FLIGHT-TESTING OF THE BOMBARDIER LEARJET 45 light business jet has passed the 500h mark. By mid-August, Learjet had accumulated almost 540h in some 270 flights with three aircraft. Fuel-system testing is under way on the fourth flight-test aircraft, scheduled to be flown soon, and final assembly of aircraft number 11 is already under way. Certification is planned for early 1997.
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.
