Bombardier Aviation Services is to sell and install Raisbeck Engineering's aft-fuselage stowage locker for the Learjet 30-series business jet at its network of Learjet service centres. The $75,000 locker increases cargo capacity and stability and reduces drag. Four Learjet 35/36 lockers have been installed and a Learjet 31/31A unit will be available early in 1996.
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.
