ELECTRICAL POWER WAS TO BE applied to the first Learjet 45 before the end of January, the next step towards the maiden flight of the business jet in mid-1995. The aircraft's two AlliedSignal TFE731-20 turbofans are ready for installation. Shorts, was scheduled to deliver the fuselage, and de Havilland the wing, for the second Learjet 45 at the end of January. Four aircraft will be used in the test programme, leading to certification in the third quarter of 1996.
Source: Flight International
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Investigators have determined that a non-rated pilot inadvertently activated the lift dump on a Beechcraft Premier I business jet during final approach to Subang, causing it to lose height and crash short of the runway. None of the six passengers and two pilots survived. Two motorists were also killed when ...
US firm Sierra Nevada (SNC) has been awarded a $170 million contract to deliver two Rapcon-X surveillance aircraft to the Finnish Border Guard.
