Tracor Flight systems and Ottendorf Aviation have delivered the first of 50 hushkit sets on order for the Learjet 20 series, seven months after the supplemental type certificate was awarded. The $111,000 hushkit reduces noise levels to comply with Stage 3 standards without impairing its performance, claims Tracor.
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.
