Gulfstream is offering Safe Flight Instrument's Enhanced AutoPower system as an option on the G200 following US supplemental type certification of the automatic throttle on the super mid-size business jet. The system is also offered for retrofit on G200s in service. Israel Aircraft Industries, meanwhile, plans to fly the 100th G200 on 11 July, leading to customer delivery this year after completion in the USA.
Source: Flight International
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 ...
US investigators believe a fire which badly damaged a Bombardier Challenger 650 last month occurred after the crew attempted to use braking to burn excess fuel prior to departure. The executive jet (N247QS) had been set to take off from Jackson in Wyoming for Norfolk, Virginia, on 17 November. According ...
Failure to remove a pitot probe cover and a cascade of resulting pilot missteps caused a 2023 inflight upset near Hartford that involved a Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet and killed one passenger.
