Learjet flew the second Model 45 light business-aircraft on 6 April and says that the first flight of the third of five test aircraft is imminent. Flight-test delays have pushed certification back to January 1996, the end of parent company Bombardier's financial year.
Source: Flight International
Jet blast from an incorrectly-parked Bombardier Global 6000 executive jet damaged a taxiing vintage Piper Cub light aircraft at Biggin Hill, UK investigators have determined. The Cub had been taxiing past an apron which was not fitted with jet efflux attenuation barriers, owing to there being limited room between the ...
Deliveries of the Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter jumped markedly in 2024 to 21 jets as the French airframer ramped up production to deal with a growing backlog.
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 ...
