COMPLETION OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION Hawker 800XP business jets is under way at Raytheon Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. The XP is a Hawker 800 upgrade, with increased design weights, aerodynamic improvements, system upgrades and up-rated AlliedSignal TFE731 engines.
Source: Flight International
Investigators have determined that a non-rated pilot inadvertently activated the lift dump on a Beechcraft Premier I business jet during final approach to Subang, causing it to lose height and crash short of the runway. None of the six passengers and two pilots survived. Two motorists were also killed when ...
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