Pilatus of Switzerland’s PC-21 advanced turboprop trainer is close to completing its first 1,000 flight hours, says commercial director strategic projects Martin Büsser. The company’s first PC-21 prototype is now undergoing instrument flying testing, with one pre-series production aircraft to roll out next December and more to follow during 2006.
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.
