SimCom's Orlando, Florida training centre has received US approval for a five-day Cessna Citation single-pilot training programme using its Level C simulator. The course includes 10h simulator training and a check ride in the customer's aircraft and authorises single-pilot operation of 500, 550, S550 and 560-series Citations.
Source: Flight International
US firm Sierra Nevada (SNC) has been awarded a $170 million contract to deliver two Rapcon-X surveillance aircraft to the Finnish Border Guard.
Turkish business jet charter company Air Sapphire has been heavily fined by the US government for flying a Gulfstream GIV to Russia without authorisation.
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered inspections of the Gulfstream G500 and G600 fleet in response to a “quality escape” involving improperly installed engine-mounting hardware.
