Operations at greater New York’s primary general aviation facility, Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, officially became the function of Pan American World Airways last month. —BCA Editors

Pan Am will run Teterboro for its owner, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, under a 30-year lease that stipulates exclusive use of the airport by general aviation, excluding scheduled airline operations other than by helicopters and air taxis.

A first for Israel. The Arava, a 20-passenger feeder airliner and the first aircraft exclusively designed and built in Israel, completed a  first flight on Nov. 27, 1969. Manufacturing and marketing (under the name “Sherpa”)  will be handled by Sud Aviation’s lightplane division, Socata. The price will be around $390,000.

Its delivery flight of some 5,000 mi. ended, the 200th DH 125 — one of three ordered by Sears Roebuck — takes a breather while its pilot, Desmond Penrose, visits with Little Rock Airmotive (Arkansas) executives.

Cessna’s Model 414 uses the same oval fuselage of the 421 and the wings of the Model 401. It’s powered by two 310-hp turbocharged Continentals, which also furnish bleed air for its 4.2-psi pressurization system.

William T. Piper Sr. dies on Jan. 15 at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. He was a 89. He was chairman of the board until last year. Piper was 32 when the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk. In 1928, he was appointed to the board of Taylor Brothers Aircraft to oversee a $50,000 investment to bring production of the 2-place Taylor Chummy to Bradford, Pennsylvania. Chummy became Cub, and in 1936, the company became Piper Aircraft and moved to Lock Haven.

Pan Am delivered Fan Jet Falcons in 1969, bringing the total number of deliveries in North America to 127. Pan Am says it has orders for 12 new Falcons, six of which are “F” models with high-lift leading-edge devices on wings for improved landing characteristics and better performance.

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