Gulfstream's patented Quiet Spike sonic boom mitigator has been flown supersonically mounted on a Boeing F-15 operated by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB, California.
The multi-segment, telescoping boom was flown at Mach 1.2 and 45,000ft (13,700m), extended to its maximum length of 7.3m.
Source: Flight International
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. ...
