Thailand's communications ministry has ordered for flight-inspection duties a Cessna Citation VII, to be fitted with Gull Electronic Systems equipment and delivered in 1997. Cessna's Thai dealer, Corporate Aircraft Services, has ordered a Citation Bravo, also scheduled for delivery in 1997. The agricultural ministry already operates three Cessna Caravans.
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.
