Photograph: In this view up the tailpipe of the G-II/G-III hush kit mockup, the lower internal deflector that redirects the exhaust into the cascade is visible in the deployed position. Note the 10-lobe mixer/ejector that does much of the job of hushing the noisy Spey. Stage III Technologies and Dallas Airmotive have tangible evidence of their hush treatment of the Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan in the form of a full-size detailed mockup mounted on the left nacelle of a Gulfstream II.

A proposed new, small turbine engine from Allison will look nothing at all like the engine builder's current--and ubiquitous--Model 250 turboshaft. While bracketing the same 350- to 800-shp power range, the powerplant will shun the Model 250's reverse-flow gas path for a more straightforward axial-flow configuration.

Continued health of the money supply and relatively stable interest rates during 1996 fueled a vigorous aircraft lending climate for the third year in a row. According to officials of the National Aircraft Finance Association, all indications are the trend will continue through this year and into 1998.