans to locate their Final Assembly facility in either Africa, or one of the Middle East regions mentioned above.

Utilicraft will complete Final Assembly of the “kits” shipped to Benin Airlines at its planned facilities at Double Eagle II Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The FF1080-300 ER version of the aircraft is the same basic airframe of the -300 currently under development by Utilicraft Aerospace, but with a 10,000 gross weight increase to 80,000 lbs. This increase will allow the Aircraft to carry additional fuel for a max range of 2,000 nautical miles including IFR reserves, with 20,000 lbs., in containers, in five A-1, A-2, or A-3 containers, or ten LD3 containers, or a combination of containers and pallets measuring 88 in. x 125 in. each.

Benin Airlines intends to operate the aircraft as feeder freighters in the growing African and Middle East airfreight markets, to offer them on wet lease ACMI basis (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance included), as well as dry lease and sale.

About Benin Airlines SA:
Benin Airlines is new airline being formed to be the first genuine low cost African airline to operate direct flights across sub-Saharan Africa and to Europe, Middle East, and the Americas commencing operations in second quarter 2006. Benin Airlines is a private company formed with an investment of $250M. Launch operations include 2 x 747-200F cargo aircraft, 2 x 747-400 and 5 x 737-300 passenger aircraft.

About Utilicraft Aerospace Industries
Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, Inc., (UAI) was formed, in 2004, to target the significant problem of addressing the overnight express, international supply chain, e-commerce, and global third party logistics entities, inability to provide effective “containerized” fulfillment and distribution in the medium haul (or feeder) route segments of air cargo. The result of the Company’s research and development is a new air vehicle, the FF-1080-300 Freight Feeder aircraft, capable of cost-effectively carrying standard industry air containers on medium range/medium density routes, combined with an on-board integrated air cargo information and tracking system.

(Utilicraft) Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release involve risks and uncertainties and reflect the company’s current views with respect to possible future events. Readers are cautioned that no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results or events may materially differ from those projected or anticipated. In particular, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: the company’s ability to obtain and fulfil contracts for the sale of products, protect intellectual property rights and manage future growth; market acceptance of future products; product supplier delays; design and engineering certification delays or denials; and the introduction of similar products by competitors. Any forward-looking statement made in this press release is made as of the date of this press release, and the company assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Forward-looking statements in this press release should be evaluated together with the many uncertainties that affect the company’s business.


Contact:
Luke Butler – President Director General Benin Airlines SA
10 BP 890, Cotonou – Benin
Tel: +229 97 265 669
lukebutler@afraairlines.com

John J. Dupont – President, CEO Utilicraft Aerospace Industries
Email: jd@utilicraft.com
Direct Number: (505) 699-7848
Fax: 505-212-0296





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[vc-10]

What happend to that ugly single prop freighter for FEDEX? That is one ugly plane.

[Whistler]

I'm not sure who is the bigger conman, Dupont or Butler!

You can't tell me that this is not a scam to raise funds for Utlicraft to raise more $$$ just to pay Dupont's crazy salary.

Butler's MOI isn't worth a sheet of toilet paper.

He is a sociopath.

[fokker_f27]

The plane looks a bit like an Antonov turboprop.

[regi]

FF-1080-300 or Rekkof, all simple websites, imaginary data and broken links. But no result. No hardware. No flights.
Last week it was announced that even for a chinese company it is now forbidden to sell land plots on the moon.
Next?

[burner737]

It reminds me actualy a wee bit of a short 360 ...

Regards Tim

[fokker_f27]

It's the An-32 that it reminds me of.