The first retrofit of a Dassault Falcon 50 business jet with Rockwell-Collins Pro Line 4 integrated avionics developed for the improved Falcon 50EX is now under way, and is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1996. Rockwell-Collins says that some 160 Falcon 50s, have been targeted for retrofit with the new digital avionics, which include large- format electronic displays.
Source: Flight International
Nigerian investigators are probing an apparent dual-engine power loss involving a Hawker 900XP business jet bound for the Ghanaian capital Accra. The aircraft had departed Abuja on 6 December and had been climbing through 24,000ft towards 28,000ft when the crew reported an indication from the right-hand engine. Hawker 900XPs are ...
US investigators believe a fire which badly damaged a Bombardier Challenger 650 last month occurred after the crew attempted to use braking to burn excess fuel prior to departure. The executive jet (N247QS) had been set to take off from Jackson in Wyoming for Norfolk, Virginia, on 17 November. According ...
Failure to remove a pitot probe cover and a cascade of resulting pilot missteps caused a 2023 inflight upset near Hartford that involved a Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet and killed one passenger.
