A major new contract for Pilatus PC-12s cabinetry has been delivered by the Nordam Group (booth 5276).
The agreement is for Nordam to deliver 60 shipsets for the PC-12, which is Pilatus’s largest and latest single-engined turboprop business aircraft. Under the terms of the agreement, Nordam is providing cabinetry to Pilatus facilities in Stans, Switzerland and Broomfield, Colorado.
Source: Flight Daily News
French investigators have found that a Cessna 525A Citation departed Paris Le Bourget after personnel failed to realise nose-gear maintenance was incomplete, forcing the jet to return for a gear-up landing.
Textron Aviation now says it will exhibit at this month’s NBAA business aviation exhibition in Las Vegas, reserving course after last week backing out of the event amid a machinists strike in Wichita.
Textron Aviation’s machinists walked off the job on 23 September after members of the 5,000-strong work group voted down the company’s proposed new employment contract. The Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer, which owns the Cessna and Beechcraft brands, confirms that workers represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) went on strike. ...
